​Letter to the Office of the Custodian from Ichiro Tabata

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Scanned black-and-white microfilm of a typewritten copy of a letter addressed to the government from Ichiro Tabata regarding dispossession of their property. Includes two handwritten notes at the start and end of the letter.
c/o J. Berent,
Turin, Alberta
Office of the Custodian,
Vancouver, British Columbia

COPY for Mr. F. G. Shears

File No. 4181

Complaint [Handwritten]

c/o [care of] J. Berent,
Turin, Alta., [Alberta]
Feb. 4, 1947

Office of the Custodian,
Vancouver, B.C.

Dear Sir:

I acknowledge your letter of January 20th and a cheque for the sum of $4.33 but I did not receive a statement of my account as was stated in your letter.

The cheque of $4.33 cannot be the full balance of my account. I cannot believe that all my goods were stolen from my house as there were some heavy fixtures such as a kitchen range. Also, the price of a trunk, the sale of which was stated in your letter of February 9th, 1944, has not been accounted for.

I received your letter with much bitterness and with disappointment of my trust in your office. When I left B.C. I vested my property into the hands of the Custodian. All the sales your office has so far transacted have been unreasonably low. I also hold your office responsible for any loss of my goods through possible pilfering as your letter stated and I shall in due time take up this matter to the proper authorities.

I shall be obliged if you would forward me the statement of my account, which you failed to enclose in your last letter.

Yours truly,

"Ichiro Tabata"
Japanese Registration No. 05288

Statement forward Feb 5/47 Trunk (illegible) to (illegible) GP. [handwritten]