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above.

"The "remedy" on Pemeness,

car

the

allow able

error of workmanship

248

If the Hong Kong dollar is als

fabricated of.

of silver

fineness, which is

of

Autho

un every wayy

the

most

convement proportion as it is

w

coining

is most

convenently

the

defined with reference to the quantity

(already stated) of fine silver

the dollar

range of

iv.

It can be fixed at or

· 0:00.2 of ( how thousandths

of an

dollar

onnel

above

:) of fine silver

ir each

the Standard quantity

of fine silver in the dollar already

mentioned, to

Jame

give a

0.0.02.

below the

Standard quantity. This would

remedy wit fineness intermediate

ni amount between

between the remedies of

the English and French Mints.

су

f

0.002

0.78aty oz

3

0.873 03

0.002 oz

4

most general and likely to-be-

permanent,

then the weight of the

dollar will bo

0:87-3

ounce exactly

(right hundred and seventy three

thousandths of an ounce).

weight

Hong-Kong dollar 0.87.5. ounce -

The remedy

Frencas

meness of Orlver no 1000

доо

weight of

Coms

is usually the

Sanre

wr

amount

as

the remedy in fueness. The allowable

range

weight for the

Meurs

dollar

will therefore be

therefore be hur thousandths of

Ouild

above

and the

same below

the Standard weight

each dollar.

When