Recommends commissioners for recoinage be paid £100 each, plus £60 between them for a clerk

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To the R^t Hon^ble the Lord High Treasurer of great Brit{illeg}|a|in.

May it please yo^r Lord^p

In obedience to your Lord^ps Order of Reference of the 23^th Instant upon the annexed Memorial of the Commissioners M^r Rutherfurd M^r Brown & M^r Bruce, in w^ch they desire a summ at present in part of the reward for executing their Commission & refer the residue thereof to yo^r Lord^ps consideration after the business shall be over: we have considered the same, & their business being to receive the old money of Scotland from the Bank & see the same melted into Ingots & to deliver the Ingots to be coined & receive back the new moneys & keep an account of the whole & certify the deficiency;|(|all w^ch requires attendance & fidelity,) we humbly propose that they may receive at present, One hundred {illeg}|p|ounds a piece for themselves & sixty pounds for their Clerk & servants, {a}|i|n all 360^li, to be paid out of the same fund out of w^ch M^r Allardes is paid for melting the money into Ingots in their presence.

All w^ch is most humbly su{illeg}|b|mitted to yo^r Lord^ps great

 wisdom

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Isaac N{ewton}