────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Year. Royal Mint India Office Financial Average Cost for Average Cost for Year. Standard Ounce. Standard Ounce. d. d. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1893 36 5/16 No purchase 1893–94 1894 29¼ No purchase 1894–95 1895 30⅜ No purchase 1895–96 1896 30 5/16 No purchase 1896–97 1897 27⅞ No purchase 1897–98 1898 27¼ No purchase 1898–99 1899 27½ 28 1899–1900 1900 28¼ 29 1900–01 1901 27 15/16 No purchase 1901–02 1902 24 5/16 22·80 1902–03 1903 23 11/16 27·19 1903–04 1904 26½ 27·14 1904–05 1905 27 7/16 29·74 1905–06 1906 31 1/16 31·59 1906–07 1907 30 9/16 31·27 1907–08 1908 24 7/16 No purchase 1908–09 1909 23 11/16 No purchase 1909–10 1910 24⅞ No purchase 1910–11 1911 24 13/16 No purchase 1911–12 1912 27 15/16 28·71 1912–13 1913 28 1/16 28·71 1913–14 1914 24 15/16 No purchase 1914–15 1915 24¼ 33·96 1915–16 1916 30⅝ 33·96 1916–17 1917 39 15/16 42·78 1917–18 1918 47 15/16 48·20 1918–19 1919 49⅝ 52·04 1919–20 1920 50⅞ Silver purchased 1920–21 at special rates from the Baldwin mines and the Perth mint. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── In the absence of information whether the price is F.O.B. or C.I.F. it is difficult to say that the Secretary of State has had to pay higher prices for silver than were paid by the Master of the Royal Mint.