CO129-186 - Public Offices & Others - 1879 — Page 135

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not at present arise, for the reamery do

not get herentation consider

Position

themselves

in

a position to

Antiver the Bank,

In is ank, the Goot wate

not

question being yet settled. In fact

the Hong Kong Goot mas

decline

to undertake the note issue.

For Hesse

think

I do not

reasons

need be said

anything

in the draft to the Straits about

the Bank

But it would

general

perhaps be wall in the draft to Hong Kong, to say that in the event of a Yout hote ime being undertaken fore, it would of course be necessary to withdraw the power possessed by the th.K. of S. Bank in

this respect

which trag

as the for.

4

aware

from presions correspondence was granted by his budeupon without reference home

measure which can be approved

set the approved or maintained Rain H

HiKong Currency & Gootnote

ww.heade

I have

added

Ca

paragraphe to the Hong Kong

despatite, but worded it the assumption that fas

you suggest) the

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132

reasing would

leave the HK. & S. Ibank the

y

power to isome notes large on reading the

denomination.

Correspondence again I thick this is tolerably clear. The beamy speak of the "monopoly " being discontrined. The "monopol

as regards $1 notes.

is ouf

I assume also

that other Banks would

as

be allowed

to continue issuing large notes,

the Goot issue would be confined to

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