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similar

terms

to those

now

offered

by the

washing to n..

Government.

The Secretary of State,

in

forwarding

the correspondence,

to

this Board, observes that the

Colony

would

receive

app...

introducing

Appear

to

the necessity of

a currency, and

anxious

for a

Reform

of

the

currency

to

be

placed upon

a

sounder basis.

He adds,

that

the proposal

for the supply of a clean dollar,

suitable

to the

wants of the

Colony, and the China Trade,

is deserving of attention.

My

...hoods

add that

it is evident

throughout the

correspondence

that the Colony

is keenly

alive to the mischief

and inconvenience resulting

from the general use

of chopped

coins.

There

are thus four distinct

points for

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