I understand however that so large an amount is not anticipated by those whose opinion should have weight.
How such a subject I have however entered so fully into, from 117 (" ") increasing the Colonial revenue by some profits expected from the coinage of Dollars and other money for circulation in China. The establishment was formally opened by myself on the ... of May last year but its success has ... and so frequently into all details connected with the financial position of the Colony and the Stamp Ordinance that with the above remarks I pass to another subject of great interest and which it would be impossible to omit from a review of the year incidents indeed connected with 1866.
Few events in Hongkong during the past year attracted more attention than the opening of the Mint. A scheme originally devised with a view to ... unfortunately not as yet answered the expectations of its projectors.
In my despatch No. 172 of the 15th December last I had the honor to lay before the Secretary of State the Report of a Commission of Inquiry into the Mint and also a statement of the outlay up to that time on buildings, Machinery, &c., as well as the capital sum on account the items of which had been...
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