112 STATISTICS. 



standing in the name of the Commissioners for the 

 reduction of the national debt. 



The total number of persons receiving dividends 

 was 288,473, of whom 277. 594 persons were in re- 

 ceipt of various incomes from the funds under .400 

 per annum, and 10,879, of incomes above that sum. 

 The number of persons receiving from ,1000 to 

 ,2000 per annum was 490, and of those receiving 

 more than ,2000, only 218 persons, 



Of the 800 millions national debt, only about 175 

 millions is fluctuating; the remainder consists either 

 of wardship in Chancery or the Exchequer, or be- 

 longing to charities, trusteeships, or the fixed pro- 

 perty of individuals who rarely sell or transfer it. 



East India Stock. 



The proprietors of East India Stock consist of 

 about 3000 persons. Those whose stock does not 

 amount to 1000, are not allowed to vote, that 

 amount being a qualification for one vote. , 3000 

 stock qualifies for two votes; 6000 stock for three 

 votes ; and 10,000 stock or upwards for four votes. 

 In 1810, according to the existing list, 1662 were 

 qualified to give single votes; 326, double votes; 

 84, triple votes ; and 51, quadruple votes. The total 

 number of votes, therefore, was 2770; but as many 

 proprietors are absent from England, and others do 

 not attend, more than 1900 have never voted, and, in- 

 deed, that number may be considered as a maximum. 



Generally speaking, ten years must elapse after 

 his election, before an East India director can become 

 a member of the Committee of Correspondence, pre- 

 ous to which he is attached to one of the junior Com- 

 mittees of Detail, which have no connexion with the 

 larger questions relating to the general administra- 

 tion of India, except when those are agitated . in 

 court. 



The patronage of each East India director for the 

 year 1826, was estimated at 20,200 sterling. 



