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fineness and values with the Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns now current within this Our Realm.
And whereas, pursuant to and in virtue of the powers given in our said Orders in Council, it is provided that a Coinage of the said Australian Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns shall be made, and that every such Australian Sovereign shall have for the obverse Our Effigy, with the inscription, "Victoria D. G., Brittanniar Regina F. D.," and the date of the year, and for the reverse the word "Australia" placed in the centre of piece encircled by a laurel wreath and surmounted by the Royal Crown with the inscription "Sydney Mint, One Sovereign," and with a graining on the edge, and that every such Australian Half Sovereign shall have the obverse in every respect similar to that of the Sovereign, and for the reverse the same word, "Australia," in the centre encircled and surmounted in like manner, but for the inscription the words "Sydney Mint, Half Sovereign," and a graining on the edge.
And whereas, pieces of Gold Money have been and will be coined at our said Branch of the Royal Mint in pursuance of orders issued and to be issued.
And whereas, by an Act passed in the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth years of Our Reign, entitled : "An Act to enable Her Majesty to declare Gold Coins to be issued from Her Majesty's Colonial Branch Mints a Legal Tender for payments, and for other purposes relating thereto," it is provided that "It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, from time to time, by Proclamation issued with the advice of Her Privy Council to declare that for such period, and subject to such conditions as may be specified in such Proclamation, Gold Coins made at such Colonial Branch Mint, of designs approved by Her Majesty, and being of the same weight and fineness as are required by law with respect to Gold Coins of the same denominations made at Her Majesty's Mint in London, are to be a legal tender for payments within any part of Her Majesty's Dominions to be specified in such Proclamations, in which Gold Coins issued from Her Majesty's Mint in London shall at the date of the issue of such Proclamation be a legal tender, and upon such Proclamation being issued Gold Coins made of such designs and being of such weight and fineness as aforesaid, shall be a legal tender for payments accordingly."
And Whereas Gold Coins issued from Our Royal Mint in London are at present a legal tender in such parts of Our Dominions as are specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed.
We Therefore, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, have thought fit to issue this Our Royal Proclamation, and We do ordain, declare and command, that from and after the date of the publication of this Our Proclamation by the Governor or other officer Administering the Government of such part or parts of Our Dominions as are specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed, Coins made at the said Branch Mint, of designs approved by Us at Sydney aforesaid, and being of the same weight and fineness as are required by Law, with respect to Gold Coins of the same denominations made at Our Mint in London, shall be a legal tender for payments within such part or parts of Our Dominions, as are specified in the said Schedule, until such period as this Our Proclamation shall be revoked, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council aforesaid.
Given at Our Court at Windsor, this fourteenth day of May, 1868.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Schedule of Her Majesty's Possessions abroad referred to in the Order in Council, dated 14th day of May, 1868, and in the Draft Proclamation, the issue of which is ordered by the said Order in Council.
- CANADA,
- PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND,
- NEWFOUNDLAND.
Circular.
MR. WHITWORTH'S SCHOLARSHIPS.
- Copy.
Downing Street.?
Sir,
At the request of the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, I have the honor to inform you of the endowment by Mr. Whitworth of certain Scholarships for Mechanical Science. As will be seen from Mr Whitworth's MemorandumScience Form, No. 293.
South Kensington,
May, 1868., he proposes that "Thirty schalarships of £100 each should be open to all of Her Majesty's Subjects, whether of the United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, who do not exceed the age of Twenty-six years, and be held either for two or three years, as experience may prove to be desirable."
I have the honor to be,
Sir
Your most obedient humble servant,
The Viscount Monck,
- &c., &c.,
South Kensington? May, 1868.
SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION, SOUTH KENSINGTON.
Mr. Whitworth's Scholarships for Mechanical Science.
At Whitehall, the 5th day of May, 1868.
By The Right Honorable the Lords of the Committe?e of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on Education.
My Lords read Mr. Whitworth's letter of 4th May, 1868, transmitting a memorandum on his scholarships and on the establishment of sixty Exhibitions of £25 for the present year preparatory to the competition for His Scholarships, and requesting that the Science and Art Department may conduct the necessary examinations and correspondence.
Their Lordships have great pleasure in acceding to Mr. Whitworth's request and giving every assistance in their power in carrying out his patriotic munificence.
Sir,
Referring to your letter of March 28th, by which you transmit to me a copy of the Minute which the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education had passed in acknowledgement of my endowment of Scholarships for promoting Mechanical Science, and for the concluding sentence of the Minute which invites further suggestions and offers to tender assistance in carrying out the intentions of the endowment:
l. I beg leave the enclose for the information of the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education a memorandum on the subject of the endowment which I trust will meet with the approval of their Lordships, and that they will cause it to be circulated and the necessary correspondence arising out of it to be conducted by the Science and Art Department.
2. I would beg leave to ask the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education to undertake the examinations for these Scholarships.
3. As respects the preparation of the necessary details for the examination in the use of tools, I am willing to be responsible myself with the aid of friends, and I propose to obtain the consent of a few gentlemen to advise with me from time to time in whatever may arise in the future for my consideration.
4. In reply to the invitation of their Lordships to submit any suggestions, I venture to submit for consideration whether honours in the nature of Degrees might not be conferred by some competent