[41] A. C. R., 75: 21, 22.
[42] The total of the stock is shown by adding the five subscriptions:
| October, 1660, to September, 1662, first subscription | £17,400 | |
| October, 1662, to January, 1663, second subscription | 20,800 | |
| June, 1663, to August, 1663, third subscription | 34,600 | |
| August, 1663, fourth subscription | 29,200 | |
| September, 1664, fifth subscription | 18,200 | |
| Total | £120,200 |
[43] S. P., Dom. (State Papers, Domestic), Charles II, 110, f. 18; C. O. 1: 19, ff. 7, 8.
[44] The financial status of the company at this time was as follows:
| Assets: | |
| £ s d | |
| Ships and factories in Africa | 125,962.6.2 |
| Debts owing to the company in the colonies | 49,895.0.0 |
| Goods, ammunition, etc., at Portsmouth | 48,000.0.0 |
| Total | 223,857.6.2 |
| Stock of the company: | |
| Amount subscribed | 120,200.0.0 |
| Amount paid (about) | 103,000.0.0 |
| Amount unpaid (about) | 17,200.0.0 |
| Debts, owing on bonds, etc. (about) | 100,000.0.0 |
| Losses: | |
| From DeRuyter at Cape Verde | 50,000.0.0 |
| Anticipated from DeRuyter at other places | 125,912.6.2 |
| Total | 175,912.6.2 |
[45] A. C. R., 75: 37, John Berkley and others to ——, November 4, 1665.
[46] S. P., Dom., Charles II, 186: 1.
[47] A. C. R., 75: 37, Berkley and others to ——, November 4, 1665.
[48] On April 6, 1666, the king, in response to a petition from the Royal Adventurers, granted to the company a ship called the "Golden Lyon" which had been captured from the Dutch by Sir Robert Holmes in 1664. C. S. P., Col., 1661-1668, p. 370, the king to duke of York, March 28, 1666.