CO129-089 - Public Offices - 1862 — Page 301

system

at

Hory Kory, with the

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aid of cent pieces only, leaving the question of coining other

subsidiary pieces for piture

consideration;

desire

Their Lodolips now

me

to forward to you,

for the information of the duke

of Newcastle

a

copy of the

reply which has been received

ter of

from the Master

and

to request

the Mint,

that you

vril

observe to this Grace that the

immediate measures

which it

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to

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is, in the opinion of My Lords,

in

order to

necessary to adopt, establish the currency of

Hong Kong

are

to ipue

/

Orderin

an

in Council and

Proclamation of

the Queen

to repeal, from such date as be fixed by the Governor,

may

the existing Royal Proclamations by which the Currency of that Colony is regulated, with a view to the Establishment of the Mexican Dollar as the sole legal Tender of payment for times, say of 5 dollars and

upwards

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