§ SIR FREDERICK HEYGATEsaid, he would beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether it is the fact that no half-crown pieces have been coined for some years past at the Mint, and if it is the intention to allow that useful coin 1850 ultimately to be withdrawn from circulation?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, in reply, said, it was true that no new half-crowns had been coined for fifteen years, but the present supply was adequate to the demand. Half-crown pieces formed about 30 per cent of the silver coinage, and there was no present intention of withdrawing them from circulation.