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No. 107.
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
[JULY 11, 1857.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
and it The subjoined Order of Her Majesty in Council, passed on the 22d October, 1856, to legalize the Currency of Australian Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns in Hongkong and elsewhere, is published for general information; is hereby notified, that His Excellency The Governor has decided that the same do take effect and come into force from the 11th July instant.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th July, 1857.
AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR, THE 22D DAY OF OCTOBER, 1856.
PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, Ma LABOUCHERE, LORD STANLey of aldeRLEY, SIR george grEY, BART. WHEREAS there was this day read at the Board, the Draft of a Proclamation declaring the Rates at which certain Gold Coins, to be called Australian Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns, which have been and are intended to be struck at Her Majesty's Branch of the Royal Mint at Sydney, in New South Wales, are to pass current in Her Majesty's Colonies of Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hongkong: Her Ma- jesty having taken the same into consideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to approve thereof, and to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the said Proclamation (Copy whereof is hereunto annexed) do take effect and come into force in each of Her Majesty's said Colonies and Possessions, upon and from and after the promulgation thereof by the Governors or Officers Administer ing the Government of the said Colonies respectively. And the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Honour able Henry Labouchere, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary directions therein accordingly, WM. L. BATHURST.
Draft Proclamation for giving Currency to Australian Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns within the Colonies of Ceylon,
Mauritius, and Hongkong.
WHEREAS, by an Order in Council bearing date the 19th day of August, 1853, we have thought fit to order that a Branch of Our Royal Mint should be established at or near Sydney, in New South Wales.
And whereas, in the 18th year of Our Reign, by an Order in Council, dated the 18th day of October, 1854, we have thought fit to order that certain pieces of Gold Money should be coined at the said Branch of Our Royal Mint, to be called respectively Australian Sovereigns and Australian Half Sovereigns, and to be of the same respective Weights, Fineness, aud Values with the Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns now current within this our Realm.
And whereas, pursuant to and in virtue of the Powers given in Our said Orders in Council, it is provided that a Coinage of the said Australian Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns shall be made, and that every such Australian Sovereign shall have for the Obverse the Effigy of Her Majesty, with the Inscription “ Victoria D. G. Britanniar: Regina, F.D," and the date of the year; and for the Reverse the word Australiù” placed in the centre of the piece, encircled by a Laurel Wreath, and surmounted by the Royal Crown, with the Inscription Sydney Mint-One Sovereign," and with a Graining on the edge; and that every such Australian Half Sovereign shall have the Obrerse in every respect similar to that of the Sovereign, and for the Reverse the same word " Australia in the centre, encircled and surmounted in like manner, but for the Inscription the words “ Sydney Mint—Half Sovereign” and a Graining on the edge.
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And whereas, pieces of Gold Money have been and will be coined at Our said Branch of the Royal Mint in pursuance of Orders issued and to be issued: WE therefore, by and with the advice of our Frivy Council, have thought fit to issue this Our Royal Proclama- tion and We do Ordain, Declare, and Command, that the said pieces of Gold Money so to be coined shall be current and lawful money within our Colonies of Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hongkong, and shall pass and be received as current and lawful money therein, by the Names aforesaid, and at the Values herein before assigned to them.
No. 108.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Under instructions from Her Majesty's Government, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to recognize LUDWIG WIESE, Esquire, provisionally, as Consul for LUBECK at Hongkong, until the arrival of Her Majesty's Exequatur.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th July, 1857.
No. 109.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Under instructions from Her Majesty's Government, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to recognize A. W. P. Kup, Esquire, provisionally, as Consul at Hongkong for His Majesty The KING OF THE Netherlands, -until the arrival of Her Majesty's Exequatur.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th July, 1857.
No. 110.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Whereas, according to the Law of England, every Tradesman or Mechanic is at liberty to perform his work at whatever rate of remuneration it seems good to himself to accept, and all combinations for the control of such liberty are illegal: This is therefore to give notice, that any persons found to be interfering as above with the freedom of trade will be prosecuted by Government.
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By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th July, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary,
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