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COINS.

Rates of Exchange of Commissariat. Bills, drawn at 30 days sight, in 1846

January. February. March. April. May. June. July August.

September. October. November.

December.

En London On Calcutta.

At par, or 4/2 = per dollar.

For Rupees, 2 per

cent

4 premium on the Bills.

For Dollars, 215 to 217 Rupees per hundred Dollars.

The only gold coins legally current, are those of the United Kingdom and the East India Company's gold mohur, coined since the 1th September 1835, value £1.9.2. sterling. This latter however, is seldom, perhaps

Colony.

never, met with in the The silver coins besides those of the United Kingdom

are, the dollars of Spain, Mexico, and the South American States, each equivalent to 1/2 sterling, and the East India Company's rupee, half, quarter, and eighth of rupee, at 7/10, 111, 154, and 134, respectively. Five frane pieces, and Dutch guilders, probably

· brought from Batavia, are occasionally found in circulation, but they.

are not rec

t recognized as

currency.

The copper coins

of Great Britain, from a

penny to a half farthing

are current, as are the

copper cash of China. Three of these last= equal a half farthing