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Two mace and one candareen pieces are proposed as subsidiary currency.

We propose that there should be 1 mace and 5 candareen pieces, as subsidiary currency.

These coins will in the future take the place of the 10 cent and 5 cent pieces of the past, and will prevent the rise of prices or difficulties in the daily life of the people, besides forming part of our preparations for a gold standard.

As regards the national dollar coined by the Board of Finance the year before last, as an experiment, the intention was to make use of this coin temporarily, as being known to the people and easy to establish.

If a uniform currency is to be sought, the standard can only be fixed after far-reaching investigation, and the present memorialists have formed the conclusion, after carefully weighing all considerations, that the long-established use of the tael and its fractions - the mace, candareen and mil - can hardly be altered or abolished.

The most suitable weight for the standard coin will be the K'u P'ing tael: and as regards fineness, it will be remembered that from the minting regulations...

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239 Two mace and one candareen pieces are proposed as subsidiary currency. We propose that there should be 1 mace and 5 candareen pieces, as subsidiary currency. These coins will in the future take the place of the 10 cent and 5 cent pieces of the past, and will prevent the rise of prices or difficulties in the daily life of the people, besides forming part of our preparations for a gold standard. As regards the national dollar coined by the Board of Finance the year before last, as an experiment, the intention was to make use of this coin temporarily, as being known to the people and easy to establish. If a uniform currency is to be sought, the standard can only be fixed after far-reaching investigation, and the present memorialists have formed the conclusion, after carefully weighing all considerations, that the long-established use of the tael and its fractions - the mace, candareen and mil - can hardly be altered or abolished. The most suitable weight for the standard coin will be the K'u P'ing tael: and as regards fineness, it will be remembered that from the minting regulations... Page 239 (no further text is given in the original snippet)
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Two IIs mi :bisita Tenjut Jnemugis quo bпetxe of

anoidestido mistot (aelijnwoo reddo ddiw anottosaNJIJ

SNT

.alead to emiet al bedæbiupti neṣd ayewis avsɗ

to anec mi beaastqxS Gi 08.18 QUISvet amodauo evijaй

alear gnt'¶ p*X

-19 /O DOITso at sotemtos rgletoM

9*kıq onu bre‚anoldsivoiso sąnarioxs to amaum yd VISTIJ

ent to state end mitw asðbiovit gnlítsja bmwoq ed♬ to

Qoid9edcs16 vomentos lese s gclau va „Jediem Tavila

Tove to sau bebusdxe Gift Die „SToted ae bes007q ile ns3

.auostedvbs svorq of llet Jomo mtoo B

vc hebremmoost Zaw yorernus Isad & to agautoo 91T

пoiniuoũ welt end bre tequf al .eomenit to Ilono0 SNJ

DI Lotegy emoa Tot Seu ni need and VonSTİO ÍǝBJ &

VOYATTNO Tovila a * dodd bied oaie sommit to DIMOƐ

H

ew bro

Choo at "red on od blvoo eredt betaobs ed of exew

.ntos feet

molaloob Jпeas" Two oale al nord ‚aiNT

arist ust to moiresque add bsdqoba StonedJtut sved

(aiser 1lad) asosig ensam & to vildmeup egrel a nios of

ed of brentoo Isud said dolw yonertus Leups to ed oJ

anloo owd seedt aeblasf

·

„Jauora vos Toi Tabnat Legoi

we propose that there should be 1 mace and mace (5

candareen) pieces, as subsidiary currency.

These coins

will in the future take the place of the 10 cent and 5

cent pieces of the past, and will prevent the rise of

prices or difficulties in the daily life of the people,

besides forming part of our preparations for a gold

standard.

As regards the national dollar coined by the Board

of Finance the year before last, as an experiment, the

intention was to make use of this coin temporarily, as

being known to the people and easy to establish.

if an uniform currency is to be sought, the standard

can only be fixed after far-reaching investigation, and

But

the present memorialists have formed the conclusion,

after carefully weighing all considerations, that the

long-established use of the tael and its fractions

the mace, candareen and mil

abolished.

b

can hardly be altered or

The most suitable weight for the standard coin

will be the K'u P'ing tael: and as regards fineness,

it will be remembered that from the minting regulations

OW

drawn

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