CO129-097 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1864 [1-2] & Sir Robinson - 1864 [1-3] — Page 27

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2. I did so in consequence of receiving further information from Sir Hercules Robinson and learning that the time had arrived for pressing the matter forward.

3. I am glad to find that my action was in accordance with your Grace's Despatch above quoted, written in reply to mine of 25th August, No. 150.

I read to the Council the correspondence that had passed on the subject, and have since circulated it for the more convenient consideration of the members and the public generally.

Now, the unofficial Members put three distinct questions to me, which I replied (1) that I understood it to be the intention of Her Majesty's Government that the cost of the Mint should be defrayed out of the Revenues of the Colony; (2) that no effective estimate had been framed of the cost of the Mint, or of the whole annual charge for working it; and (3) that...

5. The Mint Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be printed.

6. The Council met again on the 4th instant, when M. Auvray...

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2. I did so in consequence of receiving further information from Sir Hercules Robinson and learning that the time had arrived for pressing the matter forward. 3. I am glad to find that my action was in accordance with your Grace's Despatch above quoted, written in reply to mine of 25th August, No. 150. I read to the Council the correspondence that had passed on the subject, and have since circulated it for the more convenient consideration of the members and the public generally. Now, the unofficial Members put three distinct questions to me, which I replied (1) that I understood it to be the intention of Her Majesty's Government that the cost of the Mint should be defrayed out of the Revenues of the Colony; (2) that no effective estimate had been framed of the cost of the Mint, or of the whole annual charge for working it; and (3) that... 5. The Mint Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be printed. 6. The Council met again on the 4th instant, when M. Auvray... Page 25
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