it always in this form. If they took the coins therefore they wid have all the trouble & expense of melling them, a if they were compelled by
decree to receive a coin -
the Trol piece or Any other _ they rund oftenhave to pay it away on the spot in ish case if the people. did not choose to receive it except at a discount – a very probable event - there w? be no power to compel them & the loss must fall unjustly upon the receiving officer. More over another difficully arise in distinguishing
w
true from spurious
coms from stall public offices were by the simpler process exempt.
"The Prince & the other members of
L
the Board present among
were perfectly
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whom was unanimous in these
the correctness
views & without disputing of the reasoning in favor of a comage & the advantages in other respects that might be
derived
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derived from its introduction into "thing they rectorated their opinion that the time had not arrived for any Experiment of the kind of that it was not in their power to obtain may the subject-
decree of issue
any
orders on
The Custom Houses at the
Treaty Ports, they added finally, v. no doubt be ready to receive the Hough'ong hel or dotter at its intrinsic or assay value in like
they did the Mexican & other foreign money & in this manner they might gradually at the will of th
manner as
the
· people get
into general circulation, but in no other way could their currency be promoted by a act of the for!
objecten.
They are not hostile to it & have no I believe to the Hongkong or any other comage making its own way into circulation of this
I ventured to anticipate
is as much as
&
when the mint was first contemplated &
was asked as to its chances my opinion
to its chances of
Success