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Chief Manager, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, to Col. Secretary.
Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hongkong 10th August, 1893
The Hon'ble
G. B. F. Mr. O'Brien, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary,
Hong Kong.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of date I beg to annex telegraphic advices received by this Bank between the 1st of July and the 10th instant about Mexican Dollars and Bar Silver.
I may remark that intrinsically Dollars are 11/16 per oz. less valuable than Bar Silver, their fineness being 902.7 against a fineness of 925 for Bar Silver.