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DRAFT.
THE SECRETAILY TO
Generat
THE JUST OFFICE.
Sir,
30165/Alongkong
Downing Street,
361
September, 1011.
7
MINUTE.
Mr.
Collins
Mr.
Mr. Fiddes.
Mr. Just.
Sir O. Lucas,
× Sir J.Anderson
Lord Lucas.
Mr. Harcourt.
20/9
I mun directed by 'r Secretary
Harcourt to ackno dege the receipt of
your letter(6.302970) of the 14th
instant and to request you to inform i¤
Posteaster General that he regrets to
be unalile to sucent to the loverment of
Hongkong that they receive at face value
A
subsidiary coins of the Colony remitted
to then from the Postal Agencies in
China.
for consideration
I ar to observe that the loss
caused by the depreciation of subsidiary
coins received at the Agencies was one
which the Colonial Government had to
meet