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at all times difficult and expensive.
to renew, and that there are such difficulties in the way of placing
a legend upon the edge of so large a piece working the Mint.
Sir
as the China Dollar as would materially add to the cost of
I have the honour to be
Your obedient servant
The Mr Kinder
Master of the Mint
of Hongkong.
Mr. Winder Eggs Sir.
Enne dounts. F. Rogers for Cardwell.
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Dollar
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Sea Cardwell to ack yo the 30 Dec receipt of your letter
date the 17th Dec? respecting the propriety of a lettered edge to the proposed Hongkong dollar.
Prapt to go?
from Cardwell is of opinion that a milled edge is preferable to
a lettered one, and should therefore be adopted, and he sees no reason to doubt that you exercised a proper discretion in incurring the expense of £120.. for altering
Copy Gov 8-20 Jan/5. One of the presses. Butt ase to point out that it would have been more regular you previously detained the Sanction of the Secretary of State