A STATEMENT of the Weight and Value of the Silver
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.
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| Date. | Weight of |Value of Coinage.|Amount of|
| | Coinage. | | Waste. |
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| | Ounces. | £ _s. d._| Ounces.|
|August 1851 to March 1852| 314689·050| 86,539 9 9 | |
|April 1852 to March 1853 |1088196·550| 299,254 1 0 | 1845·450|
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| ” 1853 ” 1854 |2134891·750| 587,095 4 8 | 2943·025|
| ” 1854 ” 1855 | 501459·800| 137,901 8 11 | 657·362|
| ” 1855 ” 1856 |1138355·000| 313,047 12 6 | 1632·957|
| ” 1856 ” 1857 |1792800·000| 493,020 0 0 | 2191·367|
| ” 1857 ” 1858 |1420560·000| 390,654 0 0 | 910·264|
| ” 1858 ” 1859 |1449360·000| 398,574 0 0 | 843·679|
| ” 1859 ” 1860 |2052720·000| 564,498 0 0 | 898·837|
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| ” 1860 ” 1861 | 625714·000| 172,071 7 0 | |
| ” 1861 ” 1862 | 769680·000| 211,662 0 0 | 1032·502|
| ” 1862 ” 1863 | 532147·610| 146,340 11 10 | |
| ” 1863 ” 1864 | 835920·000| 229,878 0 0 | 811·466|
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| ” 1864 ” 1865 |1936800·000| 532,620 0 0 | 1100·169|
| ” 1865 ” 1866 |1880640·000| 517,176 0 0 | 906·407|
| ” 1866 ” 1867 |1739520·000| 478,368 0 0 | 891·389|
| ” 1867 ” 1868 | 961200·000| 264,330 0 0 | 473·724|
| ” 1868 ” 1869 | 597600·000| 164,340 0 0 | 280·764|
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| Date. | Value of |Value of Sweep|
| | Waste. | recovered. |
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| | £ _s. d._| £ _s. d._ |
|August 1851 to March 1852| | |
|April 1852 to March 1853 |507 10 0 | 121 17 6½ |
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| ” 1853 ” 1854 |809 6 8 | 160 12 4 |
| ” 1854 ” 1855 |180 15 6 | 69 19 2¼ |
| ” 1855 ” 1856 |449 1 3 | 104 5 7½ |
| ” 1856 ” 1857 |602 12 6 | 149 10 9¼ |
| ” 1857 ” 1858 |250 6 5 | 98 1 10 |
| ” 1858 ” 1859 |232 0 3 | 125 8 4 |
| ” 1859 ” 1860 |247 3 7 | 10 18 3 |
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| ” 1860 ” 1861 | | |
| ” 1861 ” 1862 |283 18 9 | 46 7 1½ |
| ” 1862 ” 1863 | | |
| ” 1863 ” 1864 |223 3 1 | Nil. |
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| ” 1864 ” 1865 |302 10 11 | 15 6 7 |
| ” 1865 ” 1866 |249 5 3 | 16 9 4 |
| ” 1866 ” 1867 |245 2 8 | Nil. |
| ” 1867 ” 1868 |130 5 6 | 121 3 3½ |
| ” 1868 ” 1869 | 77 4 2 | Nil. |
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| Date. |Value of Waste per|Value of Sweep per|
| | £1,000,000. | £1,000,000. |
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| | £ _s. d._| £ _s. d._ |
|August 1851 to March 1852| | |
|April 1852 to March 1853 | 1,315 9 5 | 315 18 1 |
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| ” 1853 ” 1854 | 1,378 10 9 | 273 11 7 |
| ” 1854 ” 1855 | 1,310 18 1 | 507 6 3 |
| ” 1855 ” 1856 | 1,434 9 8 | 333 2 3 |
| ” 1856 ” 1857 | 1,222 6 4 | 303 6 2 |
| ” 1857 ” 1858 | 640 15 4 | 251 1 11 |
| ” 1858 ” 1859 | 582 2 1 | 314 13 3 |
| ” 1859 ” 1860 | 437 17 5 | 19 6 7 |
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| ” 1860 ” 1861 | | |
| ” 1861 ” 1862 | 739 18 8 | 120 16 0 |
| ” 1862 ” 1863 | | |
| ” 1863 ” 1864 | 593 3 0 | Nil. |
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| ” 1864 ” 1865 | 568 0 9 | 28 15 7 |
| ” 1865 ” 1866 | 481 19 4 | 31 16 9 |
| ” 1866 ” 1867 | 512 8 8 | Nil. |
| ” 1867 ” 1868 | 492 16 11 | 458 7 8 |
| ” 1868 ” 1869 | 469 16 2 | Nil. |
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C. W. FREMANTLE, DEPUTY MASTER AND COMPTROLLER.
ROYAL MINT, _2nd March, 1870_.
STATEMENT SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF SILVER COINED AND OF THE LOSS ATTENDING
ITS MANIPULATION IN THE MELTING DEPARTMENT.
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| Date—Financial Year. |Weight of |Value of Coinage.|
| |Coinage. | |
| | | |
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| | Ounces. | £ _s. d._|
|June 1851 to March 1852| 314689·050| 86,539 9 9¼ |
|April 1852 to March 1853|1088196·550|299,254 1 0¼ |
| ” 1853 ” 1854|2135071·750|587,144 14 7½ |
| ” 1854 ” 1855| 501459·800|137,901 8 10¾ |
| ” 1855 ” 1856|1138355·000|313,047 12 6 |
| ” 1856 ” 1857|1792800·000|493,020 0 0 |
| ” 1857 ” 1858|1420560·000|390,654 0 0 |
| ” 1858 ” 1859|1449360·000|398,574 0 0 |
| ” 1859 ” 1860|2052720·000|564,499 0 0 |
|March 1861 to June 1861| 650160·000|178,794 0 0 |
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| | | | |
| Date—Financial Year. |Amount of| Value of the | Value of |
| | Loss by | Silver Lost. | Sweep Sold. |
| | Melting | | |
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| | Ounces. | £ _s. d._ | £ _s. d._|
|June 1851 to March 1852| | | 36 0 1 |
|April 1852 to March 1853| 1496·945| 411 13 2¼ | 111 19 4½ |
| ” 1853 ” 1854| 1814·808| 499 1 5¼ | 143 2 4 |
| ” 1854 ” 1855| 882·870| 242 15 9½ | 187 19 7 |
| ” 1855 ” 1856| 519·069| 142 14 10½ | 144 0 2¼ |
| ” 1856 ” 1857| 2912·149| 800 16 9¾ | 151 12 4¼ |
| ” 1857 ” 1858| 1001·676| 275 9 2½ | 100 13 6¼ |
| ” 1858 ” 1859| +733·101|+201 12 0¾ | 115 4 11 |
| ” 1859 ” 1860| 199·288| 54 16 1 | 101 8 8 |
|March 1861 to June 1861| 238·495| 65 9 10¾ | 49 4 4½ |
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| | Value of | Value of |
| Date—Financial Year. | Lost Silver | Sweep |
| | per Million | per Million |
| | Coined. | Coined. |
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| | £ _s. d._ | £ _s. d._ |
|June 1851 to March 1852| | |
|April 1852 to March 1853| 1,067 0 11¼ | 383 11 1 |
| ” 1853 ” 1854| 849 19 11¾ | 243 15 0 |
| ” 1854 ” 1855| 1,760 11 11¾ |1,363 2 10 |
| ” 1855 ” 1856| 456 19 7½ | 460 0 5¾ |
| ” 1856 ” 1857| 1,624 7 1¾ | 307 10 6¾ |
| ” 1857 ” 1858| 705 2 6½ | 257 14 2¾ |
| ” 1858 ” 1859| +505 16 2½ | 289 2 10¾ |
| ” 1859 ” 1860| 97 1 8¼ | 179 13 9 |
|March 1861 to June 1861| 366 6 3¼ | 275 5 7¼ |
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To obtain the true amount of loss, deduct the value of the sweep from
the value of the silver lost.
RETURN FROM THE ROYAL MINT TO AN ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, DATED
17TH FEBRUARY, 1870. (THE LORD ROSSIE.)