Keiji Kishiyama to MacKenzie King Prime Minister of Canada, 1946

Keiji Kishiyama to MacKenzie King Prime Minister of Canada, 1946

1946.
Rt. Hon. MacKenzie King
Prime Minister of Canada,
To whom it may concern, Ottawa, Canada,
I, a Japanese repatriate, going to Japan voluntarily, do herewith submit a claim for damage incurred as a result of coercive evacuation from the Pacific Coast.
Before the evacuation, on the solemn pledge that the property handed over to the Custodian would be safeguarded in the interest of the owner, I had complete faith. But unfortunately, this pledge was not kept--both the movable and immovable properties were sold at a loss without my consent. Furthermore, the unemployed and the disabled in the interior housing settlement had to live on what money the Custodian handed over from the forced sale of our property.
By attaching a sheet of various claims, I do hereby humbly petition that my financial loss sustained by me as a result of forced evacuation from the coast be indemnified by the government of Canada.

CLAIM FOR DAMAGE

File 4603
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name ............ Kishiyama Keiji
Home address before evacuation (in Canada) Pitt Meadow B.C.
Home address in Japan Shizuoka-Ken, Shimizu-Shi, Orido 760 670 Ban-Chi
Japanese national ✓, naturalized, Canadian-born.
Registration No. 14217
Sex Male
Age 41
Occupation Farmer
Married ✓, Single, Widower, Widow.
Wife ✓ or Husband ......... Name Fude Kishiyama Registration No. 14218 Age 36

Claims:

1. Current value of land at the time of evacuation $2000
Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $687
Difference in the values, to be claimed $1317
2. Current value of buildings and other improvements with the lot, at the time of evacuation $
Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $
Difference in the values, to be claimed $
3. Current value of personal property at the time of evacuation $300
Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $
Difference in the values, to be claimed $300
4. Current value of machinery at the time of evacuation $
Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $
Difference in the value, to be claimed $
5. Current value of fishing boat at the time of evacuation $
Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $
Difference in the value, to be claimed $
6. Current value of fishing apparatus at the time of evacuation $
Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $
Difference in the value, to be claimed $
7. Current value of automobile at the time of evacuation $550
Value of the above, at which the Custodian sold without my consent $295
Difference in the value, to be claimed $255
8. Expected four years income from farming, industry, trade, forestry, fishing, and etc., after the evacuation $
Annual income received after the evacuation $
Difference in the income, to be compensated $
9. Expected four years wage from labour, after the evacuation $10,000
Annual wage received, after the evacuation $2,000
Difference in the wages, to be compensated $8,000
10. Other Claims:-
Recorded in Claims Book 14/6/46

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