CO129-119 - Public Offices - 1866 — Page 276

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It has been worked experimentally for a couple of months at least before it was thrown open to the public. After four months' experience of such a trial a Commission has been appointed to decide whether upon the whole the Mint should remain open or its closure should be recommended to the Imperial Government. I need hardly point out that if the Mint should be closed now the experiment will never have been tried at all; and I quite agree with M. Mackenzie that if the Colonial Government will give up theoretical disquisitions as to whether the Mint will eventually pay or not—some of these that I have seen are based upon incorrect data and an exceptional state of trade—and apply itself solely to the production of a coinage as regards weight & purity,

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It has been worked experimentally for a couple of months at least before it was thrown open to the public. After four months' experience of such a trial a Commission has been appointed to decide whether upon the whole the Mint should remain open or its closure should be recommended to the Imperial Government. I need hardly point out that if the Mint should be closed now the experiment will never have been tried at all; and I quite agree with M. Mackenzie that if the Colonial Government will give up theoretical disquisitions as to whether the Mint will eventually pay or not—some of these that I have seen are based upon incorrect data and an exceptional state of trade—and apply itself solely to the production of a coinage as regards weight & purity, Page 270 I've corrected the text according to the given rules, focusing on spelling errors, spacing issues, and rejoining broken sentences while maintaining the original content and structure as much as possible. The output is in HTML format using `` for paragraphs.
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herve been worked Experimentally

fan

a couple of mouthes at least

thrown open to

before it

fres

The public.

After four

Moulter homance of such

A

trial

à Commission has been appointed

as lie N? Mandemell informe qne, to clicide ritter upon the

the Mint

or its

closing of trunque upon rent to the Imperial Government. I need :seeverly print out that if the

Mint thould be closed now

270

the experiment will never have been trid atall- and I quite aque with M. Mackenzie that

if the Colonial Government will grive up theoretical disquisitions

as to whether

Eventually pay

it

CALL

Car

based

as

some of there that I have seen

are upon incorrect date

and

an exceptional state of trade and apply itself colely to the penduction of a pufech As eyands weight & purity,

Coin

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