No. 10.
[L.S.]
N. L. SMITH,
Officer Administering the Government.
By His Excellency NORMAN LOCKHART SMITH, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies.
WHEREAS by Article 4 of the Hong Kong (Coinage) Order, 1936, (hereinafter referred to as the Order) it is provid- ed 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 Commissioners 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 denominations 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 denomina- tions for the payment of an amount not exceeding two
dollars :
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AND WHEREAS by Article 6 of the Order. it is provided that the Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, as amended by any subsequent Ordinance, applies to the interpretation of the Order as it applies to the interpretation of any Ordinance or enactment in force in Hong Kong:
AND WHEREAS by the Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, the word "Governor" includes the officer for the time being administering the Government of Hong Kong:
NOW I, the Officer for the time being administering the Government of Hong Kong 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 Eighth day of October, 1937, 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 Seventh day of October, 1937.
Published by His Excellency's Command.
R. A. C. NORTH,
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
SCHEDULE.
Coin.
Metal.
Millesimal Fineness.
Standard Weight.
Grains. Grammes.
Remedy Allowance or | Least Current Weight.
Grains. Grammes.
Limit of Tender.
Hong Kong Ten Cent
Piece.
Pure nickel.
70
4.3359
2 dollars
Hong Kong
Five Cent
Pure nickel.
40
2.5919
2 dollars
Piece.