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the Chinese cash in circulation
here so
rapidly
as it would have
rone if it could have been
made
凡
the same weight and
of equal or greater intrinsic
the Kwanghing
in the interion of Province seventy of eighty miles
above Canton by native Bankers for a charge of
per cent or
about
one
in the $100
tenth
2%
value; but I
am sure
will do so
gradually
as
that it the Chinese
As
regards
the
proposed
silver piece of
Ten Cents I still
desirable
come
to understand and appreciate
advantages of a legal tender.
To show that the Chinese
are not
systems
unwilling to adopt new I which commend themselves to
their good sense
I may mention
that the notes of the chartered
Banks established here.
are taken
unhesitatingly throughout the
Colony, and I
am
told
are cashed
a
00
consider that it is very
especially ofor huropeans, that it should be coined at the Mint in London and thank like the British Silver
the convenience of
Coinage it should circulate at rate above its intrinsic value sufficient to cover the cost of shanufacture and other contingent
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