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responsibility

on the holders of

Bullion which renders there not

unnaturally

more cautions.

8.

9

136

9.

Under there circumstances

I regret that Mr Mercer in his

Despatch 4.20 of

an

the 30th January

alteration in the

20

7838

suggested Estimates

for

the

Officers

Quarters

For myself I regret much

under these circumstances

that the construction of adequate accommodation for a European Guard

was not regarded from

the first as being

no less necessary

than the furnaces and diese

of everything else was at this

斥

moment complete and ready

ofr

the

opening of the Mint.

the question of it's adequate protection would be most embarrassing.

and Banacks at the Mint,

and that he did not adhere

to the recommendations in his Despatch of

the 12th January. 2797 Whether an Indian or European

Regiment supplies the guard it is clear that the officers' Quarters will be necessary.

either case -

of the Mink

in

because the distance

prevents the Guard

being furnished daily - a matter not to be regretted -