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Payment who made by Mesors Ruffer and the emount now

stands to the credit of the socount of F. Kaurer in the Ledgers

of Sanders Rohders & Co. Ltd. they having refused either to

romit the money to Cantingo, or to refund sume to Masɛrs Ruffer

& Sone.

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o. Before the war a considerable traão was done in the

okport of various goods to Eno Palo Brasil, This trade was

done to the order of one Carl Sohmidt, of Hamburg, to whose

account all the transactions relating thereto were posted.

actual consignee of the Foods was the firm of Schmidt Trost & Co.

of Sao raulo, of which firm Carl Schmidt would nopear to be the

sonior partner.

After the commencement of the Wer, outstanding orders

were dealt with direat with Schmidt Troct & Co., and a shipmont

was made in December 1914. At the beginning of that month

Sanders Rohders & Co, Ltd., roceived a communication from the firm

of L. Paulsen & Co., of Copenhagen, conteining an order "for

account of our friend Hr. Carl Sohmidt ... to ship earliest possible

to Kr. Schmidt's Juntos," This letter left no doubt but that the

order was given by Carl Schmidt; it concluded, however, by

re uesting that future communications should be made direct with

Er. Schmidt's Sao Paulo firm. This, and further orderu received

through the same channel, mere duly executed, and debited to

Schmidt Trost & Co., Cao zuulo, paymont being made by How York

danks, against documents.

Examination of invoices eto, all goes to prove that the

goods were notually shipped Sentoo, the port for Sao Zoulo, and

thore is no indication that any further transport was intended.

Comparing the shipmonte made since the War with those prior therɔto

there would not nypear to be any undue increase in the total amount

During the months August to lovember 1914 no shipmonta were made.

The goods sent consisted of Calcium Carbide, Linseed vil, Orastio

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