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issue of this necessary currency,
there are times when inconvenience
is caused to those who require
to disburse
the st. wages
to workmen,
Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company Limited alone
employ upwards of 1600 men daily - and as each man has to be paid separately and to the fraction of a day,
unless well supplied with
small currency, it is almost
impossible to
effect this
There is no difficulty in supplying subsidiary coinage.
The local Banks when applied to are seldom in a
position to supply one Dollar notes.
We trust His Excellency will see the advisability of
granting our request. We have &c.
(Signed) Geo. Fenwick
(Signed) D. Gilley
Secretary
Hongkong Whampoa Dock Co.
(Signed) M. N. Bain
Manager
La
Struggling &c.
(Signed) Andrew Johnst
Lt. Superintendent
Yuen Sugar Refinery.
(Signed) Henry Dickie
Manager China Sugar Refining Co. Ld.
notes alleging
that the limit
allowed by Government is
already