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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 8, 1937.
(4) Any coin which has been dealt with in a manner prohibited by law may be called in, cut, broken or defaced under the authority of the Governor, in accordance with such regulations as the Governor may make.
5. The Hong Kong (Coinage) Order, 1895, and the Hong Kong (Coinage) Order, 1916, are hereby repealed.
6. The Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, as amended by any subsequent Ordinance, applies to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of any Ordinance or enactment in force in the Colony.
7. This Order may be cited as "The Hong Kong (Coinage) Order, 1936."
8. This Order shall come into operation on the day on which it is proclaimed in the Colony by the Governor.
AND the Lords Commissioners of Our Treasury and the Right Honourable W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore, one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the requisite directions herein accordingly.
M. P. A. HANKEY.
SCHEDULE,
Standard Weight. Least Current Weight.
Coin.
Metal.
Millesi-
mal Fineness
Grains. Grammes. Grains. Grammes.
Limit
of Tender.
British Dollar
Silver
900
Hong Kong Fifty Cent
Piece.
800
416.00
209.52
27.957
13.576
411.00
26.633
Unlimited.
199.00
12.895
2 dollars
21
Hong Kong Twenty
Cent Piece
800
83.81
5.430
79.6
5.158
**
Hong Kong Ten Cent
Piece...
Piece....
800
41.90
2.715
39.8
2,579
*
Hong Kong Five Cent
800
20.95
1,357
19.9
1.290
"
Hong Kong Ten Cent
Piece...
Cupro- nickel
40
2.591
S
Hong Kong Five Cent
Piece....... Hong Kong One Cent
Pieee....
20
1,295
A
Copper or
115.75
7.501
I dollar
mixed
metal
Hong Kong One Cent
Piece....
62,50
4.050
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