CO129-073 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1859 [1-5] — Page 505

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and having had an interview with Your Excellency on the same subject I have now

the honor to submit the following

remarks.

On my arrival

Previously your attention had often been given to the question of the

financial arrangements which would be necessitated by the removal of the Superintendancy and I had always fully foreseen the great advantage to be derived from having at Hongkong an officer specially charged with

the direction of the issues and shipments of specie to the

different Consulates: in fact when one considers that the same dollars which suffice at one Port have a considerable depreciation when sent to another, this advantage becomes almost a necessity.

Thus

The general outline of the system having been now satisfactorily determined on, no very considerable difficulty need apparently be experienced in working out the details.

I propose employing the mediation of the Oriental Bank in all matters relating to the transmission of funds - and a

conversation I have had with

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