CO129-129 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [1-3] — Page 17

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Considerable

Merchant

2

margin against the

Some excuse

is made in addition.

or other

Another great advantage not to the Mint of HongKong only but the Imperial Government

of China would be the imprediction.

t

the silver subsidiary comay. The limits

Z

which it is

impossible to conjecture but Im Make considers the demands

would be enormous when once

100

80

100

it was understood. Presuming He Standard of the stack to be qo the and that of the subsidiary and the profits to be divided day of por cent to the Hong Kong Government and a Commission of 9 per aut allowed to the Imperial Government of

China

fr

The

introduction of

this comage, they would find

great advantage

16

d

it

entering on the

queation hoped the increase of available funds into the Imperial Treasury scould be sufficiently

large

insurre

assistance Authorities.

میرے

the active

the Chinese

To shew that in the Treaty

ports

Much

a small silver com

al

Comage

rage is

requiered

may exention. that not only franc preces, but Hong Kong Twenty cento pass. freely at Shaughne for quarter dellars. Mr Made suggested that: it might expedite on

the absence

matters

if

procuded to Pea'm but in

of any

authority to inter into the snegociations

to

mour the expences of the journey

such

a

Course Could not there.

be adopted but I incline to the opinion that

done

naz

to

سکا تا منه

by personal interviews

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