Holograph list of outgoings with detailed justification of the headings under which they have been entered in the accounts

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Necessaries paid out of ye 3500li

Diet 21.13.2
Purveyors Bill 4.9.10
Water 20.0.0
Scavenger 7.3.{illeg}3
Vpholster for ye Office


PaCharges payd of ye surplus

Stationer 13.4.0
Scalemaker 2.5.6


Indcidents & Customary allowances

Sacks of coales for ye Officers 18.8.0
Porters house rent 14.0.0
Watermens Liveries 8.9.9
Lucidaries 21.0.0
Housekeeper 10.0.0
Vpholster for ye Dining room
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3 2 The Charges of repairing the iron work of the Mills Presses & flatters &c are within the Moneyers allowance of 2d pr lwt poundage, {sic}, those of repairing the wooden work thereof are withhave been hitherto allowed in the Masters Acct out of ye surplus above the {illeg}3500li.

4 3 The Furnaces for Assaying melting & nealing have been also allowed in the M recconed among the instruments & {illeg} the charges of repairsing or repbuilding them placed upon the same footalso inye Masters Account.

2 1. {illeg} CharCoale, Aqua fortis, water silver, Cuppels,2 Lead, & the Assay fu{illeg}rnaces & Loss by the Assays have always recconed into the charges of the Assaying & placed in the Masters Accoun{illeg}t as parts of ye charge & wast of Assayi{illeg}ng to wch the surplus above the three thousand pounds have been appropriated. And this charge is amongst the Charges to wch the surplus above the 3000li (now 3500) is appropriated by Act of Parliament.

21 4 The charges of reducing the {illeg}bullion to standard that is the charges of by refining {sic} Refining & Allay are by the Indenture of the Mint to be allowed to the Master & Wr out of ye coynage moneys, & are {illeg}accordingly placed in the Masters Acctcount. This clause of ye Indenture would have been needless had the charge of reducing the money to standard been deemed within ye 3000li.

All these charges arising not from the being of a Mint alone but from the being of a coynage, & dbeing in no danger of absolutely necessary for carrying it on & not liable to extravagance, have hitherto for the encouragement of coynage been left unlimited & placed in the Masters Account that he may meet wth no di impediment or discouragement from others persons in going on readily with the coyna{illeg}ge. If any of them are to come within the 3{illeg}500li they should be paid by the Warden & placed in the Wardens his Acct: & then it will be within the power of the Warden to & those that can influence him to entangle & retard ye coynage Master & those under him in carrying {illeg}on the coynage.

The fees at the Excheqr beingat the Exchequer & Tr paid by the Master are placed in his Acct

The fees p{illeg} at {illeg}the Excheqr & Treary for moneys re{illeg}ceibed, & those for passing the Accounts of the Warden & Mr through the several Offices of the Excheqr being paid by the Master are placed in his Account They are kept to {illeg}a certain rate & relate both to ye 30500li & to ye excess & are kept to a certain rate wthout a & have been hitherto looked upon as incidents of the Mints & coynage in general [without hurting restraining the{illeg}m to ye 35000 or 2500li within a certain summ.] The

The Bills of ye Scalemaker & Stationer & Purveyor in the Wardens Acct arise from the coynage, & about haveso have not been yet been recconed with the 3000 or 3500li.

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