CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907 — Page 429

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allon 3 to minico ert .Jarosaib Iderabianpo e Je

For at netvit bus distew

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garoo at hide most tail end of d800 e jud mia,

or delu ultore drill end corit Intudernu dom al Ji

zefblamme to suertoo efretilong aris vd Leatt quoger

barideco Hofdw to suagi-revo sro,entoo reviia

-io Ilw aaef to miso adt derit wel Jetntor edd ddiw

ci quiby olantuoni vodeery to atoo sit davo ayaw

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ai slet vllebooge reed asri wal v bodetorq VI

tine cavifa etd mt berzusoo asri JerW

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ri nomiq mnida! Jneseng de al dovon erit to ens

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.7980 Teigoo blo erið srisalqalb Jaat eta anios

ore aszed mento bra bref amilo to awaf en va

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,elest nawilet mi meltub arodaub rot BUBO tied

elit ad or el tellɔb qovlia bseoqorq end ti JBrij oa

of q7s2assen ed [liv di,emiño to egentoo Errotinu

bas riqui bus i neswded eynefoxe to ejer end xit

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Haikuan taels, and, what is still more desirable,

between it and the new copper coinage which is the

retail trade currency of the Empire.

These are some of the difficulties with which

China has to grapple, and, although from a European

standpoint they are not insurmountable, the ignor-

ance of even the highest officials on the subject of

finance and currency is so great that their speedy

solution can hardly be looked for; but I shall

continue to make representations to the Chinese

Government for the fulfilment of its Treaty engage-

ment. Were the coinage of this new dollar restrict-

ed to three or four Mints under the direct control

of the Ministry of Finance, identical dies supplied

to them, the defacement or destruction of the coin

made a penal offence, the issue of subsidiary coins

restricted as in the case of copper with a fixed le-

gal tender, and only the new coins accepted in pay-

ment of taxes and duties after a given date, there

would be some hope of a uniform coinage for the

Empire.

The Chinese Government might also be advised

to