CO129-270 - Public Offices & Others - 1895 — Page 51

my opinion.

As regards

W

gards the

question

third paragraph of your

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estion propounded in the letter as to whether,

if demonetization were decided upon, it would have to be applied to Mexican as well as to

I would point out that

British Dollars.

this is not contemplated in Hongthing. We Jacen

expressly

that it be enacted

" (clean) British Dollars be declared a

by count concur

Jackson

recommen

sending

enacted that

legal

with (chopped)

one

of

a which is

currency

Consist he

"Tender by

concurrently

"Mexican Dollars at 77.1.7.

ring of

two coins.

measured

by count and the other by weight,

eats the possibility of

at first sight suggests

inconvenience

but I am

the

our

ready question.

to

I give way Besides

not

currency,

to higher authority

it must be considered that the

only of Stingthing but of the South of China also

is in the form of chopped dollars,

the enormo

in view of the

existence at present which

would be

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and that

quantity

of

Course

in

there

intention of demonetizing, and

discriminating

the impossibility of

them and fresh arrivals, I am

that

legislate aganist

any attempt to legislate

chopping of

between

of opinion

at the

ld only

Although

Mexican Bullars would lead to trouble and confusion.

M