CO129-116 - Sir MacDonnell - 1866 [11-12] — Page 250

the coming. But the difficulty is to carry with us in superseding the existing system, for both Colonial experience generally & Hong Kong experience in particular show that the community are generally too conservative in matters of currency.

accounts are round Kentare

At higaane

heft in both Lect. & charged in Mexican Dollars, by tale,

W

of which 9/10 for are paire. – The Home Ent refund

tirare, for example gean

to comum in this cystin. K

ressand

ices the loud Gut to the accounts in kivid

(20 hos 1044) Oh in (amil, to bring inture

(I believe), & it might not be very difficult, if the premium on Mexican Dollars returns, to like him & patten hefted

opportunities of Instituting a British Dollar. But in Hong Kong, it offers there may be quite peculiar difficulty in posting pan kinn present suption, which is one of Brother accom paid not in dollars for clean Bollen, or they

entire

A

que he called in China) but in Arkin den

G

a weight. _ It appears that on our first

We ha

七座

of weste

Kong

* patten pofed an C British currency (Revenue & B. silver) instead of Dollar & bullion. This Adu. in Comil ton remained a dead letter, - the community attend

& still adhere to the Canton systin

gradually me to the same metallic Currency,

of Boller inten loud forment use

A

in 1863

as the Comments, though keeping accounts.D & at lengthen the near pune ray,

at hit.

Colonizing H. Kong about 25 years ago the Motivion's ruggestion, & adopted the explain

communist naturally adsfited the currency wor

Ion with roque at the Conten factories, which is

that of having in Noten Dollars, chopped or

Kcanto,

of the community revoking the Ade in Cemil fr 1844, - converting accounts into Bollen & canto & Kullishing

à view Admin (amil., (lan 963). suit made the Dothan of

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Stamped by the Chemien forins (or Hongs). __ The Jimmy 717 tails of Canton weight go to

1000 taels of account. This corresponds, with the usual out turn of Mexican Dollars - the Canton tael containing 579.84 grains Troy,

the Mexican Dollar, weighs, 415.74 graus dieg

unall

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the coming. But the difficulty is to carry with us in superseding the existing system, for both Colonial experience generally & Hong Kong experience in particular show that the community are generally too conservative in matters of currency.

accounts are round Kentare

At higaane

heft in both Lect. & charged in Mexican Dollars, by tale,

W

of which 9/10 for are paire. – The Home Ent refund

tirare, for example gean

to comum in this cystin. K

ressand

ices the loud Gut to the accounts in kivid

(20 hos 1044) Oh in (amil, to bring inture

(I believe), & it might not be very difficult, if the premium on Mexican Dollars returns, to like him & patten hefted

opportunities of Instituting a British Dollar. But in Hong Kong, it offers there may be quite peculiar difficulty in posting pan kinn present suption, which is one of Brother accom paid not in dollars for clean Bollen, or they

entire

A

que he called in China) but in Arkin den

G

a weight. _ It appears that on our first

We ha

七座

of weste

Kong

* patten pofed an C British currency (Revenue & B. silver) instead of Dollar & bullion. This Adu. in Comil ton remained a dead letter, - the community attend

& still adhere to the Canton systin

gradually me to the same metallic Currency,

of Boller inten loud forment use

A

in 1863

as the Comments, though keeping accounts.D & at lengthen the near pune ray,

at hit.

Colonizing H. Kong about 25 years ago the Motivion's ruggestion, & adopted the explain

communist naturally adsfited the currency wor

Ion with roque at the Conten factories, which is

that of having in Noten Dollars, chopped or

Kcanto,

of the community revoking the Ade in Cemil fr 1844, - converting accounts into Bollen & canto & Kullishing

à view Admin (amil., (lan 963). suit made the Dothan of

Page 248

Stamped by the Chemien forins (or Hongs). __ The Jimmy 717 tails of Canton weight go to

1000 taels of account. This corresponds, with the usual out turn of Mexican Dollars - the Canton tael containing 579.84 grains Troy,

the Mexican Dollar, weighs, 415.74 graus dieg

unall