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I learn from Mr Seccombe of
(letter 402)
the India Office, that
no
new
machinery is required at present
for the Indian Mints. Indeed the
Mint at Madras is about to be
closed for coining purposes.
Messrs James Watt & Co (Letter 1.1)
who supplied the Hong Kong
machinery, do not know how to advise
as to the disposal of it, but will
bear the fact in mind that this
machinery is in the market, supposing they have the opportunity to
offer for any part of it.
Mr. Ralph Heaton (Letters 3&4)
who has a
large coining business
at
Birmingham, is unable to offer any practical suggestion as to the disposal of the machinery, but
mentions that such sales are
usually
attended with great loss, that the
prices obtained are almost nominal
and would scarcely repay the cost
He states that of freight to Europe. his House bought the presses which the Dutch Government offered for
sale some time
ago,
and have them
now at work in Birmingham, for about £70 each, the original cost having been £560 each
It has been stated in the
Newspapers lately that the Austrian
Government