CO129-180 - Public Offices & Others - 1877 — Page 421

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

expenses milil the illins became productive, were clexied off by the profit derived from seiphorage aild Subsidiary coinage, before the end of the the d years operations.

After the Mint was taken over bey the lap accuse Officials the

sidevers in the Standard ciref coliage appears to have suffered but the demand for smidle

Cours has reveaided nuabated

clearly indicating that as the use of the silver subsidiary comage becomes more

widely sprcade the demand grows

a lecapable onanier

and

fcorides while farther to open

an aluat unlimited use

for this perfitable operation in Minting

9.

up to the period of the Cave published amucal report

The Japanese Mics, cover ing a period of five years The average yearly out ture of subsidiary silver pieces exceeded $2.000.000.

0.0

or

to be exact the amount

these coins struck from opening of the Mint in August

189/1

411

1871 to the 30th June 1876 (the dan of the last anual report) was $12.091.273.65 the abar profil on this operations alone after de. ducting the cost

the cost of Minlage, would be at least # 1. 209. 12/7/8 en to

£ 241.800 Alailing

is added

When

say his

the profit from coinage.

of brouge (copper) which reached during

period, no less a mucker than 188.317. 487 pieces

the

has

amounting in nominal value to $1.905.984 61 The Mintage produces and as a very large proportion

the subridian silver appears to have left lapaw the profil. on it is absolute.

au everuous summ

The Government would of course coin without charge

have to re

The Norw

pieces which may

future

be

brought to the Mind in gears but as the life of a con may be lakew on the average at about 50 year the cost against profits would be scarcely

appreciable.

Current

By the mouthlyg reports for the

year

then appears to be no falling off in the out turn of Subsidiary coins, the silver

piece

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