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In any farther communica-
tion on this subject, please quote
No. 22278.
and address--
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
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FOREIGN OFFICE
July 4th, 1908.
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Sir:-
With reference to your letter 7927/1908 of the
25th of March last, I am directed by Secretary Sir E.
Grey to transmit to you to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies a copy of a despatch
from His Majesty's Minister at Peking on the subject
of the proposal for a mutual
undertaking by the Hong-
Kong and Canton Governments not to mint any more subsidiary coins until the Canton and HongKong coins
in circulation have recovered their face-value and
then to limit any further issue to what is necessary
for currency purposes.
You will perceive that a request has been addressed by the Wai-wu-Pu to the Board of Finance and
to the Canton Viceroy to take satisfactory measures to
cope with the existing evil.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
Sir