Offers to accept a ton or two of copper per month from Wood after the expiry of the Hines/Appleby contract, provided it is the type of copper of which he has already submitted specimens; otherwise new specimens are required first

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To the Rt Honble the Lords Commrs of his Mats T{illeg}reasury.

May it please yor Lordps

In Obedien{illeg}ce to yor Lordps Order of Refere{illeg}ce that I should re{illeg}port my opinion upon the Petition for fu of Mr Wm Wood for a Warrant t{illeg}o furnish the Mint with fin{illeg}e copper in {illeg}barrs duly sized at 17$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$d pr {illeg}lwt after the 30 T{illeg}onns agreed for at 1{illeg}8d pr lwt be coined, I hum{illeg}bly represent that {illeg}if Mr Wood will furnish the Mint suchfwith fine {illeg} such c{illeg}opper, prepared by the battering Mi{illeg}lls, (as the specimen was which I had of him,) I am ready to receive a Tonn or two p every Month for s at that price till next Michaelmass or lon{illeg}ger if the {sic} be occasion. But if he intends to prepare it some other way, of wch he has not yet given me a specimen, I desire that a specimen {illeg}of such work as he intends t{illeg}o furnish me with may be sent int{illeg}o the Mint to be assayed before he begins to bring in a great quantity.

All wch is most humbly submitted to yor Lordps great wisdom