236642-1937-PROCLAMATION — Page 2

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 8, 1937.

AND I do further with the advice and consent of the Executive Council order and direct that the said Commissioners shall have all the powers, rights and privileges set out in the third section of the Commissioners Powers Ordinance, 1886.

AND I do further require the said Commissioners to report to the Governor in Council their findings in the matter of the said enquiry at as early a date as possible.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria, Hong Kong, this Seventh day of October, 1937.

Published by His Excellency's Command.

No. 10.

R. A. C. NORTH,

Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

[L.S.]

N. L. SMITH,

Officer Administering the Government.

By His Excellency NORMAN LOCKHART SMITH, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies.

WHEREAS by Article 4 of the Hong Kong (Coinage) Order, 1936, (hereinafter referred to as the Order) it is provid- ed that if any new coins are coined they shall, from a date fixed by the Governor in a Proclamation made with the approval of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury and a Secretary of State setting forth in a Schedule particulars of the metal, standard weight, remedy allowance and, in the case of silver coins, fineness, and provided that they have not been dealt with in any manner prohibited by law, be legal tender in the case of coins of denominations of not less than one dollar for the payment of an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars, and in the case of coins of other denomina-

tions for the payment of an amount not exceeding two

dollars:

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