13
7
thinking that the matter
be left to settler itself. Of
if
must
Course
the law obliged the people
to accept the cropped dollars the
case
would be different. But
though the Order in
Comel
4/63
do simply state that beexican
Dollar is to the legal tender, without defiring that that hollar in any way, I take it that, as
a matter of fact, the traders do not feel bound to accepted defaced com. This view is supported
by the fact that the chopped com
is at a discount, and also that the Chinese have petitioned to have it and expressly made
legal tender by enactment. I have
in my minute on
8324/11
14116 suggested
suggested p.5.
that that petition should be
auswered by
a
120
refusal, and I propose to answer
would now propose
at the same time the memorial
in 8777/77
8777 /17 (praying for a proiibition ofther chopped come
action
at all), by stating that abounir
action is taken it will
if any not be in the direction
of
Encouragement to the circulation of defaced coin. And it might be well to take the opportunit of Endeavouring to ascertain whatter it is not in the power of the commercial comming themselves to Exclude the chopped
dollars.
I have proposed
on this paper
& on 14116, (). Hants to answer