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HONGKONG CURRENCY.

hundreth part or the mil or cash representing one thousandth part of the said Dollar shall be legal tender of payment for any sum not exceeding one Dollar:

And we do hereby further ordain and declare that the silver and copper coins to be issued from Our Mint as aforesaid shall be prepared as follows:-

The silver pieces of money shall be prepared of silver containing twenty per cent of alloy. Every such piece shall have for the obverse impression Our Effigy crowned, with the Inscription "Victoria Queen" and for the reverse impression an inscription indicating the value of the piece in cents of a dollar with the words "Hongkong" and the date of the year, and the same inscription repeated in Chinese Characters.

A copper piece representing one hundreth part of a Dollar shall have for the obverse impression Our Effigy crowned, with the Inscription "Victoria Queen" and for the reverse impression the Inscription "One Cent Hongkong" with the date of the year, and the same inscription repeated in Chinese Characters.

Another copper piece representing one thousandth part of a Dollar shall be perforated in the centre, and have for the obverse impression the Inscription "V.R." surmounted by a Crown, with "Hongkong, One Mil" and the date of the year, and for the reverse impression the inscription Hongkong One Cash or One Mil represented in Chinese Characters.