A.J. Falconer to J. A. Motherwell, 23 April 1942 Transcriber Lindsey Jacobson Encoder Gord Lyall

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 British Columbia Archives, Government Records Collection, F0 GR0435 BOX 163 FILE 003 LOI Navigation Taxonomy Taxonomy for site navigation CollectionsFishing Vessel Request Letters LOI Document Type Taxonomy Taxonomy of document types Primary SourceA primary source document.Fishing Vessel Request LetterA letter requesting information about seized Japanese-Canadian fishing vessels.Responsibility TaxonomyMarkup EditorA person or organization performing the coding of SGML, HTML, or XML markup of metadata, text, etc.TranscriberA person, family, or organization contributing to a resource by changing it from one system of notation to another. A.J. Falconer J. A. Motherwell Provincial Department of Fisheries Added sourceDesc bibl/pointer to RADish item using XSLT. Added navigation taxonomy value loiCollectionFishingVesselRequestLetters using XSLT. Used XSLT to create this document. Added content and marked up. A.J. Falconer Notary Public Land. Loans. Insurance. Duval, Sask. 23rd. April. 1942. Department of Fisheries. Victoria. B.C. Dear Sirs.

I have been given to understand that there is an opportunity to get into the fishing industry at the present time through the Jap fishing fleet having been taken over. I would like what information you can give as regards to purchase of a boat and equipment and cost of same and what terms can be obtained. Also the seasonal fishings and possible catches that may reasonably expected and value of same. Any information will be much appreciated as I have been considering moving to the coast but cannot afford to do so without having some occupation. I may say that while I am on the reserve list of Canadian Officers, being a veteran, it is not likely that I will be called as I am 59 years of age. Please also advise me as to the likely costs of a fishing crew etc.

Yours very truly. A.J. Falconer