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what the Hong Kong Government is doing, thinly veiled behind official jargon, is to exclusively serve the public. And
The sovereign being fairly beaten in
the sovereign as it became chiefly associated with Hongkong, the Government have felt
the gold discoveries, Latent causes-
1.2.
has it
came time
has been willing to give it up, & adopt the Dollar system of the community. But entirely driven the Rupee out of circulation
within the Government treasuries. This result was probably hastened by the large quantity of notes in circulation. Some scheme for effecting the change has yet to be suggested. His Excellency Sir John Bowring's remedy for all difficulties was
expressed in Rupees. In Hongkong, mint, where two kinds of currency are coined, the only notes within those of the Oriental Bank
Which are
converted on
are
exchanged & paid in Dollars.
the
he
of
... Mexican Dollars; which the Government disallowed-
owing to the great expense. The purpose of