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Sir:-

INDIA OFFICE,

WHITEHALL,

304

LONDON, S.W..

1st September,

1905

I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of Sir E. Gorst's letter of the 21st August forwarding cor- respondence regarding the circulation of the British

dollar in China, and the contingency of its being superseded by the Mexican dollar, and suggesting that the Government of India should be urged to reconsider their recent decision to charge a seignorage of 2 per cent for the coinage of British dollars at the Indian

Mints.

In reply I am to forward for the information of

the Marquess of Lansdowne a copy of correspondence re-

lating to this question;

and am to invite his at-me

tention more especially to the Letters from the Gov-.

tter from Government of India No.82

dated 16th April 1903 India No. 104, 25th June, 1903

with enclosures.

India No. 118, 10th July, 1903

with enclosures.

om India No. 263, 20th August, 1903.

India No. 177 8th October 1903.

Under Secretary of State

Foreign Office.

ernment of India Nos. 82 and

263 of 16th April and 20th

August 1903.

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