CO129-270 - Public Offices & Others - 1895 — Page 50

Libri to be addressed to the CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA &ČNIKA - TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS, METAL.

Zeopaies

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Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China.

Hatton Court, Throudgoodle Steek

London 8th June 1895.

The Under Secretary of State

Sir

Colonial Office

You

C. O.

9988

IRECR

REG 10 JUN 95

letter

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your of 1th mistant to 9/56/95 handing letters in the subject of legislating

British Dollars

copies of against

being chopped in Boughing, addressed to the bolonial Secretary by

the Chamber of Commerce and Mr Thomas Jucks the Chief Manager of the

Shanghai Banking Corporation, together newspaper report of the masking of Chamber of Commerce at which the question, In obedience to the request

Hongthing with a

Was

discussed

him whether

the

of the Secretary of State that I should inform.

may previously expressed opinions been modified, I beg to state that

have

M.

" Jachaoni's experience of Hungting husbeen

6 greater

much

ater than

to the highest respect.

declaring

200

led to

not aware

opinion

my

and is entitled

And further that in that the practice of chopping

OM

practical inconvenience

dollari I was

any

These consı

deration

to modify

my

of the existence of any public.

the subject.

certainly tend towards inducing