Colombo, 15th October 1866.
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(Received 22nd Nov.)
Mr J. F. Mackenzie
Sir Hercules Robinson.
Hongkong Mint
Observations respecting its present position.
Enclosure No 3 in Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell's Despatch No 172 of 13 December 1866.
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Mr. Mackenzie's letter to Sir Hercules Robinson, written in Ceylon, on the subject of the working and prospects of the Hongkong Mint contains, as far as I can see, no arguments to show how the success of the Mint, an object we all desire, is to be attained. It contains simply the same cautions easily refuted and a statement that is a Financial question quite apart from the consideration of the subject, a statement in which neither the Colonial Government nor the Colony can possibly concur.
The insinuation that fair play is not given to the undertaking, alluding apparently to a want of efficiency in the