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Gentlemen,

Royal Mint to Crown Agents.

12th July 1699.

138

C. O.

18317

RECO Rest 15 JUL 39

Kong

I have to acknowledge the receipt of Sir Montagu

Req 466. Ommanney's letter of yesterday's date, stating that the

Government of Hong Kong have now requested, by telegram, that ints 3250000

the original supply of subsidiary silver coin, for which 450,000

application was received in this Department on the 22nd of

April last, may be executed for shipment, in the place of the

smaller quantity which you last month agreed should be pre-

pared.

In reply, I have to say that the coinage, as applied

for in the first instance, of the nominal value of $3,700,000

will be completed, and that the next delivery, as already

arranged, will be made during the third week in August.

It now becomes necessary, however, that the whole

of the balance of the metal to be supplied to the Mint,

Birmingham Ltd, should be despatched, and I am to request

that you will give instructions for the amount required to

ozs.8td complete the blanks to be prepared by that firm, namely,

470,325 ounces standard, to be forwarded without delay.

It would be convenient also if part of the metal

30 czs.Std required in this Department, say, four hundred thousand ounces

standard, could be delivered at an early date.

I may add that although it is not possible to state

precisely to what extent the deliveries can be increased,

every endeavour will be made to prepare for fortnightly ship-

ment, consignments of coin in excess of the $250,000 origin-

ally asked for, so that the completed coinage may reach the

Colony at the earliest date possible.

-4913.

I am,

&C,

sa) Horace Seymour.

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