CO129-449 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1918 [7-9] — Page 370

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

We had before

no the figures

A

A

K

to the noth wasure of your Bouth

yo sf May last. Apart from invertiments

as present holdings are not more

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sufficient from a point of view of prudence

L

Leid

the ca.

you

had defisited with

within dollars

The HK. Gost wearly '7

afsh a 15tat with withe of about 25 will.

you

dollars. There is a

very large stock of siln

and the proportion & the total note cour

very high indeed, when we consider the

that to Wt. in other countries undre

war conditions it has been found necesing & exfand paper circulation

low

agoo Karetallic deserves. We do not kink that HMS, and be jestifed in feresting the USA. to provide alon for the whief of China in the present

and ingent demand etsucher

finitation of softly

t-safe.....

until all relief possibh (his been given from

your existing clock of silver.

you A shif

her Stabb in his last message &

sago that it we be most inadorseth

alver away any

from the Colony

extensively

soundness, that

your

f. Cluia and thät

when circulati

any

reduction!

in the present resous

wd create a

very

bad effect:

It seems to wo

Thit the

silver reserve

an curent if t

high that the reflacement

Th) mithion dollars by the deficit if

securities with the C.R. Cd scarcely have a serious effect

1) you

Sk

confidence in the ability

bank to cash

you

rebten on presentation

in Allong.. You have pointed out 4 we hat the Está contest over the movements

war time and the present

the export of silver from stdoug

important

of specie during war prohibition

to Chine except under license sue

safeguards in this rxfect. There will raÙ remain 10 million dollars in the custody of

Aini

Air. Gork for the creasment of your

in the Mony,

anot

we

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sod saffect to you

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