1697 grant, account no. 1 Payments charged against a sum of £5215.16.9 being the proceeds of the sale of 700 tickets on the malt lottery received in August 1697. Signed Braguier. Examined on the 7 January 1702 by Wm. Fawkener and John Denew. The tallies were received by the Committee from Edward Nicholas under an order of the Lords Directors dated 24 August 1697 and sold by 30 August. The amount overspent on the previous account (£79.19.11) is included in the disbursement total, and the overspending on the present account becomes £90.8.2. Categories of relief: 1) Persons of quality 2) Of middle condition 3) Special grants 4) Of the meaner sort, block grants For a Committee statement of 21 November 1698, on the proceeds of sales of 500 malt lottery tickets received in payment of a warrant dated 13 December 1697 for £5000, see RB/D/014. 43 pp. Aug 1697