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Mint unless the beouncil and Community

There

were

willing

and anxious to provide

for the expenses of that establishment. 12. I then mentioned

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anungement

which I was enabled to make with two of the Bank's

whereby

I could count on Reeping open the Maint for two montho

in

longer without expense to the balony in consequence of these Bank's sending Sufficient silver for coming to defray the working expense. Under that anangement the Main't Staff

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fully employed.

3. At the same time, as I felt that

there was a

natural and

reluctance to see an

growing establishment finally

closed, whose existence had been a source of occasional profit to the Bank's at least,

whilst its dissolution

some

could not but

cause

and character to the

local Government under whose auspices it

loss of prestige

had been opened,

I was

anxious to

very anxious avail myseif of the additional power

closing

conferred by ito threatened actual to ascertam, whether the Bank's might not be induced to make an effort for their

It seemed to sakes to keep it open.

own

mie

very

desirable that even at the eleventh

hour no step should be left untried to

attain that object

and to prevent its being

aftemands said that had more time been

allowed it would have been found that

there

were

parties here able and

Keep up the Meint.

I

u

willing to

drew up the enclosed

H. Accordingly I drew up