Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, that the said Order in Council, dated the 30th day of November, 1882, shall be, and the same is, hereby revoked.

Almeric FitzRoy.

CENSUS OF PRODUCTION.

ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRADE, DATED OCTOBER 28, 1911, DETERMINING THAT A CENSUS OF PRODUCTION SHALL BE TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1913, AND THEREAFTER IN EVERY SUCCESSIVE FIFTH YEAR.

1911. No. 1077.

Whereas by Section 1 of the Census of Production Act, 1906,* it is provided that a Census of Production shall be taken in the year 1908 and subsequently at such intervals as may be determined by an Order made by the Board of Trade as soon as practicable after the taking of the first census and laid before Parliament.

Now therefore, the Board of Trade do by this Order determine that a Census of Production shall be taken in the year 1913 and thereafter in every successive fifth year.

28th October, 1911.

Sydney Burton.

COIN.

ORDER IN COUNCIL APPROVING PROCLAMATION DETERMINING NEW DESIGNS FOR SILVER COINS.

1911. No. 50.

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 23rd day of January, 1911.

PRESENT,

The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

The following Draft Proclamation was this day read at the Board and approved.

Almeric FitzRoy.

BY THE KING.

A PROCLAMATION.

DETERMINING NEW DESIGNS FOR SILVER COINS.

Whereas under section eleven of the Coinage Act, 1870,† We have power, with the advice of Our Privy Council, from time to time by proclamation to determine the design for any coin:

And whereas it appears to Us desirable to determine new designs for the silver coins herein-after specified, being some of † 33-4 V. c. 10.

* 6 Edw. 7. c. 49.

the silver coins mentioned in the First Schedule to the Coinage Act, 1870:

We, therefore, in pursuance of the said enactment and of all other powers enabling us in that behalf, do hereby, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, proclaim, direct, and ordain as follows:

1. The designs for the said silver coins shall be as follows: (1.) Half-Crown.-Every half-crown shall have for the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription "" GEORGIUS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX" and for the reverse the Ensigns Armorial of the United Kingdom contained in a shield surmounted by the Royal Crown and surrounded by the Garter bearing the motto HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE," with the inscription FID: DEF: IND: IMP: together with the words HALF CROWN," and the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge.

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(2.) Florin.-Every florin shall have the same obverse impression as the half-crown, with the inscription

GEORGIUS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP :

and for the reverse four crowned shields arranged in the form of a cross; in the angles four sceptres springing from the Star of the Garter in the centre, together with the words ONE FLORIN and the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge.

(3.) Shilling.-Every shilling shall have the same obverse impression and inscription as the half-crown, and for the reverse Our Royal Crest with the date of the year placed across the Crest, with the inscription

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FID:

DEF: IND: IMP" together with the words " ONE
SHILLING " with a graining upon the edge.

(4.) Sixpence.-Every sixpence shall have the same obverse impression and inscription as the half-crown, and for the reverse the same impression and inscription as the shilling, together with the words "SIX PENCE" with a graining upon the edge. (5.) Silver Fourpence, Threepence, Twopence, and Penny.Every silver fourpence, threepence, twopence, and penny shall have for the obverse impression Our aforesaid effigy, with the inscription "GEORGIUS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP:" 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 with an oak wreath surmounted by the Royal Crown, with a plain edge. 2. This Proclamation shall come into force and have effect as from the first day of January one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

Given at Our Court at Windsor Castle, this Twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and in the First year of Our Reign. God Save the King.

COIN, COLONIES (AND PROTECTORATES).

(a.) Australia, of, p. 6.

Commonwealth | (e.) East

(b.) Bahamas, p. 7.

(c.) Basutoland, p. 9.

(d.) Bechuanaland Protectorate, p. 9.

Africa Protectorate,

Union of,

p. 11.
(f.) South Africa,

p. 12.

(g.) Swaziland Protectorate, p. 17. (h.) Uganda Protectorate, p. 19.

(a.) Australia, Commonwealth of.

ORDER IN COUNCIL REVOKING, SO FAR AS RELATES TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, THE PROCLAMATION OF AUGUST 1, 1896, APPLYING PARTS OF THE COINAGE ACT, 1870 (33-4 VICT. c. 10) TO CERTAIN AUSTRALIAN COLONIES AND NEW ZEALAND.

1911. No. 92.

At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 23rd day of January, 1911.

PRESENT,

The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

The following Draft Proclamation was this day read at the Board and approved.

Almeric FitzRoy.

BY THE KING.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas by a Proclamation of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, approved by Order in Council dated the 1st day of August 1896,* certain Parts of the Coinage Act, 1870† (in this Proclamation referred to as "the Act "), as amended by section two and the schedule of the Coinage Act, 1891, were applied, as modified in the Proclamation, to the Colonies of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland, and Western Australia (which said Colonies are in this Proclamation referred to as the Commonwealth of Australia), and New Zealand.

And whereas by virtue of the Act, it is lawful for Us, with the advice of Our Privy Council, by Proclamation to revoke any Proclamation previously made under the Act.

And whereas by an Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, entitled the Coinage Act, 1909,§ provision is made as respects the coinage of the Commonwealth, and it is accordingly expedient that the said recited Proclamation should be revoked so far as relates to the Commonwealth :

* Printed St. R. & O. Rev., 1904, "Coin, Colonies," p. 28. † 33-4 V. c. 10.

54-5 V. c. 72.

SAct No. 6 of 1909.

Now, therefore, We, with the advice of Our Privy Council, in
pursuance of the Act and of all other powers enabling Us in that
behalf, do hereby proclaim, direct, and ordain as follows:-

1. The said Proclamation of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria
shall be revoked so far as relates to the Commonwealth of
Australia, and accordingly the parts of the Act applied by the
said Proclamation shall cease to apply to and to be in force in the
Commonwealth of Australia.

2. This Proclamation shall be deemed to have had effect as from
the date on which the said Coinage Act, 1909,* came into
operation.

Given at Our Court at Windsor Castle, this Twenty-third day

of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and eleven, and in the First year of Our Reign.
God Save the King.

(b.) Bahamas.

ORDER IN COUNCIL APPROVING PROCLAMATION DIRECTING THAT
CERTAIN GOLD AND SILVER COINS OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA SHALL CEASE TO BE LEGAL TENDER IN THE COLONY
OF THE BAHAMAS.

1911. No. 1299.

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 16th day of

December, 1911.

PRESENT,

His Royal Highness Prince Arthur of Connaught
Archbishop of Canterbury

Lord Chancellor

The following Draft Proclamation was this day read at the
Board and approved.

Almeric FitzRoy.

BY THE COUNSELLORS OF STATE.

A PROCLAMATION.

Directing that certain Gold and Silver Coins of the United States
of America shall cease to be Legal Tender in the Colony of the
Bahamas.

Whereas His Majesty was pleased by His Commission dated the
10th day of November, 1911, to nominate and appoint His Royal
Highness Prince Arthur of Connaught, K.G., G.C.V.O., His
Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, G.C.V.O., the Lord
High Chancellor of Great Britain, and the Lord President of the
Council, or any two of them, in His Majesty's absence from the

* That Act was assented to September 4, 1909.

United Kingdom, to summon and hold on His Majesty's behalf
His Privy Council and to signify thereat His Majesty's approval
of any matter or thing to which His Majesty's approval in Council
is required:

And whereas by a Proclamation of Her late Majesty Queen
Victoria, dated the third day of February, 1898,* certain parts of
the Coinage Act, 1870,† as amended by section two of the
Coinage Act, 1891, were applied with the modifications speci-
fied in the Proclamation to His Majesty's Colony of the Bahamas :
And whereas it is provided by the said Proclamation that any
coins coined in a foreign country which, at the date of the pro-
mulgation of the said Proclamation, were by law current and a
legal tender in any Colony or Possession to which the said Pro-
clamation extended should until by Proclamation otherwise
directed, continue to be so current and a legal tender at the same
rate and up to the same amount as heretofore:

And whereas under the provisions so applied His Majesty may
by Proclamation regulate any matters relative to the coinage and
the Mint within the present prerogative of the Crown which are
not provided for by the Coinage Act, 1870, and may revoke or
alter any Proclamation previously made:

And whereas by virtue of a Proclamation of Her late Majesty
Queen Victoria, dated the nineteenth day of August, 1853,§ it was
provided that throughout the whole of His Majesty's West India
Colonies certain gold coins of the United States mentioned in the
Proclamation should circulate and be received in payment as being
of the full value and equivalent to current money of the United
Kingdom at the rates mentioned in the Proclamation:

And whereas by a Proclamation of Her late Majesty Queen
Victoria, dated the ninth day of March, 1854, it was provided that
the provisions of the said Proclamation dated the nineteenth day
of August, 1853, should extend to certain other gold coins of the
United States not specified in that Proclamation :

And whereas by a Proclamation of Her late Majesty Queen
Victoria, dated the first day of March, 1864,¶ it was provided that
certain silver coins of the United States should circulate and be
received in payment as being of the full value and equivalent
to current money of the United Kingdom at the rates mentioned
in the Proclamation:

And whereas it is expedient that the said gold and silver coins of
the United States mentioned in the said recited Proclamations of
the nineteenth day of August, 1853, the ninth day of March, 1854,
and the first day of March, 1864, should no longer be legal tender
in His Majesty's Colony of the Bahamas:

Now, therefore, we, the said Prince Arthur of Connaught, Lord
Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain,
and Lord President of the Council, being authorized thereto
by His Majesty's said Commission, do hereby, by and with the
advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, on His Majesty's behalf,

* Printed St. R. & O. Rev., 1904, "Coin, Colonies," p. 114.
† 33-4 V. c. 10.

54-5 V. c. 72.

§ Printed St. R. & O. Rev., 1904, "Coin, Colonies," p. 97.

Ibid., p. 99:

Ibid., p. 100.