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Tenders fo Treasury + b cmmissariat Bills, at 36 doys sight

January—on Londen Excilars 11 to 12 fur cent discount

March

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July

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India Rupees 218 to 220 for

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100 doliau

100 dollars

India Rupees 228 to 225 per London Ecllan 15 per cent discount India Rufers 234 t 235 po ico dillars

onder Ecitar 15/2 to 19 fur cent discount

December_er London

2, cilars 17./2 for cent discount.

COINS.

only hold Coins legally current use those of the Uritia knigdom, the Australian Sovereigns and

half Sovereigns

ana the East India Comfremy's Gota

Ak chur. coines since the pol Lefitimlin 1836 value £1.9.2 Sterling: This latter how. ever is seldom if ever met with in the Coterry.

The Silver coins lawader these of the deritis kingdom, au the Dollars of Spain, elle cœur, and the South American Statio each equivalent ke life sticking. the lost India Company's Rupses, Half

and Quarter Chufuo, at 1/11.11a and 5% respectively.

the Lottare of Sprain is rarely, if cave, met with as a perfect coin, but alusps choppies a listen, and parse by weight - 717 Fails hung squivalent to 1000 Bollers.

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In this stali the spanish Dollar is not a legal tender, but being the standard by which all Commercial transactions with the Chinese, are regalatia at the Comentar - Porto, it is aise the principal currency of As Island.

The Copper Coins, are there of the terrilia Mirigdom and the tipper Cash of chinn, 24 of which are equal to one perony sliding

British Eilser is not a legal tender above £2.

These Cans have always bun lakin intiu changeably for each oltin at the abox rates according to the accumed interition of the Queen's Medamation of 10 May 1945 bind by a Fudgement of the depreme Comt gaveen in 18824 it has bun decides that such is set the effect of that Proclamation, and that special. Contracts must be satufica ui the Cain in which they are mode,

The Fellow of Main, thexico, and the Sorth American Republies in fact all Dollars Burrig of parity, not inferior to that of the current afpanish Doliver im now taken at par.

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