Her Excellency
olog to urgent as
ame
Su W. Hamilton
telegraphing
8th
to ask whether the matter is
to justify the increased cost
the reply to this Letter the following
Number should be quoted,
? Putty subgroup
16034
99
1/11
26759.
28860
REC
222
Rece 23 OCT 99
TREASURY CHAMBERS,
21
October 1899
Sir,
In reply to Mr Lucas's letter of the 9th instant (26759) stating that a telegram has been received
from the Government of Hong Kong, asking for the early
supply of copper cents to the amount of $10,000 for the
use of the Colony, I am directed by the Lords Commissioners
of Her Majesty's Treasury to request that you will inform
Mr Secretary Chamberlain that, in view of the great pressure of coinage demands which have to be met by the
end of the current calendar year, the Royal Mint would not be able to undertake this coinage until next year.
My Lords regret, therefore, that, if the need
be urgent, it will be necessary for the Colony to make other
arrangements for the supply of the coin required.
I am,
Sir.
Your obedient servant,
E.W. Hamilton
Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office.
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