No. 3004
(Subject.)
DESPATCH.
RECEIVED
28 MAR 1877
143
329 don't applie". of Local Bankers praying
Date.
1877 12/1
st previous Paper.
use w
ster Mis Stout to coin in England for
China. Dollars equal in fineness & weight
to Mexican
Forwards copy of
(Minutes.)
Mr Meade.
I send this to Treasury,
914565-
ken
reference
to our letter of 24th Feb: & say that Lord
Carnarvon would be obliged if their Lordships
would allow him to send an answer to these communications at an early date. (The point really resolves itself into a small question: What premium are the bankers ready to pay in addition to the bullion.
1076-18 2454
Aue 79/5
slipmorale.
are there
manufactured which their price of silver for a coin
Constituents' customers require! at what
rate or per centage would Messrs Heaton or other similar firm take a contract to
manufacture the coin? If the former charge is less than the latter, on whom is it proposed these bankers that the loss should fall.
28/3/79