Affairs here were diversified somewhat by the issue recently of a proclamation against the uso of the new copper coinage minted in various provinces and gradually their way into favour as more convenient and less liable to have old and worn out coins amongst them. The proclamation gave great offence, and all the business houses promptly closed, which caused the immediate withdrawal of the first is \d the substitution of a second, which allowed the shops and markets to go on as usual.
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