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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH MAY, 1887.
(2.) The standard of value in Our said Colony shall be the Mexican dollar containing 417.74 grains troy of silver of the millesimal fineness of 9027 per 1,000.
(3.) The coins described in the Schedule to this Order in Council shall be deemed to bear to the Mexican dollar the ratio which is set against the name of each coin respectively, in the first column of the said Schedule.
(4.) A tender of payment of money if made in any of the coins named in the Schedule to this Order in Council which have not become diminished in weight by wear or otherwise so as to be of less weight than the weight specified in the said Schedule as minimum weight, and which are of the fineness specified in the said Schedule, shall be a legal tender in Our said Colony of Labuan.
In the case of dollars, yens, and Hongkong half dollars for a payment of any amount. In the case of the other silver coins named in the said Schedule, for a payment of an amount not exceeding two dollars, but for no greater amount.
In the case of pieces of the denomination of 1 cent or less, for a payment of an amount not exceeding one dollar, but for no greater amount.
(5.) Nothing, however, herein contained shall be construed to alter or affect any contract made before this Order in Council comes into operation.
And the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury and the Right Honourable Sir Henry Thurstan Holland, Bart., one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
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SCHEDULE.
C. L. PEEL.
1.
Equi- valent in
2.
ૐ.
6.
Coin.
Mexican
Mille- Metal. simal
Fineness.
Standard Weight. Minimum Weight. Limit of
Tender.
Dollar.
Grains. Grammes. Grains. Grammes.
1
Mexican Dollar,
Silver
902.7 417-74 27.070 413-563 26.799
None
1
American trade dollar,
900
420.00 27-215 415-800 26.943
1
Japanese dollar or yeu,
900
416.00 26.957 411.840 26.688
1
Hongkong dollar, 1st issue,
900
419-052 27·150
414-862 26-879.
1
Do.
do.
2nd issue,
900
416.00 26.957 411.840 26.688
*50
Do.
half dollar, 1st issue,
900
209:50 13.575 207:405 13.440
⚫50
Do.
do. 2nd issue,
900
208.00 13.478
205-920 | 13-844
"
*50
Straits Settlements Half dollar,.....
800
209.52 13.576
199-044 12.898 2 dollars
*20
Do.
twenty cent piece,
800
83.81 5.430
79.620 5·159
*10
Do.
feu cent piece,.
800
41.90 2.715
39.805 2.580
⚫05
Do.
five cent piece,
800
20.95 1.357 19:903 1.290
Copper or
⚫01
Do.
one cent piece,
mixed
144.00 9.331
1 dollar
metal.
*005
Do.
half cent piece,
72.00 4.665
*0025
Do.
quarter cent piece,
36.00 2.333
01
British North Borneo Co.'s one cent piece,) Copper or
mixed
144:00
9-331
"
⚫005
Do.
do.
half cent piece, metal.
72.00
4.665
"