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Minute.
OCT 18
1308
an
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early period of
the evil Government Secretary of State for
and set.
in
346
1852 a memorial from the officers Hong Kong
was
forwarded to the the Colonies. It was dated in December 18371
set forth very fully the grievance suffered by
payment of
their salaries in British
money,
them in the
and not in Dollars
the natural, the recognized, and practically the only, currency
in
trouble.
Copy by infer 28 act 758.
the Island.
I have not a
Copy of
the
paper by
me. but as it was drawn
up by the late Mr Hiller and myself. I am able to state briefly
from memory
the substance
of
the
In
1846 a
the
day
about
paid into
was
representation made. consequence of the introduction of British Coins into the Colony at the instance of the Chief Commercial Officer of large portion of the parliamentary Grant the Colonial Treasury in those coins and thence paid out to the
liquidation of Salaries and
wages "Foreign Mercantile Community to have there
different civil Establishments in
Owing to the and the
to the disinclination
monetary affairs
Coins were
disturbed (the cause however is immaterial) these
regarded with disfavor and were eventually circulated partially and with
difficulty
an average
at a discount that
may be stated
other
as
high
as from 10 to 15 though sometimes.
tender under the proclamation of 1 of May at the Colonial Treasury,
25 per cent.
They
were a
legal
tender to which
they found
their
way
in 1845, and consequently could not be refused
in
payment of Government Dues having
been purchased in the market with this object; again they
were
paid
out in Salaries viz. at the rate of 4/2d to the Dollar as fixed by Government-were subjected.
to a loss to the extent above Calculated
a conclusive incident-is wherein it is shown that a Chinese tradesman had one price
In the
paper.
to which I am
referring
given
for the general customer and another, increased · for the government
servant who would tender British money in payment,
In addition to this hardship on individuals the Government
Public works, good provisions too,
every suffered
as the Contractors
you
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