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Chief Paymaster.

I cannot get One Dollar Notes from the Bank at all. The inconvenience arising therefrom is considerable, for instance :—

1. Great weight, necessitating some conveyance, the cost having to be defrayed privately.

2. A larger escort required than would be for notes.

3. The N. C. Officers and men frequently lose by the silver Dollar, the Chinese refusing in many instances to give the full value.

H. BRACKENBURY,

Captain,

Commanding China Gun Lascars.

Hongkong, 17th October, 1883.

I hardly ever use One Dollar Notes for payments on the public service.

On rare occasions I obtain One Dollar Notes in change for a larger note from my own canteen.

W. NASH,

Major, R.A. Commanding 8/1, S.D.

R.A.

Hongkong, 17th October, 1883.

The Chief Paymaster.

Yes, great difficulty is experienced in obtaining One Dollar Notes from the Bank and elsewhere.

The inconvenience resulting therefrom is that I have to take silver Dollars (mostly chopped), and it has frequently happened, particularly of late, that the men to whom they were issued are unable to pass them, consequently they are returned

to me.

J. BREWSTER, Q" Mr

Acting Paymaster,

Det. A. H. Corps.

Dist. Paymaster.

No inconvenience has been experienced on this account, the payments being so small in amount.

Hongkong, 17th October, 1883.

E. WALKER,

Colonel,

C.R.E.