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point of view is probable, if the mint is maintained,
period for a further limited
Such a contribution can only be the demands made by meeting by the officer in charge of the Treasury Request by a supply of Bar Silver for the purpose of being coined into Dollars, to be issued in payment of salaries
In China and Japan by a loan to the Colony to enable a supply of silver to be obtained for coining purposes - being the measure by A. Robinson
withdrawing any measures suggested by reducing claim on account of the Military Contribution, as suggested by the present Governor - or by direct vote to be submitted to Parliament.
My Lords would here observe (with reference to the statement by Sir A. Robinson) that no trace can be found in this Department of any intention having existed on the part of H. M. Government to afford any assistance towards the cost of the Establishment either directly or indirectly - but it would appear from the memoranda and private correspondence attached to the papers, that the arrangement was given on the express consent of this Board, on the understanding that no charge should fall on the Imperial Exchequer - this would seem to have been admitted by