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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

لسلنسل

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C.O. 882

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON,

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Ordinance, with the advice of the Executive Council and subject to the said approval, do hereby prohibit the exportation from the Colony of the coin known as the Straits Settlements dollar from and after the 3rd day of October, 1903.

Council Chamber,

Singapore, 2nd October, 1903.

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E. G. BROADRICK,

Acting Clerk of Councils.

Enclosure 3 in No. 45.

ORDER IN COUNCIL under The Coin Import and Export Ordinance 1903." ORDER by His Excellency the Governor in Council under "The Coin Import and Export Ordinance 1903."

Whereas by Section 3 (4) of "The Coin Import and Export Ordinance 1903" it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council by Order to exempt any Country or State from the operation of any Order prohibiting the import into or export from the Colony of such coin as may in such Order be specified:

And whereas by an Order in Council made on the 2nd day of October, 1903, the importation into the Colony of the British Trade dollar and the Mexican dollar was prohibited from the 3rd day of October, 1903:

And whereas by another Order in Council made on the 2nd day of October, 1903, the exportation from the Colony of the Straits Settlements dollar was prohibited from the 3rd day of October, 1903:

Now, I, Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Straits Settlements, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the said Ordinance, with the advice of the Executive Council, do hereby declare that the said Orders in Council shall not apply to the States of Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and Pahang otherwise known as the Federated Malay States and to the State and Territory of Johore, but that the same are hereby exempted from the operation of the aforesaid Orders.

Council Chamber,

Singapore, 2nd October, 1903.

E. G. BROADRICK,

Acting Clerk of Councils.

Enclosure 4 in No. 45.

In the name of His Majesty King EDWARD THE SEVENTH of that name, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India. PROCLAMATION by His Excellency Sir FRANK ATHELSTANE SWETTenham, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements. (L.8.) F. A. SWETTENHAM,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief."

Whereas by Order of Her late Majesty Queen VICTORIA in Council dated the 2nd day of February, 1895 (hereinafter called "The Order of 1895 "), provision was made with respect to the Currency of the Colony:

And whereas by "The Straits Settlements Coinage Order 1903" it was among other things ordained and enacted that a Straits Settlements Dollar should be coined and be of the metal weight and fineness specified in the Schedule to that Order and that the Governor of the Colony might by proclamation made with the consent of the Secretary of State substitute the Schedule to the "Straits Settlements Coinage Order 1903" for the first Schedule of the Order of 1895 and that accord- ingly as from the date mentioned in such proclamation the Order of 1895 should be construed as if the standard coin were the coin described in the Schedule to the Straits Settlements Coinage Order 1903 in substitution for the Mexican dollar

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described in the first Schedule to the Order of 1895 and as if the Mexican dollar as described in the first Schedule to the Order of 1895 were comprised in the Second Schedule to that Order:

Now, I, Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander- in-Chief of the Straits Settlements, with the consent of the Secretary of State and in exercise of the power vested in me by the Straits Settlements Coinage Order 1903, and of every power enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim that from and after the 5th day of October, 1903, the Schedule to the Straits Settlements Coinage Order 1903 shall be substituted for the first Schedule to the Order of 1895 and that accordingly as from the said 5th day of October, 1908, the Order of 1895 shall be construed as if the standard coin were the coin described in the Schedule to the Straits Settlements Coinage Order 1903 in substitution for the Mexican dollar described in the first Schedule to the Order of 1895 and as if the Mexican dollar described in the first Schedule to the Order of 1895 were comprised in the second Schedule to that Order.

Given at Singapore this 5th day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

By His Excellency's Command,

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GOD SAVE THE KING.

Enclosure 5 in No. 45.

W. T. TAYLOR,

Colonial Secretary.

In the name of His Majesty King EDWARD THE SEVENTH of that name, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India. PROCLAMATION by His Excellency Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements. (L.S.)

F. A. SWETTENHAM,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

Whereas by Order of Her late Majesty Queen VICTORIA in Council dated the 2nd day of February, 1895 (hereinafter called "the Order of 1895 "), provision was made with respect to the Currency of the Colony:

And whereas by "The Straits Settlements Coinage Order 1903" it was among other things ordained and enacted that a Straits Settlements Dollar should be coined and be of the metal weight and fineness specified in the Schedule to that Order and that for the purpose of making the Straits Settlements dollar legal tender in the Colony the Order of 1895 should from such a day as might be fixed by the Governor of the Colony by Proclamation be read and apply as if the Schedule to the Straits Settlements Order 1903 were added to the Second Schedule of the Order of 1895.

Now, I, Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander- in-Chief of the Straits Settlements, in exercise of the power vested in me by the Straits Settlements Coinage Order 1903, and of every power enabling me in that behalf, do by this Proclamation fix the 3rd day of October, 1903, as the date from which the Order of 1895 shall be read and apply as if the Schedule to the Straits Settlements (Coinage) Order 1903 were added to the second Schedule of the Order of 1895.

Given at Singapore, this 2nd day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE KING.

W. T. TAYLOR,

Colonial Secretary.