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23 June 1908.

inton No.20

ne 5th.

Taizuru

he 20th.

The enclosed copy of a despatch which I have received

from His Majesty's Coneulate General at Canton shows

that, prior to the receipt of the instructions which

the Waiwupu had, as stated in my despatch No.210,

of the 12th ultimo, promised to send to the Viceroy at

Canton, that official had, as the result of pressure

exercised at the instance of the Colonial Government laken

measures with the object of reforming the currency conditions

obtaining in the district, and had ordered the mint

to restrict the output of subsidiary coins.

At the time of writing the despatch, r.Fox was

evidently under the impression that the Hongkong Govern-

ment would be content to leave the matter in the hands

of the Viceroy, but I have since received a despatch

Right Honourable

Sir Edward Grey, Bart., .P.

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