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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

Despatch.—Changes in Design, &c., of certain Coins, and Issue of Double Florin.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1887.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

T. W. HISLOP.

(Circular.)
Downing Street, 13th August, 1887.

SIR,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of the colony under your Government, the accompanying copy of a Proclamation, issued by Her Majesty the Queen, by and with the advice of the Privy Council, respecting certain changes in the designs, &c., of the gold and silver coins, and the issue of a new silver coin called the double florin.

I have to request that you will take steps to publish this Proclamation in the usual manner in the colony under your Government.

I have, &c.,

H. T. HOLLAND.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

BY THE QUEEN.

A PROCLAMATION.

VICTORIA R.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the thirty-third year of our reign, intituled “An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to the Coinage and Her Majesty’s Mint, it is, amongst other things, enacted that We, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, shall, from time to time, by Proclamation, determine the design for any coin:

We have therefore thought fit to order that certain of the coins made at the Mint, mentioned in the First Schedule to the aforesaid Act, of the weight and fineness specified in that Schedule, shall bear designs as follows:—

That every five-pound piece should have for the obverse impression our effigy, with the inscription “Victoria D.G. Britt: Reg: F.D.,” and for the reverse the image of Saint George armed, sitting on horseback, attacking the dragon with a sword, and a broken spear upon the ground, and the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge; and that every two-pound piece should have the same obverse and reverse impression and inscription in all respects as the five-pound piece, with a graining upon the edge; and that every sovereign should have the same obverse and reverse impression and inscription in all respects as the five-pound piece, with a graining upon the edge; and that every half-sovereign should have for the obverse impression the aforesaid effigy, with the inscription “Victoria Dei Gratia,” and for the reverse the ensigns armorial of the United Kingdom contained in a garnished shield surmounted by the Royal crown, with the inscription “Britanniarum Regina Fid: Def:” and the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge; and that every crown should have the same obverse and reverse impression and inscription in all respects as the five-pound piece, with a graining upon the edge; and that every half-crown should have for the obverse impression the aforesaid effigy, with the inscription “Victoria Dei Gratia,” and for the reverse the ensigns armorial of the United Kingdom contained in a plain shield surrounded by the Garter bearing the motto, “Honi soit qui mal y pense,” and the collar of the Garter with the inscription “Britanniarum Regina Fid: Def:” and the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge; and that every florin should have for the obverse impression the aforesaid effigy, with the inscription “Victoria Dei Gratia,” and for the reverse the ensigns armorial of the United Kingdom contained in four shields arranged crosswise, each shield crowned, and between the shields four sceptres surmounted by orbs, a thistle, and a harp, and a star of the Garter in the centre, with the inscription “Britt: Reg: Fid: Def:” and the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge; and that every shilling should have for the obverse impression the aforesaid effigy, with the inscription “Victoria Dei Gratia Britt: Regina F.D.,” and for the reverse the ensigns armorial of the United Kingdom contained in a plain shield surrounded by the Garter bearing the motto “Honi soit qui mal y pense,” and the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge; and that every sixpence should have the same obverse and reverse impression and inscription in all respects as the shilling, with a graining upon the edge; and that certain other pieces of silver money called “The Queen’s Maundy Monies,” of fourpence, threepence, twopence, and one penny, should have for the obverse impression the aforesaid effigy, with the inscription “Victoria Dei Gratia Britt: Regina F.D.,” and for the reverse the respective figures “4,” “3,” “2,” “1” (according to the denomination or value of the piece) in the centre, with the date of the year placed across the figure, and encircled by an oak wreath surmounted by the Royal crown, with a plain edge.

And whereas by the aforesaid Act it is also enacted that it shall be lawful for Us, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, from time to time, by Proclamation, to determine the denominations of coins to be coined at the Mint, and it is by the said Act provided that any coin of gold, silver, or bronze, of any other denomination than that of the coins mentioned in the First Schedule to the aforesaid Act, which is hereafter coined at the Mint, shall be of a weight and fineness bearing the same proportion to the weight and fineness specified in that Schedule as the denomination of such coin bears to the denominations mentioned in that Schedule:

We have, therefore, further thought fit to order that a new coin, to be called a double florin, should be coined, of the standard weight of 349·09090 grains, and of the fineness of thirty-seven-fortieths fine silver and three-fortieths alloy, and should pass and be received as current and lawful money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, at the rate of four shillings or one-fifth of a pound; and that every such coin should have the same obverse and reverse impression and inscription in all respects as the florin, with a graining upon the edge.

And whereas pieces of money of the above descriptions respectively have been coined at our Mint, and will be coined there in pursuance of orders which We have given for that purpose:

We have, therefore, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, thought fit to issue this our Royal Proclamation, and We do hereby ordain, declare, and command that the said pieces of money respectively so coined and to be coined as aforesaid shall be current and lawful money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and this our Royal Proclamation shall come into operation on the date hereof.

Given at our Court, at Windsor, this thirteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and in the fiftieth year of our reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Notice to Mariners, No. 39 of 1887.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th October, 1887.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Marine Board, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

LAKE ALEXANDRINA.—POINT MALCOLM LIGHTHOUSE.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after the night of the 1st December, 1887, a fixed white light will be shown from the Point Malcolm Lighthouse, in place of the revolving light now in use.

Further particulars will be furnished in due course.

THOS. N. STEPHENS,
Secretary, Marine Board.

Marine Board,
Port Adelaide, 26th August, 1887.

Approval of Licenses and Permits to be issued by Harbour Boards for Use of Foreshore for Purpose of Meat-freezing.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 10th October, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor in Council has, in pursuance of the provisions of subsection 4 of section 9 of “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883,” approved of a Harbour Board licensing and permitting any part of the foreshore which has been legally vested in such Board to be used for the purpose of meat-freezing. Any licenses and permits issued by the Board for such purpose to be subject to the provisions of section 156 of “The Harbours Act, 1878.”

H. A. ATKINSON.

Omaka Sheep District, County of Marlborough, declared clean.—Notice No. 240.

The Minister’s Office, Live Stock Branch,
Wellington, 15th October, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to declare the Omaka Sheep District to be a clean sheep district under “The Sheep Act, 1878.”

G. F. RICHARDSON.

Addition to the Scale of Charges in force on the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 144 of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” I, Edwin Mitchelson, the Minister for Public Works, do hereby make the following addition to the scale of charges, to come into force on and after the 31st October, 1887:—