CO129-265 - Public Offices & Others - 1894 — Page 456

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

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by of letter from Bombay Mint master to Bombay Agent)

Bombay 5 & Jan.

1894

We have made out a rough calculation of the cost of coining £3.000.000 worth of Silver Into Dollars, and it comes out about Rupees 23 perone Thousand Dollar pieces.

I have assumed that

purchase the silver Taupply

required it.

your

Bank would

it to us as we

If Government agreed to coin the Dollars zens, how long do you think would it take before

could let us know that the thing was settled

The Devices on the Coin would have

to be decided on. I understand that Honghong Dollars were once upon a time coined in the Birmingham Mint, if this is so, no doubt the old matrices may be still in existence

we could use them here to start on

new matrices were supplied, but the Representative of Honghong may prefer new devices, if so you must bear in mind it takes a

long time out here to prepare a matrice

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