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Baraili, Allahabad. 
VI. That the Madras quarter mohar pass for 42 silver fanams, 
and the Madras rupee for 12 fanams. 
In this proposed coinage the quarter gold mohar was of the same 
inti’insie value as the Madras star pagoda, but the rupee was, nearly 
4 per cent, better than the Madras Arkat rupee. The proposed new 
rupee was more than 5 per cent, better than the Bombay rupee, which 
had been adopted from the Surat Mint. 
In a letter dated July, 1803, stating that the Governor-General 
had it in contemplation to establish a coinage 
of the same weight and standard throughout 
the provinces ceded to the Company by the Nawab Vizier, it was 
announced that a Committee had been appointed for the superintendence 
of the mints stablished at Baraili and Allahabad, which were to report 
to Government their suggestions for the improvement of the coinage 
in the ceded provinces. I have not been able to ascertain how long the 
coinage of the Allahabad mint continued, but reference is made in 
December, 1805, to “ base coin issued from the mint at Allahabad a 
short time previously to the coinage at that place.” 
1803. In May, 1803, the Collector of Gorakhpur stated that 
“ it is the opinion of some sensible shroffs that, 
in the course of the ensuing year, it may be 
advisable to establish a mint at the town of Gorakhpur. In this case 
it is my opinion that the Lucknow siltka rupee of the 28th san should 
be gradually introduced as the standard currency of Gorakhpur. On 
the other hand, the shroffs would greatly prefer the Gorakhpur rupee 
because of the advantages always derived from the fluctuation of batta 
on rupees of different standards.” 
By Regulation XLV, 1803, it was enacted 
that : — 
Gorakhpur. 
Farrukliabad. 
(Sect. II.) A silver coin, to be denominated the Lucknow sikka 
rupee of the 4oth san, struck in the mint of Farrukhabad, corresponding 
in weight and standard with the sikka rupee at present struck at 
Lucknow, in the dominions of the Nawab Vizier, and thence denomin- 
ated the Lucknow rupee, is hereby declared to be the established and 
legal silver coin in the provinces ceded by the Nawab Vizier to the 
English East India Company. 
( Sect. IV.) A mint shall be established at, or in the immediate 
vicinity of Farrukhabad, in which Lucknow rupees of the 45th san, 
and of the prescubed weight and standard, and half and quarter rupees 
of the same standard and proportionate weight, will be coined. 
(Sect. V.) The Lucknow 45tli san sikka rupee, as established 
by this regulation, shall be of the same size and form as the 19th san 
