CO129-086 - Sir Robinson - 1862 [5-6] — Page 336

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Despatch of in which

the 26th March last,

you

announce the

meannes determined upon Her Majesty's Government for

the

reform of in this Colony.

2.

by

the system of Currency

my former report

M

this subject I recommended that the existing Proclamation regulating the currency should

be revoked and another

enbstituted

for

it declaring the Follar and it's parts the only legal tender in Stongthong; that the

basis

7

the subsidiary currency

to the dollar should be

a

new

British Cash to pass at the

rate

be

7

1000 to the Dollar, and to

legal tender to the extent

One Gollar; and that, although

not absolutely necessary, still to

render the system complete and

for

the convenience

Europeans,

a

chiefly of

Copper cent and a Silver piece of ten cents should also be issued the former to be a legal tender to the extent of one and the latter to the extent

3.

of

two Follars.

Her Majestyp Bovement

agreed to the issue

have now

as

торый

proposed by me of a

new

Proclamation, but consider

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