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His Excellency The Governor is pleased to direct the republication of the Proclamation by Her Most Gracious Majesty, regulating the Currency of the Coins of the United Kingdom in the Colony, and to make known that, in accordance with the Notification of 27th April last, the said Proclamation will take effect from this date inclusive.

Whereas it has been represented to Us that in Our Colonies in Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hongkong, the Silver Coins of Our United Kingdom pass current as an unlimited tender for payments, and it is expedient that the regulations which govern the circulation of the Coins of Our United Kingdom as by law established should be enforced in Our said Colonies; Now, therefore, We, by the advice of Our Privy Council, have thought fit to declare and ordain, and by the advice aforesaid We do hereby declare and ordain, that, within and throughout Our Colonies in Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hongkong, the Coins of Our United Kingdom shall pass current in the manner directed in the several Acts of Parliament which regulate the currency of the same, and that the Silver Coins of Our United Kingdom shall not be a legal tender in payment of sums exceeding Forty Shillings.