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PUBLIC RECORD' OFFICE

Reference :-

TLC.O. 882

سائنس

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO

Penalty for

having materials for forging notes.

General

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the same he shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment which may be of either description for any period not exceeding ten years.

(2) If any person without lawful authority or excuse the proof whereof shall lie on him receives from any other person or has in his possession any forged or altered note purporting to be a currency note knowing the same to be forged or altered or any unfinished or incomplete note purporting to be a currency note issued by the Commissioners he shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment which may be of either description for any period not exceeding five years.

14-(1) If any person without lawful authority or excuse the proof whereof shall lie upon him:-

(a) makes or uses or sells or exposes for sale or knowingly has in his posses-

sion →

(i) any instrument for the making of paper with any words device

or distinction peculiar to and appearing in the substance of the paper used for currency notes; or

(ii) any paper with any such words device or distinction as afore-

said; or

(b) by any art or contrivance causes any such words device or distinction or any words device or distinction intended to resemble and pass for the same to appear visible in the substance of any paper he shall on con- viction be liable to imprisonment which may be of either description for any period not exceeding five years.

(2) If any person without lawful authority or excuse the proof whereof shall lie upon him:-

(a) engraves or in any wise makes upon any plate whatsoever or upon any material any note purporting to be a currency note or a part of a currency note or any name word number figure device character or ornament resembling or apparently intended to resemble any signature to a currency note; or

(b) uses any such plate or material or any other instrument or device for the

making or printing of any currency note; or

(c) knowingly has in his possession any such plate material instrument or

device; or

(d) knowingly utters or has in his possession any paper upon which an impression or any such matter as aforesaid is made or printed; he shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment which may be of either description for a period not exceeding five years.

13. Any power conferred by this Ordinance on a Secretary of State or the provision. Governor may be exercised from time to time and any order or regulation made by a Secretary of State or the Governor for the purpose of exercising any such power may be revoked or varied by such Secretary of State or Governor as the case may be.

Date of coming

16. This Ordinance shall not come into operation unless and until the Governor notifies by Proclamation that it is Her Majesty's pleasure not to disallow the same into opera and thereafter it shall come into operation upon such a day as the Governor shall

notify by the same or any other Proclamation.

tion.

Repeal,

17. "The Currency Note Ordinance 1997 " is hereby repealed. Passed this 28th day of February, 1899.

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pondence on the subject of the re-coinage by the Royal Mint of the Straits Settlements dollar currency, I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that they have been in communication with the Master of the Mint on the subject of the rates to be charged to the Straits Settlements Govern-** ment for the re-coinage.

The Master of the Mint proposes to charge (1) in respect of re-coinage executed wholly at the Royal Mint £1,050 per million dollars, and (2) in respect of striking from blanks supplied by the Birmingham Mint, £105 per million dollars. These rates are stated to be the result of careful analysis, taking account of the direct charges and a proportion only of the indirect; and my Lords see no reason to dissent from them. Before, however, giving their sanction to the proposed rates, their Lordships will be glad to know if the Secretary of State for the Colonies bas any observations to offer on the matter.

I am, &o.,

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SIR,

No. 215.

E. W. HAMILTON.

COLONIAL OFFICE to TREASURY.

[Copy to Governor, 84th May, 1907. Confidential. L.F.] [Answered by No. 226.]

Downing Street, 24th May, 1907.

I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of May 21st* and to request you to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury that his Lordship sees no objection to the charges proposed by the Royal Mint for the re-coinage of Straits Settlements dollars.

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(No. 252.)

MY LORD,

No. 216.

I Am,

&c.,

C. P. LUCAS.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(Received 1st July, 1907.)

[Answered by No. 217.]

Government House, Singapore, 6th June, 1907. WITH reference to His Majesty's Order in Council of the 11th February, 1907† (The Straits Settlements Coinage Order, 1907), I have the honour to request that your Lordship will cause the Crown Agents for the Colonies to be instructed to have six millions of the new 50-cent pieces struck off (face value $3,000,000).

2. Sufficient old dollars for this purpose have already been shipped to the Crown Agents, and the Treasury here will begin shipping again in July in accord- ance with their request.

I have, &c.,

E. G. BROADRICK,

Clerk of Councils.

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No. 217.

JOHN ANDERSON.

SIR,

TREASURY to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received 22nd May, 1907.)

[Copy to Governor, 84th May, 1907. Confidential. L.F.]

[Answered by No. 215.]

Treasury Chambers, 21st May, `1907. ADVERTING to Treasury letter of the 20th March last and previous corres-

• No. 208.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.>

(Bent 6 p.m., 3rd July, 1907.)

TELEGRAM.

{Anmoored by No. 218.]

Referring to your despatch of 6th June,‡ what is the reason for proposing

• No. 214.

↑ Enclosure in No. 190.

↑ No. $16.

immediate re-coinage half-dollar? March.-ELGIN.

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Refer to my confidential despatch of 28th

No. 218.

THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 8.30 a.m., 4th July, 1907.)

TELEGRAM.

Referring to your telegram of 3rd July,† half-dollars required to complete amount of standard coin required for circulation; also considerable confusion between existing half-dollar and new dollar.-ANDERSON.

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GENTLEMEN,

No. 219.

COLONIAL OFFICE to CROWN AGENTS.

Downing Street, 5th July, 1907. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to transmit to you the accompanying copies of correspondencet with the Governor of the Straits Settlements as to the re-coinage of the Straits Settlements 50-cents piece and to authorise you to proceed in accordance with Sir J. Anderson's request.

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No. 220.

I am, &c.,

H. BERTRAM COX.

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