CO129-438 - Public Offices - 1916 — Page 263

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and the Bank on the 18th of June, 1915,

caused them to be reshipped by the

fira manill

S.SC.Lopez & Lopea" to the order of

Kessrs Alexander Ross and Company, the

d liquidators of lesars Willeyerink and

Company. It appears that those goods

ivery property,

on landing were/seized by your Goverment

as being enemy goods.

3. I have caused the managemont of

the British Establishment of the Dresdner

Bank to be informed that they ought, before

taking steps to tranship those goods,

to have

secured from the Board of Trade a licence

allowing them to take such action. The

Bank have, however, given an undertaking

that if they are allowed to take delivery

of and sell the goods in Hong Kong they

will account to His Majesty's Government

for any balance that ray remain of the

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proceeds of the sale of the goods after the

satisfaction of their lien, including therein

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suns reasonably expended by them in

transhipping, forwarding and selling the

goods,

I have informed that they-I

xill now give instations that the

Mary thing for how

goods sheula Se roleased to them and

they should be allowed to sell the

same in Hong Kong with the written

sanction of the Proper Officer of the

Crow, and that they neki account to

swould

him for the proceeds in accordance with

the terms of their guarantee.

4. As these goods appear to have

been brought to Hong Kong on board a

neutral vessel it appears to be open to

doubt whether they can properly be

made the subject of Prize proceedings,

and in these circumstances I am advised

that the best course will be for any

balance which may be paid over to the

Proper Officer of the Crown in the

Colony to be paid to me through the

Crow Agents for the Colonies, so that

I