§ MR. DILLWYN (Swansea Town)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to call in cracked sovereigns, which are of frequent occurrence, and, not being readily passed in currency, occasion serious inconvenience to those, especially of the working-classes, who may have received them in payment of wages?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN,) St. George's, Hanover SquareCracked sovereigns and half-sovereigns, if not below the legal weight, and cracked silver coins of all denominations, are accepted and exchanged at the Bank of England and its branches. It would be impossible to call in such coins, and I am informed that they can hardly be said to be of frequent occurrence.
§ MR. DILLWYNWould it be possible to provide that change should be given at the Post Office, as great inconvenience occasionally occurs to poor people who are paid their wages on Saturday night, and find that they cannot get their money?
§ MR. GOSCHENI do not see how any inconvenience or difficulty can arise, because persons who accept these coins will know that they can get them changed at the bankers.