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Direction der Disconto-Gesellschaft

CAPITAL (PULLY #4). £10,000,000 RESERVE FUNDS. £ 4,065 000

BERLIN.

:

BREMEN. ESSEN-RUHR. FRANKFORT YM FRANKFORTO HOMBURGUM. HORCHST ÞM. NDON. MAYENCE. OFFENBACH AM. POTSDAM SAARBRUECKEN WIESBADEN HAMBURO:- Norddeutsche Banik in Hamburg

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C.

1591

20664

Rec REG 2 A 16

73, Cornhill, OPeters Mey).

G.P. O.OX BBE.

London.8.6.

25th April 1916.

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS

SCONDITO, LONDON

Secretary of State for the Colonies,

Colonial Office,

Downing Street,

S.F.

sir.

& Co., Hongkong,

At the instance of Mesare. T.G. Humphreya

Liquidators of Messrs. Jebaan & Co., Hongkong, we beg to submit to

you the following:

By a pre-war arrangement facilities were granted up to

£ 10.000. to Messrs. Jebsen & Jessen of Hamburg, to be used by

their over-sea drafts accompanied by Documents for shipments of

Merchandise. These Documents were delivered by us free to Messrs.

Jebsen & Jessen who were to cover us for the respective draft-

amounts at their due-dates.

The above credit was granted under the joint and several

responsibility of Messrs. Jebsen & Jessen, Hamburg and of Messrs. Jebsen & Co., Hongkong, and the respective account shows & debit ba- Lance of 21763.15.4Value 31st December 1915 as per enclosed Statement

of Current account.