CO129-113 - MacDonnell - 1866 [5-6] — Page 323

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that the latter

it appears the weight of

proposes the Houghong Dollar

to be slightly different from that decided on already and announced

to the Public - viz: 416 grains with 1 1⁄2 grain remedy either

way,

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or as Mr. Kinder puts it Graham's proposal would give 03:873.000

as the weight of 1000 Dollars - wheras as already decided here 1000 Dollars

would weigh only oz. 866.666_

a

weight

More

nearly corresponding

to the Mexican dollar which that

of Stoughtong is intended to

supplant.

About 60,000 dollars

1

have been coined up to this

322

date, and as there have been

already many changes and disappointments to the Public since the opening of the Mint,

I and

my

Council are

unwilling to add to their number by

now

making

further change in a matter so important as the weight of the Follar already notified in the Gazette - especially

من

the

Dollar now being issued from

the Mint is as

as

heavy and of

fine a standard as Mexican Dollar.

the

At the same time $2.