The body that was setup to administer the confiscated German property after the first world war was called ‘Custodian of enemy property’.
The British were not willing to hang the plantations to the natives because they lack technical managerial skill, fear they will split into small plot.
During the public auction sales writing 21 and writing 24 the British were reluctant to buy the German plantation because of low prices and fear of the returned of the Germans.
