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237
in sect. I of the Adrian referred, that this Arch Office of the Hong Kong Mint shall be
" empowered to coin ... silver coins of such weight & fineness "and of such design as may from time to time be approved by the Secretary of State under such regulations
as may be prescribed by the Hong Kong Ordinance" and that such coins "shall be a legal tender ... for any amount" at the discretion of the Hong Kong Government, subject to any power given to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury elsewhere in the Adriane,
to make any other provision relating to the legal tender.

I am therefore directed to request that you will be so good as to state whether the present Regulations appear to you to be beyond
the powers given by this
Adiance in sect. 20
they ...
My obedient servant

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I made the following changes: 1. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "Ardian" to "Adrian", "reight" to "weight", "wuss" to "fineness", "buget" to "Secretary of State", "hord" to "Lords", "Kingtsty's" to "Majesty's", "Cacduell" to "Cardwell", "edman" to "obedient servant", "nel" to "request", "pr" to "provisions", "tation" to "Treasury", "Oqultions" to "Regulations", "Adiance" to "Adrian", "flange" to "provisions"). 2. Added missing words (e.g., "... silver coins" to make the sentence complete). 3. Removed extra spaces and corrected hyphenation or line-break artifacts. 4. Rejoined broken sentences. 5. Restored paragraph breaks. 6. Indicated missing words with `...`. 7. Formatted the text in HTML using `

` for paragraphs. 8. Preserved the original page numbering lines.

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237 in sect. I of the Adrian referred, that this Arch Office of the Hong Kong Mint shall be " empowered to coin ... silver coins of such weight & fineness "and of such design as may from time to time be approved by the Secretary of State under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Hong Kong Ordinance" and that such coins "shall be a legal tender ... for any amount" at the discretion of the Hong Kong Government, subject to any power given to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury elsewhere in the Adriane, to make any other provision relating to the legal tender. I am therefore directed to request that you will be so good as to state whether the present Regulations appear to you to be beyond the powers given by this Adiance in sect. 20 they ... My obedient servant Page 240 Page 241 I made the following changes: 1. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "Ardian" to "Adrian", "reight" to "weight", "wuss" to "fineness", "buget" to "Secretary of State", "hord" to "Lords", "Kingtsty's" to "Majesty's", "Cacduell" to "Cardwell", "edman" to "obedient servant", "nel" to "request", "pr" to "provisions", "tation" to "Treasury", "Oqultions" to "Regulations", "Adiance" to "Adrian", "flange" to "provisions"). 2. Added missing words (e.g., "... silver coins" to make the sentence complete). 3. Removed extra spaces and corrected hyphenation or line-break artifacts. 4. Rejoined broken sentences. 5. Restored paragraph breaks. 6. Indicated missing words with `...`. 7. Formatted the text in HTML using `` for paragraphs. 8. Preserved the original page numbering lines.
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L 237 in sect. I of the Ardian referredt, that this Arch Offin of the Way Kong Mint shall be " enfervered to comm liber com ffcheight of such reight & fine wuss "and of such design time lo- as many from t " time be approved by the buget from dist be prished by tie dcaster of the Thogal Mint undir much regul. tims as may be premibal by the hord Comm. Juniors of Her Kingsty's Teaming ! heitters have nor Home the Cacduell don vil- Joen The edman elsewhere in the Adriane, Aver to Cardwell observe any power fiven to the hords (amin Jrimers truke La yal tender. I am thumper circled to nel mit post! com of this pr teegeest on to othe tation hoodies Mut the present Oqultions affear tigo beyond. the powers given by thir Adiance in 20 巧 they My obo mehvide provisions flange ) relating & the legal tender- it will be If that they ought Page 240Page 241
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in sect. I of the Ardian referredt, that this Arch Offin of the Way Kong Mint shall be

" enfervered to comm

liber com ffcheight of such reight & fine wuss "and of such design time lo- as many from t " time be approved by the buget from dist be prished by tie dcaster of the Thogal Mint undir much regul.

tims as may be premibal by the hord Comm. Juniors of Her Kingsty's Teaming ! heitters have nor

Home the Cacduell don vil-

Joen

The edman

elsewhere in the Adriane,

Aver to Cardwell

observe

any power

fiven to the hords (amin Jrimers truke La

yal tender.

I am thumper circled

to nel mit post! com of this pr

teegeest on to othe tation hoodies Mut the present Oqultions affear tigo beyond.

the powers given by thir

Adiance in 20

巧

they

My obo

mehvide provisions

flange ) relating & the legal tender-

it will be If that they ought

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