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ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1864. 377
Mint.
(6. ) Weight of each description of coin produced ;
(7.) Weight of each description of coin delivered to the public, and the
amount, if any, charged for coining ;
(8. ) Copy of the reports of the assay of coin ;
(9. ) Number and description of dies received or completed during the quarter, T
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of dies worn out, of dies effectually defaced, and of serviceable dies in hand.
( 10. ) A return , shewing the waste during the quarter, distinguishing the I
waste arising in melting, in refining, in coining, and in assaying. ;
And he shall forward any other returns which the Governor or Officer Administering And any other
returns required
the Government of the Colony may require. by the Governor.
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7. That with a view to ensure the careful observance of the standard in the coin the Specimen pieces B
to be taken at
uncertain times
Governor or Officer Administering the Government ofthe Colony shall cause to be taken in each quarter, I
and forwarded
at uncertain times during each quarter from amongst the coins issued at the Mint to to Master of the
Royal Mint in
the public without preference in the selection, specimen pieces, and that such specimens London for
examination.
shall be forwarded from time to time to the Master of the Royal Mint in London for
such examination as the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may direct .
8. That the Governor or Officer Administering the Government of the Colony Quarterly survey
to be held ofthe
shall direct a Board of Government officers not less than threein number, to assemble at bullion and coin
in the Mint.
the Mint at the expiration of each quarter for the inspection of the store of bullion
and coin in the Mint, and report on the same to him , stating the exact amounts of
the balance of each description verified by them .
9. That the salaries specified as under shall be added to the civil list : Salaries to le
added to civil
Per Annum. list.
The Master of the Mint, ... . $6,720.
The Superintendent of the Bullion Office, …………. .. $ 3,840.
The Assayer,.. $3,840.
The Superintendent of the Coining Department, .....$ 3,840 .
The Superintendent of the Melting Department, .....$ 3,840 .
10. That such other officers and servants of the Mint as may be appointed shall Salaries of other
officers to be
fixed by the
be paid such salaries as may be fixed by the Governor or Officer Administering the Governor and
placed on the
Government of the Colony, with the approval of the Secretary of State, and that such Annual
Estimates.
salaries shall be borne on the Annual Estimates.
[ Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887. ]
NOTE.- For Regulations as to the receipt of bullion &c., of the 11th December 1865,
see Gazette 23rd December 1865.
For Regulations ofthe 20th April 1866 modifying the former, see Gazette 21st
of the same month.
For Further Rules of the 2nd May 1866, see Gazette 5th of the same month.
And for Proclamation by the Governor of the 15th September 1866 as to legal
tender ofthe Mint dollar and half dollar, see Gazette of the same date.
For Regulations for the issue of silver coin of the 20th October 1866, see Gazette
12th January 1867.
The Mint has long ceased to exist.