Holograph draft of MINT00677 (Mint 19/3/476)

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To the Rt Honble the Ld High Treasurer of England.

May it please yor Lordp

In obedience to yor Lordps Order I have considered what may be requsisite for lodging her Majties Tin in the Mint & delivering it out at a certain price & paying the money into the Exchequer, and am humbly of the opinion that it may be performed by any one or more of the Officer of the Mint under the Inspection and Comptroll of any othersin their proper Posts Places with their Deputies & their Clerks to enter the nubmer & Weight of the Blocks of Tin received & delivered & compute the price & a Warehouse keeper if wanted& a Ware house keeper & one or more Porters as there shall be occasion& a Cashier & Warehouse keeper if wanted: and with the use③② of the Cranes of the Office of Ordnance② & that① of the Master & Worker's Officers & Rooms so far as they may be wanted & spared from the coynage, ⑤④& liberty of carrying the Tin between Tower Wharf & the Mint over the draw Bridge, an Officer of the Customes being directed to attend the ships there.

Some things are also to be provided as Scales & Weights, Sledges, & Pulleys & Stamps for numbering the Blocks. And it maybe convenient that their weight be stamped on them either in Cornwall or at their receipt in the Tower.

And since the Blocks are to be delivered out at a certain price I am humbly of opinion that the they should be delivered ats tahey certainome {illeg}toic{illeg}hand without giving leave to the Merchant to pick & chuse & without trust for the money (setting aside only unlawfull Blocks to be reexamined & remelted if any shall occurr) and that the money received for them be pad into the Exchequer as often as it arises to a certain summ to be named by yor Lordp & be accounted for annually

Also a skilful Pewterer who understands the sorts qualities goodness mixtu{illeg}res {illeg}adulterations refining improving & merchandize of Tin & a Cashier ma may be allowed if at any time desired.