To the RtRight HonbleHonourable the E.Earl of G.Godolphin LdLord H.High Tr.Treasurer of gtgreat Britain

May it pl.please yoryour LopLordship

In obedience to yoryour LopsLordships Order signified to us by Mr Taylour th Aug the 28th of this Instant, that we should consider the inclosed matter conteined in an Abstract of a memorial wchwhich your LordpLordship has recdreceived from Scotland relating to the Mint & Recoynage of the Moneys there & Report to yoryour LopLordship orour opinion wtwhat is fit to be done therein we humbly represent that All the things which were desired conteineddesired in the Schedule & letter formerformerly sent from the Mint in Scotland & not for were provided & the each some of them sent in a shop wchwhich arrived at Edinburgh some time befoin Iune or in Iuly & the rest were put on borard above before above a beforeanother ship five or six weeks ago, That such the Master of the Mint f the last week received from Sr David and Tthat a new Sche upon the arrival of upon the three Moneyers sent from hence to Edinburgh, upon their arrival there, taking a survey of that Mint for found that they still want four Cutters two Flatters & a sixpenny coyning Press & thereupo & finding some things still wanting a new schedule was drawn up of what they further wanted & two copies thereof sent by Dr Gregory the one to SrSir David Nairn the other to Sr Isaac the Master & Worker of this Mint & the MrMaster & WrWorker upon discouringdiscovering The Mratter wchwhich SrSir David left it to Sr.Sir David move yoryour LordpLordship for a general order for that purpose & providign the things desired & gave spre order immediately for providing the thins in the Schedule, as necessary for & left it to Sr David to speak move to your Lordp for a general order to that purpose, that in the mean time there might be no stop.same with all with all due dispatch, they being that no time might be lost. And we further reprrepresent Ttheat in the said new schedule conteined four Cutters,besides the Cutter mentioned in the abstract, there were are two Flatting Engins, & one sixpenny Press set down as wanting for the Money use of the Moneyers, all wchwhich tools are necessary since they are not yet in that Mint are we humbly conceive necessary to be sent from hence & they are preparing & will cost about 120 pounds sterling. And we represent also Tthat the Puncheons for the crowns & halfs crowns were made but failed in the hardening & new ones are making. And Tthat in the said Schedule the Assaymaster desires a new Assay-ballance & the Assaymast Graver desires small puncheons for the letters small arms & letters, & they are providing & will not cost much. And that, if yoryour LordshpLordship pleases, all these things shall be sent as soon as they can be got ready,. we wchwhich as we reccon will be before yethe 10th of yethe next month.

And we are further humbly of opinion that Order may be given for paying to the proper Officer of that Mint for paying out of the Fund of that Mint such summs of [persons imployed in the melting 7amp; coyning such summs of money as shall from time to time become due to the Officer there & Moneyers for coynage & for their service in attenimployed in the present coynage for melting the new old moneys & coyning it into new. A into Ingots & for melting & coyning the Ingotts into new.] officers of that Mint & by that Officer to the Melters & persons imployed in the meltings & coynage, such summs of moye moneys as shal from time to time become due to them upon contract for that service & that the Officers of that Mitn do lay before their superiors to be transmitted to yoryour LordpLordship the most proper method of doing it suitably to yethe contracts made & to the present constitution of their Mint.