"be remembered, however, that even the

Mexican dollar is

commodity in this

regarded Simply

country,

the fluctuations in its value

as

and that

من

compared

with native com have ranged within

comparatively short space of time from

discounts of twenty

of twenty or thirty per

cent

a

to premia of half that amount, and have

recently again

receded to par.

I would add, however, in conclusion

that, whenever I observe

any opportunity

for action on the part of this Government in regard to the circulation in of foreign coin, I shall be

Japan

***

careful to see that the Houstong

dollar is

as

the ~

من

favorably considered

money of any

other

37

country.

I have fo

Signed) Harry S. Taikes He. Me's Envoy Extraordinary and Mainister Plenipotentiary

in

Japan.

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