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to the expenses of
such a cornage, and that, including the cost of original dies and freight to the Colony, 1000 "Cash", each coun weighing 50 grains or 34 grains hearrer than the bronze "Mil", could not, even at the present low price of copper, be delivered at Hong Kong for a less sum, than 4/3, which exceeds by of the maximum cost named by the Colonial Treasurer as a condition of the manufacture of the coins in this Country.
If the proposed, coinage were of brass, which is cheaper than copper or bronze, though not so suitable for coinage purposes, 1000 "Cash" could be delivered at
Hong Kong for 3/7/1/12, but in this
Case
case it would appear necessary
fresh
to decide whether a Proclamation should be issued,
as the existing Proclamation specifies "Copper" as the metal to be used, and it is a question whether this term would include
a mixed metal
which copper
of
would form only 75 per cent instead of 95 per cent as in the
case of bronze.
I am, yo
(sd) C. S. Fremantle
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