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CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

a one dollar note is a

necessity.

Moreover bullion to perform its

functions

As a

representative of

value, must circulate quickly, and

it can.

can only do so.

by its having.

representative either in coined

money

or Bank notes of various denominations of value, and? for general use the lower the better.

I submit therefore that as China has no silver coined

measure of value and is

-value and is entirely dependent upon foreign supplies, and Hongkong being

in the

same category, the issue of one dollar notes, when accepted

as

*

680

they are by the Chinese, is a great boon to the public, and a still- greater benefit to trade and _ useful for its diffusion.

Ihave 40,

(signed.) B. Robertson,

Consul.

(True Copy)

Sean & Smit

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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