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the Masters Salaries & wages & Such Salaries & wages as are appointed to be Paid by the Master; with the Consent of the General of the mint of Scotland he makes the Standard weights for England & for Scotland".
in an account of the mint Establishment drawn up by an officer of the mint about the year 1750 the office is thus describd. "The first Cheif & Principal officer of the mint, is the Warden, his office was formerly of Great importance when an Exchange for foreign Coins & Bullion was kept at the mint, over which he Presided, at present the Warden is Guardian of the Mint immunities, he directs prosecutions against falseness of the Coin, & keeps an account of the Bullion receivd or melted & of all Coins deliverd.
From a Comparison of these Statements it is Easy to deduce a great probability, in case of the Present duties of the Warden being Enquired into, that the office will prove to be at the Present time of no utility & of Course that it may with Great propriety be abolishd, The Exchange of money &c no longer Exists, The Warden certainly has not for many years interfered as a magistrate in Settling the Concerns of the Corporation & the appointment of Solicitor & the Direction of his Conduct in Prosecution ought Clearly to be in the hands of the Master The Warden no Longer Supervises the Business of Coinage & all the Rest of his Duties which he cannot per perform without the assistance of others may as well be done in the Same manner as