CO129-471 - Public Offices - 1921 — Page 29

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No. 1064.

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NETHERLANDS LEGATION,

His Excelleney

My Lord,

LONDON.

June 8th, 1921.

I have the honour to inform your Lordship

that, according to the statement of the manager of

the Netherland Trading Society at Hongkong, which

is a banking institution of Netherland nationality,

there are still owing to his bank the following sums

by the estates of German firms which were wound up

by order of the Colonial Government:

Messrs. Carlowitz & Co.

Messrs. Siemesen & Co.

$1935.96

$ 955.93

$2614.39

Messrs. Wendt & 00.

The manager further states that, although

other banks have been compensated by the Custodian of

Enemy Property at Hongkong for all moneys due to them

by liquidated German firms, his applications to be

similarly treated have so far had no result.

In accordance with instructions received I

venture to request your Lordship to be good enough to

call the attention of the competent department of the

British Government to the matter in order to obtain

that the Netherland bank referred to may receive the

seme treatment in Hongkong as British banks, as in

Netherland Colonies British banks are placed on the

same /

the Earl Curzon of Kedleston,

&c.,&C.,&c.,