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of Mexican or American dollars.
If, as the Deputy Master of the Mint anticipate, the cast of the British [coins?] be the greatest, the Secretary of State will have to consider whether the Colony ought to undertake the cost of manufacture, and it is to be held in mind that the greater the circulation and the greater the success of the proposed coin, the greater will be the expense.
Sir Hercules Robinson observes, "Hongkong is a mere centre, a directing and financial Capital to a trade carried on outside. The principal merchants and the Banks keep there their central establishments, and there their balances are adjusted and the exchanges regulated. But the real business of buying and selling is carried on at the open ports.