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• 24th March 1849 (Creation)

Royal Philatelic Society London

416. You are in dinendraping, live are unable to employ Spay respectable dvorkungen &charge the unjustly how prices which they offerts, workfe Oux Jugsent prices for Letter Chip Ony Cheques are 60%. – for Lithographie 70: _" for Copper Plate 841. & Ream, and at these prieztor those who pay their workmen rates at which they can hill, the prof it is small indeed. they it Lafe Should your Court of Directors Prefer Lithographie Cheques they would be as as Copper Hate, but would not loote quite as wel Truthing this explanation all which we camprou chreet, will be satisfactory. We are Bear Por, respectfully Sir, R Wight re Colonial Bank N Lvi your Servts C 24th March 1849 On the Ith without we pacred in a Fin Deal Case My Order of the Colonial Office by 32,000 £1 2000 £5 Notes for the Government of New Zealand. together with D reair of dabbers, 2 Cushious pallet thing Dots dick & Braft Stamps for Wellington & D ditto for Auckland The Case is addressed. The Officer Aministering the Sovequment New Zealand and our Orders were to keep it until you sent for it. Vid quite ready fordelenery bit had we kumen of His known the 416 delay we could have pacted alarger quantity 76000-£18 5000 25 Motes is the whole quantity titre dores butthey are intense are, Sir, respectfully two shipments . notunded the in two W.Win F tumen, Your obed Serge Hoby Heck Sheel 27th March 1849. the hep to acknowledge receipt of an Order received from the Bank of New South Wales dated 11th Septe last through your house for 1950 notes of different denominations which shall meet attentions V will probably be ready for shipment in 3 weeks. In refard to the Irged Grote of one bound enclosed in the Bank's letter we have to say that it is in such a shameful state as no Bank would ever have issued it is to defaced no doubt purposely, that it is in some parts impossible vin others difficult, to make out what the forger had produced, before he Stoned it down. Every thich except the writing vory defective thas evidently been done by hand Efendig it badly done the concoctor has then evade it as illegible, as possible. Euryard to the small writing of one pound repeated in the body of the hote it has ben Vadly done the repeated letters neither bening parallel not of an equal size in the different lines which they ought to have been. As it is we conceive noman would take such a note and had the work benleft as visible as in ordinary notes then no one would have taken it from its bad imitation but framförst мо is

• English

Summary: R Wight explains the pricing and profit margins for lithographie and copper plate cheques, addressing concerns about workmen rates and court preferences.

To: Colonial Bank

From: R Wight

Date: 24th March 1849

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