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currency Sovereign.

the accession of the

мелова

Imere

can be little doubt

that the whole success

of the mint

تسم

له

scheme avist be imperitted by: rigid adherence to European rutes, for should the Dellar nor oblain circulation in China the result

must be unprofitable, and it would

a waste of time, labour,

appear

money, if i

and

defrated

on

it were

to be >

what after all is

لله

sune matter of reage. If the

Mint scheme simply

concerned

a British Colony the feeling of loyalty would dictate adherence to

the usual custom, but this is

matter avhich concerns the interesto

of British año Foreign Commerce in over which Her Majesty has

regins

LO

sway?

I have, I,

(signed) W. Probst,

For the Corresponding Commit's of

the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce.