THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH JUNE, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 276.
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The following is published.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN,
Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th June, 1892.
AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,
The 16th day of March, 1892. PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. THEREAS by the Coinage Act, 1891, it is enacted as follows:---
WHEREAS by the
"(1.) It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council, to direct that gold coins of the realm which have not been called in by proclamation and are below the least current weight as provided by the Coinage Act, 1870, shall, if they have not been illegally dealt with, and subject to such conditions as to time, manner, and order of presentation as may be mentioned in the Order, be exchanged or paid for by or on behalf of the Mint at their nominal value :
(2.) For the purposes of this Act a gold coin shall be deemed to have been illegally dealt with where the coin has been impaired, dininished, or lightened otherwise than by fair wear and tear, or has been defaced by having any name, word, device, or number stamped thereon, whether the coin has or has not been thereby diminished or lightened :
And whereas it is expedient to provide for the exchange of such gold coins: :
NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, in pursuance of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling Her Majesty in this behalf, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
Any gold coins of the realm which have not been called in by proclamation and are below the ⚫ least current weight as provided by the Coinage Act, 1870, shall at any time after the seventeenth, day of March, 1892, if they have not been illegally dealt with, be exchanged or paid for by or on behalf of the Mint at their nominal value, subject to the condition that they must be tendered during business hours at the Bank of England in London, in parcels of a nominal value not less than one hundred pounds each, and must be left there for such time before the exchange or payment as may be reasonably necessary for examination and weighing in order to ascertain whether any coin has been illegally dealt with within the meaning of the said Act.
And the Master of Her Majesty's Royal Mint is hereby directed to carry into effect the provisions of the said Act for exchanging or paying for at their nominal value all such coins as are so tendered, and have not been illegally dealt with.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 277.
C. L. PEEL.
The following are published.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th June, 1892.
Government of Mauritius.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
MAURITIUS.
Pending the restoration of the Flashing Light on board the Light Ship in Port Louis Roadstead, three fixed white lights forming a triangle, and visible in a radius of about three miles, will temporarily replace the Flashing Light.
The temporary Light Ship will be recognized in daylight by a black ball at her mast head. She is moored in the same position as that hitherto occupied by the Light Ship. The aforenamed temporary Light will be exhibited from this date until further notice.
Port Office,
Port Louis, Mauritius,
10th May 1892.
J. WILSON,
Harbour Master.