Landed estates held in common by Company of Moneyers may affect their claims to compensation.
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Landed estates held in common by Company of Moneyers may affect their claims to compensation.
JH received request for employment from workman employed by JA. Forwards this to JA.
Does not yet have word from government regarding claims for compensation made by Company of Moneyers.
Assurance that JH's lack of response is due not to discourtesy but to lack of information.
Mint must resume gold coinage and needs to take possession of Moneyers' equipment quickly. This will relieve Moneyers of additional responsibility.
Accuses JA and Moneyers of ignoring agreement by refusing to vacate rooms and relinquish tools at Mint, and of purposely slowing down Mint officers' preparation to resume coining money. [Memorandum on verso: Edward Enfield and H. D. Harness were present at time of agreement.]
Received another notice from General Reversionary & Trust Society regarding H. J. Hollier. JH asks again to be replaced as trustee for Mary Anne Hollier trust.
Thanks for birthday gift. Health of friends.
JH's new duties at Royal Mint. JH and Margaret staying with [Elizabeth] Baily while searching for residence in London. JH's son William to be examined at Haileybury College in Jan. 1851. Son John is [attending Clapham grammar school] with Charles Pritchard.
Curiosity about quill-like 'pen' sent to JH's son John by MB. Glad that MB moved to Brighton for medical care.
Returns list of articles needed by assay office at mint in [Melbourne,] Victoria, with list of recommended English suppliers.
Instructions for collecting 'Gold and Silver sweep' from coining and melting rooms and arranging annual sale of 'sweep and old stores' at end of March.
Instructions for melting gold and silver and casting coins.
Signs and returns Mint accounts. Notes that two are missing.
Delivered £3000 of copper coins for shipment to Ceylon today. Previous invoice for earlier shipment of equal amount of coins has not yet been paid.
Suggestions and diagrams for projecting sound great distances by means of small arms and parabolic reflectors.
Recommendations for design and construction of new telescope proposed by R.S.L. for Southern Hemisphere. Need to coordinate observations in both hemispheres.
Assures HB that transitional state of Assay department will soon be replaced by more permanent conditions.
Changes offer that JH made to HB in note to H. D. Harness.
JH cannot give definite date for HB's termination in Assay Office. This will be delayed for as long as gold is being imported for coinage.