Hongkong
No 502. 29th April, 1881.
Governor
In The Pope Hennessy Komely.
To
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Kimberley
Transmitting Attorney General's Memorandum on Monetary Legislation with copies of
Proclamations and Ordinances
One Enclosure
589
C. O.
Memo on Monetary Registration in force
or
applicable to Hongkong
called
for by
His Excellency The Governor's minute on Secretary of State's Circular despatch of ...th October
16
1578 (?)
Order in Council of 7th January
1863 published in
Government Gazette of 2nd May
1863
declares that Mexican dollars or other silver
dollars of value duly authorized
or equivalent value by the Governor of Hongkong
should be
the only legal tender and provision made for subsidiary coinage - see preamble to local Ordinance 1 of 1864.
Ordinance No 1 Recites the above Order in Council and
provides that British Sterling is to be
converted into dollars at 4/2 per dollar when the Governor proclaims it.
of 1864.
His Excellency The Governor
Proclamation
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