Draft list of editorial amendments to be made to a report on Chaloner

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p 42. lin 28. read for: an offender &c read: a counterfeiterfalse coyner or clipper or importer of false of clipt money receive a reward of 40s

p 43 {illeg}lin 3 for: did mightily encourage, read: encouraged

p. 54 l 3. read: that no Guineas after 10 April 1696 should pass. &c

p. 54 l. 12. read: Hereupon by the Kings Receivers & Collectors being ordered by the Commirs of his Majts Treasury to receive Guineas at no more then 21s 6d, & an advertisement thereof being published in the Gazet, they presently began to pass at that rate & still continue to do so as they did also many years before 1695.

p 58. l. 18. In stead of [The Gentlemen of the Office of Ordnance] read The Garrison

Ib. lin 25 & 28 rea Instead of of [the Ordnance] read [the Garrison.]

p.62 l. 27. After [weekly] may be added. And the like observations were made of the Mills, Marking Engins & Furnaces for knowing the dispatch of each.

p. 70 l 16,17 Quære if forreign stan silver was not dearer.

p. 73 l ult. add: Also any person might before 1st Iune 1697 pay this years taxes or any part thereof in wrou such wrought plate at such rate as aforesd wthout {illeg}

p 82 Dele [wch was what he would untertake {sic} provided &c] & scribe: And at length& for an experiment he edges some blanks of Tin wth a groove and then he discovered that his designe was to be made Supervisor of the Mint for putting these things in practise & publishinedg his proposal in wch he made severe reflections in it upon ye Officers & others of the Mint as {illeg} unskilful people that he might recommend himself the move.

Mr Newton then Warden of the Mint represented to some of the Committee on the other hand that his way of Chaloners would be slow & chargeable & subject to other inconveniences. For – – – cast with a high impression & smoothed between two