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Sir,

Crown Agents to Col: Secretary.

C. O.

41755

REG 21 DEC 00 26th April 1898.

287

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

your letter No. 306 of the 4th of March with further refer-

once to the cost of the coinage recently executed for the

Colonial Government by the Birmingham Mint.

We have already in our letter of the 24th of

March explained that we had induced the Birmingham Mint

to agree on this occasion to a considerable reduction in

its rate of charge and I now enclose copies of our corres-

pondence with the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint with

reference to the necessity for specially controlling this

particular coinage which will show the Colonial Government

that we did everything in our power to keep down the expense

in the matter.

We have in our lotter of the 4th of March ex-

plained how the inspection charge has been arrived at.

I have &c. 20.

(Sd) B. 3. Blake.

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