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Copy of Telegram from Hong Kong to Crown Agents
dated 9th April 1897.
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REG 23 APR 07
"Send out as soon as possible two million five hundred thousand
"ten cents repeat fortnightly until further orders cancel letter
"398 11th March. #1
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Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, to Crown Agents.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
No. 398.
Hong Kong,
11th March 1897.
Gentlemen,
I am directed to request you to be so good as to order
and send out as soon as convenient $50,000 worth of five cent
pieces, and $50,000 worth of twenty cent pieces,
2. In addition to the above, I am to request you to send
$150,000 worth of ten cent pieces with $50,000 worth of fifty
cent pieces, so as to arrive by the 15th July, and thereafter
to despatch $200,000 worth of ten cent pieces fortnightly (by
each English Mail) until the receipt of a further communication
by telegraph or otherwise, on the subject.
I have to.
(Signed) J.H. Stewart Lockhart.
Colonial Secretary.
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