Copy of a letter from Mr. James Taylor, Assay Master at Fort St. George, to the President and Council of Fort St. George, respecting the coinage of gold bullion received from Calcutta, referring to the remarks made by the Mint Master at Bombay on the same subject, intimating that the gold received from Bengal is beyond recovery unless fused prior to refining and that instead of the gold being sent from Calcutta in ingots it should be melted into bars about 200 toounces each and that these be allowed with dross alternately, the remainder within short scope, and forwarding his opinions of the state of the accounts of gold bullion.

Keywords	Gold Copper France India James Taylor Coinage Mint
Ministry/ Department/ Residency	Foreign
Branch	Political
From Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1782
To Year / Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1782
Source Organization	NA
Identifier	NAIDLF00113223
File No./Reference No./Sheet No./Folio No.	29 April 1782, No. 3
Location	R1
Part No.	A
File Size	17.7 MB
Pages	10
Call Number	NA
Publisher	NA
Subject	NA
Creator	NA
Accession Number	NA
Series	NA
Year of Publication	NA
Language	English
Bundle Barcode	NAIDLB00009160
Location Code	NA
File Barcode	NAIDLF00113223
QC Certificate No.	QC_20241226DL_22
Bundle No.	2104