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Government House.
20 th June 1903.
524
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
despatch secret of the 7th ultimo with reference to the pur-
chase in London of subsidiary coinage for this Colony.
2.
I have conferred on the matter with the Colonial Secretary
and the Treasurer and they are both of the opinion, with which
I concur, that it is not in the remotest degree likely that
the previous knowledge of any intended purchases of silver in
Lendon leaks out through the Government offices in this Celony.
The only officers who see the papers dealing with orders fer
subsidiary coins are the Colonial Secretary, the Treasurer and
the Assistant Colonial Secretary. Certain clerks see the papers
in the course, of registration and copying but it is extremely
improbable that it would occur to them that such information
was of value or, if it did, that they would be in a position
to make use of such information to their advantage.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
3.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN M.P.
etc,
etc,
etc,