COMMITTEE ON STRAITS SETTLEMENTS CURRENCY.
Extracted from Bombay and Calcutta Chamber of Commerce Letters
of 21st November and 23rd November 1902.
18. FRITISH DOLLAR COINAGE, &o. (Commenced in India 1895).
$ 000 omitted.
From
To
Value in Rupees.
Coined.
Bombay (from Governmeet Blue Books)
1 April 1805 31 Mar. 1896
75-94
60-34
1 April 1806
31 Mar. 1897
139'29
108'88
1 April 1897
31 Mar. 1898
463'00
317:36
1 April 1898
31 Mar. 1899
488'88
304'25
1 April 1899
31 Mar. 1900
697.50
446*68
1 April 1900
31 Mar. 1901
206'63
146'44
1 April 1901
31 Mar. 1903
582'81
363'99
2,673 37
1,747-94
3. Coolies attending to Pepper Vines.
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Note. Although the monthly wages entered upon formal deode of contract show no change in rates, it is understood that the practice has for considera rate of mages recorded in the poolies arranging with the coolies on arrival at scene of their work to substitute the system of " payment by results" in lieu of monthly wages. In this case the rate of monthly wages i contract agreement is misleading and is no guide,
COOLIES ARE CLAFSED UNDER THREE HEADS:-
1. Common Coolies -
-
2. Coolies for Boiling and Cutting Leaves -
About
Quotation from Bombay Chamber of Commerce Letter:
"It will be noted that there is a marked difference between the Coinage and the Exports which my Committee are unable to account for."
"My Committee regret that they have no information regarding the number of British dollars on hand at the Mint or elsewhere in this Residency."
Coined.
Shipped.
Calcutta (obtained from Master of the Mint) For the Exchange Banks
To Straits Settlements - To Hongkong
3,143,596
2,640,155
508,441
3,143,596
3,143,596
Quotation from Calcutta Chamber of Commerce Letter:
"There are no dollars on hand, all that were coined having been exported."
19. Imports and Exports (Straits Settlements) of Merchandise and Silver Coin, 1890-1901.
$ 000 omitted. H- highest. L lowest.
Bank 4 m/st. on London.
Epecie (Silver Coin).
Merchandise.
Year.
.H.
L.
Average. Imports. Exports.
Excess Excess
of
of Imports. Exports.
Excess Excess
of Imports. Exports.
of
Imports. Exports.
#
น
*. d.
&. d.
1890
3 101
3 of
3 51
16,874 20,881
1
5,007
1891
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3 11
3 3
14,295
19,970
-
5,875
1892
3 1
2 91
2 100
12,124 19,724
-
1893
$ 91
24
2 71
16,538 18,796
1894
2 37
3 01
214
40,491 26,548❘ 13,043
1
141,425 116,511 | 24,914
128,832 113,989
7,600 137,382 122,833 2,258 158,438 134,540 17,898 182,881 158,738 23,949
14,843
14,549
-
1895
23
1 11
2 11
24,335❘ 23,762
373
-
185,345 160,818
24,597
1898
9 3
2 1
2 21
23,775 21,471
2,304
186,198 181,777
24,419
1897
2 118
19
1 111
32,013❘ 30,755
1,258
198,360 171,877
26,483
1898
8 0
1 10
1 11
33,110
26,230
6,880
-
1899
2 018
1 111
1 118 33,848 21,705
12,137
923,001 194,141 28,880 255,291 295,655 29,436
1900
224
1 111
8 01
1901
$ 14
1 97
1 11 23,539
29,430 22,039
20,069 8,470
7,391
-
200,426 250,917
39,500
292,809 256,773
36,030
Singapore, 17th December 1902. 6849.
T$
Exported to China and Straits, especially latter.
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