CO129-177 - Sir Kennedy Acting Governor Austin Lieut Governor Hennessy - 1877 [1-5] — Page 561

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That in consequence of the unsatisfactory state of the money market in the Colony, the Chinese merchants in the outports hesitate to come to trade, hence its trade is very dull now, and just your petitioners beg to lay the facts before Your Honor.

And pray your Honor to forward them to His Excellency The Administrator, for his favourable consideration, so that His Excellency may order a new usage to be uniformly adopted by the foreign and Chinese merchants in the future, and that with the exception of short and spurious dollars, or dollars hitherto not in the market, all currency, no matter whether they are new or old dollars, chopped or otherwise, be circulated and paid in weight.

This will be a boon to your petitioners, as the market will not then be reduced to an embarrassed position for want of funds, and the Chinese Merchants in the outports will not merely look on the trade of Hong Kong and sigh.

The Colony will be revived again in a short interval, and the trades of ...

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That in consequence of the unsatisfactory state of the money market in the Colony, the Chinese merchants in the outports hesitate to come to trade, hence its trade is very dull now, and just your petitioners beg to lay the facts before Your Honor. And pray your Honor to forward them to His Excellency The Administrator, for his favourable consideration, so that His Excellency may order a new usage to be uniformly adopted by the foreign and Chinese merchants in the future, and that with the exception of short and spurious dollars, or dollars hitherto not in the market, all currency, no matter whether they are new or old dollars, chopped or otherwise, be circulated and paid in weight. This will be a boon to your petitioners, as the market will not then be reduced to an embarrassed position for want of funds, and the Chinese Merchants in the outports will not merely look on the trade of Hong Kong and sigh. The Colony will be revived again in a short interval, and the trades of ... Page 559 31 Mar 188?.
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4 That in consequence of the unsatisfactory state of the money market in the Colony, the Chinese merchants in the outports hesitate to come to trade, hence its trade is very now, and dull El just your petitioners beg to lay the facts before Your Honor. and pray your Honor to forward them to Ais Excellency The Administrator, for his favourable consideration, es that His Excellency may order a new usage to be uniformly adopted by the foreign and Chinese merchants in the future, and that with the exception of short and spurious dollars, or dollars hitherto not in in the market, all currency, MAR no matter 559 whether they are new or old dollars, Chopped or otherwise, be cireutated and paid in weight. This will be a boon to • your petitioners, as the market will not then be reduced to an embar rasad position for want of functs, and the Chinese Merchants in the outports will not merely look OK the trade of Hongthong and sigh, The Colony will and the trades of be revived again in a short interval. 31 Mar So?. whether
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That in consequence of the unsatisfactory state of the money market in the Colony, the Chinese merchants in

the

outports hesitate to come to trade,

hence its trade is very

now, and

dull

El just

your petitioners beg to lay the facts before Your Honor.

and pray your

Honor to forward them to Ais Excellency The Administrator, for his favourable consideration, es that His Excellency may order a new usage to be uniformly adopted by the foreign and Chinese merchants in the future, and that with the exception of short and spurious dollars, or dollars hitherto not in

in the market, all currency,

MAR

no matter

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whether they are new or old dollars,

Chopped or otherwise, be cireutated

and paid in weight. This will be a

boon to

• your petitioners, as

the market

will not then be reduced to an embar

rasad position for want of functs, and the Chinese Merchants in the

outports will not merely look

OK

the trade of Hongthong and sigh,

The Colony will

and the trades

of

be revived again in a short interval.

31 Mar So?.

whether

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