[M'LACHLAic] COPPER CURRENCY OF THE CANADIAN BANKS 249 



No. 7. 



Province of Canada. 



His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir Charles Bagot, Knight Grand 

 (Cross of the Most Honorable Order ot the Bath, One of Her Majesty's 

 Honoraible Privy Council, iGovernor-General oif British North America, 

 and Captain-Oeneral and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Province of 

 Canada, Nova iSootia, New Brunsrwick, and the Island of Prince Edward, 

 ■and Viee-Admiral of the same. 



(Signed) Charles Bagot. 



To The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Montreal. 



Greeting — 



Whereas, — 'The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Montreal 

 have made application for permission to import into the said Province, or 

 to manufacture therein Copper Coins under the authority of an act of the 

 Legislature of the said Province passed in the session held in the fourth 

 and fifth years of Her iMajesty's Heign, entitled " An Act to prevent the 

 fraudulent Manufacture, Importation, or Circulation of Spurious Copper, 

 and Brass Coin." Now Know Ye, that I, the said Charles Bagot, having 

 taken the said application into consideration, by virtue of the power in me 

 vested, by the Said Act, have given and granted, and do hereby give, and 

 grant, by and with the advice and with the consent of Her Majesty's 

 Executive Council for the said Province, Authority and Permission to the 

 President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Montreal aforesaid, to 

 import into the Said Province, or to manufacture therein any amount of Copper 

 Coin or Tokens of the description of Pennies and Halfpennies, not exceeding 

 in nominal value the sum of Five thousand pounds current money of this 

 Province. Such Coin or Tokens to be equal in pur^ity, weight, and quantity 

 to five-sixths at the least of the British Penny and Halfpenny lawfully 

 current in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 



Provided always,— Tha,t the said Coin or Tokens shall be stamped with 

 the respective nominal value thereof, and with the name of the President, 

 Directors and Company of the Bank of Montreal aforesaid, and shall be 

 payable and redeemable on demand at the said Bank of [Montreal, in con- 

 formity in all respects with the provisions of the said Act. 



And provided also, — That the President, Directors and Company of the 

 Bank of Montreal aforesaid .shall, with all reasonable diligence furnish to 

 the Governor, Liieutenant-Governor, or Person administering the Govern- 

 ment of the said Province for the time being, an account of the expenses 

 incurred in and about the importation or manufacture of the said Coins or 

 Tokens, in order that the same may be laid before the Legislature of the 

 said Province. 



And, I do hereby declare that the permission by these Presents given 

 and granted, .shall become void and of no effect by the violation or non- 

 observance of any of the conditions herein contained; but in case of the 

 due observance and fulfilment thereof, shall continue and be in force until 

 the first day of January, One thousand Eight hundred and Forty-five, and 

 no lonffer. 



