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long circulate against the Dollar. British repealing the percheantimes(?) of the Wellington

British was not mentioned in the Broela(?)

The cart(?) & directing

2

Nimez(?)

was its use

Kumon(?) at this time. Wyslem(?) of the Colony; Endt.(?) & Community click(?) was to express & pay everything in Salon(?) de(?) This however only lasted for agean(?)

The Treasury having determined to conart(?)

in the same

Butest(?) numey(?)

20.

likewise,

to be legal tender same way as in this country - but Mexican & Hong Kong Dollars to be at 4/2 to the dollar. Chinese cash(?) were to be legal tender at 288 to the Mexican Dollar(?). Government accounts, taxes, & salaries from this time expressed in £. S.D. Government accounts, taxes & salaries were converted into sterling with 4/2 being the rate of conversion.

a4

An attempt to introduce the sovereign & British silver & copper coins to circulate with the Dollar. The

was done under an Admin Council of 28/10/44 (CO 129/16 amended 2/236)

The community, European & Chinese alike took no notice, amazingly, of this Admin Council. They stuck, then and to this day, to their dollar account

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