Holograph list of outgoings with detailed justification of the headings under which they have been entered in the accounts

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/1/341-2, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<341r>

Necessaries paid out of y^e 3500^li

Diet	21.	13.	2
Purveyors Bill	4.	9.	10
Water	20.	0.	0
Scavenger	7.	3.	{illeg}\|3\|
Vpholster for y^e Office

Pa|Ch|arges payd of y^e surplus

Stationer	13.	4.	0
Scalemaker	2.	5.	6

In{d}|c|idents & Customary allowances

Sacks of coales for y^e Officers	18.	8.	0
Porters house rent	14.	0.	0
Watermen\|s Liveries\|	8.	9.	9
Lucidaries	21.	0.	0
Housekeeper	10.	0.	0
Vpholster for y^e Dining room

<342r>

|3| |2| The Charges of repairing the iron work of the Mills Presses {&} \flatters &c/ are within the Moneyers allowance \of 2^d p^r lw^t poundage, {sic}/, those of repairing the wood|en| work thereof are {with}\have been hitherto/ allowed in the Masters Acc^t out of y^e surplus above the {illeg}|35|00^li.

|4| |3| The Furnaces for Assaying melting & nealing have been also allowed in the M recconed among the instruments & {illeg} the charges of repairs|i||ng| or rep|b|uilding them placed upon the same foot\also/ iny^e Masters Account.

|2| |1.| \{illeg} Char/Coale, Aqua fortis, water silver, Cuppels,\2/ Lead, & the Assay fu{illeg}|rn|aces \& Loss by the Assays/ have always recconed into the charges of the Assaying & placed in the Masters Accoun{illeg}|t| as parts of y^e charge \& wast/ of Assayi{illeg}|n|g to w^ch the surplus above the three thousand pounds have been appropriated. And this charge is amongst the Charges to w^ch the surplus above the 3000^li \(now 3500)/ is appropriated by Act of Parliament.

|{2}|1|| |4| \The charges of reducing the {illeg}|b|ullion to standard that is the charges of by refining {sic}/ Refining & Allay are by the Indenture of the Mint to be allowed to the Master & W^r out of y^e coynage moneys, & are {illeg}|a|ccordingly placed in the Masters Acc^t|c|ount. This clause of y^e Indenture would have been needless had the charge of reducing the money to standard been \deemed/ within y^e 3000^li.

All these charges arising not from the being of a Mint \alone/ but from the being of a coynage, & d|b|eing in no danger of \absolutely necessary for carrying it on & not liable to/ extravagance, have hitherto for the encouragement of coynage been left unlimited & placed in the Masters Account that he may meet w^th no di impediment or discouragement \from others persons/ in going on readily with the coyna{illeg}|g|e. If any of them are to come within the 3{illeg}|5|00^li they should be \paid by the Warden &/ placed in the Wardens |his| Acc^t: & then it will be within the power of the Warden to \& those that can influence him to entangle &/ retard y^e coynage Master \& those under him/ in carrying {illeg}|o|n the coynage.

The fees at the Excheq^r being\at the Exchequer & Tr/ paid by the Master are placed in his Acc^t

The fees \p{illeg}/ at {illeg}|t|he Excheq^r & Treary for moneys re{illeg}|cei|bed, & those for passing the Accounts of the Warden & M^r through the several Offices of the Excheq^r being paid by the Master are placed in his Account They \are kept to {illeg}|a| certain rate &/ relate both to y^e 3{0}|5|00^li & to y^e excess & are kept to a certain rate w^thout a & have been hitherto looked upon as incidents of the Mints & coynage in general |[|without hurting \restraining/ the{illeg}|m| to y^e 35|0|00 or 2500^li within a certain summ.|]| The

The Bills of y^e Scalemaker & Stationer \& Purveyor/ in the Wardens Acc^t arise from the coynage, & about have\so/ have not been yet been recconed with the 3000 or 3500^li.

The Diet