282 THE HONGKONG GOVT. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 30TH MAR., 1895.
AT THE COURT AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT,
The 2nd day of February, 1895..
PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
LORD PRESIDENT
MARQUESS OF RIPON
LORD KENSINGTON
MR. CECIL RHODES.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the coinage of a British silver dollar for circulation in
Our Colonies of the Straits Settlements, Hong Kong, and Labuan, and elsewhere;
NOW, THEREFORE, We, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, and by virtue of all powers vested in Us in that behalf, do hereby order as follows:—
And the Lords Commissioners of Our Treasury are to give the requisite directions accordingly. 1.-(1.) A British dollar shall be coined under the direction of the Master of Our Mint or at one of Our Mints in British India, and be of the metal, weight, and fineness specified in the Schedule to this Order, subject to the remedy there specified.
(2.) Such dollar shall have for the obverse impression the figure of Britannia standing upon a rock in the sea, her right hand holding a trident and her left hand resting on a shield, with a ship in the distance, and the inscription "One Dollar" and the date of the year, the whole surrounded by a Chinese ornamental border; and for the reverse impression, surrounded by a similar border, a scroll pattern with the Chinese labyrinth in the centre, and the value of the piece, in Chinese and Malay characters, respectively, arranged crosswise within the scroll.
2. This Order may be cited as the British Dollar Order, 1895.
SCHEDULE.
C. L. PEEL.
British Dollar.
Standard Weight.
Least Current Weight.
Coin.
Metal.
Millesimal Fineness.
Grains.
Grammes.
Grains.
Grammes.
Silver
900
416.00
26.957
411.00
26.683
British Dollar ........
The remedy allowances for the British Dollar shall be as follows:-
Weight per Pieco.
Millesimal Fineness.
Grains.
Grammes.
2.000
0.1296
Two thousandths.
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