N. 21 of 1856/57.
From Major S.H. Bell,
Offg. Mint Master.
To C. F. Harrison Esquire,
Secretary to the Mint Committee.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th June 1856 with copies of letters from the Government of India and the Colonial Secretary on the subject of a proposed Coinage of Imperial British Dollars at the Calcutta Mint and of the Cost of Construction.