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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH JUNE, 1871.
of Orders issued and to be issued by Us; We have, therefore, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, thought fit to issue this Our Royal Proclamation, and We do ordain, declare, and command, that from and after the publication of this Our Proclamation in the London Gazette, all the said pieces of money so to be coined shall be current and lawful money within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and that from and after the promulgation of this Our Proclamation by the Governors or Officers administering the Government of the hereinafter-mentioned Colonies and Possessions respectively, that is to say:-
Antigua,
Honduras,
Bahamas,
Jamaica,
Barbadoes,
Lagos,
Bermuda,
Malta,
British Columbia,
Mauritius,
British Guiana,
Montserrat,
Canada,
Natal,
Cape of Good Hope,
Nevis,
Dominica,
Newfoundland,
Falkland Islands,
Gambia,
Gibraltar,
Gold Coast,
Grenada,
St. Christopher and its
Dependencies,
St. Helena,
St. Lucia,
St. Vincent,
Sierra Leone,
South Australia, Tasmania,
Tobago,
Trinidad,
New South Wales,
New Zealand,
Prince Edward Island, Queensland,
Turk's and Caicos Islands,
Virgin Islands, Western Australia,
all the said pieces of money so to be coined shall be current and lawful money in Our said several Colonies and Possessions, and shall pass and be received as current and lawful inoney, and be a legal tender in the United Kingdom and the said Colonies and Possessions respectively, from the times aforesaid, at the like values and by the like names as the corresponding coins of the currency of this Realm, and concurrently with any coins now current in the United Kingdom and the said Colonies and Possessions respectively.
Given at Our Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight this fourteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and in the thirty-fourth year of Our reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
BY THE QUEEN.
A PROCLAMATION.
(For giving currency in certain Colonies to Gold Coins made at Sydney, New South Wales, of the like designs of those approved for the corresponding Coins of the Currency of the United Kingdom). VICTORIA, R.
may
be
Whereas, in pursuance of Orders issued and to be issued by Us, a coinage of Gold Coins, in accordance with the Standards of Weight and Fineness of the Coins of the Currency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the like designs as now are and from henceforth from time to time approved by Us and in force for the corresponding Coins of the Currency of the said United Kingdom, is being or will be made at the Sydney Branch of Our Royal Mint, We have, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, thought fit to issue this Our Royal Proclamation. And We do Ordain, Declare, and Command that upon and from and after the promulgation thereof by the respective Governors or Officers administering the Governments of Our Colony of Victoria and all or any other of Our Colonies and Possessions wherein Gold Coins, issued from our Mint in London, a legal tender, other than the Colonies and Possessions specified in the Proclamation promulgated in pursuance of Our Order in Council of the 14th January, 1871, relating to the aforesaid Gold Coins, all the said pieces of Gold money so coined or to be coined shall be and shall pass, and be received as current and lawful money, and be a legal tender for payments in Our said Colony of Victoria and Our said other Colonies and Possessions respectively from the times aforesaid, at the like values and by the like names as the corresponding Coins of the Currency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and concurrently with any coins now current in the said Colony of Victoria and the said other Colonies and Possessions respectively.
are
Given at Our Court, at Windsor, this Twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-one, and in the Thirty-fourth Year of Our Reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
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