*p1749 11 01 dl The London Cuckolds. ^As17491030^.*d1749 11 01 dl Entertainments-Grandchamps, Mlle Auretti, Matthews, Mrs Addison.*c1749 11 01 dl By Ye $King='s Command but not (by order) in ye Bills ($Cross=). Present $His Majesty=, 2nd time this season. [The $George Garrick= <i>Drury Lane</i> MS Treasurer's Book makes its first entry Mon. 30 Oct. 1749, indicating an expenditure to date of #1,733 2s. 7d. as against an income of #3,455 6s. 6d. and that Mon. was the twenty-ninth night of performance. The Treasurer's Book carries full entries until the 165th night, Sat. 28 April 1750. First itemizing of expenditures begins Wed. 1 Nov. 1749 as follows: Paid to Pipe & Tabor to Sat., 10s. 6d.; to 2 French Horns and a Kettle Drum, 15s.; to 12 1!2 lbs. Wax Candles, #1 11s. 3d.; To Properties and King's servants, #3 2s. 5d. [N.B. The use of extra musical instruments (horns, flutes, cymbols, kettle drum) averaged 6s. per night for the 165 nights. The season extended to 174 nights; so the approximate total cost for instruments came to #52 4s. Properties expense averaged 5s. per night. The approximate total cost was #43 11s. No further itemization of these will be made.] This month was publish'd <i>The Rosciad; a Poem</i>, by $Charles Churchill= (<i>Gentleman's Magazine</i>, Register of Books). Receipts: #70 (Cross); #73 2s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book).