CO129-129 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [1-3] — Page 4

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to Her Majesty's Minister Sir Harry Tukes for the purpose of securing him facilities of obesencing the present mode of Minting there, and of ascertaining whether there was any probability of the Japanese Government being induced to take over the Machinery and any portion of the Meint staff here in the event of Your Space deciding on closing

What establishment.

12. M2 Kinder took with him plans of the Maint, and drawings of the Machinery together with full specifications

prices, and details

of all stores then on hand. I may here briefly state that the information received from Sir Hammy Parkes in reply on this point

fof

is conclusive as

to there

being little

CH

prospect of effecting a sale to the Japanese Government at present. because

however advanced their ideas

may

be,

their means would not enable them to:

so extensive!!

engage in any undertaking

3.

Mr Kinder

to have had

om

Some

his return appears

interesting

conversation

at Shanghai with M. Wade. Secutury of Legation to Her Mapsty's Minister at Piking

and M2 Wade having apparently.

seen a

popibility of induring

the Chinese Government to ciccede to

the introduction of

a

Jael

coinage,

and also of a subsidiary commage

Enclosure No stated in the enclosed communication I

from Me kinder. I felt it my duty

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