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NOVEMBER 18, 1854. T HIRD ANNUAL REPORT OT TEL 1 47•THRLOO LIBE L EDUCATION, CASUALTY, AND SELF-BELIEF ASSURANCE COMPANY, Preeentod at the General Meeting of Proprietors, at the °aloes, No. dO5, Scraud, London, on Monday, Not. 13th, 104. The DIRECTORS of the WATERLOO LUIS ASSURANCE COMPANY feel much pleasure in meeting their Shareholdere upon this their Third Annual Meeting, and in reporting to tom toe continued and successful progress of the Company. Since the last Annual Meeting, twelve months of severe trial have tested the stability, not only of the modern °dices, but of all old-established undertakings. mu doebt and patutul uncertainty ever attending the rupture of those peaceful pursuits in which commerce links the civilised world has withdrawn the growing attention which had fixed itself upon matters of social progress, and, for a time, has turned aside a large amount of the iutelli gont consideration with which, at length, the subject of Life Assurance was being regarded. Nor is this ; the calamity of war, by its consequent pressure upon the money market, and by its having eubjeoted the whole trading population to the more pervading evils resulting from the high price of provisions, and the additional taxation which it was found necessary to impose, has, to a very considerable extent, drawn into other channels those previously available sums, to which the principles of Life Assurance, and of all such prudent means of investment, had bithortolaid claim. Notwithstanding this, and above the pecuniary difficulties of the past year, the WATERLOO and SUCCEZIB continue to be iden tified. Each year the Directors have expressed their belief in the ultimate prosperity of the WATERLOO, and they are uuw able to refer, with feelings of pride and satisfaction, to the proceedings of the year just completed, in proof that their hopes have been realised, and that the Company has attained a position even beyond their expectation. The Directors, however, remind the Shareholders, that it is upon the steady increase of the buainess year by year that its future and permanent success must depend. During the last year 634 proposals have been made to the Directors. of which 483 have been completed, assuring the sum of 0128,620, and producing the annual income of J 14,238. Of the remaining proposals for assuring e 45,334, several are in course ofJompletion ; others the Directors have deemed it desirable al together to decline. The annual income of the company, from premiums alone, exceeds £11,400; the total number of policies granted is 1,091, and the amount assured is £342,833. When the Directors consider that, independently of interest derivable from investments, the income exceeds £11,400 per annum. they cannot but congratulate their Shareholders on the position and progress of the Company. It might reasonably have been expected that such an increase Of business would have been attended with a comparatively large amount of loss; such, the Directors are happy to announce, has pot been the case, no claim having arisen from death during the year. To this, so far as human foresight and skill could have aided them, they have been indebted to the medical referees ; and while they congratulate the Shareholders in their having passed through a season of danger, occasioned by the late pre vailing epidemic, without loss, they are enabled to look hopefully towards the future of the prosperity of the Company, to enable them to meet with readiness the claims which must accrue, as time diminishes the list of the first assured, and the purpose of the Association becomes fulfilled. The Directors have exerted a strict financial economy in the working of the Company, and the entire expenses can only be properly regarded as a profitable investment, securing a broad and ample foundation for its more extended sphere of operations . The Statement of Accounts, duly audited, in accordance with the Deed of Settlement., which is this day laid before you, and presented as part of tnis Report, exhibit the sound and prospe rous condition of the i!ompany ; and the Directors invite *awn ti in to the following letter, which has been received from the Auditors: — "Bth November, HU. " Gentlemen—This being the third year that we have audited the aoeounts of this Company, we cannot deny ourselves the plea sure of testifying to the admirable manner in which they have been kept and presented to us in each successive year. Not only do they show the great and progressive prosperity of the Company, bnt reflect the highest credit on the efficient stall by whom its affairs ate conducted. " Wo have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Yours very faithfully, (Signed) "J. A. DURHAM, HENRY N 'CHOU, Auditors. THOMAS PAUL, - To the Director! of the Waterloo Life Assurance Company." In aeoortlence with the constitution of the Company, George Mitchell, Esq., and Henry Smith, Esq., are the retiring 'Dire tors, and, being eiiaible, offer themselves, and are recommended by the Board of Directors, for re-election. The Auditors who retire by rotation are Henry Niehols and Thomas Paul, Esqrs., who offer themselves and are recom mended for reelection. During the year many important agencies have been °stab. shed, and greater efficiency has been Imparted to those &mealy existing; and the Directore would call the attention of the Pro prietors to the important list of agents and medical referees, whose continued and energetic exertions they beg iaost cordially to acknowledge. Public meetings have been held in various parts, and the Directors refer with lunch }lsasius to the important meeting at Sheffield, presided over by his Worship the Mayor, and to that in the borough of Southwark, under the pr et sidency of Apeley Pellatt, Esq., M.P., In both of which places branch offices have subsequently been established, which promise the most successful results. The Directors, having a due regard to the interests of the P.ilicy-h,dders. sad feeling that the dividend last declared was a fair int•rest upon capital invested—although the SUCCOVI of the ompany would warrant a larger dividend upon this occasion— they are disposed to recommend that interest after the former rate of six per cent be paid (free of income tax), and a dividend of six per cent is declared accordingly. In conclusion, your Directore feel that they are not taking a premature step, at the close of the third year of the Company's that the W, -,Loo Now ready, foolscap Avo., pried 3s. 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