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the Bill Hall of the Houy cow chamber

F

Site

Sommerce, together with the Report

the Committee.

2.

The Uncions ball where

this annual general Arecting

helk was not well filled, for

مد سالم

there

only eighteen gentlemen precent, incinding the Chairman, M. 4. Keswick,

and the Secretary for L. Scorse

3.

The principal torics disenpen

at the meeting were the Currency,

Bús

leor of duties at the chinese Stations near the Sobom, and the Stamp

Ardinance.

4. + Pernt & the Committee

As to the Currency, the

quotes

the

resolution that was put before

by the chairman

after

Awe

the Annual

General Meeting in 1878, to the effect

dat the Mint should be recatablished

But though the

in tongsong. Report errepes no furder opinion

on the subject, M. Keswick, the Chairman, appeared to think there had been a change in local Isinion within the last twelve mouths as to the feasibility of establishing self suprating

mint owing to the large number of Japanese silver Coins now circulating in Houghtong

5.

As to the Collecting of butier

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