IN the Name of His Majesty EDWARD THE SEVENTH, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency SIR HENRY EDWARD MCCALLUM,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Island of Ceylon,
with the Dependencies thereof.
WHEREAS by an Order of Her late Majesty in Council dated February 6, 1892, it was amongst other things provided that subsidiary coins might be from time to time coined for Ceylon under the direction of the Master of Her Majesty's Mint or at one of Her Majesty's Mints in British India of the denominations, weights, and fineness specified in the third schedule to the said Order, and that those coins should have the obverse and reverse impressions specified in Article 2 of the said Order, and that each such coin should be a legal tender for the amount of its denomination:
And whereas by the said Order it was further provided that if the Governor of Ceylon from time to time requests any new coins of less value than the rupee, whether of silver, copper, or mixed metal, to be coined, and the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury approve such request, those new coins might be so coined under the direction of the Master of Her Majesty's Mint or at one of Her Majesty's Mints in British India, and that such new coins should have either the impressions directed by the said Order for the coins specified in the third schedule thereof or such other impressions as might be approved by the Master of Her Majesty's Mint and the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury:
And whereas We, the aforesaid Governor of Ceylon, have requested that a new subsidiary coin should be coined of the denomination, value, composition, weight, and fineness set out in the schedule hereto, and the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have approved of such request, and the said new subsidiary coin has been coined having for the obverse impression His Majesty's effigy with the inscription" Edward the Seventh, King and Emperor," and for the reverse impression that specified in the second clause of Article 2 of the said Order, which impressions have been approved of by the Master of His Majesty's Mint and the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury:
And whereas by Article 5 of the said Order it was provided amongst other things that, subject to the conditions in the said article contained a tender of payment of money in Ceylon should, in the case of coins of copper and mixed metal, be legal tender for the payment of an amount not exceeding one-half of a rupee, but for no greater amount; and by the said article it was further provided that if any new coins were coined, the said article should, after the date fixed by the Governor in a Proclamation made with the approval of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury and one of Her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, and setting forth the same particulars with respect to such coin as were set forth in the third schedule to the said Order, apply to the new coins as if the schedule to the Proclamation were added to the third schedule:
Now know Ye that We, the aforesaid Governor of Ceylon, hereby in pursuance of Article 5 of the above recited Order of Her late Majesty in Council, and with the approval of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury and one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, proclaim and direct that from and after January 1, 1910, Article 5 of the above recited Order of Her late Majesty in Council, dated February 6, 1892, shall apply to the subsidiary coin, the particulars whereof are set forth in the schedule hereto.
Given at Colombo, in the said Island of Ceylon, this Thirteenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord One thousand Nine hundred and Nine.
By His Excellency's command,
HUGH CLIFFORD,
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE KING
SCHEDULE.
| Portion of Rupee for which Tender | Coin. | Metal Millesimal Fineness. | Standard Weight. | Remedy Allowances. | ||
| Grains | Grams | Weight | Millesimal Fineness. | |||
| 0.05 | Ceylon Fife cent piece | Nickel Bronze - | 60 | 3.888 | A weight not exceeding the weight of one piece in every forty pieces | None |
(The Ceylon Government Gazette No. 6,346 of December 17, 1909.)
Ceylon Currency British Period 1796-1936 By B. W. Fernando, APPENDIX H.
1939, Ceylon Government Press p.52-53.
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