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Government will the Japanese maintain the declared weight and fineness of their coin. It should be added that the Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong discussed the question at length, and that they declined to recommend the legal admission of the Yen tender, although Mr Cameron supported his proposal before them fully and ably.
There was not unanimity of opinion upon the second proposal, namely, the proclamation of the American Dollar as legal tender. The Comptoir d'Escompte and the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China proposed to make it legal tender by weight, (717 Canton Facts to 1000 dollars).
The Chartered Bank of India, Australia, would make it legal tender, provided that it is not chopped, and that it is paid by count, and not...