Discussion at abolished, the standard conversion' rate between Shanghai taels and Chinese silver dollars being fixed at 715. Duties are mow collected in silver. dollars find all government transactions are the same currency. Commercial transactions ave, however, still car veied on in taels, ut should the fin ness and weight of the silver dollars maintained up to standard it only a question of time before there will be but, one currency, the}. Chinese. silver dollar, (throughout China, thereby removing one of the impediments to trade.
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