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And the said Iohn Montgomerie, doth further c|C|ovenant Grant & agree to & wth her said Maty That when ever her Maty {o}|b|y her Warrant under her s|S|igne Manual shall authori{s}|z|e & require him to provide & Employ Moneyers for Carrying on the Coynage in the said Mint at Edinburgh, he will with all convenient Speed, procure, provide & Employ as Moneyers two or more Workmen skilling {illeg}|&| exercised in the Operations of Milling, Nealing, Cutting, Flatting, Sizing, blanching edging & S{illeg}|t|amping or coyning the Gold & silver delivered to them in Barrs & pay them for their Work of Coynage after such rates as her Maty shall appoint, not exceeding one half of her Mats allowance made to him the said Iohn Montg{illeg}|o|mery for coynage by the pound weight Troy.

NB the said allowance is 6s 6d per Lwt of gold & 1412d {for} per Lwt for|r| silver.

The Master is further to pay to the Workmen for edging the moneys & keeping the Instruments in Repair such allowance as ye Ld Trearer shall appoint not exceeding 6d pr Lwt for ye gold moneys & 112d per Lwt for ye silver moneys

The Salaries in the Schedule are

To ye General300li Clerks of the Bullion as
Assistant to ye Weigher &
Teller & Surveyer of ye Meltings
}50li
Master200
Warden150
Comptroller60 Graver50
Assaymaster100 {illeg}|K|ings Clerk40
Smith30
Total 980

No Clerks.

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