Public Notice
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War Losses in Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony and British Solomon Islands Protectorate The following statement is issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific; A Claims Commission has been set up to register and assess claims for property lost or damaged as a result of the War in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony and the British Solomon Islands Protectorate.
It is emphasised that the registration and assessment of the claims by the Commission does not commit the Government of the Western Pacific High Commission to the payment of compensation.
Copies of the forms on which applications are to be made are obtainable from the Claims Commissioner, Mr. W. Ramsay Main, Chartered Accountant. Box 200, Suva, Fiji, or from District Officers in the Territories concerned.
Claims will be considered only in respect of damage or loss amounting to five pounds, Australian Currency, or more. Separate claim forms must be submitted by or on behalf of each individual, Company or Firm.
If a claimant has property in more than one District in the same Territory, a single claim may be submitted in respect of all the property in that Territory.
All correspondence concerning claims
should be addressed to The Claims Com
missioner, Box 200, Suva, Fiji.