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in case he was, T felt that Mr. Meyer's rela- 
tives v/ould naturally desire that he 'be given 
a Jewish burial. I enquired at the Legation 
at Peking, v/here he was v/ell known, but Mr. 
Meyer's religion was not known, and I finally 
decided, because of the doubt, to bury him in 
the Protestant Cemetery in Shanghai. The 
services are to be conducted today by the Rev. 
John Hykes, a very well known clergyman (Ameri- 
can) in Shanghai. 
While in Shanghai I made an inventory of 
the personal effects which had been taken off 
the S.S. Fengyang Maru on its arrival in Shang- 
hai. His papers disclosed the fact that the 
value of the estate was over Gold |500.00, and 
I immediately turned the administration of the 
same over to the United States Court for China. 
Mr. Meyer had a considerable amount of seeds 
ready for shipment to the United States, and I 
presume these and Mr. Meyer's notes v/ill be 
handed over to Mr. Swingle, also of the Department 
of Agriculture, who will arrive in Shanghai about 
the ?7th of this month, as I have been Informed 
by the Embassy at Tokyo. No will was found, but 
it is possible that Mr. Meyer left a will v/hich 
may be in the possession of the American Security 
•Trust Co., a bank in Washington, D. C, as it ap- 
pears that this institution handled Mr. Meyer's, 
financial affairs in the United States. 
Several letters in Dutch, in which Mr. Meyer 
v;as addressed as "Dear Brother", and in which 
reference was made to "father", were found among 
his effects. The address of the sender is A. 
Meyer, 11 Lod. Tripstraat, Amsterdam, Holland, 
and a report of Mr. Meyer's death has been sent 
to this person. 
Thene is enclosed herewith a report in du- 
plicate of Mr. Meyer's death. Under "Cause of 
Death" I have noted "due to drowning". It is 
impossible to state whether Mr. Meyer fell off 
the boat accidentally or whether it was a case 
of suicide. Mr. Meyer had not been feeling well 
for some time, according to the statement of 
servant, whom 7 interviewed in Shanghai, and he 
had been considerably depressed. Among his ef- 
fects v;ere a number of notes he had made at 
various periods in China. He complained con- 
stantly of his loneliness, and appeared to be 
September PI, 19I8. 
