therved, and the weight of the new Dollar is therefore true (0.873 onance Troy of Silver of 900 finenes.)

The Mexican Authorities here

have up to this bate received no

/

information

of any further change in the weight of the Mexican Dollar, and consider it

still regulated by the Mexican Imperial Leave of April 10th 1865,

our numbers

are based.

for

The

upon

the Howe kong

which

Dollar

The death of M. Langlais

is announced.

the

Mr. Mercer, acting for Governor of Strusting has written for authority from the Stome Government for the issue of the new Hollar. I have An had occasion to repeat for the information

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the Lords of the Treasury the weight

for the How Kong Dollar littled in my letter to yourself and have added a remedy for fineness of 0.002 ounce fine Silver in each individual piece (Follan

or

half sollar), above or below the standard weight of fine Silver of the piece (0.7.857 ounce in the Dollar. The remedy in weight is also 0.002 ounce above or below the standard weight of

each piece (0.873 ounce for the doline.

impression is that

My

the Housing Hollan can be insucdiately issued with safely, but that a Royal bromance may eventually be useful

the Publie to take the new

to

require

Follar at the

same value as a Mexican

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