Matsutaro Kosaka to Japanese Evacuation Section, The Custodian's Office, Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, 25 September 1944
Slocan, B. C.
Sept. 25, 1944.
File No. 6994.
Japanese Evacuation Section,
Department of the Secretary of State of Canada,
506 Royal Bank Building,
Vancouver, B. C.
Dear Sir:
You have informed me of the sale of my land for $410.00 (Four hundred ten dollars). I am certain that this price is much too low for this
land because it is not even one-half of the assessed value of my land which is only
a percentage of the total value of any land. After the many years of toil I spent
to acquire that land and to make it productive, I am very disappointed in your selling
of my land at such a low price. Perhaps you are not aware of the fact that fertile
land cannot be bought as cheaply as you have sold mine. I am in disagreement with
you for the low selling price of my land.
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Matsutaro Kosaka to Japanese Evacuation Section, The Custodian's Office, Department
of the Secretary of State of Canada, 25 September 1944
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