§ SIR CHARLES RUSSELLasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether, owing to the present scarcity of shillings in circulation, he could hold out any hopes of a further issue of them from the Mint?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHE-QUER, in reply, said, he had heard a report that there was a deficiency of 1953 shillings, and some people said it was easier to get florins than shillings. But the information he had received was that there were now shillings to the value of £42,000 lying at the Bank of England ready to be issued to any person who wanted them, and that there was a further sum of £42,000 in shillings at the Mint to be sent to the Bank when required. He apprehended, therefore, that there was no real scarcity of shillings, and that if proper pressure were put upon the banks the public would be able to get them.