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of The Governor-General-in-Council — it being provided that " such permdssion 

 shall contain a description of ithe Coin or tokens to whiich it shall extend — 

 the quantity thereof to be imported or manufactured, and the time during 

 which such perm^ission shall be in force— and that such permission shall be 

 announced in the Official Gazette." As the Copper Coin in question has been 

 made in accordance with the provisions of the 1 and 2 Sec. 4 & 5 Vic, Cap 17, 

 I recommend that His excellency may be pleased to grant the Bank of 

 Montreal, permission to land the same, 16th June, 1845. 



(Signed), 



of Customs, 



No. 19. 

 Province of Canada. 



His Excellency, etc. 



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 Province of Canada, 

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

 Legislature of the said Province made and passed in the Session held in the 

 fourth and fifth years of Her Majesty's reign, intituled, "An Act to prevent 

 the fraudulent manufacture, importation or circulation of spurious Copper or 

 Base Coin." 



Now Know Ye, that I, the said Charles Theophilus Baron Metcalfe;, etc., 

 etc., having taken the said application into Consideration, by virtue of the 

 power in me vested, by the said act, ihave given and granted, and do hereby 

 give and grant, 'by and with the consent of Her Majesty's Executive Council 

 for the said Pmvinoe, authority and permission to the Prasidemt, 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 or 'half-pennies not exceeding in nominal value 

 the sum of twelve hundred pounds current money of this Province, such coin 

 or tokens to 'be equal in purity, weight and quantity to flve-sixths, at the 

 least, of the British penny and half-penny lawfully current in the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 



Provided always, — 'That the said Coin or tokens shall be stamped with the 

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

 tors and Company of the Bank of Montreal aforesaid, in conformity 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 the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or 

 person administering the Government of the said Province for the time being, 

 an account of the expenses incurred in and about the importation or manu- 

 facture of the said Coin or tokens, in order that the same imay '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 or pro- 

 visions herein contained, but in case of the due observance and fulfilment 



