THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1459, sig. 109-4/1213

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SE - 7 - When asked whether the figure of 972,000 solid meters of wood as the Coburger heir is reliable, I declare as a connoisseur of the Forsto , the figure will certainly be correct. In view of the shortage of wood in the years l923 to 1928, the beginning of construction activity after the wars, the opening of a boiling activity, in response to the fact that vir from the Co-Se s eSs e S to England, Holland, to Germany for special ramps for port installations, buildings on mooring grounds, etc. If you are able to supply these 972 o00 fixed meters with a deduction of the advertising costs, you can accept a net proceeds of l2o Ke. per fixed meter, so that the total proceeds to the detriment of the heirs amount to approx. ll6 million Kc. Not calculated the interest since the beginning of the use to the present day. When asked who has now received the equivalent of this wood, I explain: This is a very difficult question. It seems to me that this proceeds have remained in many hands. The least will have been received by the communities. Even with this proceeds, which was not due to the congregations at all, because they had only a right to the land, the congregation's administration was at their will. Under the supervision of the district authorities, they bought the most stupid things, built houses as social houses for meetings; where they built schools and bought fire sprays, the use of the funds still had a good purpose. The lion's share remained stuck in the wooden societies. Whoever stood behind them and earned it, I cannot say. I do not believe that the Minister Hodza has enriched himself. I have to make a serious accusation that he agreed to all this illegal activity, at least to tolerate these conditions, which he could not only have prevented with a stroke of a feather, but which, in the opinion of the office of the ground, he would have had to prevent in a compulsorily.