CO129-286 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black Governor Sir Blake & Public Offices - 1898 [11-12] — Page 169

in which

Stating the intention to Fates adopt

5 cents of a dollar as the

Lenny

Equivalent of a dollar for local

is announced,

postal purposes together with.

Say S.tofor

telegraffie correspondence which

has passed, since the receipt

of that despatch, between the Leccatay

of

State and the Governor of

Stong Kong as to the Equivalent

a renny to be adopted

:) in that Colony.

M. Chamberlain propores

to await the reciept of

deshatch from the Governor of

Sting King of the 4th November,

before Expressing any final

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opinion

as to the rate to be

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adoptest in these two Colonies;

but I and to obsewe that

4 cents of

a dollar is apparently

mearow Equivalent of i

at the current rate of Exchange

than & cants

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I am to take thin of fiortunity

of Stating that a despatch has

been received from the foverns of tiyi

reporting that the letter postage

rate between Fiji i the United

Kingdom and Cyfpress

Dands the

Colonies mentioned in the facend

haragraph of Mr. Chamberlain's

Circular despeters of the 303 August