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The Boydell Lottery -- Bowyer's "Historic" Lottery.
1803 had its usual annual lottery (43 Geo. III. c. 91), in which £710,000 was given in prizes, and the Government netted £204,354 4_s._ 9_d._ Another in 1804 (44 Geo. III. c. 93) has £800,000 in prizes, and the net profit was £266,924 5_s._ 11_d._