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116 5. British silver coins while of lawful weight and current in the United Kingdom, shall pass current and be a legal tender in Canada to the amount of ten dollars in any one payment at the following rates: the Crown at one dollar twenty-five cents; the Florin at fifty cents; the Shilling at twenty-five cents; and the other silver coins at rates bearing the same proportion to their nominal value in sterling;

6. British Copper coins while current in the United Kingdom shall, unless and until it is otherwise ordered by Proclamation of the Governor, pass current and be a legal tender in Canada, to the amount of one shilling in any one payment, at the rate of two cents for every penny of their nominal sterling value;

7. The half Eagle of the United States of America coined after the adoption by the said United States of the basis of value hereinbefore mentioned, and being of the intrinsic value aforesaid, shall, on the conditions to be defined in the Proclamation of the Governor, pass current and be a legal tender in Canada to any amount, at the rate of five dollars, as shall also the other Gold coins of the United States and of France, or of any other nation, coined under the agreement made at the International Monetary Conference, at rates proportional to their intrinsic value and to be mentioned in such Proclamation; which may also fix a specific percentage of difference between the new currency and the old, and may contain such conditions and limitations as to weight, fineness, stamp, date, remedy or tolerance, as the Governor may think proper;

8. The Governor, may by Proclamation, from time to time, declare that the silver coins of the United States, coined after their adoption of the basis of value hereinbefore mentioned, and containing in the half dollar, not less than one hundred and seventy-nine grains troy weight, of the fineness of nine tenths, and so in proportion for any coin of greater or less nominal value, shall on and after a day to be therein named, pass current and be a legal tender in Canada, to the amount of ten dollars in any one payment; and any such Proclamation may contain such conditions and limitations as to weight, fineness, stamp, date, remedy or tolerance, as the Governor may think proper, and may be revoked or amended by any subsequent Proclamation;

9. Any sum of money payable in Canada on or after the day appointed for the establishment of the new currency in this section mentioned, to Her Majesty or to any party, under any Act or law in force in any part of Canada and passed before the said day, or under any bill, note or other instrument, contract or agreement, made before the said day in Canada and with reference thereto, or made out of Canada, but with reference thereto, on or after the said day, if from the terms used, or the date and place of making, it is to be presumed that some