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Tientsin, the Doyen of the Diplomatic Body addressed
to Prince Ch'ing and of His Highness's reply that a
Commission had been appointed to deal with the ques-
tion and report to the Throne. Since that time I
have frequently asked the Ministers of the Wai-wu-Pu
whether the Commission had presented its report and
have been informed that, owing to the divergent
views of its members, no satisfactory scheme for a
uniform currency has yet been decided upon.
While the want of a uniform silver coinage is
a serious obstacle to the foreign and internal trade
of China, the difficulties attending its introduction
although not insuperable, are by no means light.
That a suitable coin in the shape of a silver dollar
can be made in China is evidenced by the fact that
the dollar issued by the Pei-yang Mint at Tientsin
holds its own here with the British dollar and that
both are at a premium as compared with the Mexi can
dollar; but the aim of the Chinese Provincial Mints
is not so much to coin as to make money and this ob-
ject is facilitated by the lax way in which they are
controlled by the Central Government. A dollar
coined