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And whereas the said proclamation has not yet been promulgated in the said Island and it is expedient that the same be revoked in order to the issue of another proclamation varying and extending its provisions.
And whereas there was this day read at the Board the draft of a Proclamation to be so issued instead of the first mentioned proclamation and Her Majesty having taken the same into consideration was pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council to approve thereof, and to order, and it is hereby ordered by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's said Council that the said recited Order shall be and the same is hereby rescinded:
And it is hereby further ordered that the Proclamation approved this day by Her Majesty (copy whereof is hereunto annexed) do take effect and come into force in Her Majesty's said Island and its dependencies in the manner thereby directed.
And the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Most Noble the Duke of Newcastle, One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
EDMUND HARRISON.
PROCLAMATION.
Whereas by an Order in Council bearing date the 28th day of November, 1844, We were pleased, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to approve of the draft of a Proclamation declaring certain Coins to be a legal tender of payment within Our Colony of Hongkong at certain rates therein specified, which Proclamation was published on the 1st day of May, 1845, at Hongkong by the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, and came into force from that date, and whereas by an Order in Council bearing date the 16th day of October, 1852, We were pleased, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to approve of the draft of a Proclamation declaring that the silver coins of Our United Kingdom shall not be a legal tender in payment of sums exceeding forty shillings within and throughout Our Colonies in Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon Mauritius and Hongkong, which Pro- clamation was published on the 27th day of April, 1853, at Hongkong by the Governor, and came into force on the 1st day of October, 1853; And whereas by an Order in Council bearing date the 22nd day of October, 1856, We were pleased, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to approve of the draft of a Proclamation declaring the rates at which certain gold coins called Australian Sovereigns and Half-sovereigns which are struck at the Branch of Our Royal Mint at Sydney, in New South Wales, are to pass current in Our Colonies of Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hongkong, which Proclamation was published on the 9th day of July, 1857, at Hongkong by the Governor, and came into force from the 11th day of July, 1857.
Now We by the advice of Our Privy Council have thought fit to declare and ordain and by the advice aforesaid We do hereby declare and ordain that from and after a day to be fixed by the Governor or Officer administering the Government of Hongkong by Proclama- tion the said hereinbefore recited Proclamation published at Hongkong on the 1st day of May, 1845, and so much of the Proclamations published at Hongkong on the 27th day of April, 1853, and 9th day of July, 1857, respectively as have effect and are in force in the said Island of Hongkong shall be revoked and annulled.
And we do hereby further declare and ordain that from and after the same date the Dollar of Mexico or other silver Dollar of equivalent value as may from time to time be au- thorized by the Governor or Officer administering the Government of Hongkong shall be the only legal tender of payment (except as hereinafter directed) within Our said Island of Hongkong and its dependenoies:
And we do hereby further ordain and declare that such silver coins as may be issued from Our Mint representing some multiple of the Cent or one hundredth part of the said Dollar shall be legal tender of payment for any sum not exceeding two Dollars and such copper or bronze coins as may be issued from Our Mint representing the cent or one
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