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enquiries have been made by the Colonial Treasurer as to the amount of subsidiary
from the Canton
silver coins fron
Mint in circulation in
this Colony, but that he
finds it impossible to state
what
with
any accuracy
the amount at any given
date is.
Mr Mitchell-Innes states that at the moment
a considerable quantity is in circulation in the
Chinese
Chinese portion of Victoria, but that, as far as he has been able to ascertain, the
popularity of the Canton
coins is on the wane as
the Chinese are
beginning
to distrust them.
Government departments
were directed at the
year
to
beginning of this refuse to receive Canton
coins, and all the European
Banks have been induced
to do the same. The Chinese
banks