The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-02 00:00:00

HOME and COLONIAL ASSURANCE
COMPANY (Lissited).
TUE. LIPS, AND MARINE.
Incorporated maim " The Companies Act, 1962."
Capital, £1,000,000, to 2kooo attars of d. 50 each.
With power of Issas
First lase. 10, 000 shares.
Depoolt, fl per share on application and k 4 on allotment. It
Is not intended to make any further call.

DIRICTORS.
William Frederick Baring, Fay., Director of the Bonk of Bin.
diatom
Stephen Busk, Itaq., Director of the Merchant liothing Com-
Pen,.
William Duthie, • Director of the Standard Bank of British
Sowth Africa.
Athol 11a May, (Bell, Bennie, and Co., Leith).
Clark Iry kaq., Hyde.park.equare.
James Ly Esq. (LyaL, Bennie, and Co.), Calcutta.
James 51•51 aster, Eno ;We of William M'Slaiter and Brothers),
Toronto and Manchester.
Brinalcy De Cowry Nixon, Esq., Queen's-gate garden&
John Paterson, Eon Director of the Milani* Bank.
Fells Pryor, Fay. (of the late nrm of B. and J. Johnston
and Co,.
John Swindell. lon. ;Swindell and Matthews , Mincing lane.
William Patrick Adam, Eoq , M.P., Bair Adam, Blnrosahlrs.
Henry Tburbsrn, Sao., 5, Queenshorongh.terrace.

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Loudon The Alliance Bank, Lotbbnry.
The Conaobasted Bank, kanoniireb4
ma Animate Beak.
=Zak Tba Atlianoe Bank.
The Consolidated Bank.
401.1CITORS-Flax and *mks, Mloctna.lane
LtioaMM-J. and J. Whitehead, 8, Moorgateistred.
Temporary Oticea-1, Eau India Avenue.
-• PEOSPECTTB.

This Company is forme.t with the special object of uniting Into
one strong institution, with its chief °Moe in London, numerous
small local and colonist institutions, requiring consolidation
and additional strength and resource.
The principle of so uniting small colonial institutions has been
most successfully applied to colonial and foreign banking cool-
penile and as London is becoming daily more and more the
great " cleariun.honse" of the commercial world, the different
colonial insurance ofices bare esperknced the absolute neces-
sity of being effectually represented there, and this representa-
tion they now realise can only be fully secured, as in the case of
the colonial local banks, through amalgamation wish some London
company of ample means and commanding general confidence.
The Directors of the Horne and Colonial Company have been
applied to by shareholders in these companies to establish such
London institution. and are now in treaty with several eery 1114 C•
manful colonial insurance Whisk either for entire ania4asos4css,

on very favourable terms. of for that beneficial reciprocity of
agency which will at once secure to the ilom• and Colonial As-
surance Company a moat valuable, safe, and lucrative Magness
as a co-operative maharanee company.
It may be mentioned, as indicative of the success of the Colo-
nial insurance companies, that their selling prices range from
100 to as high as 1.000 per cent. premium. and the increase of
Insurance buziness in the Australian. south African. Canadian,
and Eastern nettlements, is at a rate of progress which has no
parallel in 'European cowariea.
The principle of assuring Investments made through the
Compaay's agency—a principle so successfully carried out by
colonial odices—will enter as a new feature Into the objects of
the Lome and Colonial Assurance Company ; and as la lii
numerous agencies In all parts it will possess peculiar facili-
ties for making assured investments for individuals In *mod
foreign and securities, the Directors contidently antici-
pate, from the agency aced insurance charised in this department
of their business, a very ler,e and steady revenue to their share-
holders.

While, however, the Home and Colonial Assurance Company
will specially direct its atventlon to foreign and colonial business,
It will not neglect at the same time to cultivate a home business,
a department which will be greatly fostered through its colonial
connexion. IS will aloo. as a Fire Assurance Company, share In
that Larne Increase of tire insurance business here which may be
expected to follow the anticipated abolition of the heavy and
impolitic stamp tan at present imposed on policies of insurance.
ho promotion money given in connexion with this Company,
and the Directors' remuneration to be left to the shareholders.
Applications for shares to be made in the following form,
copies of which and of the prospectus to be h►d of the s4idton
or brokers, or Acting. Secretary of the Company.

/OIIX OF AFIIICiIIoN TOR SHAKE&
(To be retained by the Bankets.)
No
To Om Menton of the llome and CeloaLil Ameranee Company

!I.imft :

Gentkenen,—Hasing paid to your bankers the sum of
being a deposit of CI per share on shares in the above
Company, I hereby request that yon will allot me that number.
and I agree to bewme a member of the Company In respect of
such shame, or In impact of any less number you may allot me :
and to pay on allotment the further deposit of SA per share
thereon, and I requ-at that my name may be placed ou the
register of members for the !hat!? so alk•ted,

ame In full
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