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Subscriptions for South Sea Bonds and Annuities
The document outlines terms for South Sea Company bonds payable March 26, 1922 with 6 percent interest and payments in money for sums under even hundred pounds. It notes deadlines for non-acceptance, bringing orders or tickets to the South Sea House by the 25th instant, and consequences of default. It also reports early turmoil among annuitants over eight year terms and quarter purchases, with many subscriptions reportedly successful by May, reaching above five hundred percent stock.
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