Although the August agreement with Mackenzie & Ca. war to load "og soon as possible" and "early shipment" no attempt appears to ave been made to load till some time in October. <A report from the Soviet harbour trates, "the lumber was lying three hamlets, Arai, Matsuita" and Sizmi and only at the coast was tacked in supported piles," so_ it appears it had to be collected from the hamlets and brought to the Tt was not finally loaded till somewhere about November 17. On September 13 the—Viadivostock Branch of Hongkong & Shangha Bank on instru from the Shanghai Bank (who had received instructions from Mackenzie & Ca.) extended the letter of credit from September 20 to October 31.
But on September 4 Rodfeld had written to Mackenzie & Ca, "letter of credit we beg to extend—till November 1) (which shows that th Rodfeld knew that the letter of credit. was a limited one.)
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