§ DR. BOWRINGasked the Master of Mint whether any progress had been made 879 in the decimal coinage? He wished to know when there would be an issue of the tenth of a pound piece?
§ MR. SHEILadmitted that there had been some delay connected with the coinage to which the hon. Gentleman referred. There was a Commission sitting at preseent, and till that Commission reported, it would be difficult to proceed, or to enter into any arrangement with the company called "Moneyers." So long ago as 1817, a contract was entered into with the Moneyers, by which a certain sum was paid to them; and if a new coinage was issued, it would be necessary to form with them a new contract. Till the present Commission reported, however, that contract could not be entered into.