No. 19 of 1895.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to prohibit the defacing or chopping of British Dollars.
William Robinsy
Governor.
August, 1895.]
E it eunoted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the
as follows
Legislative thereof,
1. British Dollar means the Dollar coined in pursusace of Her Majesty's Order in Council (the British Dollar Onler, 1895) dated the 2nd day of February, 1895, and published in the Hongkong Government Gazette of March B0th, 1596. Government Notification No. 128.
3. It is hereby declared illegal to deface any British Dollar by stamping thereon any name or word or mark, or by cutting, punching or chopping such Dollar in suy way whatever. No tender of payment of money made in this Colony in such Dollar or Dollars so defaced shall be a legal tender.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, the 16th day of August, 1895.
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dating Clerk of Councils.
Assunted to by His Excellency the Governor, the 23 +3
day of August, 1895.
Ilewarthockhart
Coloniat Secretary.