ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1864.
Conversion of British Currency.
impression Her Majesty's effigy crowned with the inscription "Victoria Queen" and for the reverse impression an inscription indicating the value of the piece in cents of a dollar with the words "Hongkong" and the date of the year, and the same inscription repeated in Chinese characters;
A copper piece representing one hundredth part of a dollar should have for the obverse impression Her Majesty's effigy crowned with the inscription "Victoria Queen," and for the reverse impression the inscription "One Cent-Hongkong" with the date of the year, and the same inscription repeated in Chinese characters;
Another copper piece representing one thousandth part of a dollar should be perforated in the centre and have for the obverse impression the inscription "V.R." surmounted by a crown with "Hongkong-One Mil" and the date of the year, and for the reverse impression the inscription "Hongkong-One Cash or One Mil," represented in Chinese characters:
And whereas no such day has been fixed by Proclamation as the day for the purposes in Her Majesty's said Proclamation named to take effect but such day will be named as soon as conveniently may be Now be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Acting Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
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be notified by Proclamation. where payments to or... by Government are by Ordinance
1. From and after the day to be fixed by His Excellency the Governor or Officer Administering the Government under the power by Her said Majesty's Proclamation vested in him whenever British sterling has been or shall have been or shall be specified in any Ordinance of this Colony whether as payments to be made to or by the Government of payable in this Colony, such payments shall be made in dollars and in such multiples of the cent and mil or cash and in cents and mils or cash as shall be so issued from Her Majesty's Mint as aforesaid only at the rate of four shillings and two pence to each dollar.
Governor's Proclamation of the 22nd January 1864.
WHEREAS by the Order of Her Majesty in Council dated the 9th day of January 1863, a Proclamation was approved for the regulation of the currency in this Colony wherein it was (amongst other things) declared and ordained that certain matters in the said Proclamation contained should take effect and come into force from and after a day to be fixed by the Governor or Officer Administering the Government, as by the said Proclamation reference being thereunto had will more fully appear; and whereas the said Proclamation
British sterling same to be in dollars, &c., at 4s. 2d.