“ An Act respecting the Inland Revenue, shall as regards all such duties, penalties or sums of money accrued, incurred or payable in the Province of Nova Scotia, before the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, be understood to be sums of the then currency of that Province, but as regards all such duties, penalties or sums of money accrued, incurred or payable on or after the said day, they shall be understood to be of the same amount and payable in the same currency, in Nova Scotia as in the other Provinces of Canada. ”

“ On and after the said day, the pound currency throughout all Canada shall be held to be equivalent to and to represent eighty-nine grains and six hundred and one thousandths of a grain troy weight of pure gold, or ninety-seven grains and seven hundred and forty-seven thousandths of a grain of gold of the standard of fineness prescribed by law for the gold coins of the United Kingdom on the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four ”

“ New currency to be used in other cases
(1) sum one hundred and twenty-one cents of the new currency shall be paid; but except as aforesaid, all sums of money payable in Canada after the day appointed for the coming into force of the enactments contained in this Section, shall be payable in the new currency. ”