§ MR. BLANDsaid, he would beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state what progress has been made by the Decimal Coinage Commissioners since their preliminary Report, presented last May, and when their final Report may be expected?
THE CHANCELLOR of THE EXCHEQUERsaid, that since the preliminary Report of the Commission had been presented they had proceeded to take further oral evidence, and in December last had submitted to Her Majesty the answers which had been received to certain questions drawn up by Lord Overstone, and replied to by Sir John Herschel, Professor de Morgan, and other distinguished persons. Some of the answers to those questions had not as yet, however, been submitted to Her Majesty, and it was the intention of the Commissioners, he might add, to take further oral evidence. With respect to the second question, he could only say that he was not in a position to state when the final Report of the Commissioners might be expected.