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But August 18th.
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell
to
The Earl of Carnarvon
Requesting that the Treasury Regulations of
20th June 1866 may be altered: as no correspondence with the weight of the
dollars recently coined.
Enclosure:
Table showing the difference between the Hong Kong Dollar as at present coined and that proposed.
Computed that nothing can now be done!
250 dwt. 10 = 8bbb oz = 717 taels
light one has 73 grains
1116 grains
8660
New Dollar
499 dwt. by 8bbb oz = 717 taels
Weight 416 grains
Remedy on fineness 100ths. 3 grains on 900 fine silver
Remedy on weight 8 grains
or 2.30 on 1000
or 8.96 on 377.19 the weight of fine silver
one dollar
Remedy 0.00312 oz!!
Standard even supposing the Dollars to be of Standard weight in assay, the Difference in weight per 1000 will be 6.34 ounces
$7.81 of present Standard.
Taking the weight of the old Dollars at the remedy and the weight of the new at the remedy the difference amounts to 11.48 ounces or $13.23
of present standard...
Tho. M. Prendergast
Master of the Mint "Hongkong.
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