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Resort by Special Commett 22 of Hong K805
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We the undersig
Comm.
en tun
Hong Kay, 1817 and 1894
evere appointed a
pursuant to a resolution
monating of Commerce
Commit 22
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an
special General
to renginize into ander report
The Hongking General Chamber
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the desirability in the interests of tinde,
&
the commay of a British dollar apral in waughte
and fineness to the Inzxican dollar, for circulation in the Colony of Hongkay concurrently with
who legal tender "; and
The dollars which are
we have mat, after full expiring and consider-
пат, азерне ation to report as follows: –
We find that the mexican dollar and the
Hangkay
my Government dollar are the only legal
The Colony
and that the supply of
Fender in
mexican dollars in the London and American
chiefly.
diver
Silve
markets has very considerable diminished_ during the past six months. This in to the heavy fall in the sold price of.
saice the closing of the Indian munits to the free coming of
Linda & The
States on
Jilver
repeal of
on the 26 = /une 1893,
The Sherm and
Act in the United 31th October last, the mexican
Exchange has been unable to adapt itself to
The serious.
decline in the price of
Mexican dollars
silver;
continue &xtramely scarce
misufficient for the requirements of the Trade
of the Colony,
and thirre & was like Rihood ncrease in the supply cirkumstances. The semate
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under present
of
Mexican
dollars har seriously reduced the circulating
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