CO129-281 - Governor Sir Robinson & Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [1-3] — Page 228

specially appreciated in China &

whether

pièce is

as

the Hongking 10

ceut

acaptio in China

the equivalent of toth of.

Dollar, passing

in fact like

the similar fauton subsidiary

coin, or whether it simply

from the folmay

Fron

passes in the

of trade

of

ordinary course

as part of the balance

trade in favour of Chine,

it

which one

would

Jack

ん

natur

h

would be paid in the standardh

coin viz dollars & not

subsidiary

coins of inferior fineness.

You this point this chamberlain

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proposes also to enquire whether

the

balanc

f

trade is

in

generally

or constantly

information

throw light

or otherwise

f

on

on

favour of China,

this point will

the probability

the Coin returning

to the folmy at some

future lati

in

unmanageable quantities.

wone

8 Û Record will

alio

be asked

for showing for

a

whole

year

the

rates of premium

or otherwis

at

which the subsidiary couns

stand

in the folong, with the

duter

marked

thereon at which

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