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Show JLCTTArCS 07 TTTTTTCAIT DCLLAE3 rJ OTITTTTT ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 Th insu-' lar bureau of th War department is informed that the value of th Mexican dollar at Hongkong today Is 484 cents, a Jump of two points sine Saturday noon. This places the coin on a practical prac-tical parity with our own silver Philippine Philip-pine pesoVTh Mexican dollar has prac-. prac-. tically advanced from 17 cents to Its present figure within a year. This last Increase. Is explained at the War department de-partment by the statement that the war-has war-has caused a heavy drain, Chinese and Japanese merchants - converting much 1 of their stock into cash to be prepared for emergencies.- The result Is expected to be the practical extirpation of the Mexican dollar in the Philippines, an eject verymuch desIred,.for a heavy import duty on Mexican dollars will keep them out of the islands, once they are drawn. ' - |