(Mrs.) Chieno Kuroyama to Mr. George Peters, 14 May 1945 Encoder Ariel Merriam

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 (Mrs.) Chieno Kuroyama
Bridge River, B. C.
May 14, 1945 Dept. of the Secretary of State, Office of the Custodian Mr. George Peters
506 Royal Bank Building, Vancouver, B. C.
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Bridge River, B. C.
May 14, 1945. Dept. of the Secretary of State, Office of the Custodian,
506 Royal Bank Building, Vancouver, B. C.

Attention Mr. George Peters.

 Dear Sir:

Re: Your File No. 1692.

I have received with the greatest disappointment and dissatisfaction your letter of April 9th informing me the sale of my house in Port Alberni for only at a small sum of $1,500.00.

You can understand and realize how great my shock and disappointment would be, to be informed that my last and remaining possession, my house, had been sold for less than one half the assessed value. Especially when you know that we have done our very utmost not to be burden on the Canadian Government by being self-supporting, whereby spending all our hard earned money; my last hope was in my house.

If I had my say in the matter, I would never give my consent to sell the house at such a low price, as I had been paying taxes on the house assessed at $4,000.00 by the City of Alberni, so I should get close to that figure, especially as you know that the value of houses have increased with the housing shortage. The sale was a great loss to me.

In order to live up to my intention of not being a burden to the government I require every cent that is due me. Will you kindly remit me the proceeds of the sale at your very earliest.

Yours truly, (Mrs.) Chieno Kuroyama Reg. No. 07654.