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for the off
finishing rolling mint mills which I inspected on
the 3rd Feby last at Essen, and alluded to as follows in letter dated 14th Jany 1864.
B
"2 Rolling Mint Mills for finishing consisting
of 2 Framings each with 4 muffs & 2 couplings & 2 pairs of hardened steel rolls 7" long by 6" diameter in all £750 less 35% being £487-10-0" including packing & delivery in London:
Payment will be made on
delivery, in Cash on the joint certificate of myself & the Master of the Royal Mint.
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You will be good enough to note that your former contract accepted on 22nd Feby is also to be delivered in Liverpool.
The 3 sheets of detailed drawings were sent...
I have the honour to be
Gentlemen
Your Obedient Servant
(Signed) Thos. Wm. Kinder
&
24. M. Le Directeur
I have the honour to be
Gentlemen
Your Obedient Servant
(Signed)
Messrs Kn A. Rankin
Liverpool
Gentlemen
Thorum Kinder
M. M. H. K.
Royal Mint
London
11th March 1864
I am directed by His Grace the Duke of Newcastle to accept your tender dated the 24th Feby last for "Ironwork for roofs" &c for the Mint of Hong Kong amounting to £1576.6.9 to be completed & delivered by the 11th day of May next.
Liverpool
Payment: cash on joint certificate of myself & the Master of the Royal Mint, less 10% reserved as a guarantee fund until the whole of the work shall have been satisfactorily delivered.
M. M. H. R.
Royal Mint London
10th March 1864
I am directed by His Grace the Duke of Newcastle to thank you for your letter of the 12th inst. & to accept your terms for the following machines, viz.
Four cutting out presses for blanks with 1 set of punches to each for cutting out Dollars of 35 millimetres diameter as per your letter of the 20th Feby last, at the price of 600 francs each.
Two drawbenches complete with 12 pairs of steel dies or filières (these filières to be similar to those in use at the Paris Mint, thus conical rather than cylindrical as shown in your drawing) at the price of 2000 francs each.
One machine "destinée à amorcer les lames" "pour le balancier à friction ou dragon" with steel cylinders at the price of 2400 francs.
Total Francs 7000.00
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