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Frong kong 16184356

Governor. No.

medy

Date.

61

1874

bil

1

Last previous Paper.

reminder 6 Octobed By

Copy Incamry Const. 16 Jun 1874-

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Question of proclaiming the Japanese

Silver Hen & the American Trade

Dollar as Legal Enders

Corresp & the submitted for consider I decision

M. Meade.

(Minutes.)

The order in Council of 9th any 1863 states that the dollar of Mexico or

other

silver dollar of equivalent value as may.

from l

time to time be authorized by the Gov. Shall be the only legal tender of payment, nothing

to the weight &finences of the

being said as Mexican dollar, the description at the time being considered sufficically unambiguous; but as far

m

Standard

as dean make out, the real unit of of

in the Commercial world

value cr

717 Jaels weight of Gollawahich

are treated as $1,000.

The Oriental Bank sepested the Gov

to authoring the Japanese Yen Gollar, the Unitial States Grade Follar as of- Equivalentoalue

to the Mexican

The Gov. veleured this

Suggestion to all the other Banks individualty