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COINAGE ORDERS. IN COUNCIL.
tender of payment in Our Island of Hongkong and its Dependencies, should be issued in payments to Our land and naval forces in Our said Island and its Dependencies, and elsewhere upon the China Station, and for Our diplomatic, consular, and other Imperial Services at the various ports of China and Japan, at the rate of four shillings and one penny to each dollar:
AND WHEREAS by another proclamation issued by Our Order in Council, dated the 27th day of November, 1875, it was declared and ordained that, from and after the date of the publication thereof, the silver dollar of Mexico, and any other silver dollar of equal value, and the silver and other coins representing fractional parts of such dollars, duly authorised to be a legal tender of payment in Our Colony of the Straits Settlements, should be issued in payments to Our land and naval forces, and for Our other Imperial Services, if any, in Our said Colony and adjacent waters, at the rate of four shillings and one penny to each dollar:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient that, in view of the continual fluctuations in the value of silver, the said rate should be revised and altered from time to time :-
Now WE, by the advice of Our Privy Council, have thought fit to and do hereby declare and ordain that on and after the 1st day of October next the silver dollar of Mexico and any other silver dollar of equal value and the silver and other coins representing fractional parts of such dollars, duly authorised to be a legal tender in Our said Colonies, shall be issued to our land and naval forces, and for other Imperial Services, in Our said Island of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and elsewhere upon the China Station, and at the various ports in China and Japan, and in Our said Colony of the Straits Settlements and adjacent waters, for payments, the amount of which may be payable in sterling money, at such rate as the Lords Commissioners of Our Treasury shall fix from time to time.
(4) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 2nd February, 1895.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the coinage of a British silver dollar for circulation in Our Colonies of the Straits Settlements, Hongkong, 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.
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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,
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