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for their decision?

murt, of course,

be sent to the

1 Molotures.

No 65

Received

Coin in the Colony,

from the want of small silver

Regarding inconvenience arising

and forwarding

on the subject.__

Commissary General's Memorandum

Lord

5th November, 1844.

Victoria, Hongrong,

Yover nor

to

A

192

Memorandum on the proposed issue of

British silver from the Chest in China

1. Should British silver be sent to the Chest in China; it must be issued in one

of two modes either at its nominal

value or at a rate proportionate to its

intrinsic worth as compared with other

coins already in circulation.

2. In the former case;

either the circulating coins

of other countries must cease

(1) or a

fixed value in

relation to them must be assigned to them or the one

must bear only an uncertain

relative proportion to the other

dependent on individual opinion.

3. Dollars being the only Chinese

Money being parties & almost all the transactions which occur at Hongkong,

After re-examining the text and following the instructions:

for their decision?

murt, of course,

be sent to the

1 Molotures.

No 65

Received

Coin in the Colony,

from the want of small silver

Regarding inconvenience arising

and forwarding

on the subject.__

Commissary General's Memorandum

Lord

5th November, 1844.

Victoria, Hongkong,

Yover nor

to

A

192

Memorandum on the proposed issue of

British silver from the Chest in China

1. Should British silver be sent to the Chest in China; it must be issued in one

of two modes either at its nominal value or at a rate proportionate to its intrinsic worth as compared with other coins already in circulation.

2. In the former case; either the circulating coins of other countries must cease (1) or a fixed value in relation to them must be assigned to them or the one must bear only an uncertain relative proportion to the other dependent on individual opinion.

3. Dollars being the only Chinese Money being parties & almost all the transactions which occur at Hongkong,

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for their decision?

murt, of course, be sent to the Molotures.

No 65 Received Coin in the Colony, from the want of small silver Regarding inconvenience arising and forwarding on the subject.

Commissary General's Memorandum

Lord 5th November, 1844. Victoria, Hongkong,

...

192 Memorandum on the proposed issue of British silver from the Chest in China

1. Should British silver be sent to the Chest in China; it must be issued in one of two modes either at its nominal value or at a rate proportionate to its intrinsic worth as compared with other coins already in circulation.

2. In the former case; either the circulating coins of other countries must cease, or a fixed value in relation to them must be assigned to them, or the one must bear only an uncertain relative proportion to the other dependent on individual opinion.

3. Dollars being the only Chinese money, and they being parties to almost all the transactions which occur at Hongkong,

The best answer is

for their decision?

murt, of course, be sent to the Molotures.

No 65 Received Coin in the Colony, from the want of small silver Regarding inconvenience arising and forwarding on the subject.

Commissary General's Memorandum

Lord 5th November, 1844. Victoria, Hongkong,

Yover nor to A

192 Memorandum on the proposed issue of British silver from the Chest in China

1. Should British silver be sent to the Chest in China; it must be issued in one of two modes either at its nominal value or at a rate proportionate to its intrinsic worth as compared with other coins already in circulation.

2. In the former case; either the circulating coins of other countries must cease, or a fixed value in relation to them must be assigned to them, or the one must bear only an uncertain relative proportion to the other dependent on individual opinion.

3. Dollars being the only Chinese money, and they being parties to almost all the transactions which occur at Hongkong,

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for their decision? murt, of course, be sent to the 1 Molotures. No 65 Received Coin in the Colony, from the want of small silver Regarding inconvenience arising and forwarding on the subject.__ Commissary General's Memorandum Lord 5th November, 1844. Victoria, Hongrong, Yover nor to A 192 Memorandum on the proposed issue of British silver from the Chest in China 1. Should British silver be sent to the Chest in China; it must be issued in one of two modes either at its nominal value or at a rate proportionate to its intrinsic worth as compared with other coins already in circulation. 2. In the former case; either the circulating coins of other countries must cease (1) or a fixed value in relation to them must be assigned to them or the one must bear only an uncertain relative proportion to the other dependent on individual opinion. 3. Dollars being the only Chinese Money being parties & almost all the transactions which occur at Hongkong, After re-examining the text and following the instructions: for their decision? murt, of course, be sent to the 1 Molotures. No 65 Received Coin in the Colony, from the want of small silver Regarding inconvenience arising and forwarding on the subject.__ Commissary General's Memorandum Lord 5th November, 1844. Victoria, Hongkong, Yover nor to A 192 Memorandum on the proposed issue of British silver from the Chest in China 1. Should British silver be sent to the Chest in China; it must be issued in one of two modes either at its nominal value or at a rate proportionate to its intrinsic worth as compared with other coins already in circulation. 2. In the former case; either the circulating coins of other countries must cease (1) or a fixed value in relation to them must be assigned to them or the one must bear only an uncertain relative proportion to the other dependent on individual opinion. 3. Dollars being the only Chinese Money being parties & almost all the transactions which occur at Hongkong, Let's correct and reformat it according to the rules. ## Step 1 First, correct spelling errors and fix spacing issues. ## Step 2 Rejoin broken sentences and restore paragraph breaks where necessary. ## Step 3 Format the text into standard Markdown. ## Step 4 Ensure that file references are correctly formatted without spaces inside parentheses. ## Step 5 Preserve page numbering as per the original scan. The final output in HTML format using for paragraphs is as follows: for their decision? murt, of course, be sent to the Molotures. No 65 Received Coin in the Colony, from the want of small silver Regarding inconvenience arising and forwarding on the subject. Commissary General's Memorandum Lord 5th November, 1844. Victoria, Hongkong, ... 192 Memorandum on the proposed issue of British silver from the Chest in China 1. Should British silver be sent to the Chest in China; it must be issued in one of two modes either at its nominal value or at a rate proportionate to its intrinsic worth as compared with other coins already in circulation. 2. In the former case; either the circulating coins of other countries must cease, or a fixed value in relation to them must be assigned to them, or the one must bear only an uncertain relative proportion to the other dependent on individual opinion. 3. Dollars being the only Chinese money, and they being parties to almost all the transactions which occur at Hongkong, The best answer is for their decision? murt, of course, be sent to the Molotures. No 65 Received Coin in the Colony, from the want of small silver Regarding inconvenience arising and forwarding on the subject. Commissary General's Memorandum Lord 5th November, 1844. Victoria, Hongkong, Yover nor to A 192 Memorandum on the proposed issue of British silver from the Chest in China 1. Should British silver be sent to the Chest in China; it must be issued in one of two modes either at its nominal value or at a rate proportionate to its intrinsic worth as compared with other coins already in circulation. 2. In the former case; either the circulating coins of other countries must cease, or a fixed value in relation to them must be assigned to them, or the one must bear only an uncertain relative proportion to the other dependent on individual opinion. 3. Dollars being the only Chinese money, and they being parties to almost all the transactions which occur at Hongkong,
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for their decision?

murt, of course,

be sent to the

1 Molotures.

No 65

Received

Coin in the Colony,

from the want of small silver

Regarding inconvenience arising

and forwarding

on the subject. __

Commissary General's Memorandum

Lord

5th November, 1844.

Victoria, Hongrong,

Yover nor

to

A

192

Memorandum' on the proposed isnce of

ow

Bitish silver from the Chest in China

1. Should British slow or be sent to the Chert in China; it must be issued in one

67

two modes either at its nonnical,

value

or a

tarate proportionate le b

intiuse worth as

compared with other

already in cviculation .

2 In the former

case;

Cotecting

coins

either the joint corculation.

ther coins must cease-

of other Stocking

(1) G

fixed

value in

must be assigned to them or the one

bear only .

would otherwise bear

au unartain

relative proportion to the other

individual opinion.

olependent

coin

3. Dellars being the only Chiriere, and they

exchangeably exmony

Money

being parties & abest all the !camventions which cunt arise at Mongkong,

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