:94 



Salt to be made at Ho- 

 lyhead, (two millions), 



For fettling the Baha- 

 ma iflauds, (L6000 had 

 adtually been paid in on 

 this project, in which 

 many eminent perfons 

 werefufFerers, as appeared 

 by their petition to parlia- 

 ment, Feb. 1723-4, which 

 was rejected, becaufe it 

 would have brought end- 

 lefs petitions of that fort, 

 for redrefs of fuch griev- 

 ances), ----- 



The grand fifhery, (fo 

 named), - - - - 



A bottomree compa- 

 ny, - - - - - - 



Weflley's auctions, (i. 

 e. adions), for buying 

 and felling of flocks, - 



General infurancefrom 

 fire, Li, 200, 000 



Royal-exchange afTur- 

 ance, LjoOjOoo, valued 

 at L2, 500, 000 - - - 



London afllirance com- 

 pany, 36,000 fliares, L12 

 lof each, valued at 

 L3, 600, 000 once, 



A. D. 1720. 



Original money paid in or du; Higheft prices fold for In 1720. 



C. S. d. 



500 per fhare 



300 per fliare 



010 o per fhare 



100 per fhare 



710 o per fhare 



026 per fhare 



Sundry payments 

 Ditto 



C 



15 o o 



40 o o 



500 



300 



100 o o 



800 



250 o o per cent 

 1 75 00 per fhare 



N. B — Some of thefe foregoing bubbles, we may fee, were fold at 

 above fix times the money paid in on them : others very near as high, 

 and all fliamefully and madly raifed. It would be endlefs to hunt for 

 the prices of many more, which were the mere embryos of a few days, 

 though they drew in many unwary perfons to their undoing. We fhall 

 therefor content ourfelves with exhibiting a bare liflof them in the fol- 

 lowing catalogue, viz. i 



