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REGE 4 MAY 07,

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H. B. M's. Consulate-General,

Canton, 22nd. March, 1907.

Sir.

In continuation of my Despatch to Your Ex-

-cellency No. 21 (4244/1908) of the 4th, instant, i have the

honour to state that, at a personal interview with the Viceroy

today, the question of the closure of the Canton Mint formed

a subject of discussion. His Excellency who did not hesitate to

express his disgust at the reckless way in which subsidiary coins

had been winted by the Provincial Mint, informed me that he had

ordered the manufacture thereof to cease for a period of three

months to allow time for investigation. He made some allusion

to an intention of coining dollars. I took the opportunity to

point out to His Excellency that Your Excellency's Government

had entirely ceased to issue subsidiary coins in tongsong and

had last year shipped away the whole stock of subsidiary coins

remaining in the Treasury.

I would venture to suggest that, in acknow-

-ledging this despatch, Your Excellency may see fit to put for-

-ward for the information of His Excellency the Viceroy a few

arguments advising that the period of three months, during which

the minting of subsidiary coins is prohibited, be considerably

extended.

His Excellency

Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G.,

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(S1.) a. N. Mansfield,

Consul-General.