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Mr. Mease.
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In the draft to the Treasury 14.365 Straits, Lord Camarion has said that he will obtain a competent
legal opinion as to the meaning of "the words doller of quivalent value in the Hongkong Order in Council Zivs Brasston.
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" attige silver dollar of equivalent value" : The Leasing wishing to read these wood as "of equal value
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in this case reduces the Treasing contention to an absurdity.
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