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from the popularity of these coins, and

from

the fact that they have been

m

eupplied to the public during the last

two years than ever

in much larger quantities

before.

Whilst it need to be the

rule to shipuunk

• get out ship much of $50,000 worth

of

small coin at envertain intervals

or

sometimes of a your, eightee months or usore, we have recently had at least two shipments a your of $100,000 enah.

3.

to

This is a poist

on which I desire

speak as plainly as possible. In obterining

these coires I have had to conteud

-

against a certain unwillinguess both to

Dok

for

and to supply them

5

a fear of

isering loomany. This arides no doubt

from the Keinon objcations to flooding

any contry with

and also

a token coinage,

• from the fact

the fact that in past w

year

years these coince eundoubted

undoubtedly

were sold

by

the Government here at a preusium, although

a somewhat

was made.

4

1 futile decrial of the practice

Now as to the issue

coins, they have, for several

of these

6 years past, been issued strictly in accordance with them. regulations of which I enclose a few copies. I may recution that the requiring of applications in English is simply to avoid the unmanageable reesh

would realt

: rush of Requisition that

1 from allowing Chiunse to bring these in their own language. To overstock Hongkong with these coin is simply impossible, they

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are

drafted off into China almost as fast as they arrive here, and this not for melting (for they

are

but for circulation. The

-only to kous) large supplies