very littely.
Qlema.
be induced to adopt the British dollar, which I fear is not likely. The adoption of a fixed par is improbable, and we should incur the risk of its coinage being counterfeited.
Inore
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Chinese Mints would in all likelihood be the final result.
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Nevertheless the Commission and the Bankers and the general Community would view with great regret the early closing of our Establishment on which so much money has been expended. The feeling is natural and personally I quite sympathise with it, but as I have already observed more than once, the question is not to be decided by feelings and wishes.
Meru
35. The Commission reports success as improbable and Public support not to be hoped for, except under rare and fortuitous combinations on which it would be unwise to calculate except for a few and brief periods. These premises lead to the following conclusions: 1st, that the Mint if not expected to be profitable should be closed at once; the expense attending its closing being incurred at once, instead of there being any saving by deferring it, there is on the contrary the certainty of the additional cost of maintaining its expensive establishment during the interval. 2ndly, that if the Mint be kept open, its establishment and machinery should be maintained.
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