A STRONG-ROOM OF KINGS.
The most jealously guarded apartment in England is that known as the Chapel of the Pyx. The vault is only ' accessible through double doors, opened by no fewer than six keys; and permission to enter requires the signature of *the. Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Financial Secretary to the Treasurer and the Comptroller. Once the Treasury of the Kijugs of England, this immensely strong underground chamber, was use'd up till the year 1904 for the safe keeping of the gold and silver standards used every five years by the Mint authorities. Towards the close of that year, however, these standards were transferred, together with other standards’, to the Royal Mint on Tower Hill, and the vault now holds little or nothing to tempt an enterprising burglar.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6183, 14 September 1921, Page 7
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130A STRONG-ROOM OF KINGS. Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6183, 14 September 1921, Page 7
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