​Letter to Office of the Custodian from John Yoshinori Matsui

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Scanned black-and-white microfilm of a typewritten copy of a letter addressed to the government from John Yoshinori Matsui regarding dispossession of their property.
276 Wellesley Street,
Toronto, Ontario.
​Office of the Custodian,
Vancouver, British Columbia

Copy for Mr. Shears

276 Wellesley St.,
Toronto, Ont.

Dec. 8, 1946.

Office of the Custodian,
Vancouver, B.C.

Dear Sir:

Re: File #1700

I received your check for the sum of $213.00 for a house on Block 88, Port Alberni, B.C.

You claimed there was $291.35 due to me plus all improvements I put into this place such as flooring, electrical wiring, reconstruction of foundation, general repairing and alterations and wall papering, plus all the labour.

This place was more or less a barn when we bought it but I made it suitable for living and it cost me over $700.00 for the above mentioned, and when I received the cheque for $213.00 I'd be losing quite a bit of money. Especially now when I need it most when I just bought another house and this $213 hardly helps at all. Trusting you will look into this matter to see if you can get me more money for this property.

Yours truly,

"J.Y. Matsui"

J.Y. Matsui
#07463.