234296-1937-PROCLAMATION — Page 3

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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 8, 1937.

(4) Any coin which has been dealt with in a manner prohibited by law may be called in, cut, broken or defaced under the authority of the Governor, in accordance with such regulations as the Governor may make.

5. The Hong Kong (Coinage) Order, 1895, and the Hong Kong (Coinage) Order, 1916, are hereby repealed.

6. The Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, as amended by any subsequent Ordinance, applies to the interpretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of any Ordinance or enactment in force in the Colony.

7. This Order may be cited as "The Hong Kong (Coinage) Order, 1936."

8. This Order shall come into operation on the day on which it is proclaimed in the Colony by the Governor.

AND the Lords Commissioners of Our Treasury and the Right Honourable W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore, one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the requisite directions herein accordingly.

M. P. A. HANKEY.

SCHEDULE,

Standard Weight. Least Current Weight.

Coin.

Metal.

Millesi-

mal Fineness

Grains. Grammes. Grains. Grammes.

Limit

of Tender.

British Dollar

Silver

900

Hong Kong Fifty Cent

Piece.

800

416.00

209.52

27.957

13.576

411.00

26.633

Unlimited.

199.00

12.895

2 dollars

21

Hong Kong Twenty

Cent Piece

800

83.81

5.430

79.6

5.158

**

Hong Kong Ten Cent

Piece...

Piece....

800

41.90

2.715

39.8

2,579

*

Hong Kong Five Cent

800

20.95

1,357

19.9

1.290

"

Hong Kong Ten Cent

Piece...

Cupro- nickel

40

2.591

S

Hong Kong Five Cent

Piece....... Hong Kong One Cent

Pieee....

20

1,295

A

Copper or

115.75

7.501

I dollar

mixed

metal

Hong Kong One Cent

Piece....

62,50

4.050

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