Registers of receipt of English Stock dividends, with signatures of stock partners; a list of Master, Wardens and stock keepers is given at the top of each section; dividends are made annually, 1644-1722 and 1949-1961, and half-yearly at midsummer and Christmas, 1723-1940; information includes stock partner numbers from 1762, share values from 1775 and partners' addresses from 1869.
Some dividends consist wholly or partly of stock books; not all entries are signed.
After the midsummer dividend is inscribed a signed Commissioners of Duties' licence to the treasurer, requiring him to enter into the dividend books the numbers of receipts without required stamps and to be able to produce these receipts for inspection, 12 Dec 1783.
In front endpapers is inscribed a signed Commissioners of Duties' licence to the treasurer, requiring him to enter into the dividend books the numbers of receipts without required stamps and to be able to produce these receipts for inspection, 3 Jun 1803.
In front endpapers is inscribed a signed Commissioners of Duties' licence to the treasurer, requiring him to enter into the dividend books the numbers of receipts without required stamps and to be able to produce these receipts for inspection, 11 Aug 1813.
In front endpapers is inscribed a signed Commissioners of Duties' licence to the treasurer, requiring him to enter into the dividend books the numbers of receipts without required stamps and to be able to produce these receipts for inspection, 11 Jun 1824.