CO129-172 - Public Offices & Others - 1875 — Page 110

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1000=

not by weight.

a reason

This Bank gave against payment by weight, that the trade dollar being heavier than the Mexican dollar, payment by weight would result in more dollars being paid by weight than the number of dollars paid by count under the present currency system, which would be thought unnecessary.

The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank would make the Trade Dollar legal tender. The Bank wanted to advocate the introduction of it, as a clean counted Coin, not one that needed to be weighed, only 990 dollars out of 1000 being of full weight.

It added, "It is absurd to require them to weigh them, the result being that they are counted, not weighed, but unfortunately though practically of the same purity as the present currency, there is still an argument against it."

The National Bank of India stated that it would choose the American Trade Dollar, if any addition were made to the present currency, because it is about one per cent heavier than the standard, and a dual standard of this nature would inevitably lead to endless complications in business.

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104 1000= not by weight. a reason This Bank gave against payment by weight, that the trade dollar being heavier than the Mexican dollar, payment by weight would result in more dollars being paid by weight than the number of dollars paid by count under the present currency system, which would be thought unnecessary. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank would make the Trade Dollar legal tender. The Bank wanted to advocate the introduction of it, as a clean counted Coin, not one that needed to be weighed, only 990 dollars out of 1000 being of full weight. It added, "It is absurd to require them to weigh them, the result being that they are counted, not weighed, but unfortunately though practically of the same purity as the present currency, there is still an argument against it." The National Bank of India stated that it would choose the American Trade Dollar, if any addition were made to the present currency, because it is about one per cent heavier than the standard, and a dual standard of this nature would inevitably lead to endless complications in business. The
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104

1000=

not by weight.

a

reason

This Bank gave

against payment by

weight, that the

being

trade dollat

heavier than the mexican

dollar,

weight would

dollars paid

by

present currency

be thought necessary

The Hong Kong and Shanghal

Ban R

would

make the Trade Dollar

legal tender. The

The Bank wan

would

like to advocate the introduction

be found

und to number

"of it, as

a

clean

counted Coin,

only 990

dollars

and it added

!!

the proposal

"Icem

to-o

absurd to require-«-

to weigh them, the ro

"instead

of weighed, but unfortunately

"though practically

practically of the

" purity

I am l

the present currency,

" argument"

The National Bank of India

the American Trade

would choose

Dollar, if any

addition

to the

present

"

it is

about

"than

the

one per cent heavier

standard, and a

dual

of this

nature

would

to

Endless

"cut re ney

" inevitably lead

complications in business !

The

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