§ 22. Mr. Thorneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether 3276 he can give any information in connection with the number of spurious coins in circulation in Essex; how many spurious florins and shillings have been returned by the shopkeepers to the police; and whether the chief of the Essex police has made a report about the matter?
§ The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sir Samuel Hoare)I am informed that the number of spurious coins passed to the police from shopkeepers and others during the present year in Essex, including those parts of Essex within the Metropolitan Police District, was 13 half-crowns, 10 florins and one shilling. There has been no occasion for any special report on the matter by the Essex police.