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The same may be tendered during business hours at the Bank of England in London and shall be there left for such time prior to the exchange or payment as may be reasonably necessary for examination and weighing in order to ascertain whether any coin has been illegally dealt with within the meaning of the said Act.

And the Master of Her Majesty's Royal Mint in England is hereby directed to carry into effect the provisions of the said Act for exchanging or paying for at their nominal value all such coins as are so tendered and have not been illegally dealt with.

Wheras by the Coinage Act, 1889,^[1] it is enacted as follows:—

"Any gold coin of the realm coined before the reign of Her present Majesty which is below the least current weight as provided by the Coinage Act, 1870,^[2] may within the time, and in the manner from time to time directed by Her Majesty, the Queen in Council, be tendered for exchange, and if it has not been illegally dealt with, shall (notwithstanding anything in section seven of the Coinage Act, 1870), be exchanged or paid for by or on behalf of the Mint at its nominal value.' "For the purpose of this Act a gold coin shall be deemed to have been illegally dealt with, where the coin has been impaired, diminished, or lightened otherwise than by fair wear and tear, or has been defaced by having any name, word, device, or number stamped thereon, whether the coin has or has not been thereby diminished or lightened."

And whereas it is expedient to determine the time and manner of tendering coins for exchange in pursuance of the said Act in Her Majesty's Australasian Colonies.

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, in pursuance of the said Act, and all other