CO129-365 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [1-3] — Page 92

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(artainly) nalised that commercially

it kong is part of China

y to that

extent is compiled to me the currency

mi ure

in that part of

which is China with which it's commercial

interests are concerned.

dhe position at present is that after geand

I minting cart amount of it.k.com's The Kwang pronnies.

are in circulation

that wantly the Chinese authorites,

becoming

man of the profit the made

from minting,

ting, have moved mormone quantities qabridity silver win

the approximat weight ofmencio

so the them

the IK. conis,

1

Lin

Ihr Ite.

design as to be compared with

It is stated, probably suite conretly, that the amount moxid

conio

reatly

I raisemento.

This tend to depuciats not only the Cheners com's hat the SPK, commage which is qnsimitar character. In additions the mencis of the I.K. (approximately

the (hinire) in tridiang comes componed with the solar i

as aganist 900

fro

& this who tends to place the catriding

42

760/1 E-20PTT (879'21) AGV 80/L1 0009 '98-120'05 9M (088T)

comsage at a discount

which

87 nach

ANAD

#

117%

The chances are

that the subsidiary

con

ersu

will always be at a slight discount

if Chinese comis

wholly excluded.

sey improbable that the scheme wi

read the ItK. comnge abour par

a. Su 2. beyond

A

appears to think might happen.

But I support that if the SAK. omb: comimage

is to be whabilitated.

I forbidding the import

com's by th

proposed.

it must be doon either

Chinese

Some

scheme

as that

Prohibition Camport

Bon

be quite impracticable. Some 4000 persons daily haul butworn St.K. & Canton: to prevent the introductin & Chinese coin and mean

the establishment of

Enormously express (urtono staff. Secondly it at distocate small

Ar

hade, & the Chinese are th of Chivist come

sindifferently & though the Chinese comes an ast legal under it is difficult to imagine that the It. K. Kaders at upere & take them wince they of wee them in China that i

c?

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