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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 2.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH JANUARY, 1867.
VOL. XIII.
No. 6.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Regulations, of the 20th October, 1866, from the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the issue of a Silver Dollar, Half Dollar, and other Silver Coins of lower denomination from the Hongkong Royal Mint, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th January, 1867.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
REGULATIONS FOR THE ISSUE OF A SILVER DOLLAR, HALF-DOLLAR, AND FIVE, TEN AND TWENTY CENT PIECES FROM THE BRANCH OF THE ROYAL MINT OF HONGKONG IN PURSUANCE OF THE MINT ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1864.
1. That a Silver Dollar issued from the Branch of the Royal Mint of Hongkong shall have the following designs: On the Obverse the Effigy of Her Gracious Majesty, crowned with a Tiara with the Inscription “Victoria Queen," surrounded by a Chinese borde; and a the Reverse the Chinese Labyrinth in the centre with the Inscription "Hongkong, One Dollar,” and the same in Chinese Characters, and the date of the year with the Chinese border as on the Obverse of the Coin, and the Coin shall be milled on the edge.
2. That the Designs on the Half Dollar shall be similar to those on the Dollar, with the Inscription "Hongkong Half Dollar," and the same in. Chinese Characters, and the Coin shall be milled on the edge.
3. That the Dollar and Half Dollar shall be of Silver of nine-tenths fineness.
4. That the Dollar shall weigh 416 grains or Eight hundred and Sixty-six and two-thirds thousand parts (0.866 66′) of an Ounce Troy of Silver of such fineness.
5. That the Half Dollar shall be of half the weight directed for the Dollar.
6. That in adjusting the fineness and weight of the Dollar, the following deviations from Standard shail not be exceeded; in fineness Two Thousand parts (0.002) of an ounce of fine Silver, more or less, than 0.78 oz. of fine Silver-(the Standard weight of fine Silver contained in each Dollar); and in weight, Two Thousand parts (0.002) of an ounce, more or less, than 0,860 60′ oz.--
-(the Standard weight of Silver of nine-tenths fineness in each Dollar.)
7. That the deviation from Standard in the Half Dollar shall also not be exceeded by 0.002 oz. on each individual piece, both in respect to fineness and weight, as in the Dollar.
8. That the following Coins, subsidiary to the Dollar, shall be of Silver of eight-tenths fineness, namely Five, Ten and Twenty-Cent pieces; and the weight of each piece shall be in proportion to its nominal value referred to the Dollar.
9. Each of these subsidiary pieces shall have for the Obverse the design of the Dollar reduced in size without the Chinese border, and for the Reverse "Hong Kong," with "Five," "Ten," and "Twenty Cents" respectively with the same in Chinese Characters, and the date of the year, without the Chinese border These Coins shall be milled on the edge.
10. In adjusting the weight and fineness of the subsidiary Coins the same deviations from the Standard shall not be exceeded upon a number of such pieces having the nominal value of One Dollar, as is directed in the 6th Regulation for the whole Dollar.
Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, this Twentieth day of October, 1866.
HENRY WHITMORE. GERARD NOEL.
No. 7.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Whereas complaints have been made by certain holders of Vegetable Stalls in the Public Markets that Vegetables are sold outside the Markets in violation of the Law and to their detriment, it is hereby notified that such sale is an infringement of Section VIII of Ordinance No. 9 of 1858, and will henceforth be dealt with under the second subsection of Section XXXI of that Ordinance, whereby the Offender is liable to a fine not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding One Month. By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th January, 1867.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
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