Enclosure 1.
COPY.
REPORT
REC?
5049
REG 6 MAR 96)
170
On the 17th, June last a Chinese Detective
was sent to Canton to make enquiries concerning the manu-
facture of spurious Hong-Kong coins (10 & 20 cent pieces).
The Detective ascertained that they were manufactured in Ki
Ha Street, Canton, on the premises of Bannermen Officials.
On the 9th. August last the Netherlands Con-
sul wrote to acquaint this Department that Dutch Guilders
were being coined in Porcelain Street, Amoy.
On the 14th. October last a Chinese Detective
was sent to Macao to enquire for Indian Rupees & Dutch
Guilders, but was unable to obtain any, the Portuguese Author-
ities having shortly before broken up an establishment
that was at the time of raiding manufacturing subsidiary
coins of the Kwangtung Mint.
Chinese Detectives in the employ of the
Hong-Kong Government on the 8th. December last obtained in-
formation of the manufacture at Kowloon City of counter-
feit Hong-Kong coins and on the 10th.of the same montha
party of police with the assistance of the Chinese Authori-
ties broke up a coiner's establishment at that place, but
only Kwangtung dies were seized.
On the 3rd, instant a Chinese Detective was
sent to the Su Hang Village in the Ko Iu District to enquire for shillings, he could however only ascertain that Hongkong
& Kwangtung money was coined there in large quantities, the
manufacture