CO129-129 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [1-3] — Page 5

fance

more

to

represent the matter to

Sir Rutherford Alcock, because it

appeared

to me

that no chance.

of

C#

employment for the Mint should be

meglected.

4r. Accordingly

on

the 22nd October

2,

Enclosure No2...

cast I addreped the inclosed despatch Sandtone thin

to bin Rutherford, recalling his attention

a

to a previous communication from

of last May on the subject of a

lor the Chinese and also

coinage forwarding

me

in the event of the Chinese Governmer

being inclined to adopt

metallic a

rent

adopt a Government

currency for the Empire, and resolving to coin it on their own account, there was any probability of their purchasing the Maint Machinery

and Stores.

5. I new inclose bir Rutherford's

Exechome to reply received too late for transmission

Enclosure 3.

Si

Tael

#

Mr Kinder's letter recounting

the substance of his conversation with

Mor" Wade. Irequested Sir Hutherford

to ascertain what prospect there was (if any) of the

expectations of

Me?

Kinder being realized, and also whether

by last Mails. It is a

1/20/18. document, and

-highly interesting

very complete in the

information which it

supplies. Kiuch of the latter appears to be novel,

especially

currency

ао

to the existence of a paper

in a large part of the Empire which seems to discharge efficiently

the duties of a subsidiary coinage.