CO129-086 - Sir Robinson - 1862 [5-6] — Page 355

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received

from the mint in Londen appears

to us well adapted to its intended purpose, and we do not conceive that the circumstance

of it's being somewhat lighter than the native

an

cash will prove

impediment to its free Circulation. At the same time it is not easy

to foresee the Caprices of Chinese perejindies,

and

although the results can only ascertained by actual experiment,

be

лис-

emsider the experiment, well worth trying,

even

though it should be the means of

entailing some expense

with that

of

the native coin does not appear

to us material, while its adoption would

probably tend to facilitate the general ~ Substitution of the British for the Chinese

Coin, as shaving the design of Government to be, the local abolition of the latter.

While the mil might for the present

be adopted as the sole. Copper coin, it appears

to us that it would be

very injudicious to

inangurate any change by the introduction

of

on

the bolony; our

a

belief however is, that the new cash

would prove

no less

popular

lar than useful,

And

be required

that a continuous supply woven

from

the

Royal Mint

for

the

circumstance of

hame!

Rome time. The

"bash" clacking

a cent

piece

legal tender.

in no material.

as the smallest Coin forming

Publie convenience would

degree

be

promoted by having

Small

the cent alone to fall back upon for

paymento,

and the great object of providing

the thousands of labouring Chinese in this

lolmy who paurchase their daily food for

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