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Edward Cardwell, MN.O.,

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Wer trajesty's Principal Secretary of State,

No. 59.

GOVERNMENT

NOTIFICATION.

By direction of His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., Governor, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, the following Modifications of Government Notification No. 193 of 20th December last, are published for general information:

1. The Hongkong Royal Mint will be opened on Monday, the 7th May next, at 11 A.M.

2. Dollays of all kinds, Sycee, Bar Silver, and Bullion will be received for Coinage into British Dollars free of Seignorage for the period of One Month from that date.

3. In the case of Dollars requiring Melting previous to Assay, there will be a charge of per

cent.

4. Where the Dollars brought for recoinage prove on premelting to be below the Hongkong Standard, a charge of A per cent will be made, and the Metal returned.

5. No quantity under 5,000 oz. will be receed.

6. Delivery must be made at the Mint, Causeway Bay, East Point, and priority of application will be the rule followed.

For forms of application and further particulars, reference must be made to T. W. Kinder, Esquire, Master of the Mint.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th April, 1866.

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.