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

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The real value of the goods - then the price of the Coburg goods for the planned handover of the items grew to approx. 650 million Kc., since the capital charge could never exceed 15 or 25 % of the value by law. 650 millions Kc However, in the opinion of the Land Office, paying for the goods was again an impossibility, especially not in view of the weakness of the state's compulsory administrations and the serious damage to the enormous logging of the Hodza-Weiden-Action, in view also of the windfall of the years 192l/22. Here al- so - to speak vulgarly - the cat bit itself in the tail. If the capital charge of lo4 million Kc. was right, then the purchase price offered to the Coburgers and also actually paid out could not amount to l3o million KC. It is also later this property tax after the transfer of goods by the Coburgers from the State Land Office on the basis of the objection of the Land Office again to 21 989 447 Kc. - the number is just read to me and will be correct - was reduced and paid. To the question whether this determination me at the conclusion of the contract of 24. I declare that I knew that this sum would be reached in the final effect, because the final establishment of the wealth levy would never be in the hands of the State Land Office as a company. The expected difficulties of the Ministry of Finance in the subsequent reduction we have undertaken have also occurred, but have not taken advantage of the financial resources. To the question whether during the sale negotiations of the workers of the Coburgers by the Land Office this asset levy of 72 million Kc., i.e. 1O4 million kc. I declare that the Coburgers have certainly been shown the great danger of refusing to leave the property to the Land Office in accordance with our proposals, which would have to be the result of these determinations of the property levy.