was sent to the Governors of Hong Kong & the Strait

for

their information. And there

the matter resto.

Courap ora

from a memorandum which

reached n-c

with the papers,

m

gather that hit Round proposed

Bra

bearing pour the Bank,

unless they satisfactoris dispersed

M: Fremantle's calculations,

resubmit

umparsed

"""craft to the Treamy prepared by him in Ammand> in which the American Trade Dollar

was advocated.

meantime, it appears to me that the whole aspect of thin

question to changed by

the

recent action ofther United

States Government.

The Trade

at motivations

We ought not

love done

Rin

193

Dollar of 2020 gro. disappears

And the "Bland" Dollar of 412200 tathes its place.

The Hong Kong Currency is regulated by order in Corneil 1853 which declares the mexican

Cla

dollar (416 gro) or others

(415870)

dollar (

as the Governor mang

proclaim) of equal weight a

pirammers to be sobe legal tender. The prochamatory power has never been used.

The Strant

Currency is regulated

by ordinance of 1857 which

degalices the old Hong Kong dollar, the hexican, & the South American dollars, and sumpass Empower the Governor to proclaim otteers of equal pinences

not less than

•pro. weight. Sis Andrew Clarke and that poemat the used that favour of the America

power in

Trade Dollar of 420 grs. I the

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