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hardly believe
Their Lordships cau
that any premium cau demanded by the Colonial
be
ou the
overnment of Hong Kong
issue of cours, the seegnorage upon
which is paid into the Colonial
Treasury, that the notice, of which Assistant
and they suppose
Commissary General therouitow
sends a copy, is
severely intended
to call upon bankers, and others
to send in a statement of the
amount of subsidiary count which they require.
Their
Their Lordships have asked
the Admiralty to furnish their
with information as to the
statement made in the last
paragraph of the letter of
which
hardly
copy is enclosed. It is hard
necessary
to add that should
the premium to which allusion
is made, have been paid to the
Colonial Treasury, the amount
must be refunded to the Treasury
Chest.
But if, as appears more
probable, the scarcity of
subsidiary