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part of a dollar. Unfortunately, the evin

wwhich I evolove some.

provicted at home, of which

specimens, was too small and light to be:

convenient. I will be seew

how ill it

xeous from the entoure/

compares in this respect with

the native cash in constant use

which also speciicens s are enolased. The tr

here, of

Yougkong,

مویدر

Government cash has always been an unpopular

coin,

4 of from 5 to

circulating at a discount 10 per cent. It would not be advisable to us

import any

Autore

of these, as the Treasury

could not dispose of the

them at par value,

and it in vol desirable either to sell them;

for

- lees or to force them into circulationis by any

artificial cxpedicat

On the other hand the clave

class of small

bradomum and market people suffer a good

bad and spurious

deal from the account of bad and

cash imported from the reccriulaud, and

circulated.

circulated with the native coinage, which

the

formw : medium of all small transastime A government cash the eize of that marked

A

▲ on the evolored card, and rescuebling

it as much as

possible in

gevoral

be a

popular

appearance, woulst not only

coin, and a benefit to the Chinese community, but might also

cource

• form

of profit to the Government. The

CAM ve

only question is, can

lay down such cash here at less then Ef a thousand.

For Majesty's proclamation referred to above lays down nothing about the size of the wit; it may

be made

any size

long

00

the devices on

the

existing

20

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reprodwood. The hole in the contre would be

better

equare than round, but, if made round, it should be surrounded by

square border.

The

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