The following results were obtained
by the Chinese assayers
One Hundred Hongkong
Dollars weighed before being melted, equal to
2.
The same weighed after having been melted with an equal weight of Lead, refined, and cast into shoes
of Hai-Kwan Sycee. Silver, equal to
64. 3. 5.
Loss of weight 7. 1.
Value of One Hundred
Hongkong Dollars computed by the Chinese Bank Manager and officials, according to the
results exhibited above - equal. in Hai Kwan Sycee to
89.4. 4
Brought forward 89.4. 4
Allowance for
residuum
of
Silver
remaining incorporated
with the Lead used in
the
Assay, and extractible by an after process; compensation:
Calculated as equal to
5. 0. 0. 4.
Resulting Standard Value in Sycee 89. 9.
The above is admitted as
equivalent to
a standard of 900,
as
acknowledged in the annexed certificate Stamped with the seals of the Five Customs' Banks.
Hence One Hundred and Eleven
Taels one mace and one Candareen
(St. 111. 1. 1.) in Hongkong Dollars are held equivalent to One Hundred Taels.