§ MR. BAYLEY (Derbyshire, Chesterfield)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury if the silver coinage used in the Crown Colonies is minted at the Royal Mint; and, if not, where is it minted.
(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) The silver coinage used in the Crown Colonies is, so far as possible, coined at the Royal Mint; but when circumstances make it necessary to have it coined elsewhere it is minted under the supervision and control of the Royal Mint in this country. Recent coinages have been carried out at the Mint, Birmingham. Bronze for Hong-Kong.