To the RtRight HonbleHonourable the Earl of Oxford & Earl Mortimer, Lord H.High Treasurer of great Britain.

May it please yoryour LordpLordship

In obedience to yoryour LordpsLordships Order of Reference signified to me by Mr Taylour in his Letter of Iune 16th Instant, I have perused the Representation from the Lords of the Privy Council of Ireland touching a late Order of Council here for giving currency in that Kingdom by Proclamation to some forreign coins wchwhich were omitted in a former Proclamation, a printed copy of wchwhich they have sent desiring a clause to be added to the said Order for making such allowance for light pieces as was made in the said Proclamation, & that the Order may comprehend also the forreign coins mentioned in that printed Proclamation because the original thereof under the broad seal was destroyed in the late fire wchwhich happened there at the Council Chamber, so that the Clerk of the Council cannot now certify that the printed copy agrees verbatim wthwith the original as the late Act of Parliament requires for the conviction of counterfeiters of those coines. And upon comparing the said Representation wthwith the said late Order of Council & printed Proclamation, I humbly represent that the weight of the single Pistole & Lewis d'or being in the said Proclamation put 4dwt 8gr the weight of the double Pistole & Lewis d'or ought in proportion to be put in a new Proclamation 8dwt 16gr & that of the quadruple Pistole 17dwt 8gr. And the Moyder of Portugal (wchwhich as the Merchants bring them hither a little worn weigh one wthwith another 6dwt 21$\frac{3}{4}$gr; & before wearing may be a quarter of a grain or half a grain heavier) may be put in weight 6dwt 22gr in the same Proclamation & valued at 30s. For in Ireland where an English shilling passes for thirteen pence the Moyder of this weight is worth 29s 11$\frac{1}{2}$, recconing gold 22 carats fine at 3l 19s 8$\frac{3}{4}$d per ounce, wchwhich is the standard value, or 30s 00$\frac{3}{4}$d, recconing gold 22 carrats fine at 4li per ounce as is ordinarily done. And 30s is a medium & the nearest round number. And a grain being allowed for wearing, this piece will be current till it weighs but 6dwt 21gr as was stated in the late Order of Council. And after that it will continue to be current by allowing 2d per grain for what it wants of the weight of 6dwt 22gr. For the latter part of the printed Proclamation concerning the allowance for light pieces & concerning the scales & weights for weighing them, I am humbly of opinion should be continued in the next Proclamation.