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the honour to state that there is

now

only

one class of European

Constables, who receive

the

- increased rate of Forty-five dollars #45.

a

month. It

may

be possible to

engage

men

at

home

for

a less

rate, owing to their failing to _ comprehend that the dollar - has fallen so much in value;

as soon as they arrived

but, as

they

here, and learned the true

value of their

pay,

and

found

also that their comrades were

receiving a higher rate, they

would

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would in all probability desert, -

unless the

same

they

were

put

on

the

footing. The general discontent : caused by the great fall in the value of silver can be best realized by supposing that in England

the purchasing power of the

sovereign

wvere

to

fall

to fifteen

shillings + cleven pence, which is the equivalent of the fall in the value of the dollar. Besides the _ question of remittances home, it

must be remembered that all

wines, beers, spirits, groveries, clothing

woollen