At
a
Meeting
of
the
Council-General
of
the
Company
of
Scotland
,
Trading
to
Africa
and
the
Indies
.
Holden
at
Edinburgh
,
the
5th
Day
of
September
,
1698.
UPON
a
Representation
,
made
from
the
Court
of
Directors
in
Writing
,
Containing
an
Abstract
of
the
present
State
of
the
Company
's
Affairs
;
And
giving
also
their
Opinion
,
what
they
thought
necessary
to
be
done
by
the
Company
at
this
Juncture
:
The
said
Representation
was
Read
over
,
Article
by
Article
.
Upon
due
Consideration
whereof
.
RESOLVED
(
Nemine
Contradicente
)
That
the
needful
Preparations
be
made
for
a
Supply
of
Provisions
,
and
other
Necessaries
to
be
sent
to
the
Company
's
intended
Colony
,
upon
the
first
account
that
shall
be
had
of
their
Landing
and
Setlement
.
RESOLVED
(
Nemine
Contradicente
)
That
the
further
proportion
of
Seven
Pounds
Ten
shillings
sterl
.
of
every
Hundred
Pounds
Subscribed
for
,
in
the
Company
's
Books
,
shall
be
called
in
from
the
Respective
Subscribers
,
or
present
Proprietors
of
the
Company
's
Stock
;
The
one
half
thereof
to
be
payed
on
the
First
Day
of
November
next
,
And
giving
Bonds
at
the
same
time
,
to
pay
the
other
half
at
Candlemass
thereafter
:
Certifying
all
such
Persons
,
as
shall
happen
to
fail
in
performing
as
aforesaid
,
before
the
First
Day
of
December
next
;
That
their
Respective
Shares
shall
either
be
Rouped
,
Pursuant
to
the
Constitutions
,
or
that
they
shall
be
otherwayes
proceeded
against
upon
their
Subscriptions
,
as
the
Council-General
shall
think
fit
to
Direct
.
RESOLVED
(
Nemine
Contradicente
)
That
for
the
Encouragement
of
ready
payment
,
And
to
the
end
,
that
all
the
Proprietors
may
as
near
as
possible
,
be
put
upon
an
equal
footing
,
with
respect
to
their
Payments
,
the
same
being
at
different
times
,
that
all
such
Persons
as
have
payed
in
the
first
Fourth
Part
of
their
Subscriptions
before
or
upon
the
First
Day
of
June
1696.
shall
have
Interest
for
the
same
,
from
the
First
of
June
asoresaid
,
to
the
first
of
August
last
past
:
And
all
those
that
have
payed
in
the
first
Fourth
Part
of
their
Subscriptions
after
the
said
First
of
June
,
shall
have
Interest
for
the
same
from
the
Respective
Days
of
their
several
Payments
to
the
said
First
of
August
,
and
all
to
be
deducted
out
of
the
first
Moiety
of
the
Seven
Pounds
Ten
shillings
sterl.
per
cent
.
abovementioned
:
And
that
all
such
Persons
,
as
have
not
as
yet
payed
in
the
first
Fourth
Part
of
their
Respective
Subscriptions
,
shall
be
Lyable
to
pay
Interest
for
the
same
,
from
the
said
First
Day
of
August
last
.
ORDERED
,
That
the
said
several
Resolutions
be
forthwith
Printed
and
Published
in
the
usual
manner
,
for
Information
of
all
Persons
concern'd
,
to
the
end
that
none
may
pretend
Ignorance
.
ANNANDALE
J.
P.
C.
G.