CO129-365 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [1-3] — Page 93

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them, if they

they ct. not use them in st kong

The Chinese soned cutainly

ment the

prohibition, at t. hade with the main land

generally Wr. sukes them andrarty.

equally grad obsons to

But then

au ga

A

+

Dir d. Any andi proporal.

The coins withdrawn und. be uplaced wh

HK com's now circulating in China, or

(b) 4 Chemise conio.

In the fremmer care.

the fort wo. have brepeat its buying up

In both cases the pil ohera hoon mult at in to uplace ITK. comage by Chinese.

(2) It is at best.

раз

doubtful whether the

withdrawal of Ith comis at. have the effect

E

to

dicriminating intern It...Chenin comis,

M

to riduce the

sets & prices prices.

2

händers kustant two

It is possible that

temporarily the stt. comis or appreciate

cutain

In

but this is not by any mares iny case the appreciation or have to best

Some time.

"Discriminatin

presame

hifie established. And I think the Chimère and

to take

sufficiently wide awake

mimediat advantage / the situation to

unload the Ith.com's from China

88

muney

(3) on the general princigh that bad

duris aut food, any attempt to tolster up the H.K. comiage seems heily to be an

expensive failure

The fact & the matter in that pe gears Ith. made by peopit's out of minting the subs.

throwing them on the Chenère morte.

Cons

*

They minted from more than they wanted,

did not put the profits to akware Fund, wat spent it as poveral

urmet

know they find that fone can play at the game & that the Chinese (as usual). the litter players.

I thrill the only possible thing is to continue the probing of sturdy withdrawal I sumples IX. com's until a

stage is nached when the 14K, comge monly

sapphis StX: med... This will take

about 30 years.

hat it is better

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