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Hong Kong
and Shanghai Banking Extension
Hongkong, 13th June, 1872.
To His Excellency
Sir A.R. Kennedy,
Governor of Hongkong.
Sir,
I have the honour to bring to
Your Excellency's notice that a comparatively large section of the Community suffer materially from the present system of Currency. A dollar is supposed
to be of full
value when it weighs 417.2.7, but owing
to constant use
Many