The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-27 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS•

The Parliemeetary
l'ajoer (No. 40, Sesion 1844), or-
dered by the House of Commons to be printed, on the
16th instant, was entitled an " Account of all Supplies
remaining in the. Mint, of
Advances for Purchase of
Bullion for Coinage, Seignorage arising therefrom; and
Repayments into the Exchequer on Acconnt of Aa-
apteaorfs .D thatmthbeers,upit3l4i3es, r
amounted
ranges." bas been 'prepared under nine heads. From
the
alef
int nl,t'hie 3
t appears
81,8911. -13 s Bd. (of this aggregate 1,804/. 10s. 2d. was
" Balance remaining on the Exchequer at the. Bank of
ainin
England, and 27,275/. 16s. 11d. 'balance, or cash tino
ac-
count, also at the Bank." `Tlee silver bullion, uncoined,
et 665. per lb. troy, was 26,251/. 4s. 3d. The silver
coin in the stronghold, 19,8311. 18s. 2d. The copper,
uncoined bullion, at 224/ per toil. was 3,322/: ls. 7d.
Coper coin in stronghold 935/. 2s. 3d. Cash remaining
in the latter, silver and copper, 2,445/.) No. 2 shows
the total of , the sums issued out of the Consolidated
Fund for the purchase of silver and copper bullion,
under the authority 'of the Lords Coipmissioners of her
Majeity's TreaSury (including balance on Exchequer
credit at the Bank, on . alst of December, 1842,
1,8041 10g. 2d.), at 351,804/. 10s. 2d. In No. 3, headed
" Purchase of Silver Bullion and Dollars, and the
Seignorage of the Coinage," it appears that the prices
paid for silver between January I and December 31,
1843, ranged-in the following proportions ; namely, for
dollars, from 575. Old. to 395. oid.per ounce; for worn
shillings and sixpences, their nominal value; for silver
in bars, from 59e. Old. to 595. Old. per ounce; colonial
seals (to the amount of 5g4L ss. 10d., whereof the Mint
value was 6501: 17s. lid.) at Ps. Oid. Total of
purchase value for the year, 339,106/. 14s. &I.—Mint
value, 356,2731. 6s. sd. Loss on the'Purchase of worn
coin for recoinage, 9,4831. 2s. 7d. ; seignorage (or dif-
ference between market and Mint value), 26,649/. 14s; 4fd.-
No. 4 shows the " Nominal Value ' of "'Old Worn
Silver Coin" (1." e., ' shilling's andsixpences]
_" received
from the Bank of*Ehglanctintrchased for recoinage,
from 3lst of December, 1843, to 31st of December,
1843," to have been 107,0001, whereof the Mint value,
at 665. per lb. troy, was only 97,516 Z 17s. 4V1., showing
total of lesS on said purchase, as 9,4831. 2s. 7(1. No. .5
(for the year, January 1 to December 16, 1843, inclu-
give) gives the total ."
Purchase Value of Copper Bul-
lion" at 12,1601. Os. 7d.; of which the• Mint value, at
224! per ton, was 34,124/. ss. 'lod., learing. to the
'Crown a seignorage of no less than 21,9641. ss. 3d.
From No. 6 it appears that the " Total of
Coined Silver Moneys delivered into the Mmt-office in
all 1843," amounted to 276,6061. ; and of Coined
copper, ditto,, to 10,88.51. Is. 10d. No. 7. The " Cash
Account of. Payments for Silver and Copper Coin,"
during same period, shows an aggregate- of 293,9131.
ss. 2d. Under Ne. 8, " A Return of Payments, made
into the Exchequer out of Cash 'received for Silver and
Copper Moneys;" -We find that the repayment, in the
liknterm, on account of advances out of the. Consoli-
dated Fund for purchase of bullion, amounted to
265,000/. ; and the "Payments on acceunt of Seiporage
or the purchase of Bullion," mad excess of ".Tale on the
Coinage from Ist-October, 1842, to 30th
_of September,
1843," were in all 16,121/. 18s. -11d.—Total, 281,121/.
Bs. lid. No. 9 is the General Debtor -and. Creditor.
Statement of e The Master of the Mint in amount with
her Majesty's Exchequer," for the year-1843. Debiting
the assets (shown in No. 1), 81,891 ; the advances from
the Exchequer (set out- in No- 2), 350,0001., the
seignorage accruing
on coinage of silver and copper
(given in No. 3), 48,613/, and the fractional. excess by
tale for the whole veer' of 4'; He of the ae-
e.,un, eh es a tout of 450,1,05/. 1., e eel
side, after the payments into. Exchequer one account of
advances and payments for Seignorge (as at No. B),,and
credit for less on silver coin, called in .for recoinage -(ex-
hibited in' No. 4), making, together' 290,60-21. 11s. 6(1
the "Assets remaining on 30th 'December, 1843," are