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NOTIFICATION.
The publication of the Hongkong Gazette under the authority of Government, will be discontinued from this date: but all public orders and notifications appearing in "The Friend of China and Hongkong Gazette," with the signatures duly authorized Functionaries of the Government are still to be considered as official.
By order
J. Robt: Morison, Acting Secretary and Treasurer
Hongkong, March, 3rd. 1842
PROCLAMATION.
WITH the desirable object of preventing Disputes and laying down some defined System regarding the Circulating Medium in this Settlement, his Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, is pleased to promulgate the following brief Rules, which are to be considered applicable to all common Bazaar Purchases and Barter, Hire, &c. &c. but not to interfere with, or affect what may be termed Mercantile Transactions; and are to be in force on the Island of Hongkong, pending the Gracious Pleasure of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain.
1st. The following Coins are to be deemed Legal Tenders- Spanish, Mexican, and other Dollars, and their component Parts. Company's Rupees and their component Parts "Cash", or the Copper coin current in China.
2nd. DOLLARS of whatever denomination or device, and whether whole or chopped, are to circulate at par with reference to each other, always providing that they be of the proper weight and Standard.
3rd. Two and one Quarter Company's Rupees shall be considered equal to one Dollar.
ONE Rupee and two Annas (or half a quarter) equal to half a Dollar and half a Rupee and one anna (or Nine annas) equal to one quarter of a Dollar.
4th. TWELVE hundred Cash (1200) (copper Coin) shall be equal to one Dollar.
Six hundred (600) to half a Dollar. THREE hundred (300) to one Quarter of a Dollar.
FIVE hundred and thirty three (533) to one Company's Rupee. Two hundred and sixty six (266) to half a Rupee.
ONE hundred and thirty-three (133) to one Quarter of a Rupee.
5th. Any other Coins whether British or Foreign, not enumerated in the preceding Rules, are not to be deemed a legal Tender, but they can of course be sold, or otherwise bartered in the Bazaar, according to their intrinsic value.
6th. CASH" (Copper Coin) at the rate laid down in the 4th. Rule, will be sold to any individual requiring it in sums of not less than Fifty Dollars, on application to the Treasurer and Secretary to her Britannic Majesty's Superintendents of Trade &c.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. Dated at Hongkong, Government-House, this 29th. Day of March, 1842.
(SIGNED) HENRY POTTINGER Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
BY ORDER.
CHAS. E. STEWART.
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer.
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NOTIFICATION.
The publication of the Hongkong Ga- zette under the authority of Government, will be discontinued from his data: but all Aublic orders and notifications appearing in "The Friend of China and Nongkong Ga- zette," "with the signatures oduly autho- rized Functionaries of the Government are still to be considered as official.
By order
J. Robt: Morison, Acting Secretary and Treasurer
Hongkong, March, 3rd. 1842
PROCLAMATION.
WITH the desirable object of preventing Disputes and laying down some defined Sys- tem regarding the Circulating Medium in this Settlement, his Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart, Her Majesty's Plenipoten- tiary, and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, is pleased to promulgate the follorving brief Rules, which are to be considered applicable to all common Bazaar Purchases and Barter, Hire, &c. &c. but not to interfere with, or affect what may be termed Mercantile Transactions; and are to be in force on the Island of Hongkong, pending the Gra- cious Pleasure of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain.
1st. The following Coins are to be deem- ed Legal Tenders- Spanish, Mexi- can, and other Dollars, and their com ponent Parts. Conpany's Rupees and their component Parts "Cash", or the Copper coin current in China.
2nd. DOLLARS of whatever denomination or
device, and whether whole or chop- ped, are to circulate at par with reference to each other, always pro- viding that they be of the proper, weight and Standard.
3rd. Two and one Quarter Company's Rupees shall be considered equal to one Dollar.
ONE Rupee and two Annas (or half a quarter) equal to half a Dol- lar and half a Rupee and one anna (or Nine annas) equal to one quar- ter of a Dollar.
4th. TWELVE hundred Cash (1200) (cop- per Coin) shall be equal to one
Dollar.
Six hundred (600) to half a Dollar. THREE hundred (300) to one Quar- ter of a Dollar.
FIVE hundred and thirty three (533) to one Company's Rupee. Two hundred and sixty six (266) to half a Rupee.
ONE hundred and thirty-three (133) te one Quarter of a Rupee.
5th. Any other Coins whether British or Foreign, not enumerated in the pre- ceding Rules, are not to be deemed a legal Tender, but they can of course be sold, or otherwise bartered in the Bazaar, according to their intrinsic value.
6th. CASH" (Copper Coin) at the rate laid
down in the 4th. Rule, will be sold to any individual requiring it in sums of not less thon Fifty Dollars, on application to the Treasurer and Secretary to her Britannic Masjes- ty's Superintendents of Trade &c. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. Dated at Hongkong, Government-House, this 29th. Day of March, 1842.
(SIGNED) HENRY POTTINGER Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
BY ORDER.
CHAS. E. STEWART.
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer.
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