A STATEMENT of the Weight and Value of the Gold Moneys coined in each
Financial Year from 1851 to 1869 inclusive, exhibiting the Weight and
Value of the Loss or Waste sustained in each Year, as well as the Value
of Sweep recovered, and the average Proportion of such Loss or Waste
and Sweep recovered to each Million Pounds Sterling coined.
+----------------------------+-----------+----------------------+
| Date. | Weight of | Value of Coinage. |
| | Coinage. | |
+----------------------------+-----------+----------------------+
| | Ounces. | £ _s._ _d._ |
|Nov. 1851 to March 1852. | 351837·830| 1,369,968 11 0 |
|April 1852 to March 1853 |3058360·186|11,908,489 19 5 |
| ” 1853 ” 1854 |2726011·580|10,614,407 11 10 |
| ” 1854 ” 1855 | 812219·517| 3,162,579 14 10 |
| ” 1855 ” 1856 |2158391·456| 8,404,236 14 7 |
| ” 1856 ” 1857 |1254703·786| 4,885,502 17 4 |
| ” 1857 ” 1858 |1256586·572| 4,892,833 19 4 |
| ” 1858 ” 1859 | 736150·582| 2,866,386 6 7 |
| ” 1859 ” 1860 | 980070·679| 3,816,150 4 2 |
| ” 1860 ” 1861 | 861205·000| 3,353,316 19 5 } |
| ” 1861 ” 1862 |1872214·638| 7,289,935 14 11 } |
| ” 1862 ” 1863 |2351444·336| 9,155,936 7 8 |
| ” 1863 ” 1864 |1807332·130| 7,037,299 9 8 |
| ” 1864 ” 1865 |1949438·200| 7,590,624 19 10 |
| ” 1865 ” 1866 |1256347·104| 4,891,901 10 9 |
| ” 1866 ” 1867 | 175838·208| 684,670 0 5 |
| ” 1867 ” 1868 | 127485·816| 496,397 17 11 |
| ” 1868 ” 1869 |1270778·550| 4,948,093 19 7 |
+----------------------------+-----------+----------------------+
+----------------------------+---------+--------------+-------------
| Date. |Amount of| Value of | Value of
| | Waste. | Waste. | Sweep
| | | | recovered.
+----------------------------+---------+--------------+-------------
| | Ounces.| £ _s._ _d._| £ _s._ _d._
|Nov. 1851 to March 1852. | 134·206| 522 11 3 | 89 1 3
|April 1852 to March 1853 | 1851·888|7,210 15 9 |716 11 11½
| ” 1853 ” 1854 | 1804·559|7,026 10 0 |707 7 3½
| ” 1854 ” 1855 | 424·092|1,651 6 2 |222 14 3
| ” 1855 ” 1856 | 1039·798|4,148 14 3 |635 4 1½
| ” 1856 ” 1857 | 581·615|2,264 13 8 |422 13 10
| ” 1857 ” 1858 | 17·784| 69 4 11 |192 14 11
| ” 1858 ” 1859 | 16·603| 64 13 0 |209 16 7
| ” 1859 ” 1860 | 74·857| 291 9 6 |254 4 9
| ” 1860 ” 1861 | | |
| ” 1861 ” 1862 | 263·568|1,026 5 4 |545 10 5½
| ” 1862 ” 1863 |!+ 27·480| 107 0 1 |360 1 11
| ” 1863 ” 1864 | + 47·054| 183 4 4 |459 0 1
| ” 1864 ” 1865 | 43·491| 169 6 10 |295 9 3½
| ” 1865 ” 1866 | 57·612| 224 6 6 |350 3 9
| ” 1866 ” 1867 | 5·037| 19 12 3 | Nil.
| ” 1867 ” 1868 | 3·357| 13 1 5 | Nil.
| ” 1868 ” 1869 | 45·585| 177 9 11 |538 3 1
+----------------------------+---------+--------------+-------------
+----------------------------+-----------------+----------------+
| Date. | Value of Waste | Value of Sweep |
| | per £1,000,000. | per £1,000,000.|
+----------------------------+-----------------+----------------+
| | £ _s._ _d._ | £ _s._ _d._ |
|Nov. 1851 to March 1852. | 381 8 10 | 65 0 3 |
|April 1852 to March 1853 | 605 10 4 | 60 3 6 |
| ” 1853 ” 1854 | 661 19 7 | 66 12 10 |
| ” 1854 ” 1855 | 522 2 2 | 70 8 5 |
| ” 1855 ” 1856 | 493 12 11 | 75 11 8 |
| ” 1856 ” 1857 | 463 10 11 | 86 10 5 |
| ” 1857 ” 1858 | 14 3 0 | 39 7 10 |
| ” 1858 ” 1859 | 22 11 1 | 73 4 0 |
| ” 1859 ” 1860 | 76 7 7 | 66 12 5 |
| ” 1860 ” 1861 | | |
| ” 1861 ” 1862 | 96 8 6 | 51 5 1 |
| ” 1862 ” 1863 | 11 13 8 | 39 6 7 |
| ” 1863 ” 1864 | 26 0 8 | 65 4 5 |
| ” 1864 ” 1865 | 22 6 2 | 38 18 6 |
| ” 1865 ” 1866 | 45 17 1 | 71 11 8 |
| ” 1866 ” 1867 | 28 12 10 | Nil. |
| ” 1867 ” 1868 | 26 6 7 | Nil. |
| ” 1868 ” 1869 | 35 17 5 | 108 15 2 |
+----------------------------+-----------------+----------------+
! _Note._—The financial years 1862/1863 and 1863/1864 exhibit
a _gain_ in the Coining Department.
C. W. FREMANTLE, DEPUTY-MASTER OF THE MINT.
ROYAL MINT, _2nd March, 1870_.
STATEMENT OF WORK PERFORMED IN THE COINING DEPARTMENT FROM OCTOBER 2ND,
1857, TO DECEMBER 17TH, 1857, INCLUSIVE.
The Coinage was completed in 53 Days. The Value of the coined Gold was
£4,495,748 4_s._ 10_d._
+----------------------------------------------------+
| IN ROLLING ROOM. |
+----------------------------------------------------+
| RECEIVED. |
+----------------------------------------------------+
|Weight of Gold Bars for Sovereigns |
| by Mint Office Beam 2110962·00 ozs.|
|Weight of the same Bars |
| by Rolling Room Beam 2110939·71 ” |
| ---------- |
|Showing a minus difference upon |
| the Mint Office weight of 22·29 ” |
| ========== |
+----------------------------------------------------+
| RETURNED. |
+-------------------+-----------------+--------------+
| | As by | As by |
| | Rolling | Mint |
| | Room | Office |
| | Beam. | Beam. |
+-------------------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Ounces. | Ounces. |
|Fillets | 2016337·80 | |
|Stopped Pots | 1256·15 | 1256·15 |
|Brittle Bars | 12142·36 | 12142·36 |
|Ends | 81207·18 | 81208·24 |
+-------------------+-----------------+--------------+
| | 2110943·49 | 94606·75 |
|Deduct “received” | 2110939·71 | ========= |
+-------------------+-----------------+ |
|Increase during | 3·78 | |
|work. | | |
+-------------------+-----------------+--------------+
| The Ends were 4·49 per cent. on Bars. |
+----------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------+
| IN CUTTING ROOM. |
+----------------------------------------------------+
| RECEIVED. |
+----------------------------------------------------+
|Gauged Fillets for Sovereigns |
| by Rolling Room Beam 2016337·80 ozs.|
|Gauged Fillets for Sovereigns |
| by Cutting Room Beam 2016331·10 ” |
| ---------- |
|Showing a minus difference |
| upon the Rolling Room weight of 6·70 ” |
+----------------------------------------------------+
| RETURNED. |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
| | As by | As by |
| | Cutting | Mint |
| | Room | Office |
| | Beam. | Beam. |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
| | Ounces. | Ounces. |
|Cut Blanks | 1250996·04 | |
|Scissel | 755829·53 | 755830·74 |
|Dumb Fillets | 9540·00 | 9540·00 |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
| | 2016365·57 | 765370·74 |
|Deduct “received” | 2016331·10 | |
+----------------------+------------+ |
|Increase during | 34·47 | |
|work. | | |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
|The Dumb Fillets were 0·45 p. c. on Bars. |
|The Scissel was 35·80 ” ” |
+----------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------+
| IN WEIGHING ROOM. |
+----------------------------------------------------+
| RECEIVED. |
+----------------------------------------------------+
|Cut Blanks for Sovereigns |
| by Cutting Room Beam 1250996·04 ozs.|
|Cut Blanks for Sovereigns |
| by Weighing Room Beam 1250989·11 ” |
| ---------- |
|Showing a minus difference |
| upon the Cutting Room weight of 6·93 ” |
+----------------------------------------------------+
| RETURNED. |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
| | As by | As by |
| | Weighing | Mint |
| | Room | Office |
| | Beam. | Beam. |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
| | Ounces. | Ounces. |
|Good Blanks | 1163502·34 | |
|Rejected Blanks | 87488·31 | 87488·57 |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
| | 1250990·65 | 87488·57 |
|Deduct “received” | 1250989·11 | ========= |
+----------------------+------------+ |
|Increase during | 1·54 | |
|work. | | |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
|The Rejected was 4·14 per cent. on Bars. |
| ” ” 6·99 ” Blanks. |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
+----------------------------------------------------+
| IN ANNEALING AND PRESS ROOMS. |
+----------------------------------------------------+
| RECEIVED. |
+----------------------------------------------------+
|Good Blanks for Sovereigns |
| by Weighing Room Beam 1163502·34 ozs.|
|Good Blanks for Sovereigns |
| by Annealing Room Beam 1163487·44 ” |
| ---------- |
|Showing a minus difference upon |
| the Weighing Room weight of 14·90 ” |
+----------------------------------------------------+
| RETURNED. |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
| | As by | As by |
| | Press Room | Mint |
| | Beam. | Office |
| | | Beam. |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
| | Ounces. | Ounces. |
|Coined Sovereigns | 1154590·87 | 1154606·29 |
|Pyx Pieces | 1903·92 | 1909·21 |
|Brockages | 6926·03 | 6925·90 |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
|One Sovereign | | |
| missing. | ·25 | |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
|Loss of Weight | | |
| by Annealing | 57·05 | |
| and Blanching | | |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
| | 1163483·12 | 1163441·40 |
| | | ========== |
|Deduct “returned” | 1163487·44 | |
+----------------------+------------+ |
| | | |
|Loss during work | 4·32 | |
+----------------------+------------+----------------+
|The Brockages were 0·33 on Bars. |
|The Coined Money was 54·79 on Rough Bars. |
| ” ” 57·26 on Clean Bars. |
+----------------------------------------------------+
Paid for Wages of Men
and Boys.
------------------------------
Rolling Fillets, £252·402225
Cutting Blanks, £260·624165
Annealing Do. £145·437875
Coining Do. £120·269875 = £778 14_s._ 8_d._
for £4,495,748 4_s._ 10_d._ Coined Money.
Memorandum of
Coined Gold Moneys delivered
into Mint Office.
----------------------------
Ounces.
October 252030·274
November 594084·366
December 308491·650
------------
1154606·290
============
4495748·2 : 778·7 :: 1000 : 0·173208 = 3_s._ 5½_d._
4495748 : 36·64 :: 1000 : 1·955_d._
The Wages paid for Melting 2,110,962 were
£36·64 = 1·955_d._ on each 1,000 Sovereigns coined.
= 0·001955 on each Sovereign coined.
1,000 Sovereigns cost 3_s._ 5½_d._ to coin
= 0·04156992 of a Penny for each Coin.
_To the_ MASTER OF THE MINT. GEORGE F. ANSELL, _January 20th, 1858_.
Reference to the table at page 84 will demonstrate the fact that, by
March, 1857, the average loss had fallen to £233·84, while in June
of the same year it had been reduced to £57·86, finally reaching so
low as £18·45 in December, 1857, the sums being in every way strictly
comparable with all those of that table, because the value of the sweep
is not taken into account in any case. As is usual in all discoveries,
the merit was soon found to be worth claiming, but that the credit was
due to me the Master himself admitted; and it is a fact that I was the
only new officer, while all those who had been previously employed were
still retained; and I feel that the Master confirmed his opinion when,
in consequence of the reforms I had effected, he obliged all officers
to follow such directions as I gave. In all cases where time would
permit, I made it a rule to obtain the Master’s sanction before giving
orders; but in cases of necessity I was empowered to act independently,
and did so act, he confirming such orders as I gave. It should also
be mentioned that so soon as I entered the Mint, Mr. Graham gave me
positive instructions not to allow either of the then chief officers
to interfere with the coining department. Nor would he permit a gold
coinage to be conducted in my continued absence. If, however, the
business of the Mint called me away, he, to induce the belief that I
was in town and on the spot, would pay my expenses to and from London
from his own pocket, and this he did on several occasions, because he
found that “in my absence unnecessary loss re-appeared.” The opposition
offered to the coining of bronze in the Royal Mint was so great, that
the Master wished me to go to the mint of Messrs. Heaton and Sons
at Birmingham, and there make such experiments as were necessary to
confirm the opinions I had formed on that subject. This firm, with a
generosity ever their own, permitted me to make, during a considerable
period, and free of charge, such experiments for the Mint as I deemed
necessary, rendering every possible assistance; but my investigations
and agreeable visit were brought suddenly to a close by the following
note from the Master:—
“ROYAL MINT, _9th January, 1861_.
“MY DEAR SIR.
“Owing to renewed pressure for gold coin, we find it necessary to
begin rolling on Friday next. I am sorry to shorten your holiday,
but your presence is very desirable as soon as gold enters the
rolling room, and will relieve me of much anxiety.
“The pyx pence received from Mr. Gausby to-day appear to be of fair
quality. We should like to have a ton or two.
“Very truly yours,
“THO. GRAHAM.
“G. F. ANSELL, ESQUIRE,
“At Messrs. Heaton & Sons, Birmingham.”
To demonstrate, then, the correctness of the theorem I had proposed,
it will be necessary to refer once more to the table on page 90, where
it will be seen that these results exhibit themselves in the financial
year April to March, 1857-58, when the loss in each million coined
was £14 3_s._, and the sweep recovered in that year was sold at the
rate of £39 7_s._ 10½_d._ for each million coined. If, therefore,
the proportionate loss be deducted from the value of sweep sold, we
have for the first[56] time in the experience of coiners a GAIN BY
COINING to the extent of £25 4_s._ 10½_d._ on each million coined, thus
approaching to the calculated gain of £59 4_s._, while in the next
financial year it will be observed that there was a loss of £22 11_s._
0½_d._, with a value of sweep recovered £73 4_s._ 0½_d._, giving an
absolute gain of £50 13_s._,[56] practically the result calculated
upon. To comprehend, then, the reason, why in the following years a
loss is again permitted, it will be necessary to enter into matters
of the inner life of the Mint. By the year 1859 the hatred excited
against me in consequence of these exposures had culminated to the
extreme. The Master, then desirous of finding a permanent position for
his brother,[57] listened to and encouraged any stories against myself,
notwithstanding the facts above related, and instead of consulting me
and sending necessary orders through me, as usual, sent written orders
openly by messengers, whose instructions were to read them to each
officer. These styled by himself “circulating orders,” were intended to
disgust all the officers who had assisted in the reforms, and it was
apparently determined by these and other like means to bring back the
management of the Mint into the former chaos of irregularities, that he
might make his brother’s appointment appear necessary.
[Footnote 56: See page 178.]
[Footnote 57: Mr. John Graham, who had been engaged “gratuitously” for
many months “to get his hand in,” was appointed, on the 23rd April,
1861, to an extra clerkship, at £20 a month, as Inspector of Bronze
Coins,—“as a warming-pan.”]
The disrespect thus exhibited to myself, and to the officers generally,
had to a certain extent its designed effect, for in 1859-60 the loss
rose to £76 7_s._ 7_d._, the sweep selling for £66 12_s._ 5_d._,
showing an absolute loss of £9 15_s._ 2_d._ It will now be necessary to
refer to a statement of losses and gains upon each _quarter_, because
the accounts were not officially balanced, the next statement being for
the years April, 1860, to March, 1862,[58] but the quarterly account
below[59] shows that the loss rose to 65·444 ounces, progressing
rapidly in June, 1861, to 105·823 ounces, while in March, 1862, it had
reached the ugly figure of 157·745 ounces. Before, however, this vast
loss had been reached, the officers consulted together with a view to
devise a means of arresting the downward course. About this time a
piece of gold was discovered secreted in the drag room tunnel. I felt
that this was a fact on which I could legitimately appeal to the Master
against his new system, and this I did on the 31st December, 1861, when
I represented to him that the reappearance of the losses was wholly
due to his withdrawal of support from his officers, and that if he
would not take the steps which were necessary, he alone must bear the
blame, for I had now represented the truth to him. He asked my advice;
so I told him boldly that he must come down officially to the works,
as of old, and show himself a supporter of honest men. After much
persuasion he assented to this advice, and came down. From that day the
losses ceased, yet the effects, so far as the accounts are concerned,
are exhibited till the quarter ending March, 1862; but the following
quarter, ending June, 1862, exhibits a natural gain of 17·942 ounces.
This table is of value, as showing the alternations of the apparent
gain or loss; for in some quarters the loss appears to be greater than
in others, arising from the fact that the bullion picked from the sweep
is in some cases included; but this is always included in the return of
the financial year.
[Footnote 58: See page 90.]
[Footnote 59: See page 95.]
STATEMENT SHOWING THE LOSSES AND GAINS UPON EACH QUARTER, FROM
JUNE, 1856, TO SEPTEMBER, 1868.
+------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
| | GOLD. | SILVER. |
|Quarter ending:— +------------+----------+-----------+---------+
| | Loss. | Gain. | Loss. | Gain. |
+------------------+------------+----------+-----------+---------+
| | Ounces. | Ounces. | Ounces. | Ounces. |
|June 30th, 1856 | 417·070 | | | |
|Dec. 31st, ” | 147·325 | — | 268·460 | |
| | — | — | 9·550 | |
|March 31st, 1857 | 17·220 | — | 690·314 | |
|June 30th, ” | — | — | 94·026 | |
|Sept. 30th. ” | — | — | 315·903 | |
|Dec. 31st, ” | 21·316 | | | |
|March 30th, 1858 | — | 4·673 | 500·335 | |
|Sept. 30th, ” | — | — | 315·114 | |
|Dec. 31st, ” | — | — | 211·250 | |
|March 31st, 1859 | 16·603 | — | 259·082 | |
|June 30th, ” | 9·417 | — | 185·358 | |
|Sept. 30th, ” | — | — | 240·890 | |
|Dec. 31st, ” | — | — | 403·593 | |
|March 31st, 1860 | 65·444[60]| — | 69·096 | |
|Sept. 30th, ” | — | — | 427·238 | |
|June 30th, 1861 | 105·823[61]| | | |
|Dec. 31st, ” | — | — | 606·765 | |
|March 31st, 1862 | 157·745[62]| — | — | 2·501 |
|June 30th, ” | — |[63]17·942| 170·965 | |
|August 31st, ” | 5·671 | | | |
|Dec. 31st, ” | 5·584 | — | 132·984 | |
|March 31st, 1863 | — | 20·793 | | |
|June 30th, ” | — | — | 458·672 | |
|Dec. 31st, ” | 13·767 | | | |
|March 31st, 1864 | — | 60·821 | 48·845 | |
|June 30th, ” | — | 13·843 | 9·042 | |
|Sept. 30th, ” | — | — | 783·347 | |
|Dec. 31st, ” | 39·679 | | | |
|March 31st, 1865 | 17·660 | — | 147·780 | |
|June 30th, ” | — | — | 480·346 | |
|August 31st, ” | — | 1·020 | 195·546 | |
|March 31st, 1866 | 58·632 | — | 230·515 | |
|May 30th, ” | 5·037 | — | 136·014 | |
|Sept. 30th, ” | — | — | 631·037 | |
|March 31st, 1867 | — | — | 260·352 | |
|June 30th, ” | 3·562 | — | 158·951 | |
|August 31st, ” | — | 0·205 | 43·033 | |
|March 31st, 1868 | — | — | 271·540 | |
|June 30th, ” | — | — | 222·545 | |
|Sept. 30th, ” | 19·873 | — | 19·897 | |
+------------------+------------+----------+-----------+---------+
[Footnote 60: Specially referred to on page 94.]
[Footnote 61: Specially referred to on page 94.]
[Footnote 62: Specially referred to on page 94.]
[Footnote 63: Specially referred to on page 94.]
These are grave charges, but an inquiry could not fail to establish
their truthfulness. To return, then, to the table at page 90, it will
be observed that the loss of 1859-60 increased in the years 1860-62 to
£45 3_s._ 5_d._; but the stimulus applied by the renewed support of
the Master reproduced its legitimate results, and in 1862-63, instead
of a loss of bullion, there was a gain of £11 3_s._ 8_d._, which, with
the sweep, made £50 10_s._ 7_d._, and this increased in 1863-64 to £91
5_s._ 1_d._
STATEMENT OF LOSSES INCURRED AND OF SWEEP RECOVERED.
THIS REFERS WHOLLY TO GOLD IN THE MELTING DEPARTMENT.
+---------------------------+-------------+---------------------+
| | Weight of | |
| Date—Financial Year. | Coinage. | Value of Coinage. |
| | | |
+---------------------------+-------------+---------------------+
| | Ounces. | £ _s._ _d._|
|Nov. 1851 to March 1852 | 351837·830 | 1,369,968 11 0 |
|April 1852 to March 1853 | 3058360·186 | 11,908,489 19 5½ |
| ” 1853 ” 1854 | 2726011·580 | 10,614,407 11 9¾ |
| ” 1854 ” 1855 | 812219·517 | 3,162,579 14 10½ |
| ” 1855 ” 1856 | 2158391·456 | 8,404,236 14 7½ |
| ” 1856 ” 1857 | 1254703·786 | 4,885,502 17 2 |
| ” 1857 ” 1858 | 1256586·572 | 4,892,833 19 4 |
| ” 1858 ” 1859 | 736150·582 | 2,866,386 6 6¾ |
| ” 1859 ” 1860 | 980070·679 | 3,816,150 4 2 |
| ” 1860 ” 1861 | 861205·000 | 3,353,316 19 5 |
| ” 1861 ” 1862 | 1872214·638 | 7,289,935 14 11 |
| ” 1862 ” 1863 | 2351444·336 | 9,155,936 7 8 |
| ” 1863 ” 1864 | 1807332·130 | 7,037,299 9 8 |
| ” 1864 ” 1865 | 1949438·200 | 7,590,624 19 10 |
| ” 1865 ” 1866 | 1256347·104 | 4,891,901 10 9 |
| ” 1866 ” 1867 | 175838·208 | 684,670 0 5 |
| ” 1867 ” 1868 | 109580·129 | 426,677 12 1¾ |
+---------------------------+-------------+---------------------+
+---------------------------+---------+---------------+------------+
| |Weight of| Value of | Value of |
| Date--Financial Year. | Lost | Lost Metal. | Sweep. |
| | Metal. | | |
+---------------------------+---------+---------------+------------+
| | Ounces. | £ _s._ _d._| £ _s._ _d._|
|Nov. 1851 to March 1852 | 91·456 | 356 2 1½ |133 0 2 |
|April 1852 to March 1853 |1332·474 |5,188 6 4¾ |708 10 0 |
| ” 1853 ” 1854 | 728·088 |2,834 19 10½ |709 9 8¼ |
| ” 1854 ” 1855 | 223·811 | 871 9 3¼ |209 2 4¾ |
| ” 1855 ” 1856 | 867·277 |3,376 19 2¼ |805 5 4¾ |
| ” 1856 ” 1857 | 515·298 |2,006 8 9¾ |469 1 5¾ |
| ” 1857 ” 1858 | 275·452 |1,072 10 10 |262 18 5¾ |
| ” 1858 ” 1859 | 248·804 | 969 15 7¼ |231 2 1½ |
| ” 1859 ” 1860 | 259·069 |1,008 15 0 |240 16 3 |
+---------------------------+---------+---------------+------------+
| ” 1860 ” 1861 | | | |
| ” 1861 ” 1862 | 17·668 |3,183 15 11 |729 19 10½ |
+---------------------------+---------+---------------+------------+
| ” 1862 ” 1863 | 636·395 |2,477 19 3 |590 2 7 |
| ” 1863 ” 1864 | 629·815 |2,452 6 10 |507 11 0 |
| ” 1864 ” 1865 | 464·080 |1,807 0 8 |509 10 0 |
| ” 1865 ” 1866 | 585·622 |2,280 5 4 |535 5 0 |
| ” 1866 ” 1867 | 37·440 | 145 15 8 | Nil. |
| ” 1867 ” 1868 | — | — | 71 10 6 |
+---------------------------+---------+---------------+------------+
+---------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| | Value of | Value of |
| Date—Financial Year. | Lost Metal | Sweep |
| | per Million. | per Million. |
+---------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| | £ _s._ _d._ | £ _s._ _d._ |
|Nov. 1851 to March 1852 | 259 18 9½ | 97 1 9¼ |
|April 1852 to March 1853 | 435 13 7¾ | 59 9 10¾ |
| ” 1853 ” 1854 | 267 1 9¼ | 66 16 10 |
| ” 1854 ” 1855 | 275 11 1 | 66 2 5½ |
| ” 1855 ” 1856 | 401 16 3¾ | 95 16 4 |
| ” 1856 ” 1857 | 410 13 10¼ | 96 0 3¼ |
| ” 1857 ” 1858 | ‡219 4 1¼ | ‡53 14 8½ |
| ” 1858 ” 1859 | ‡337 19 7 | ‡80 12 6¼ |
| ” 1859 ” 1860 | 264 16 8 | 63 2 0 |
+---------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| ” 1860 ” 1861 | | |
| ” 1861 ” 1862 | 297 10 1 | 68 11 9 |
+---------------------------+----------------+---------------+
| ” 1862 ” 1863 | 270 12 9 | 64 9 0 |
| ” 1863 ” 1864 | 348 9 6 | 72 2 5 |
| ” 1864 ” 1865 | 238 1 2 | 67 2 5 |
| ” 1865 ” 1866 | 466 2 6 | 109 8 2 |
| ” 1866 ” 1867 | 212 18 6 | Nil. |
| ” 1867 ” 1868 | — | 167 12 6¾ |
+---------------------------+----------------+---------------+
This mark (‡) is intended to attract the attention when at
pages 98, 103, these figures are discussed. To obtain the
true amount of loss, deduct the value of the sweep from the
value of the gold lost.
RETURN TO AN ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, DATED 17TH FEBRUARY, 1870.
THE LORD ROSSIE. NO. 2.