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Alt feltorz to, he addressed to the Chartered BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIAZCHINA.
TELEDRARNIS ADORELE, PYSTAIL
me as
2075
C.O
22498
28 EC J
563
Chartered Bank of Judia, Australia & China. Hatton Court: Threadngelle Sheek
London: 28th Deer 1894:
MATT
Edward Fairfield Eve 6. M. 9.
Colonial Office
Sir
Whitehall S.M.
I beg to acknowledge receipt letter of 21th December, with
British dollar,
reference
to the
new
and inviting me to express
an
opinion
as to whether it would be well to take advantage of the new Orders in Council to provide that all coins whatever, whether of the old or the should be demonetized new coinage,
or otherwise stamped, the other hand, any
if chopped
whether on
such
provision would cause inconvenience
As
regards
the Straits Settlements.
the practice of chopping dollars does · not prevail there, and such dollars would not be received as currency either by the Banks or by the public.
In the case of Hongkong it
is
И
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