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is expected that the British dollar will largely circulate in the neighbouring provinces of Southern China, where it has always been the custom to chop dollars, and, as the defacing of

the coins does

not lead to any practical inconvenience I am strongly of opinion that it would be in the highest degree impolitic to demonetize chopped of any coinage.

dollars

have further to add in

reply to the question put verbally today by the Johnson of your office;

probably

that there would

be

no

difficulty if it should be decided to fixe

a minimum weight of 412

grains for

a dollar to pass current

in Hongkong.

ao

I understand has

already been done by local Ordinance

in the Straits Settlements. This is

a

question however which could best be answered by

shroff

as I have no

a Chinese

information

would

as to the loss of weight which