https://books.google.com/books?id=an-eXXA3DBMC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&source=web&ots=Jhe3-HJrEp&sig=kCb_b1f7JKWyULagNYMU05YLc74 p.10] The Act invited members of the public to invest £200 for which they would receive 1000 acres of lands that would be confiscated from rebels in Ireland.