To the Editor of the "Nonra-Cama Dany News."
Sin,—Your loader in to day and the continuous way it is being pointed out!0 Chins by able mon that she wishes to proceed with raforme it paramount that she must first put ber finance on ® proper basis, prompt me to forward you this lotter.
Your praise of the way Japan has brought her finances up to their presen high standard is only just, but it may be interesting to seo from what depths she has climbed up to the top of Restor in 1868, an after it, Indder—as up to the time of
Japan's financial position was very analogous to that of China st the present day Prior tothe Restoration every Daimio issued his own coins and notes an did the Government in Yeddo.—The cur. rency was the n of the largest being of the of saucers; then there were small square it of an alloy of silver and gold known as ichibukin and nibukiu, There were equate silver ichibu and half The tempo was a largo copper coin oval in shape with a square hole in the middle. This equalled in value eighty mon oF cash and copper and brass cash unal f
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