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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, Srи NOVEMBER, 1873.
The Chinese Assuyers obtained the following results:
Twenty-eight American Trade Dollars weighed before being melted, . The same after having been melted and refined,..
Tls. M.. C.
20 3 5 18 1 6
Loss in weight,
2 1 9
Tls. M. C.
From the above it appears that One hundred American Trade Dollars
weigh
72 6 8
And that One hundred Taels weight of American Trade Dollars are
equal in pure Sycee to
Add allowance for residuum of Silver,
89
2 4 3 7
89 6
Or, the American Trade Dollar consists of 8961 parts pure Silver and 1039 Alloy. And in order to pay One hundred Taels of pure Sycee, it will be necessary to pay Tls. 111.6 in American Trade
Dollars.
This acknowledged and signed in quintuplicate, in English and Chinese, at the British Consulate at Canton, on the 4th October, 1873.
(Signed,) Signatures of two Chinese Officials.
(Signed,) CHRIS. T. GARDNER.
An American Trade Dollar before being melted weighs..... After being melted and refined,.......
Tis. m. (. C.
0 7
U
6
124
6 8
8 5
Loss in weight,
An Old Mexican Dollar before being melted weighs After being melted,
Loss in weight,
One New Mexican Dollar before being melted weighs After being melted,..
0 0 7 8 3
Tls, m.
C.. ር.
0 7 1
0 6 3
5
SO UP
9
0 0 76
Tls. m.
c. c.
3
0 7 2
0
6 4
3 00 00
Loss in weight,
Therefore the New American Trade Dollar weighs and more than the Old Mexican Dollar, and contains Dollar, and ro more than the Old Mexican Dollar.
9.5
38.
0 0 7 5
more than the New Mexican Dollar, more pure Silver than the New Mexican
One hundred American Trade Dollars contain in pure 'Sycee
Do. New Mexican Dollars
TIs. m. C.
64 8 5
Do.
Old
Do.
do. do.
64 8 0
63 9 0
Do.
American Trade Dollars contain more pure Silver than
the New Mexican Dollars
0 0 5
Do.
American Trade Dollars contain more pure Silver than
the Old Mexican Dollar ....
0 9 5
One hundred American Trade Dollars are worth 100.07 New Mexican Dollars, or 101.48 Old Mexican Dollars.
Therefore the American Trade Dollar is th per cent better than the New Mexican Dollar and within a fraction of 14 per cent better than the Old Mexican Dollar.
PROCLAMATION. (Translation.)
Jui, Grand Secretary of the Wên-hua-tien, President of the Board of War, and Governor General of the Two Kuang Provinces:
Chang, Vice-President of the Board of War, and Governor of Kuang Tung: Wen, Superintendent of Customs for the Canton Province, Issue a Proclamation for general information.
THE
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