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under the eyes of the Community —

am sorry to say that, despite such advantages, the Chinese are nevertheless insensible to any sentiment, and exhibit allurements of financial preference except for the greatest weight of silver and would seek that even in Coins produced by "an anarchical State like Mexico".

Mr. Menzie is equally inaccurate in another assertion, which is greatly calculated to mislead. He refers to the large quantity of silver sent to the mint on its first opening, attracted by the Government Concession of Coining free of seignorage for one month in July, and states that "Several millions of Mexican dollars were at once sent in".

The tendency and probably, the object of such obfuscation is to attribute a preference, on the part of the local population here for the British dollar as British. Indeed, much of the sanguine calculations of those, who originated the Mint, is based on sentimentality of that description, which pictures a Briton carrying his dollar like the Union Jack round the world.

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Even Mr. Kinder, after espousing here for months the same spirit, was fancied and has officially represented to me that as it had become impossible for the Public or

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227 under the eyes of the Community — am sorry to say that, despite such advantages, the Chinese are nevertheless insensible to any sentiment, and exhibit allurements of financial preference except for the greatest weight of silver and would seek that even in Coins produced by "an anarchical State like Mexico". Mr. Menzie is equally inaccurate in another assertion, which is greatly calculated to mislead. He refers to the large quantity of silver sent to the mint on its first opening, attracted by the Government Concession of Coining free of seignorage for one month in July, and states that "Several millions of Mexican dollars were at once sent in". The tendency and probably, the object of such obfuscation is to attribute a preference, on the part of the local population here for the British dollar as British. Indeed, much of the sanguine calculations of those, who originated the Mint, is based on sentimentality of that description, which pictures a Briton carrying his dollar like the Union Jack round the world. 26 Even Mr. Kinder, after espousing here for months the same spirit, was fancied and has officially represented to me that as it had become impossible for the Public or
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under the cyes of the Community-

am sarry to say that, despite such

advantages, the

I

the Chinese

are ne

nevertheless

insensible to

any

sentiment, and exhibit

2257

allurements of financial

preference except

for the greatest weight of silver and would seek that even in Coins produced

by "an anarchical State like Mexico".

Mr Mr Menzie is equally inaccurate in another assertion, which is greatly calculated to mislead. He prefers to the large quantity of silver sent to the mint on its first openings attracted by the Government Concession of Coining free of seignorage far

one month

↑

and states that

"Several millions of

July

Merican dollars were at arce sent in".

The lendency and probably, the object of not such obsuration is to attribute a prefereves, imo givsed by the write, on the part of the lezal population here for the Brilish

dollar as British, Inderd

the loose

Nas

sching and

amy much of

sanginu

ت

calculations of thors, who originated the

Mint, is based on sentimentality of that

description, which

pidumos

A

Briten

I carrying his dollar like the Umin Jones

round the world.

26

Even Mr Kinder, after usiding/

here for mantis

same e

spirit,

was

and has

in

feeled wish the

more

than ince

officially represented to me that as it had become imposible for the Public or

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