CO129-295 - Public Offices - 1899 — Page 139

Royal Mint, to Crown Agents.

15th June 1899.

C.O.

18317

RECO Peep 15 JUL

137

Kong £466 Coin.

1.at

to

Gentlemen,

I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter

of the 13th instant, stating that the Government of Hong

Kong now desire that the shipments to the Colony of

silver

subsidiary, coin, in ten and five cent pieces, should be Mint 800,000 limited to the amount which will be produced from the

700000bullion already purchased namely 1,500,000 ounces standard

In these circumstances it is proposed to prepare

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for shipment by the next mail steamer a further consignment of coin consisting of at least $250,000 in 10 and 5 cent pieces, and as it will be greatly to the convenience of the Department to proceed for a time uninterruptedly with the Imperial Coinage, the Hong Kong Coinage will be suspended for a few weeks and shipment of further consignments will be

deferred until the third week in August, from which date

onwards, it is hoped that fortnightly deliveries will be

made until the indent is completeä.

I may add that the total quantity of five cents

will probably amount to between 200,000 and 250,000 dollars.

I am, etc.

(Sa) A. J. Pope.

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