CO129-118 - Public Offices - 1866 — Page 182

fineness, with a

design similar to that

of the dollar

I heir

Lordships will

request the Secretary of State

for the

Colonies to procure from Hong-Kong the

proper inscription in Chinese

for the

twenty cent piece namely

ohe

for

the

the

wowdy

and

fifth of a dollar_ 20 cents

cent piece "I we cent'

for the frie

as requested.

Their Lordships desire

me

to

convey to you

Their authority to

provide dies for the Halfe dollar,

(50 cent) Twenty cent

piece and Five

cent piece in the Hong Kong Coinage,

at the expense of the Government of

Hong Kong.

(~2) G. Hamilton

Copy

Ser br 977/14 Royal Mint

13 January 1866

179

Reply

to

the

letter)

addressed to

you

by

Sir Frederic

Rogers dated the 6th inst. cnclousing &

Copy of

Despatch from the Officer

administering the Government of Hong Kong enclosing.

Cl

Letter from

the

Master of the Mint

on the subject of coining half and quarter

dollars in that

Colony I have

to report as follows,

The series of

Coins

on

the

dollar basis to be prepared for

Hong Kong is

an important subject

and has been carefully considered here. The subsidiary pieces already

ordered

and issued are (1) (2) One Cent

both

in

bronze and

(3) a Ten Cent piece in

Silver

fabricated

G. A. Hamilton