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MERCHANT SHIPPING
No. 10 of 1899
dollars reckoned as the equivalent of one shilling and eight pence sterling; and consequently to arrive at the actual amount payable in Hong Kong currency the conventional dollar shall be multiplied by 20 and divided by a figure settled by the Colonial Treasurer from time to time representing the average opening selling rates for the previous month of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation for demand drafts on London
D W. TRATMAN,
Clerk of Councils.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
9th March, 1953.