​Letter to the Japanese Evacuation Section from Matsutaro Kosaka

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Scanned black-and-white microfilm of a typewritten copy of a letter addressed to the government from Matsutaro Kosaka regarding dispossession of their property.
Sender's Address
Slocan City, British Columbia
Recipient Address
​Japanese Evacuation Section,
The Custodian's Office,
Department of the Secretary of State of Canada,
506 Royal Bank Building,
Vancouver, British Columbia
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Slocan, B. C.
Sept. 25, 1944.

File No. 6994.

Japapese Evacuation Section,
The Custodian's Office,
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.

Yours truly,

"M. Kosaka"

Reg. No. 13950.