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-100 T9qg00 edd noqu Wen Vidaom etil vitsb ↑ lent

nottefoto bebeqminu me and aids ti bne

,VONSI

Durolla gorekoven¿xe to atider vriw co&89" or at shedd

.Derebosgns 90

e to suiev edd dana 08Js betste reed aan JI

dert bred860 000, to dorit Bedamixonqqs Tallob

→Ĉns in Vioo 02 cios Lemoldoent bar faqtonliq and ddiw

30 Ju

.be/qmia ere amidalroles bataisт vi

Jou ste voneti ed to zolder Iggel ont a gnol

ae brav vidzadenos dam egter textem eft bexit

-mi coitosarwId Jeving bas olduq add I'e vitnem

-ited ent daso bre revile rowded egnarioxe evInv

bly Iss♪ end to 9c8lq ni reulev Tallob to noljuj

-Cet on to nottantIqmco e arisuborq ei diwası yino

To extend our argument further afield:

in all our transactions with other countries, foreign obligations have always been liquidated in terms of taels. Native Customs revenue, also, is expressed in terms of K'u P'ing taels. Foreign commerce is carried on entirely by means of exchange calculations, and the price of the pound sterling fluctuates with the state of the silver market. By using a tael currency transactions can all proceed as before, and the extended use of such a coin cannot fail to prove advantageous.

The coinage of a tael currency was recommended by the Council of Finance. In Hupei and the New Dominion a tael currency has been in use for some years. The Board of Finance also held that if a silver currency were to be adopted there could be no harm in using a tael coin.

This, then, is also our present decision: and we have furthermore adopted the suggestion of Tuan Fang to coin a large quantity of 5 mace pieces (half taels) to be of equal currency with the tael coins, and to be legal tender for any amount. Besides these two coins we

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238 -100 T9qg00 edd noqu Wen Vidaom etil vitsb lent nottefoto bebeqminu me and aids ti bne ,VONSI Durolla gorekoven¿xe to atider vriw co&89" or at shedd .Derebosgns 90 e to suiev edd dana 08Js betste reed aan JI dert bred860 000, to dorit Bedamixonqqs Tallob →Ĉns in Vioo 02 cios Lemoldoent bar faqtonliq and ddiw 30 Ju .be/qmia ere amidalroles bataisт vi Jou ste voneti ed to zolder Iggel ont a gnol ae brav vidzadenos dam egter textem eft bexit -mi coitosarwId Jeving bas olduq add I'e vitnem -ited ent daso bre revile rowded egnarioxe evInv bly Iss♪ end to 9c8lq ni reulev Tallob to noljuj -Cet on to nottantIqmco e arisuborq ei diwası yino To extend our argument further afield: in all our transactions with other countries, foreign obligations have always been liquidated in terms of taels. Native Customs revenue, also, is expressed in terms of K'u P'ing taels. Foreign commerce is carried on entirely by means of exchange calculations, and the price of the pound sterling fluctuates with the state of the silver market. By using a tael currency transactions can all proceed as before, and the extended use of such a coin cannot fail to prove advantageous. The coinage of a tael currency was recommended by the Council of Finance. In Hupei and the New Dominion a tael currency has been in use for some years. The Board of Finance also held that if a silver currency were to be adopted there could be no harm in using a tael coin. This, then, is also our present decision: and we have furthermore adopted the suggestion of Tuan Fang to coin a large quantity of 5 mace pieces (half taels) to be of equal currency with the tael coins, and to be legal tender for any amount. Besides these two coins we
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GA 238 -100 T9qg00 edd noqu Wen Vidaom etil vitsb lent nottefoto bebeqminu me and aids ti bne ,VONSI Durolla gorekoven¿xe to atider vriw co&89" or at shedd .Derebosgns 90 e to suiev edd dana 08Js betste reed aan JI dert bred860 000, to dorit Bedamixonqqs Tallob →Ĉns in Vioo 02 cios Lemoldoent bar faqtonliq and ddiw 30 Ju .be/qmia ere amidalroles bataisт vi Jou ste voneti ed to zolder Iggel ont a gnol ae brav vidzadenos dam egter textem eft bexit -mi coitosarwId Jeving bas olduq add I'e vitnem -ited ent daso bre revile rowded egnarioxe evInv bly Iss♪ end to 9c8lq ni reulev Tallob to noljuj -Cet on to nottantIqmco e arisuborq ei diwası yino To extend our argument further afield: in all our transactions with other countries, foreign obligations The have always been liquidated in terms of taels. Native Customs revenue, also, is expressed in terms of K'u P'ing taels. Foreign commerce is carried on en- tirely by means of exchange calculations, and the price of the pound sterling fluctuates with the state of the silver market. By using a tael currency transactions can all proceed as before, and the extended use of such a coin cannot fail to prove advantageous. The coinage of a tael currency was recommended by the Council of Finance. In Hupei and the New Dominion a tael currency has been in use for some years. The Board of Finance also held that if a silver currency .anoid were to be adopted there could be no harm in using a aslonensus lia ni dard si JneNETS TONJONA tael coin. don ban 900lq srid berotoer ed bluore amioo vo benoloer sd deo asslIob en Jeui, JUA fje mojaμf” -at dode 818 vert sono afsed meo cals 08,00eiq ert bne anoiarevino to siduod erd elid bre antoo of tut pala Iliw antoo doua beves ed Illw adminoatb ' vient of dry low at gr Ibnogastros lo moltibooo add .moj denimonsb badiroent and we This, then, is also our present decision: have furthermore adopted the suggestion of Tuan Fang to coin a large quantity of 5 mace pieces (half taels) to be of equal currency with the tael coins, and to be legal tender for any amount. Besides these two coins we
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-100 T9qg00 edd noqu Wen Vidaom etil vitsb ↑ lent

nottefoto bebeqminu me and aids ti bne

,VONSI

Durolla gorekoven¿xe to atider vriw co&89" or at shedd

.Derebosgns 90

e to suiev edd dana 08Js betste reed aan JI

dert bred860 000, to dorit Bedamixonqqs Tallob

→Ĉns in Vioo 02 cios Lemoldoent bar faqtonliq and ddiw

30 Ju

.be/qmia ere amidalroles bataisт vi

Jou ste voneti ed to zolder Iggel ont a gnol

ae brav vidzadenos dam egter textem eft bexit

-mi coitosarwId Jeving bas olduq add I'e vitnem

-ited ent daso bre revile rowded egnarioxe evInv

bly Iss♪ end to 9c8lq ni reulev Tallob to noljuj

-Cet on to nottantIqmco e arisuborq ei diwası yino

To extend our argument further afield:

in all our

transactions with other countries, foreign obligations

The

have always been liquidated in terms of taels.

Native Customs revenue, also, is expressed in terms of

K'u P'ing taels. Foreign commerce is carried on en-

tirely by means of exchange calculations, and the price

of the pound sterling fluctuates with the state of the

silver market. By using a tael currency transactions

can all proceed as before, and the extended use of such

a coin cannot fail to prove advantageous.

The coinage of a tael currency was recommended by

the Council of Finance. In Hupei and the New Dominion

a tael currency has been in use for some years.

The

Board of Finance also held that if a silver currency

.anoid

were to be adopted there could be no harm in using a

aslonensus lia ni dard si JneNETS TONJONA

tael coin.

yď don ban 900lq srid wď berotoer ed bluore amioo

vo benoloer sd deo asslIob en Jeui, JUA

fje mojaμf”

-at dode 818 vert sono afsed meo cals 08,00eiq ert

bne anoiarevino to siduod erd elid bre antoo of

tut pala Iliw antoo doua beves ed Illw adminoatb

'

vient of dry low at gr Ibnogastros lo moltibooo add

.moj denimonsb badiroent

and we

This, then, is also our present decision:

have furthermore adopted the suggestion of Tuan Fang

to coin a large quantity of 5 mace pieces (half taels)

to be of equal currency with the tael coins, and to be

legal tender for any amount.

Besides these two coins

we

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