Gennosuke Suzuki to Office of the Custodian, Department of the Secretary of State, 26 April 1944

Gennosuke Suzuki to Office of the Custodian, Department of the Secretary of State, 26 April 1944

Kaslo, B.C.
April 26th, 1944.
Department of the Secretary of State,
Royal Bank Building,Vancouver, B.C. Dear Sirs:-
Your file #7540 - Gennosuke Suzuki J.L. NO.713
Re:
1041 River Road, R.R. 1, New Westminster, B.C. Lots 3, 4 and 7 of an 18.241 acre portion of Lot 440, Gp.2, Map 6759, District of New Westminster, C. of E. 50873.
and
Lot 68 of Lot 440, Group 2, Map 1133, District of New Westminster, C. of E. 50872.
I have just received your letter of the 13th instant in which, to my surprise, you advised me that the above properties were sold for $114.00 and that Tax arrears to the end of 1942 for the amount of $14.54 plus registration fee of $6.00 were deducted from the above sale price leaving the net proceeds of sale of $93.46 in my credit.
I regret to advise that I have never given you my instruction or authority to sell the above properties, nor I had any intention of selling them at all, and it surprises me that you have sold them without consulting me and without my consent, at an unreasonably low price.
This is, therefore, to demand you to cancel the sale of the above properties, and also I request you not to make sale again without first obtaining my consent.
Yours truly,

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