Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Testimony of Francis P. Knight of China, Before the United States Silver Commission Appointed by Congress: January 1, 1877
It is the custom in Hong Kong and in Canton for each native banker to place his firm, or Hang stamp on all the dollars which pass through his hands hence those dollars are termed by foreigners and by the English-speaking natives, not stamped, but in the pigeon-english dialect common in China where foreigners reside. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
