CO129-265 - Public Offices & Others - 1894 — Page 575

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British Dollar.

DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL,

At the Court of

held the

day of

PRESENT:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN

COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the coinage of a British silver dollar for circulation in Our Colonies of the Straits Settlements, Hong Kong, and Labuan, and elsewhere ;

Now, therefore, We, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, and by virtue of all powers vested in Us in that behalf, do hereby order as follows:-

And the Lords Commissioners of Our Treasury are to give the requisite directions accordingly.

dollar.

1.-(1.) A British dollar shall be coined under the direction of British the Master of Our Mint or at one of Our Mints in British India, and be of the metal, weight, and fineness specified in the Schedule to this Order subject to the remedy there specified.

(2.) Such dollar shall have for the obverse impression the figure of Britannia standing upon a rock in the sea, her right hand holding a trident and her left hand resting on a shield, with a ship in the distance, and the inscription "One Dollar" and the date of the year, the whole surrounded by a Chinese ornamental border; and for the reverse impression, surrounded by a similar border, a scroll pattern with the Chinese labyrinth in the centre, and the value of the piece, in Chinese and Malay characters respectively, arranged crosswise within the scroll.

2. This Order may be cited as the British Dollar Order, 1895.

Short title.

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