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DECEMBER 23, 1854. PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, No. bO, REGENT-STREET; CITY BRANCH—No. 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGS, LONDON. • ESTABLISHED IRO& POLICY•HOLDERB' CAPITAL, £1,271,080. ANNUAL INCOME, £159,540. BONUSES DECLARED, £980,000. Claims paid since the establishment of the Mee, £2,340,982. our onto Dome-rots : John A. Beaumont, Lsq. SZCRETABY: John Hoddinott, Esq. No charge is made for Policy Stamps ur Medical Foes. The Rates of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life Ofiloes; the Rote without Bonus is lower than that of most other Offices. The Bonuses are added to the Policies, or applied to the re. duotion of Premiume. Policies issued by this Office are purchased at their full value; or Loans may be obtained upon them after they have been in existence live years. If a party neglect to pay for the renewal of his policy he may repair the omission any time within twelve mouths, upon proof of good health. The Profits (subject to a trifling deduction) are divided among the Insured. The plan upon which they are divided gives to each party insured a share proportionate to the amount of the premiums he has contributed. In addition to this advantage, an annual addition or bonus is made to each policy iu anticipation of the Quinquennial Plvi ohm of Profits. The following extract, from the List of Claims paid by the Provident during the past year, is published with the sanction of the parties interested in the Policies, some of whom have accompanied their acknowledgement of the unexpected advan• tegea with an earliest desire that the widest circulation may be given to the publication. No. Data of of Ide Insured. Sum Sum Paid. lnard. Policy Policy A A s. tl. 3696 1819 J— 11—, Esq., M.P., P—, Wilts 2000 1815 Sir William Earle Welby, Bart Denton-house, near Gran tham 2t:85 1818 Count Wratirlaw, Rugby 6876 1820 The Right Hun. Earl of Porta mouth lOOO 2001 13 11 5808 1820 T. Worthington, Esq., Dublin 1000 1827 4 7 6905 1829 H. U. Bevan, Esq., Limerick 1000 1777 3 8 6680 1826 Mr. W. Cock, Atedruth, Corn wall 5OO 853 9 9 3318 1820 Mr. C. Linton, Pishop Wear. mouth, Durham 6383 1828 Mr. W. Rowe, Pad: tow, Corn-I wall MAO COUNTY FIRE OFFICE , Mi. REGENT-STREET, and 9, ROYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, LONDON. EBTABLISRID 1806. It is respectfully notified to parties holding Policies in this Office, the Renewals of which fall due at Christmas, that the same should be paid on or before the ail of January. The Re ceipts ate lying at the Offices in London, and In the hands of the several Agents. CHARLES STEVENS, Secretary. DIVISION OF PROFITS. All Persons assuring their Lives ((on the participating snide) in the PROVIDE ST C LK MUTUAL LIFE A SSURANCE ASSOCIATION, before the end of the present year, will be EN. TITLED to SHARE In the next Quinquennial Division of Profits to Dec. 31, 1e57. Bonuses paid In Cash, or added to the Policy, or applied to Reduce the Annual Premium. The steady Increase of business, and the extremely favourable rate of mortality among the CM p auy's assurers, fully justify the Board in anticipating a still further Improvement on the liberal amounts already declared by way of bonus. Residence abroad and foroign travel permitted on extremely moderate terms. A liberal sum given for surrendered Policies. For prospectuses showing the peculiar advantages of the Association, and for all further information, apply to the local Agents, or at the Chief Oille W e M. .ls. Moorgat e- LINFORD Lo n d on. n c THOS.retary. 15, Moorgate-street, December 4, 1854. THE HOUSEHOLDERS' LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The HALF'•YEARLY INTEREST on DEPOSITS, at Five per cent_ per annum, is now payable at the Offices, between the hours of teu and four.—See Prospectus. IL HODSON, Secretary. Adam-steeet, Adelphi. THE CASPIATO, or Folding Bonnet, a new 1. invention, for which J. and E. 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