LOITS
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 51.
No. 193.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 23RD DECEMBER, 1865.
VOL. XI.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is expected that the Hongkong Royal Mint will be opened for work on or about the 31st March, 1866.
It is therefore hereby notified that at a Meeting of the Executive Council held on the 11th instant in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of Ordinance 2 of 1864, the following regulations as to the receipt of Bullion, &c., were agreed to-
1. For the first Two Calendar Months after the opening of the Mint, Dollars of all kinds will be
received for Coinage into British Dollars, free of Seignorage.
2. For the Two Months next following, they will be received and returned in British Dollars at
a Seignorage charge of one per cent.
3. At the close of this latter period the fixed Seignorage charge of two per cent will be made.
4. In the case of Dollars requiring Melting previous to Assay, there will be an additional charge
of per cent.
5. Where the Dollars brought for recoinage prove on premelting to be below the Hongkong
Standard, a charge of per cent will be made, and the Metal returned.
6. These two last charges will be made from the time of the Mint opening.
7. Sycee, Bar Silver, and Bullion will be liable from the first to the full charges.
8. No quantity under 5,000 oz. will be received.
9. Delivery must be made at the Mint, Causeway Bay, East Point, and priority of application
will be the rule followed.
For Forms of Application and further particulars apply to T. W. KINDER, Esquire, Master of
the Mint.
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By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th December, 1865.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 194.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Act of the Imperial Parliament authorizing Loans by the Admiralty in aid of the construction of Docks in British Possessions, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st December, 1865.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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