An item published on this day in Calcutta Gazette provides details on a lottery.
“A Lottery, consisting of four hundred Tickets, at one hundred Sicca Rupees each,to consist of the following Prizes:-
Nos. Sicca Rupees
1. A Diamond Ring 4,000
2. A handsome Europe Chariot, with harness 3,500
3. A Diamond Ring 2,200
4. 2 pairs of rich chased Tureen Sauce-boats 1,300
5. A pair of ditto with stands 900
6. A Diamond Ring 1,000
7. A Time-piece (by Brockbank) 1,000
8. A Diamond Ring 1,000
9. A pair of elegant enamelled Candlesticks with Shades 800
10. An elegant silver Tea Urn 700”
The list contains a total of 61 items, of which most are jewellery and the rest household objects.
“Should any of the above articles be disposed of before the drawing,the amount to be paid in ready money. Tickets to be had of Messrs. Williams and Rankin,” the Calcutta Gazette entry concludes.
