When bullion comes to the Nan king Mu banks, says. the Chinese Bulletin, it into a strongly guarded house. Here ther bullion is. stam saying room as possession cent, pure silver. It is there mixed with copper beads in the proportion of 950 taels of pure silver in 1,000 tales of the alloy Each unit is put in one crucible, and smelted in a furnace. The smelting room is equipped with 32 furnaces holding the same number of crucibles. One crucible of smolted silver, weighing slight ly above 1,300 taels, is poured out into '% bars. The. bars are Analyzed in, the laboratory, and.080 that. do rot come to the standard any re-neifed. The bars of standard fineness are then sent ta th elling room tobe relled Sheets.
After being rolled a fifth.time, they are cut, then heated until icy are soft before they are rolled again. Rolling 12. or 13 times reduces them to the thin-"These sheets are beaten to ieees like cakes and then run through " polishing maching. After: this process: they ated ina furnace, and ed in a solution of sulphuric
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