70 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [Mat. 



parts of pure gold in the thous- 

 and, which corresponds accord- 

 ing to the ancient mode ofvakiing 

 the fineness of gold to 23 904- 

 l,000ths in the carat of 24. 



9. The new gold coin will not 

 be issued with a greater varia- 

 tion than one thousandth part 

 above or below the standard. 



10. All the gold, silver, and 

 copper coins that have issued up 

 to the present time from our 

 Mints of Naples or Palermo, shall 

 remain in circulation according 

 to their nominal value. Gold 

 coins alone, as well old as new, 

 shall be received by weight. 



11. A constant and invariable 

 permission is granted to export 

 from the kingdom freely any 

 sums ui gold or silver coin. 



12. A permission is likewise 

 granted to melt it for exporta- 

 tion or otherwise. 



13. The Spanish hard dollars 

 are allowed to circulate at the 

 rate of 12 carlini, and four grana 

 of Naples. The prices of the 

 divisions of the dollar are likewise 

 fixed by this article. 



14. States that the Minister of 

 Finance will publish an ordinance 

 to regulate the intrinsic value of 

 foreign coins relatively to Nea- 

 politan on the principles of this 

 decree. 



Title II. — Silver Coin. 



15. From this day forward 

 there shall be coined only in 

 silver, the four following kindjs of 

 pieces: — 1st, The carlino, of the 

 weight of 5\ Neapolitan accini ; 

 fifty carlini \v\\\ form a mark of 

 the Mint ; the variation allowed 

 above or below the standard 

 weight, is 41 accini in the mark ; 

 2ndly, The piece of two Neapoli- 



tan carlini, or Sicilian tari, with a 

 proportionate weight, &c. ; 3rdly, 

 The piece of six carlini, weighing 

 309 accini, or 13,765 gramms j 

 and 4thly, The piece of 12 car- 

 lini, weighing 618 accini, or 

 27,532 gramms, with an allowance 

 of proportionate variations front 

 the standard. 



Title III Gold Coin. 



16. There shall be coined in 

 gold, henceforward, the following 

 denominations of pieces, with 

 proportionate weight: — 1st, The 

 oncette, of the weight of 85 Nea- 

 politan accini, or 3,786 gramms, 

 in value equal to three ducats ; 

 2ndl}', The piece of 5 oncette^ 

 weighing 425 accini, or 18,933 

 gramms of the value of 15 ducats; 

 and 3rdly, The piece of ten on- 

 cette, with proportionate weight 

 of the value of 30 ducats. 



Title I V^. — Copper Coin. 



17. The copper-pieces shall be, 

 1st, the half grano, vulgarly 

 called tornnese, of 70 accini, or, 

 according to its Sicilian denomi- 

 nation, the half-bajocco ; 2ndly, 

 the grano, or bajocco ; 3rdly, the 

 piece of 2y grana; and, 4thly, the 

 piece of 5 grana, or bajocchi. 



The fifth title of this ordinance 

 regulates the inscriptions to be 

 struck on the different species of 

 coin ; and the 6th, the mode of 

 assaying the metals at the Mint, 

 and certifying by the proper 

 officers the weight and fineness 

 of the pieces. 



MAY. 



The Prince of Wales revenue 

 cruiser sailed from Erassa Sound, 

 Shetland, on the 1st of May, and 



left 



