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DECEMBER 13, 1856. !THE SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Instituted Isll. ACCUMULATED FUNDS—ONE MILLION STERLING. ANNUAL REVENUE. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND POUNDS. EXISTING ASSURANCE.. FOUR MILLIONS AND THREE QUARTERS. At the Division of Surplus. idiot Maroh,lBH, a Policy for 1,0001., effected at Ist March, 1832, was increased to 1,5511. 18s. 10d., being at the rate of Two awl a Quarter per cent. per annum on the sum assured. This addition may be converted into a present payment, or applied in reduction of the future premiums. Profits are divided Triennially, and belong wholly to the Assured. Policies effected before Ist March next will receive Six Years, Additions at the Division of . Surplus in 1862. Copies of the Report by tne Directors on the recent Division of Surplus, and all information, may be had on application at the Head Office or Agencies. ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager. WILLIAM FINLAY, Secretary. HEAD OFFICE-26, ST. ANDREW•SQUARE, EDINBURGH. 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