Scope and Content Note
This is a bound volume of accounts of the State Lottery for medical science and for literature. Seven literature lotteries and five medical science lotteries were authorized by law. The accounts of the lotteries were kept by the comptroller in accordance with his mandate to maintain State financial records.
Each account contains some or all of the following information: amount grossed; expenses related; amount to be accounted for by managers; balance; date of lottery; amount of prizes; distribution of money after lottery; and names of managers.
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