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CROWN AGENTS to COLONIAL SECRETARY, Straits Settlements.
TELEGRAM.
11th July, 1907. Your letter is received, dated 13th June; thirty-one pence per ounce gross can be obtained; shall we sell as opportunity offers or wait; refer to my telegram of 28th June.
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COLONIAL SECRETARY, Straits Settlements, to Crown Agents.
TELEGRAM.
18th July, 1907. Referring to your telegram of 15th July, P. & O. steamer, "Syria," 27th July; freight and insurance, ten shillings and ninepence per centage on bullion value to be paid here.
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(7.)
COLONIAL SECRETARY, Straits Settlements, to CROWN Agents.
TELEGRAM.
12th July, 1907. In reply to your telegram of yesterday's date, sell as oppor- tunity(ies) offer(s); am sending by first intermediate P. & O. steamer subsidiary coins representing nearly 755,000 ounces silver.
(8.)
CROWN AGENTS to COLONIAL SECRETARY, Straits Settlements.
TELEGRAM.
15th July, 1907. Refer to your telegram of 12th July; telegraph name of steamer, date of departure; what arrangements have you made for freight and insurance?
(9.)
CROWN AGENTS to COLONIAL SECRETARY, Straits Settlements.
TELEGRAM.
16th July, 1907. We hear that Government is calling for tenders locally for $2,000,000 old coin. We are advised that market here may be spoiled by such action, as showing that you have silver for disposal which we had contemplated selling by degrees.
(10.)
COLONIAL SECRETARY, Straits Settlements, to Crown AgentS.
Telegram.
17th July, 1907. In reply to your telegram of yesterday's date banks were aware that we had silver for disposal. Want of storage accommodation here; can you store, and at what cost our surplus silver, selling as opportunity offers?
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CROWN AGENTS to COLONIAL SECRETARY, Straits Settlements.
TELEGRAM.
17th July, 1907. In reply to your telegram of to-day's date, can arrange for storage in London at the rate of one shilling per month per case of $3,000. We had contemplated possibility of selling some of the dollars in Calcutta. We have already sold 387,000 ounces at 31†, 190,000 at 31, 178,000 at 314.
(13.)
COLONIAL SECRETARY, Straits Settlements, to CROWN AGENTS.
TELEGRAM.
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18th July, 1907. In reply to your telegram of yesterday's date, understand charges to be deducted from (Charitable coming home) eleven-sixteenth per ounce; have sold here 2,000,000 dollars for 30% nett. In addition to subsidiary coin you are selling do not sell more than 1,000,000 without reference to here.-
(14.)
CROWN AGENTS to COLONIAL SECRETARY, Straits Settlements.
TELEGRAM.
18th July, 1907. On the 18th July we could have sold dollars in London ́81 three-sixteenths, less three-tenths pence to cover freight and insurance refining and charges here or in Calcutta at considerably better. Today we have sold dollars, 200,000 ounces at 314 pence, less same charges.
(15.)
CROWN AGENTS to COLONIAL SECRETARY, Straits Settlements.
TELEGRAM.
19th July, 1907. Dollars sold to-day: 200,000 ounces at 314, 21,500 81. Ship first steamer $500,000, representing yesterday's and to-day's sales to Mint, Caloutta; telegraph name of steamer, date of departure, gross weight of dallars.
(16.)
CROWN AGENTS to COLONIAL SECRETARY, Straits Settlements.
TELEGRAM.
22nd July, 1907. Sold dollars 20th July 200,000 ounces 314, to-day 200,000
31 are we to go on with sale of dollars after $1,000,000 sold?
(17.)
CROWN AGENTS to COLONIAL SECRETARY, Straits Settlements.
TELEGRAM.
23rd July, 1907. Sold to-day dollars 21,500 ounces 81. Ship immediately, together with 400,000 referred to in my telegram of yesterday to Calcutta Mint; telegraph name of steamer, date of departure, weight. This completes second $500,000.
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