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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 31, 11 February 1904, Page 2

hired labourers earning aboat (iOdol. u lnowth each, from t.lwi Trca-'airy I levari aa'al ca tinllniled Slatas, >ias[roy oury (lay in the niig'lvl/nurlHiuil of a million and ;t halt' wlo!lai>'. Tl.'ey work in the basement (if the Ia u; Treasury iniildiii'H', naud their piiaeipal duly is to cany boxes full oi paper dollars, fives, tens, ami luwilies, and dump them into a pant masticator, where sliurp knives- cut them into tinv shreds imlil they are reduced to a watery pulp. A regular routine is observed lor gettni}.- rkl of paper limit has been condemned ami the strictest rules are eiiforcoit' to prevent frauds or losses, 'Hive average life of a Treasury note is from three to four years. In times of business prosperity, when money passes from hand lo hand more freely thai,i in .lull seas'iuiM, a uole will irave outlived its,usefulness in a shorter period. When it 'lxig'ins lo_ K >el Uirlylookhig ami frayed about the edges, it 'is sent by some bank to the Department for redemption, -