§ Mr. FREDERICK WHYTEasked the Secretary to the Treasury the number of farthings coined at the Mint in each of the last ten years; and whether he has any information showing those parts of the country where farthings are in common use and those parts where the use of them is comparatively rare?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe number of farthings coined in the last ten years was as follows:—
Year. Weight. Value. Tons. £ s. d. 1902 … … 14 5,226 13 4 1903 … … 15 5,600 0 0 1904 … … 10 3,733 6 8 1905 … … 11 4,106 13 4 1906 … … 15 5,600 0 0 1907 … … 12 4,480 0 0 1908 … … 12 4,480 0 0 1909 … … 25 9,333 6 8 1910 … … 7 2,613 6 8 1911 … … 15 5,600 0 0 The districts to which farthings have been issued in the year 1911 are as follows:—
£ England-North 475 Midlands 630 South (excluding London) 1,450 London 2,500 £5,055 Scotland 370 Ireland 110 Colonies 265 £5,800 The localities from which applications for farthings are received at the Mint provide the only indication possessed by that Department as to where the coins are in use.