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My Lords observe, however, that the license granted by the Governor- 

 General of Canada for the importation of this Coin into Canada, expired on 

 the 4 November last, and it appears to their Lordships to be necessary that 

 a fresh license should be obtained before they sat>ction any measure for the 



ooinag'e. 



I am, etc., etc., 



(Signed), C. C. Trbveltan. 



Extract of a letter from Mess. Glyn, Mills & Co. with reference to the 



above letter. 



London, 11 March, 1852. 



'• We enclose the copy of a letter we have received from the Treasury 

 relative to the Token coinage. By this you will observe that an unexpected 

 obstacle has been thrown in the way of our Agents, viz., the lapse by time 

 of the license of the Governor-General of Canada for the importation of the 

 Coin into Canada. We have addressed the Treasury in reply requesting that 

 the Coinage -may in the meantime be proceeded with and guarantying that the 

 License shall be forthcoming in time for the exportation. This you will be 

 pleased to obtain and forward to us, when we trust that every difficulty 

 will be met and all further delay obviated. 



" We much regret that so may delays have been occasioned by the author- 

 ities of the Mint. No exertion shall be wanting on our part to urge the 

 matter forward, anci we have no doubt of the sipeedy completion of the matter." 



(Signed), Glyn, Mills & Co. 



No. 46. 



Extract from a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Executive 

 Council on Matters of State, dated 9 April, 1853, approved by His Excel- 

 lency the Governor-General-in-Council on the 19 April, 1853. 



On the letter, dated 31 ultimo, from T. G. Ridout, Esquire, representing 

 that under the license granted by Order-in-Council of 4 November, 1851, for 

 the importation of Copper Coin for the Bank of Upper Canada, to the extent 

 of £5,000, which license expired on the 3 November last, a sum of £1,500 only 

 has been imported, owing to unexpected delays and extraordinary pressure 

 at the Royal Mint, the Master of which has since declared his inability to 

 complete the same — that the Treasury have consented to restore the Dies 

 with the view of having the remainder of the said sum struck off by other 

 parlies, on condiitdon of a renewal of the said license being obtained from the 

 Provincial Government, for which renewal the Bank now prays. 



The Com^mittee recommend that the license be extended to one year from 

 the present date. 



Certified, 



W. H. Lee, 



Ast. G. C. 

 To the Honourable The Provincial Secretary, etc., etc., etc. 



