COINAGE ORDINANCE IN COUNCIL.

Coin.

Metal.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Standard Coin.

Millesimal Fineness.

Standard Weight.

Least Current Weight.

Grains Grammes Grains Grammes Mexican Dollar... Silver 902.7 417.74 27.070 411.00 26.633

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Coin.

Metal.

Additional Coins.

Millesimal Fineness.

Standard Weight Least Current Weight Grains Grammes Grains Grammes British Dollar Silver. 900 416.00 26.957 411.00 26.633 Hongkong Dollar... Silver. 900 416.00 26.957 411.00 26.633

In the schedule "British Dollar of the British Dollar Order, 1895.

"

means the dollar coined in pursuance

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Subsidiary Coins.

Coin Metal Millesimal Fineness Standard Weight Least Current Weight Proportion of Dollar for which Tender Limit of Tender Hongkong Fifty Cent Piece Silver 800 209.52 13.576 199.0 12.895 *50 2 Dollars Twenty Cent Piece 800 83.81 5.430 79.6 5.18 *20 Ten Cent Piece 800 41.90 2.715 39.8 2.579 *10 1 Dollar Five Cent Piece 19.0 1.290 *05 One Cent Piece Copper or mixed metal 115.75 7.501 *01 Mil 15.43 1.000 *001

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Laws Repealed.

Order in Council and Proclamation, 9th January, 1862, respecting coins in Hongkong.

Ordinance No. 1 of 1864.

Proclamation of the Governor, 22nd January, 1864.

Proclamation of the Governor, 15th September, 1866.

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