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but Especial Care must be taken to prohibit in the most express Terms, all engagements that may interfere in the Smallest degree with his mint Duties, as we know by Experience that the preparation of the matrix of a Die is a thing always Calld for in haste which and generaly requird of him the master is urgd to Effect with the Greatest Possible dispatch, generaly in Less Time than that in which the utmost Zeal & diligence of the most active workman Can Possibly prepare it.
No 3 The masters assayer
he was uniquely one of the 4 workers all of whom it is probable were Paid by the master, out of his Fees, he is in Fact a most necessary & usefull officer to the master and as the masters Salary is now Fixd ought to have a Liberal allowance from the Public, as however it his office is more of a Private than of a Public nature being appointed to watch over the interests of the master, in Estimating the value of imported Bullion, it ought not to be put on the highest Scale Whether it Should Stand on the second or the third is a matter for Consideration *
4 The Company of moneyers
These Gentlement have
* He Claims on Every Bar of Bullion imported a Fee of 1/6 from the importer & Estimates his Loss in the two Last years by the Bank importing Coin at £400
+ he as well as the King a payer has a Perquisite Calld water Silver being the Silver Bullion recoverd from the weeds [?] in which it has been usd for assaying gold which must be Enquird into but is not Considerable The fine Silver for this Purpose is Provided & Paid for by the master the whole must be recoverd