Enclosure No. 2.
India Office to the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
F. 4129. Sir,
India Office, 2nd July 1903.
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th ultimo, replying to the inquiry addressed to you on the 28th May, whether the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China desired to enter into a new agreement on the modified terms set forth, for the coinage of British dollars subsequent to the termination of the present contract on the 10th December 1903,
In reply, I am to inform you that your representations on the subject will be forwarded to the Government of India for their consideration and report.
The Manager,
Chartered Bank of India, Australia,
I am, &c.,
A. GODLEY,
and China.
Sir,
F. 4129.
India Office, 2nd July 1903,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th ultimo, replying to the inquiry addressed to you on the 28th May, whether the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation dosired to enter into a new agree- ment on the modified terms set forth, for the coinage of British dollars subsequent to the termination of the present contract on the 10th December 1903.
In reply I am to inform you that your representations on the subject will be forwarded to the Government of India for their consideration and report.
The Manager,
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking
I am, &c.,
A. GODLEY.
Corporation.
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