A. D. 1720^ III 



For the prize-tickets of lottery 17 10, Lioo per annum, firfl fubfcrip- 



tion, had in all in South-fea ftock - - L623 6 8 



And in bonds and money - - - - -2 00 00 



Total in the firft fubfcription - - - L823 6 8 



And their fecond fubfcription had in all L755 : 1 1 ftock only. 



The blank tickets of lottery 1710 had for every L98 per 

 annum ___->_ L545 8 4 



And in bonds and money _ _ _ _ . ^53 10 o 



Tot.'\l ftock and money in the firft fubfcription - L898 18 4 



And their fecond fubfcription had L827 16 o in ftock. 



And in odd money - - 200 



Total fecond fubfcription - L829 16 o- 



Thus it plainly appeared, that all the irredeemable debts fubfcribed 

 were put upon a much better footing than the redeemable ones, and 

 the money fubfcribers, who certainly were very hardly ufed. 



IV) The old capital ftock before midiummer 1720 had, beyond all 

 other fpecies of proprietors, the very beft terms granted to them, viz. 

 the 10 per cent dividend for midfummer 1720 : likewife the additional 

 third, (or L33 : 6 : 8 per cent) to the ftock, by the general court on ift 

 September 172 1 : alfo the additional one fixteenth part, (or L6 : 5 per 

 cent) on the I2.th April 1723: whereby Lioo of the old South-fea 

 proprietors ftock was increafed, at midfummer 1723, to L155 : 16 : 8. 



And thus at length men were forced to fit down (though not con- 

 tented) with their refpedive lofles ; though a fecret committee of the 

 lioufe of commons in the beginning of this year made feveral large re- 

 ports againft the condud of the diredors, and indireftly againft others 

 in very high ftations, fome of whom were exprefsly included in the 

 laws made for mulcting thofe diredors, and for fequeftrating their 

 eftates, and thofe of fome of their principal fervants ; more efpecially 

 their treafurer, in whofe breaft many important I'ecrets were by the 

 crowd fuppofed to be lodged, particularly againft a noble lord then in 

 power, who nevcrthelcfs was well known to be hitherto no way inclined 

 to avarice. Men's lofles indeed, and the writings of the party fcribblers, 

 occafioned many people at that time to believe, that the fcheme itfelf 

 contained fecrets of very great importance ! Bribery, corruption, and 

 robbing of the public, were falhionable words at this time, and helped 



