Very expert need on this account,
Leaf
the payments being so small in amount.
Signers & Wacker
Colonel
14th October 1883
CRE.
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Enclosure 4
Memorandum on the subject of flour notes
A memorial or petition on behalf of five Public Companies employing a considerable number of labourers, was presented to the Governor, complaining of the insufficient number of dollar notes in circulation, which was the cause of a grievance severely felt by nearly all persons in the Colony and especially by those who had to pay large numbers of workmen.
The number of dollar notes in circulation is $226, They are issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai...