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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 6, 1916.

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On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment and moved that it be read a third time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time and passed.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned sine die.

Read and confirmed this 5th day of October, 1916.

A. G. M. FLetcher,

Clerk of Councils.

NOTICES.

F. H. MAY,

Governor.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 431.-The following Order of His Majesty the King in Council is published for general information.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

THE 28TH DAY OF JULY, 1916.

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

LORD PRESIDENT.

LORD STEWARD.

MR. SECRETARY SAMUEL.

SIR FREDERICK PONSONBY.

WHEREAS by the Hong Kong (Coinage) Order, 1895, and the British Dollar Order,

1895, provision was made respecting the currency of coins in the Colony of

Hong Kong:

And whereas it appears to His Majesty to be desirable to amend the said first- mentioned Order in the manner hereinafter appearing :

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, and by virtue of all powers vested in him in that behalf, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-----

1. The Hong Kong (Coinage) Order, 1895, shall be construed and have effect as though the following Article were inserted therein after Article 4:---

"4A.-(1) For the purposes of this Order a coin shall be deemed to have been dealt with in a manner prohibited by law where the coin has been impaired. diminished or lightened otherwise than by fair wear and tear, or has been defaced by having any name word or mark stamped or engraved thereon (whether the coin has or has not been thereby diminished or lightened) or by cutting punching or chopping in any way whatever.