ENEMYS' PROPERTY IN BRITAIN.
VALUE ESTIMATED £10.1,000,000. Mr. Runeiman stated in the House of Commons recently that the estimated value of property in Germany registered with the Public Trustee as belonging to British subjects was approximately £72,000,000. The property in this country owned by persons in Germany, he added, was estimated at £105.000,000. The Public Trustee N registrar of enemy property in Britain, and is custodian of money due to the enemy in dividends and interest. Tn his report last April he gave the following figures: £ Property held on behalf of enemies 5-1,000,000 Knemy capital in business, etc 1,000,000 Enemy capital in companies 29,000.000 Mr. Runcinian's statement shows that the extent of the enemy's property in Britain was evidently not known ear',,in the year, for his figures are over £20,000.000 in excess of those of the Public Trustee.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1916, Page 8
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138ENEMYS' PROPERTY IN BRITAIN. Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1916, Page 8
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