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Board of

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Sir,

4th Sloop Serpent

Portsmouth 6 May 1846

I have the honor to acknowledge the

receipt of your

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letter of the 20th Inst : conveying

enclosures from the Treasury, likewise from

that on opening

Mint stating that on

Her Majesty's Mint

of the Boves of Sycee Lilver brought by WM.

the said boy was

found to be filled

Hoop Serpent under my.

and

Comm

that

with

Lon

Cunips of Lead instead of Silver

I have the honor to inform you that I was on deck at the time I received the Treasure from AM Ship Iris at Singapore's and the whole of the Boxes came on board in

.

a perfect state . I was likewise on deck when

transhipped from this Hoop, to be

They landed at Weeval, and

perfect state as

in the same they were when received, which M. Byron's

shows.

(of the Treasury / Certificate to me amply I by to assure their Lordships that not any one of the Treasury Boves could under

any circumstances have been opened while under

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my charge. _

The Seals, and other marks upon it

doubtless will clearly show that the of the Boy are the same as

Contents

shipped at Canton. _

The Secretary;

London

of the Admiralt

9431-

and

I have be

:: Ligned) Mr Nevill

Copy of a Treasury Minute dated 12th May 1846. –

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Copy of this Lettin of its enclosure to the Master of the Mint for his information, with references to the Letter from this Board dated 9th Instant.

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