Council

Hon

BOB

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Miscella

Offic

415

once declined to 602 the ounce

being 14. below the previous rate-

and My Lords learn from the circular of Messrs Moratta and

Goldsmid dated 15th instant

that a large proportion

are still undisposed of and are being offered at about the same rate having found purchasers

It is stated also that the

total amount held for higher

prices is very large, much exceeding

a million of Dollars-

Recent information from China

at the same time thinks

a reaction has occurred, after speculative

hoarding of Dollars by the Natives,

and that the price of Dollars Shanghai has fallen to "melting point"

The circumstances under

which the Government of Hong Kong recommended

a coinage of Dollars in London

are now, therefore, wholly changed

and the result shows the necessity

for extreme caution in undertaking

to maintain a

measure

coinage at the risk

as a

and for the

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