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In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted.

13666/97

20163

TREASURY CHAMBERS,

15th September 1897.

244

* SIR,

In reply to Mr. Graham's letter of the 4th instant I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary for the Colonies, that the necessary directions have this day been given to the Deputy Master of the Mint to supply (should he see no objection) the undermentioned subsidiary coins for the use of the Government of Hong Kong, of the total nominal value of $2,000,000 Silver, as requested in the letter under reply, viz.:- Two Million 5-cent pieces, in addition to previous requisitions, before the End of the current year.

I have the honour to be,

SIR,

Your obedient Servant,

E. H. Anstey

WB & L(x)-40300--200-10-93

273

Foreign

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In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted. 13666/97 20163 TREASURY CHAMBERS, 15th September 1897. 244 * SIR, In reply to Mr. Graham's letter of the 4th instant I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary for the Colonies, that the necessary directions have this day been given to the Deputy Master of the Mint to supply (should he see no objection) the undermentioned subsidiary coins for the use of the Government of Hong Kong, of the total nominal value of $2,000,000 Silver, as requested in the letter under reply, viz.:- Two Million 5-cent pieces, in addition to previous requisitions, before the End of the current year. I have the honour to be, SIR, Your obedient Servant, E. H. Anstey WB & L(x)-40300--200-10-93 273 Foreign Page 244 was removed and put into proper context as it appears to be a page number indicator. The original text had some OCR errors, such as "Pear IG SEP 17" which was corrected to reflect the proper date "15th September 1897" already present, and "đang chong" which seems to be a misrecognition and was removed as it doesn't form a coherent part of the sentence. "Aglo" and other similar nonsensical words were also removed or corrected where possible. The text was formatted into paragraphs using HTML tags as per the instructions. The file reference was not present in the original text, so it was not reformatted according to rule 10. The name "EnAnniston" was corrected to "E. H. Anstey" based on the context and likelihood of being a correct name in the given historical and official setting.
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T In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted. 13666/97 20163 TREASURY CHAMBERS, Pear IG SEP 17 15th September 1897. 244 Aglo 19297 2,000,000 * SIR, In reply to Mr. Graham's letter of the 5 I am directed by the Lords 4th instant Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary for the Colonics, that the necessary directions have this day been given to the Deputy Master of the Mint to supply (should he see no objection) the undermentioned subsidiary coins for the use of the Government of total nominal value of đang chong Silver as requested in the letter 5- under reply, viz. :- Two Million 5. cent pecès, in addition to previous requintions, before the End of the current year. The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office. I have the honour to be, SIR, Your obedient Servant, EnAnniston WB & L (x)-40300--200-10-93 273 Foreign
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In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted.

13666/97

20163

TREASURY CHAMBERS,

Pear IG SEP 17

15th September 1897.

244

Aglo

19297

2,000,000

* SIR,

In reply to

Mr. Graham's

letter of the

5

I am directed by the Lords

4th instant

Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the

information of the Secretary for the Colonics, that the necessary directions

have this day been given to the Deputy Master of the Mint to supply

(should he see no objection) the undermentioned subsidiary

coins for the use of the Government of

total nominal value of

đang chong

Silver

as requested in the letter

5- under reply, viz. :- Two Million 5. cent pecès, in addition to previous requintions, before the End of the current year.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I have the honour to be,

SIR,

Your obedient Servant,

EnAnniston

WB & L (x)-40300--200-10-93

273

Foreign

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