From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Ewart Gladstone
Date:
[9 September 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0163; Reel 1054
Summary:
Requests salary raise of £10 for assistant assayer.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Requests salary raise of £10 for assistant assayer.
Forwards copies of new coins to be minted for Australia, and asks WG [Chancellor of the Exchequer] to seek the Queen's approval for them.
Requests the addition of one wage increase, as a matter of fairness, to a previously agreed list for submission to the Treasury Lords.
Describes current state of coinage of silver coins.
Suggests a circular to the banks in Great Britain to get the information that WG wants.
Deals with the question of standard weights in relation to testing the accuracy of the weights of coins.