Chiaki Katsuno to Dept of the Sec. Department of the Secretary of State, Office of the Custodian, 06 December 1946

Chiaki Katsuno to Dept of the Sec. Department of the Secretary of State, Office of the Custodian, 06 December 1946

COPY FOR MR. SHEARS' COMPLAINT FILE
Box 874, Hope, B.C. Dec. 6, 1946
Dept of the Sec. of State,
506 Royal Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C. Dear Sirs:
Re File No. 8667
On looking through former correspondence from your office relating to matters of my property and having them fully explained to me, I would like to protest the sale.
I feel that the property should not have been sold as I had leased it prior to my departure. Furthermore the Selling Price was in no way the real value of the property. I purchased the land for Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500.00) and since then I had cleared over seven acres, built a house valuing Sixteen Hundred Dollars $1500.00) and was only three years old at the time of sale. I also planted many fruit trees, raspberries, strawberries, and black currants. I built a barn on the property too.
Therefore, I do not consider the receipt of the cheque as settlement of my property vested in your care.
Yours truly,

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Chiaki Katsuno to Dept of the Sec. Department of the Secretary of State, Office of the Custodian, 06 December 1946

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