Memoranda on accounting, checking and packing

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Artic. 1 That and Agent or Importer appointed to pay all charges of copper & coynage & incidents salaries & incidents, & to receive the price of the copper money & account for the whole.

23 That the bargains be made for copper by the Officers of ye Mont & the copper be paid for by the said Agent accoring {sic} to such bargains signified to him under the hands of ye said Officers & not otherwise.

32 That the Master of ye Mint be copper be coyned in half pence & farthings be made of pure malleable copper without any mixture of Brass or Tin, by the master of the Mint accord to such a contract as shall be made by between her Majesty & the said Master

4 That When ye copper is coyned the Master deliver the new copper moneys by weight to ye two Clerks or Tellers one for ye {illeg} byQueen & one for the {illeg}Agent to tell the same & examin the tale by weight & put it up the {illeg} up the money in paper 5s or 10s in a paper & tye up every one two or four papers in a parcell wth packthred & set a known scale upon the knot in order to delivery, & insert the tale into ye receipt wch they give to ye Master & deliver the same to the Order of the Agent, or his Order to be {illeg} dispersed & certify the Tale to the Master. The seale to be kept by ye Queens teller or in a box under both their keys.

5 That the Mr give receipts to the

5 That the Agent take the Masters Receipts of the Copper & the Copper-mans receipt {illeg}of{illeg} the Price & give back the Masters that the Master be discharged for so much copper by taking up his receipts for so much copper as he delivers to the Tellers.

That the Ag upon delivery of copper money to the tellers the Master pay the be paid by the Agent for coynage & give the Agent receipts expressing the weight & tale of the copper.

7 That the Tellers enter in a book ye weight & ta{illeg}ke of all the copper money delivered to to them & certify the tale to ye Master &c that thereceived by them & that the Master enter in a book the weig{illeg}ht & tale of all the copper received & delivered by him. And that the Agent upon making up his accts produce 4 certificates signed by the Master & Tellers of all the copper money coyned wth the acct time of the Acc.t