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part of a dollar. Unfortunately, the evin
wwhich I evolove some.
provicted at home, of which
specimens, was too small and light to be:
convenient. I will be seew
how ill it
xeous from the entoure/
compares in this respect with
the native cash in constant use
which also speciicens s are enolased. The tr
here, of
Yougkong,
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Government cash has always been an unpopular
coin,
4 of from 5 to
circulating at a discount 10 per cent. It would not be advisable to us
import any
Autore
of these, as the Treasury
could not dispose of the
them at par value,
and it in vol desirable either to sell them;
for
- lees or to force them into circulationis by any
artificial cxpedicat
On the other hand the clave
class of small
bradomum and market people suffer a good
bad and spurious
deal from the account of bad and
cash imported from the reccriulaud, and
circulated.
circulated with the native coinage, which
the
formw : medium of all small transastime A government cash the eize of that marked
A
▲ on the evolored card, and rescuebling
it as much as
possible in
gevoral
be a
popular
appearance, woulst not only
coin, and a benefit to the Chinese community, but might also
cource
• form
of profit to the Government. The
CAM ve
only question is, can
lay down such cash here at less then Ef a thousand.
For Majesty's proclamation referred to above lays down nothing about the size of the wit; it may
be made
any size
long
00
the devices on
the
existing
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reprodwood. The hole in the contre would be
better
equare than round, but, if made round, it should be surrounded by
square border.
The
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