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1894.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
Enclosuratini to
Coby Telegram sent to the
Vicerry
on the
13th March
1894.
5058
From Secretary of State to Viceroy, 13th March 1894.
Your telegram of 17th February. Dollars. Colonial Office asks whether one per cent, would be accepted for coining any less quantity than five millions of dollars, or only if a large quantity were brought for coinage at one time. They contemplate that Colonial Government shall not do more than legalise British dollars, and that merchants shall themselves make arrangements for procuring what dollars they require from time to time.
It
Copy of Telegram from the Viceroy
dated
22nd March 1894-
10
not worth while
to undertake coinage
on
the
the conditions proposed in your telegram of
13th March, even at much higher percentage.
Y 25549. 950.-2/94. 1.315.
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