*
In the reply to this Letter the following
Number should be quoted.
11571/88
Sis.
133
J
C. 0.
TREASURY CHAMBERS,
21 July 1968.
14638
REG 23 JUL 93
The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have had before To them M. Meade's further letter of 12726. the 10th instant, respecting the supply
of subsidiary coins to Hong Kong. to Their Lordships'
he
In
reply
observations upon the danger of a return of 1
worn tokens to the Colonial
wre
Treasury, the Secretary of State refers to a proposal of the Colonial Treasurer that the Government should refuse
to
redeem
any
worn coin that could
not be shown to have been issued
from the Colonial Treasury, and Itis Lordship proposes to approve that suggestion. Upon this I
am to observe that the Colonial Treasury
is the
only
Source
Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office
from which such
Coins