and.

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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

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