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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH JANUARY, 1863.

legal tender of payment for any sum not exceeding One Dollar: And that the Silver and Copper Coins to be issued from Her Majesty's Mint as aforesaid should be prepared as follows:

The Silver pieces of money should be prepared of Silver containing twenty per cent of alloy. Every such piece should have for the obverse impression Her Majesty's Effigy crowned with the Inscription "Victoria Queen" and for the reverse impression an inscription indicating the value of the piece in cents of a Dollar with the words Hongkong" and the date and the year, and the same inscription repeated in Chinese Characters;

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A. Copper piece representing one hundredth part of a Dollar should have for the obverse impression Her Majesty's Effigy crowned with the Inscription "Victoria Queen," and for the reverse impression the Inscription "One Cent-Hongkong" with the date of the year, and the same inscription repeated in Chinese Characters;

Another Copper piece representing one thousandth part of a Dollar should be perforated in the centre and have for the obverse impression the Inscription "V.R.” surmounted by a Crown with "Hongkong-One Mil" and the date of the year, and for the reverse impression the Inscription "Hongkong--One Cash or One Mil," represented in Chinese Characters:

And whereas no day has been fixed by Proclamation by His Excellency the Acting Governor as the day for the purposes in Her Majesty's said Proclamation named to take effect but such day will be named as soon as conveniently may be: Now be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Acting Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

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where payments to or

I. From and after the day to be fixed by His Excellency the Acting Governor After date to be no- under the power by Her said Majesty's Proclamation vested in him whenever British tified by Proclamation Sterling has been or shall have been or shall be specified in any Ordinance of this by Government are by Colony whether as payments to be made to or by the Government of this Colony, such Ordinance payable in payments shall be made in Dollars and in such multiples of the Cent and Mil or Cash to be in Dollars, &c., and in Cents and Mills or Cash as shall be so issued from Her Majesty's Mint as afore- said only at the rate of Four Shillings and Two Pence to each Dollar.

HONGKONG.

ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO VICTORIE REGIN.E.

No. OF 1864.

By His Excellency WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, Acting Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice- Admiral of the same, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.

An Ordinance to prevent the defacing of the current Coin of this Colony.

[ January, 1864.]

Whereas a practice has existed in this Colony of defacing the current Coin of this Colony by stamping the same and by impressing thereon the names of firins, chops, or other marks and bending the same, and it is expedient to make provision for preventing the Coin from being so defaced and bent: Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Acting Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

British Sterling same

at 4s. 2d.

Title.

Preamble.

Persons defacing

of misdemeanor.

I. If any person shall deface any of the current Silver or Copper Coin of this Colony by stamping thereon any names or words or any mark whatsoever whether such current Coins guilty Coins shall or shall not be thereby diminished or lightened or shall use any machine or instrument for the purpose of bending the same, every such offender shall be guilty of a misden.canour and being convited thereof shall be liable to fine or imprisonment or fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the Court.

II. From and after the

day of

186 no tender of payment Date from which in money made in any Silver or Copper Coin so defaced or stamped as aforesaid shall defaced Coins shall be allowed to be a legal tender; and if any person shall tender, utter, or put off any Tender.

cease to be a legal

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