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CD

expressed in Council that the supply obtained should

br 1,000,000 a

a year.

but. though after consideration and consultation with experts I have deemed it well to - limit the amount at first to $750,000, I feel little

doubt that, at no distant

China in which they

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pass current is continually extending and even if it were

desirable to check their

export from the Colony. I

see no

doing

8.

practicable meane

2o.

et strict watch

of

of

course, be kept.

Cover

time the

date, it will

require

to br

increased.

The demand for

these coins is steadily growing, owing, I understand,

to the fact that the area

China

of

will,

the issue by the Treasury;

any

demand should slacken,

and, if at

and the coins

below

go

par, a telegram to the

Crown