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Printed in NC, 5: 53-4. Treasury order, MINT01218, copied above. Another copy at T. 17/2.188, MINT01024.
To the Most Hon
May it please Your Lordship
In obedience to your ps:r. Lowndes Letter of
the 28 Instant, We have perused the annexed Letter of the earl of Lauderdale
General of Her ts:
that Mint, and are humbly of opinion that Her ts:
trying the same is a sufficient t.
ally if a Duplicate of the said Order with r:ps:
be transmitted to the General, Master & Warden of the said Mint, as is
usually done to the Officers of the Mint here, and that the manner of tran
sporting it safely be left to the prudence of the General and other officers
of the said Mint (no particular order being given to the Officers of the late
five Country Mints about the manner of Conveying their pixes to the
place of Tryal) and that the Charges thereof be placed in the next Accompt
of the Master and Worker as being to be born by Her Majesty.
And We are further humbly of Opinion that the persons that are Intrusted
with the Keeping of the Keys of the pix should bring them up themselves, &
be present at the Opening of it, & by reason one of them has usually been
kept by the Treasury or Treasurer, as the Generals Letter setts forth, that
the same be sent or brought up in such a manner as your Lordship shall be
pleased to Direct, & that the Master & Worker who is to appear in behalf of
the late Master do also attend at the Tryal and that the Coining of the
Counterwarden be left to the Discretion of the officers of that Mint
All ch:ps: