CO129-240 - Public Offices & Others - 1888 — Page 144

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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coins would

add

3. I need only an expression of my

concurrence in Mr.

Lister proposal in paragraph 16 of his

& of

report of the 6th

April 1887

to refuse

to redeem any subsidiary

coins which could not

be shown to have been

· issued from the Hong Kong Treasury. I under

-stand that this

meant that no

20

refaced

not to be

only

coins

op worn as

recognised:

Hong

کے

DRAFT.

tong Kong

be redeemed, and that it

was not intended to

throw upon the holder

of the comn the burden of

absolutely proving

proving ito

origin. Imponent wad

that old sfil

would of.

legally

exbsidiary

com

rze not be

redeemable in

silver dollars, but-

exchange for

S

new su

only by

-subsidiary

of comidar temomisation.

4. As

regards your

request that the brown

Agents should be motructed

to

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