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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 13, 1773
Page
2
The debate laments stock jobbing as rampant and corrosive to credit and law. Members urge restraining the practice and consider amendments to curtail it. A related defense of life insurance is offered as beneficial when conducted openly and fairly, with anecdotes of underwriting and a cited fatality tied to unlawful practices.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a bill draft about printing in the realm of government. Mentions George the Second and names Mr. Prescott Oliver Hopkins among those involved. Indicates a need to prepare and bring in the same act and to enforce.
After the clerk read the minutes, the Chairman informed Proprietors that post the last meeting the Directors face regulations on Bengal administration. Gov Johnstone criticized parliamentary resolutions limiting the Company to six percent dividend. Debate covered the Chair, Lord North, and alleged miscommunications. Proposals urged tighter governance, banning stock dealings by Charterholders and ensuring director attendance at committees. The meeting adjourned with motions to seek Lord North’s support for a change in dividend terms.
The chair and others debated presenting the proposition to Lord North and the General Court. Objections ranged from erasing intimations to discarding the whole measure as improper. Governor Johnstone quipped on lopping off heads or leaving entrails. After lengthy discussion the question passed by a small majority, with a ballot sought for today Monday.
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