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"The things
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/
of
$
20 a
aul
pulled, as it
in Hong Kong, but a chest
"
bale of silk, never
touches the shores a
« Millions upon
of Hong Kong.
e
Millions
of
" dollars
are thrown into
the
Colony
annually,
and pass
"through it as through a sieve
were
their
way
to
the open ports."
If the proposed dollar
by the Chinese,
accepted by
it is
to
would
be feared that it only pass through
"the sieve" not to return at all,
to return
A
chopped and
disfigured after the fashion,
which gives
gives such
good
ground
for dissatisfaction,
result
and the...
would be a constant
demand for
each
of
Treasury
new dollars, on
which the Colonial
would incur a loss.
It remains to be considered
whether it
would be possible to restrict the internal currency
"the"
of the
Colony
to clean dollars
The