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IREC

REG 8 17

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 27th. March, 1917.

Sir,

I have the honour to forward herewith the

retums ɗ enemy property in this Colony, required by the Public

Trustee, summarised and arranged under headings as prescribed in

your predecessor's Circular Despatch of February 1st., 1916. A

return is added of the amount paid by the Custodian from the credit

balmces of local enemy firms in liquidation to the Crown Agents

for investment in the War Loan.

2.

It has been found impossible to make the re-

-turns complete, in the following respects:-

(a). Many creditors apparently bearing German names, and

chiefly depositors in the local Savings Bank, cannot

be traced or identified. These unidentified creditors

number 191 and account for an extra sum of

$222,945.84 or £25,081.

(b). The value of shares held in certain private compani-

-es in North China has not yet been ascertained.

(c). The liquidations of local German firms are still not

quite completed; but the greater part of the credit

balaces have been paid to the Custodian and in-

-vested by him as show in Return (3).

3.

The above particulars will however be included,

as soon as they are ascertained, in the further Quarterly Returns

RIGHT HONOURABLE

WALTER LONG, M.P.

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