Mexican Dollars for re-coinage part for the supply of the Chest
must remain a matter for future consideration, with other matters of
like nature connected with the
Coinage.
Mint operations and the most advantageous mode to be adopted hereafter in supplying the Chest my charge of which in this command the 31st March, next
and
On
will expire before the Mint will be in operation
the best leave them for the I must better judgment of my Successor who will have at least two months supply of coins in the Chest, to act
in accordance with.
It may be premature, if not out of place, for me to enter into future operations of... the Mint operations, in Hong-Kong but serious considerations appear to
me
to arise in as much
as the calling in of the vast number
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of Mexican Dollars scattered over the Chinese
and
Japan must be
a matter of time and unless the
Chinese receive in substitution a Coin of at least its equal in touch their fastidious prejudices for specially, of the Carolers fall in favor of the
use of the Mexican Dollar which will be difficult to
remove
as informed by the Master
of the Mint, that the full weight of the new British Dollar is to be 467
Grains troy against 415.95 Grains of the Mexican, but the report of worseness as compared with the 6.50 dots. of the latter is of no
consequence
The
Banking and Mercantile Community,
are now considering the taking up the question of being called on
to pay