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of Mexican or American dollars.
If, as the Deputy Master of the Mint anticipate, the cast of the British [coins?] be the greatest, the Secretary of State will have to consider whether the Colony ought to undertake the cost of manufacture, and it is to be held in mind that the greater the circulation and the greater the success of the proposed coin, the greater will be the expense.
Sir Hercules Robinson observes, "Hongkong is a mere centre, a directing and financial Capital to a trade carried on outside. The principal merchants and the Banks keep there their central establishments, and there their balances are adjusted and the exchanges regulated. But the real business of buying and selling is carried on at the open ports.
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of Mexican of American dollars.
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as
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and the
Deputy Master of the Mint
anticipate, the cast of the
British
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be the greatest,
the secretary of State will have to consider whether the Colony. aught to
undertake the cost
of manufacture, and it is to
be hol
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in mind that the
the circulation and
the greater
the success of the the greater
proposed coin,
will
will be the expense.
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adjusted
"and the exchanges regulated.
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buying
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and selling
is
on at the open ports.
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