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2- Mr. Porjes - July 16, 1954

also cashed $30.00 of her travellers checks. 

Your will notice that besides the planned trips to Switerland, etc., announced in my previous letter, there was an additional unexpected trip to Rotterdam and for your records, here are the dates of the various last trips made:

July 6- Rotterdam and return to Paris
July 7- Paris-Zurich
July 9- Zurich-Berne and return to Zurich
July 10- Zurich-Lucerne and return to Zurich
July 12- Zurich-St.Moritz

Now among the sums paid out for which you will find no vouchers are:

Cost of 2 (two) frames- frs. 165,000. These will beincluded in the shipment of 11 frames. They are old and should pay no duty. Therefore, there value, for which I have no bill, will not be indicated on the consular invoice. 

A series of payments made for research by several people in the amount of Fr. fr. 35,000.

I have carefully figured it, and I find that the amount of extra tips paid at the Ritz amounts to roughly 5% of the total of the bill and this should be added.

Postage- Fr. fr. 2,500 (plus)
Photos - 14,040
Books - 15,020
Books - 35,940 (Paid to Madame Durney- against which she gave me fr. 11,143 for the sale of 11 copies of Oh Fickle Taste, leaving a balance paid her of fr. 24,797)

Car 23,000 )
Meals 6,000 )
Cats. & photos - 2,300) Trip to Dijon and Bourg - hotel bill already sent you.
Gifts 5,200 Business gifts of flowers and candy

Now as regards personal expenses, will you note that we paid the following:

Dresses, etc.  138,500 fr.
Shoes  33,000
Ties, sweater  13,000
Doctor   29,000
Lunches & dinners outside Ritz  122,000 (to be divided)
Personal, miscellaneous   49,542

As soon as you will have been able to collate these different expenses, and this before the closing of the gallery, will you please let me know whether they talley or what discrepancies you find, taking into account also the express checks, although, of course, I realize a correct statement will only be possible when I return with the balances left of foreign currencies.

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