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the Stock Exchange Branch of the Inland Revenue Department takes the form of a narrow scroll only, and, if this were

doubled, somewhat in this fashion

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viz: the emboss-

it seems to me that the object aimed at ing of the date on both the stamp and the document could

be effected in a much smaller space. It may be urged

that so simple an embossment would be easy of imitation, but, if it were made a rule that no revenue stamp should

Jeave the Stamp office until it had been over-embossed

with the date, that danger would be very much lessened.

I should be glad also to know whether the adoption of Singly Fugitive pro Doubly Fugitive inks for the ad- hesive revenue stamps would not prove equally satisfactory

and more economical, in view of the fact that the stamps

will always be cancelled by printing-ink in the over-em-

bossing process, and that, in addition to the stamps being more staple, greater variation of colour could be obtain-

ed by the use of singly fugitive inks.

From

Crown Agents

N. G. Mitchell-Innes.

ΤΟ

Messrs De La Rue & Co.

31st. August 1895.

We enclose for your further report a letter (with pre-

vious correspondence) that we have received from the

Treasurer of Hong-Kong relative to the supply of a dating

machine and adhesive stamps.

TO

From

Messrs De La Rue & Co.

Crown Agents

14th. September 1895.

Owing to two sets of plugs being necessary for the

embossing die, it is impossible for us to make it as

row es the Stock Exchange one. We cannot get two sets of

plugs/

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