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we have had have not sensibly affected the steady prausium of one por cout which
they
on
command at all times, but joust now, the Chinese New Ye of the
the eve
Year,
learn that the wholesale price for tew
cout
1 pieces is double their par value, t for five cent pieces four time their par value. That is to
and
is to say,
to buy $100
worth of fine cont pieces in the market,
$1100 must be paid. Of
course, euder
these circuntarias, the Treasury
to
besieged with applications
applications for these coins,
the creat
-leut, till the arrival of the shipment,
6.
there are none to spare.
On the 20th Vatober last this
Departumut called
your
attention to
the subject of the inoreeving prevalence of
counterfict
ten cent
6 pieces.
It wa
was stated
that not only
were the spurious coins
aducirable
adinirable imitations, but also that they.
It was
ANCHORS
rapidly improving. suggested that liberal rewards should be offered for
the apprehension of the
or insporters
sion of the makers or
of these false coins, or for inforstration how they
This was
were introduced into the e
as
to
Colony
approved and carried out. Copies
of the notifications were eut to the High Authorities of Cornton, with the request that they would have enquiries recorde, and discover the corrur if possible,
them to be on the wainland of
supposing
China . This they promised to do.
7.
arrested
by
froesession
A few weeks later
weeks later a Chine was
of few.
the Police, who had in his +
a considerable number olapurring.
дверитесь
leu cent pieces. ête was sentenced to six months hard labour; A good deal of ~
information
avao
got out
of hien by
a-
fellow
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