2S2 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



No. 12. 



616 to 643. 



B. Holmes, Esq., Cashier of the Bank of Montreal, etc., etc., etc., Montreal. 



Sir. 29 March, 1844. 



In reply to your letter o(f the 25 of January last, I have the honour, by 

 command of the Governor-General to inform you that His Excellency has 

 been pleased to direot the Collector of Customs at Montreal to admit, free 

 of duty, the residue of the Oopper Coinage authorized to be imported into 

 the Province by the Bank of Montreal, under the Permission granted them 

 for that purpose by the late Governor -General, Sir Chas. Bagot, on the 16 Oif 



April, 1842. 



I have, etc. 



W., Entd., 



W. H. Jones, A. R. Roche. 



No. 14. 



61o on 343. 



W. Hall, Esq., Collector of Customs, Montreal, 



29 March. 1844. 

 Sir, 



I have the honour by oomimand of the Governor-iGeneral to desire that 

 you will have the goodness to admit, free of duty, the residue of the Oopper 

 Coinage, (in amount, about £2,000), authorized to be imported into the 

 Province by the President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Montreal, 

 ■under the Order-in-fCouncll of the 28 of March, 1842, and the subsequent Per- 

 mission from the late Governor-General, Sir Chas. Bagot, of the 16 of April 

 ensuing. 



I have, etc. 

 W., ' Entd., 



W. H. Jones, A. R. Roche. 



No. 15. 



Bank of Montreal,, 

 Sir, Montreal, 14 June, 1845. 



With reference to previous communications on the subject of supplying 

 the Province with approved Copper Coin, which was undertaken by the Bank of 

 Montreal, I beg leave nom to state, that the residue of the contemplated supply 

 of that Coin, has now arrived — viz.: 49 Casks, Weighing 8 Tons, 17 Cwt., 

 23 lbs., 8 oz, on Board the Brig " Conrad," from Liveripool, and that on appli- 

 cation to the Custom House for permit to land the same, the Bank is informed, 

 that a similar order to that given to the Collector last Spring is necessary. 

 Under these circumstances, may I request the favour of your obtaining 

 for the Bank the requisite sanction from His Excellency the Governor-General, 

 that the Bank may be enabled to get the Coin Landed, free of Duty as here- 

 tofore. 



I have the honour to be, sir. 



Your Most Obedient Servant, 



(Signed), Benj. Holmes. 



To The Hon. D. Daley, etc., etc., etc., Montreal. 



