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ALL COMMUNICATIONS

TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES.

278 C.

41755

REG 21 DEC 00

DOWNING STREET, LONDON.

Hong Kong

Reg: 503 Coin.

20th December,

1900

39338

th Dec:/00

Sir,

Referring to our letter of the 3rd and to your

reply of the 4th instant, No 39338/1900, I have the honour

to forward a copy of a further letter from the Deputy haator

of the Royal Mint from which it will be seen that on further

examination of the 10 cent piecos mamufactured by the Bir-

mingham hint he has come to the conclusion that the bulk of

the coinage might be permitted to go forward, and it was

accordingly shipped on the 14th instant, the remaining coins

being ro-melted under the supervision of the Royal Mint.

I also onclose, for the information of the Secro-

tary of State, a copy of the correspondence referred to by

Mr Seymour relative to the supervision of Colonial coinages

manufactured by a private firm.

I beg to add that on the 14th instant we received

a telegram from the Government of Hong Kong "Stop coining

"10 cont pioces", which we at once communicated to the

Birmingham Mint who replied on the same day "Coinage nearly

"completed may we finish bars already cast"

On the 15th we wrote to the Deputy Master of the

Royal Mint informing him of the facts and asking him to

acquaint us with the actual position of the order, 1. 0.

Under Secretary of State

&c.

&c. &c.

Colonial Office.

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