Digitized item from the Yasui Brothers business records, Mss 2949. The item, written in a pre-World War II Japanese script, is a letter from the Consulate of Japan in Portland to Masuo Yasui, dated 17 November 1930. The letter is printed on official consulate stationery with only Masuo's name handwritten. It is a thank you for cooperation with the survey of Japanese nationals residing locally under the jurisdiction of the Japanese government and states that the census emblem will be sent as a commemorative gift. The letter has been translated into English and modern Japanese.