1964 Ed.]
Hong Kong Fifty Cent Piece.
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PROCLAMATION NO. 7 OF 1951.
[Published in the Gazette as G.N.A. 116[51.]
A. G. GRANTHAM,
Governor.
L.S.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE Governor.
WHEREAS by Article 4 of the Hong Kong (Coinage) Order 1936, (hereinafter referred to as the Order) it is provided that if any new coins are coined they shall, from a date fixed by the Governor in a Proclamation made with the approval of the Com- missioners of His Majesty's Treasury and a Secretary of State setting forth in a Schedule particulars of the metal, standard weight, remedy allowance and, in the case of silver coins, fineness, and provided that they have not been dealt with in any manner prohibited by law, be legal tender in the case of coins of denomina- tions of not less than one dollar for the payment of an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars, and in the case of coins of other denominations for the payment of an amount not exceeding two dollars:
NOW THEREFORE I, SIR ALEXANDER WILLIAM GEORGE HERDER GRANTHAM, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis- tinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Article 4 of the Order with the approval of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury and of the Secretary of State for the Colonies do hereby PROCLAIM AND FIX the sixth day of July, 1951, as the date from which the coins, particulars of which are set forth in the Schedule hereto, shall, provided that they have not been dealt with in any manner prohibited by law, be legal tender for an amount not exceeding two dollars.
GIVEN under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony of Hong Kong, this 4th day of July, 1951.
Published by His Excellency's Command,
J. F. NICOLL, Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE KING.