Copy letter from Messrs Van Oppen & Co., Ltd., Universal Carriers, Shipping and Insurance Agents, to Mr J.S. Macdonald [of the British South Africa Company]; 2 London Wall Buildings Informs the British South Africa Company that Messrs. Van Oppen and Co. have now received a report from their agent in St Petersburg. Hopes that the damage [to the geodetic instruments shipped to St Petersburg] was officially noted so that the proper parties will be held responsible. Asks if it is their intention to claim under the insurance covered by Messrs. Troughton and Simms' order. [May 1909]