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In any farther communica-

tion on this subject, please quote

No. 22278.

and address--

The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

London.

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24489

IR / 8 JUL 08

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FOREIGN OFFICE

July 4th, 1908.

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$7927

Sir:-

With reference to your letter 7927/1908 of the

25th of March last, I am directed by Secretary Sir E.

Grey to transmit to you to be laid before the Secre-

tary of State for the Colonies a copy of a despatch

from His Majesty's Minister at Peking on the subject

of the proposal for a mutual

undertaking by the Hong-

Kong and Canton Governments not to mint any more sub-

sidiary coins until the Canton and HongKong coins

in circulation have recovered their face-value and

then to limit any further issue to what is necessary

for currency purposes.

You will perceive that a request has been ad-

dressed by the Wai-wu-Pu to the Board of Finance and

to the Canton Viceroy to take satisfactory measures to

cope with the existing evil.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

Sir

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