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in those Coins and their fractional parts, and the other half in pure Spanish or South American Dollars, provided they were procurable at a price under 225 Rupees per 100 Dollars — Secondly. He had reserved Silver to the value of 250,000 Dollars out of the amount which had been shipped for conveyance to this country on board Her Majesty's Ship "Childers", and had retained the same for remittance, if requisite to India. Thirdly – He had obtained in exchange for Bills on the Governor General of India, 100,000 Broken Dollars, at the rate of 227 Rupees for 100 Dollars; it being stated that although this rate was 2 Rupees per 100 Dollars higher than the rate at which the whole Dollars are issued to the Troops, this arrangement was not disadvantageous, inasmuch as a discount of 5 per cent was obtained by the Commissary on Treasury payments for Supplies or otherwise as could be made between Commissary and Treasurer.
He had authorized the granting of Bills, My Lords Board, at the rate of 4/3 per Dollar for Sums due to Officers of Her Majesty's 35th Regiment then quitting China, to an extent not exceeding £10,000.- of these Bills a portion to the Amount of £8,459.12.10. had already been endorsed, and ordered by My Lords to be accepted. And My Lords are of Opinion that the several measures thus reported by Sir H. Pottinger were the best that could be adopted under the circumstances in which he was placed; and that he should be apprised that they have been approved of by Her Majesty's Government.
At the same time My Lords desire to remark that it is necessary...
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in those Coins and their fractional parts, and the other half in pure Spanish or South American Dollars, provided they were procurable at a price under 225 Rupees per 100 Dollars — Secondly. He had reserved Silver to the value of 250,000 Dollars out of the amount which had been shipped for conveyance to this country on board Her Majesty's Ship "Childers", and had retained the same for remittance, if requisite to India. Thirdly – He had obtained in exchange for Bills on the Governor General of India, 100,000 Broken Dollars, at the rate of 227 Rupees for 100 Dollars; it being stated that although this rate was 2 Rupees per 100 Dollars higher than the rate at which the whole Dollars are issued to the Troops, this arrangement was not disadvantageous, inasmuch as a discount of 5 per cent was obtained by the Commissary on Treasury payments for Supplies or otherwise as could be made between Commissary and Treasurer. He had authorized the granting of Bills, My Lords Board, at the rate of 4/3 per Dollar for Sums due to Officers of Her Majesty's 35th Regiment then quitting China, to an extent not exceeding £10,000.- of these Bills a portion to the Amount of £8,459.12.10. had already been endorsed, and ordered by My Lords to be accepted. And My Lords are of Opinion that the several measures thus reported by Sir H. Pottinger were the best that could be adopted under the circumstances in which he was placed; and that he should be apprised that they have been approved of by Her Majesty's Government.
At the same time My Lords desire to remark that it is necessary...
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in those Coins and their fractional parts, and the other half in pure Spanish or South American Dollars, provided they were procurable at a price under 225 Rupees per 100 Dollars — Secondly. He had reserved Silver to the value of 250,000 Dollars out of the amount which had been shipped for conveyance to this country on board Her Majesty's Ship "Childers", and had retained the same for remittance, if requisite to India. Thirdly – He had obtained in exchange for Bills on the Governor General of India, 100,000 Broken Dollars, at the rate of 227 Rupees for 100 Dollars; it being stated that although this rate was 2 Rupees per 100 Dollars higher than the rate at which the whole Dollars are issued to the Troops, this arrangement was not disadvantageous, inasmuch as a discount of 5 per cent was obtained by the Commissary on Treasury payments for Supplies or otherwise as could be made between Commissary and Treasurer. He had authorized the granting of Bills, My Lords Board, at the rate of 4/3 per Dollar for Sums due to Officers of Her Majesty's 35th Regiment then quitting China, to an extent not exceeding £10,000.- of these Bills a portion to the Amount of £8,459.12.10. had already been endorsed, and ordered by My Lords to be accepted. And My Lords are of Opinion that the several measures thus reported by Sir H. Pottinger were the best that could be adopted under the circumstances in which he was placed; and that he should be apprised that they have been approved of by Her Majesty's Government.
At the same time My Lords desire to remark that it is necessary...
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