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Short title. cf. Ordinance No. 7 of 1895.
COINAGE ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
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.
Coin.
Metal.
SCHEDULE.
British Dollar.
Millesimal Fineness.
Standard Weight.
Least Current Weight.
Grains. Grammes Grains. Grammes
British Dollar... Silver.
900
416.00 26.957 411.00 26.633
The remedy allowances for the British Dollar shall be as follows:-
Weight per Piece.
Grains.
Millesimal Fineness.
Grammes.
2.000
0·1296...
Two thousandths.
(c) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 2nd February, 1895.
WHEREAS by virtue of the laws repealed by this Order, certain silver dollars and other silver coins, and coins of copper or mixed metal, are legal tender in Our Colony of Hongkong:
AND WHEREAS it appears to Us, by the advice of Our Privy Council, that it is expedient to repeal the said laws and to make a law respecting the coins which are to be the subject of contract and to constitute legal tender in Our said Colony:
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 ordain and enact as follows: And the Lords Commissioners of Our Treasury, and the Most Honourable the Marquess of Ripon, K.G., one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the requisite directions herein accordingly.