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To the most honble the Earl of Oxford & Earl Mortimer Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain.

According to yor Lordps Order of Reference signified to us by Lowndes his Letter dated 29th |of| April 1714 last we have considered the \annexed/ Letter of the Lords of the Privy Council in Ireland concerning the making current the new French moneys of Gold & Silver in that kingdom, & \together with/ the Re annexed Report of Mr Vincent Kidder Assaymaster there concerning the intrinsic values of those moneys. And by the weight of 55000 {illeg}|Lou|idiors of the new species amounting to 1197Lwt 4|1|oz 11dwt we find that \singly/ they are in weight one with another 5dwt 4gr 9$\frac{1}{2}$mi And by the Assays of several Ingots melted out of new Louidors compared with the Assays of many single pieces We find that they are \at a medium/ one grain & one 12th part of a grain worse then standard|.| {b} And therefore by the weight & assay together they are singly worth by|u||t| twenty shillings & six pence in England. And in Ireland where a Guinea passes for 1li 3s they are worth 1li 1s 11d$\frac{1}{2}$, & in our humble opinion should not pass \there/ for more then 1li 2s. At wch rate the half Lewidor may pas for 11s & the Quarter for 5s 6d.

Fifteen hundred new silver Lo{illeg}|u|isses of the new species weighed 1470 ounces, & therefore one with another they weigh singly an ounce wanting 9gr 12mites. They are an halfpenny weight worse then standard one with another, & therefore their standard weight at a medium is an ounce wanting 10$\frac{1}{3}$gr grains. And so they are wroth 5s & three farthings a piece in England at present. And in Ireland where a Crown piece English passes for 5s 5d these Lewises may pass for \singly are worth/ 5s 5d$\frac{3}{4}$$\frac{1}{16}$, {illeg}\&/ in the nearest rownd number \may pass/ for 5s 6d & the half Lewises for 2s 9d & the Quarter pieces for 16$\frac{1}{2}$d.

All wch is most humbly submitted to yor Lordps great wisdome