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ST. VINCENT.
To declare the 14 Spanish, Mexican, and Columbian dollar not a legal
tender.
Local Ordnance No. 13, 21 May 1879.
Her Majesty's Proclamation 14th September 1838.
Her Majesty's
eil 14th Sep- tember 1838,
The currency in this Colony is not supposed to be The coins specified affected by any Imperial Statute. and valued by the Statute 6 Anne cap. 30. (See Statutes at large, Vol. 4, page 324) are not, and it is believed never have been current in the Colony.
The coins legally current here are—
British gold, silver, and copper coins.
Spanish, Mexican, and Columbian doubloons (gold) equivalent to 648. each; and dollars (silver) equivalent to 4s. 24. British sterling each. American gold coins as follows :—
The eagle equivalent to 41s.
The half eagle equivalent to 20s. 6d.
The quarter eagle equivalent to 10s. 3d.
The gold dollar equivalent to 4s. ld.
The Spanish, Mexican, and Columbian doubloons and dollars were declared legal tender, at the above rates, in all the West Indian Colonies by Her Majesty's Pro- clamation of 14th September 1838.
By Her Majesty's Order in Council of 14th September Order in Coun- 1838, it was ordered that the above Proclamation should commence to operate in any West Indian Colony on the day named by Proclamation of the Governor of such Colony.
Proclamation
St. Vincent,
By Proclamation of the Lieutenant-Governor of this of Governor of Colony of the 16th November 1838, it was declared that Her Majesty's Proclamation of 14th September 1838 should commence to operate in Saint Vincent on the 19th November 1838.
16th Novem-
her 1838.
Her Majesty's Proclamation
of 19th August
1853-Her
The American gold coins above mentioned were declared legal tender as above by Her Majesty's Pro- Majesty's Or clamation of the 19th August 1853, to which effect was of 19th August given by Her Majesty's Order in Council and local 1853-Frecia Proclamation of Saint Vincent as stated in the margin.
der in Council
mation of Go-
vernor of St.
Vincent, 10th
November 1853.
By Her Majesty's Proclamation of 16th November 1838, it was declared that all Proclamations theretofore made by the Governor of Saint Vincent for fixing Her Majesty's current rates at which certain British and foreign coins should circulate in Saint Vincent should cease to operate on and from the 19th November 1838.
Proclaination
16th November
1838.
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Prior to the 16th December 1839 money was com- puted in Saint Vincent in pounds, shillings, and pence But this was mere money of
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currency and
currency of the Island. account, and was represented by no specific coin.
An Act for Saint Vincent, By local Act of the above date, intituled
1839, for the "the abolition of currency, and the substitution of Act No. 33 of sterling money in these Islands," it was enacted that abolition of
colonial substitution of the denomination of the above-mentioned " currency or current money' should be abolished, sterling money, and that all monetary transactions should thenceforth be computed, &c., in the sterling denomination of Great Britain, and no other manner; and that wherever the words money, or pounds, shillings, and ponce were used they should be taken to mean sterling money, and no other.
Coins in Circulation.
British gold, silver, and copper coins:
American gold coins:
The eagle at
The half do. at
The quarter do. at
The dollar
The doubloon
20031O
S. d. 41
20 6
10 3
4 1
64 0
The common current coins are British. Amount of coins in circulation not known. Amount of paper currency in circulation not known. Accounts are kept by the government in sterling. By the bank and by the merchants in dollars and cents.
GRENADA.
Local Act 11, 24 August 1840. Left to its operation by Order in Council dated 8 May 1841. To provide for the assimilation of the currency to the currency of the United Kingdom.
Sec. 2. Provides that Grenada currency shall be con- vertible into sterling at 250 exchange.
Sec. 7. All coins of the United Kingdom to be current
at same value as in the United Kingdom.
Sec. 8. Doubloons and dollars to be current at the rate fixed by Proclamation of the 14 September 1838.
Local Act No. 18 of 1878. To demonetize silver dollars.
Buc.
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