CO129-472 - Others - 1921 — Page 239

sir,

COFY.

The Treasury,

HONG KONG.

12th April 1920.

236

The Secretary of State for the Colonies has author-

& monthly ised the payment to you of a lump sum of $5000, and allowance of $500, provided sufficient funds stand to your account in the Custodian's books.

Your assets here, so far as I know, consist solely of 30 (or possibly 31) shares in the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Banking Corporation of which 16 are on the HONGKONG register, 13 on the LONDON register and 1 (possibly 2) on the SHANGHAI Register. All the HONGKONG & LONDON shares and 1 SHANGHAI share are held by the bank itself here to the order of the Custodian; but all the dividends which have accrued on them have been paid in LONDON to the Custodian of Enemy Property there.

It is therefore not possible to make the payments authorised by the Secretary of State from your assets here unless some of these shares are sold and I shall be glad to

how many know whether you consent to this course, and if shares you wish sold.

90,

I may say it will not be possible to sell the shares on the LONDON Register without the consent of the Custodian in ENGLAND.

Wilzer, Esq.,

Kuling, Kiangsi Province,

CHINA.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient servant,

(Sgd)

Custodian of Enemy Property.