422 HISTORY OF 



The quantity of copper coin expected having 

 arrived, the Governor published a table of the 

 fpecie legally in circulation in the colony, af- 

 fixing the rates to each, at which they were to 

 be considered a legal tender in all payments, 

 viz. 



TABLE OF SPECIE. 



A guinea 



A Johannes 



A half ditto 



A ducat 



A gold mohur 



A pagoda 



A Spanish dollar 



A rupee 



A Dutch guilder 



An English shilling 



A copper coin of 1 oz. 



A ditto of £ oz. 



A ditto of ~ oz. 

 And as the supply of copper was sent for 

 the convenience of persons wanting to make 

 small payments, no sum exceeding 51. was to 

 be esteemed a legal tender of this money ; and it 

 was declared, that exporting or importing* of 

 any sum of the copper coin exceeding 5 1. 

 should be punished by a fine of treble the value 

 of the sum so exported or imported, and the 

 ' forfeiture of the sum in question. 



Ships arrived from India, England, and 

 America, bringing on fpeculation carg^s of 



* Except by government. 



