Balance account of the company as it stands on 20 May 1757 showing a balance of £21494.5.4.

Account relates to voyages made by the following ships to Greenland in the period 1754-1757: Leviathan; Pool; Berry; Ann Elizabeth.

Entries are made under the following headings: Year; Name of Ship; Value of Ship & Stores Exclusive of the Ballast Charged to the Voayge; River Pay, Advance Wages; Hand Money & Provisions at Outset; Tradesmens Bills, Port Charges & Charges on Merchandize &c Charged to the Voyages; Sum Insured; Amount of Premium; Wages Fish & Oyl Money, Cash for Oyl & all Charges to the end of the Voyage; Allowed for Wear & Tear; Total Amount of the Whale Charged to the Voyage; Bounty Received, Charges Deducted & Amount of Provisions Returned; Number of Fish; Tuns of Oyl; Amount of Oyl & Bone; Weight of the Bone reckoning undersized at half weight; Total amount of Bounty Provisions returned & of Oyl & Bone; Balance of Each Voyage Carried to Profit & Loss.

Note that the account was audited on 4 Jul 1757 by Richard Martson.