CO129-504-10 Currency system- premium on bank notes as compared with British silver dollars 10-1-1927 - 30-8-1927 — Page 2

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1. Ezekiel (5.0.)

h.

114/27

word copy of Celter frem bi Cubway)

I fear that I do

leasonally up to dali

currency, and

seems

not Kewow of any

2

explaining Hongkong

undesinalu to delay

Kuns

to prepare

it is

not

one I

necessary for

this particular question.

Ат

you

au

eware

there has

never hee

Sort

noth issue in Hongkong. (A scheme, which

search

has

fo

for failed to hace

1

was prepared

ha

The

Refer

some years ago,

but

down by the higher authorities.) The

circulation consists of

a

was

luruid

small quantity of

currency in

silver dillars,

bank notes issued by the Honghong & Shanghai Banking

Corporation, the

Chartered Bank

г

Ind. Hart. & Chia

الرحمة

If the mercantile Bank. to the Pro Baat ett

B La

save sad of wetting apronto

سكمسكن

Charles Booth in t

question to tavo

The charmed

is not surprising: bat the coming into

wich

may modify his

5 news f

The existence of a premiuma

notio

in Ht kong is

но

new

thing. It certainly

бельно

extraordinary that

a

premium

Bank notes should stand at

full-value

coria

which they

supposed to exfresent. The usual problem

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