The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-27 00:00:00

1854

515,117 7 0 16,650 0 2

New Business in 10
1 £4,476,333 4 3 £150,382 10 5
years

Annual Average £447,633 6 ' 5 £15,038 5 0
The report read by the directors, after communicating the
above results, proceeded as follows :
On the present occasion the directors have no feature of
novelty, The institution has now been extended by agencies
to every part of the kingdom; the principles on which it is
founded are not susceptible, in their opinion, of any apparent
improvement ; its practice has always been characterised by
the most liberal dealing towards those who transact with it ;
and it has now become the chief duty of those entrusted wit&
its management to maintain the company in the high and
honourable position which it has reached by the patient and
steady attention bestov(ed on its interests by those who, (lur-
ing the last thirty year's, have laboured to make it what it
now is, one of the mo't successful companies of the day on
the particular system on which it is founded.
The directors hope that the company may long enjoy the
confidence of the public, and they trust that the same liberal
rivalry whieh.exists among the offices in Scotland will con-
tinue to actuate them, a fair emulation being a wholesome
stimulant, beneficial to the public, and inspiriting to the
offices themselves. It would be well for England if Life
Assurance was in as wholesome a condition as it is in Scot-
land. The daily increasing evil which presses on the English
public by the wholesale manufacture of new offices calls
loudly for legislative interference, but although a Committee
of the House of Commons reported, eighteen months ago, on
the necessity of some check being instituted, the evil still con-
tinues, 104 new offices having beenprojeeted, and 56 founded
during the last two years alone.
The directors have only farther to remind those present
that at 15th November, 1855, the company will reach the
period when the fifth investigation of its affairs is appointed
to be made. The necessary calculations are now in progress,
and the most anxious attention of the board will be directed
to the important duties which that inquiry in /elves. But
they refer to the approach of that period at present, more
particularly for the purpose of seeking co-operation in pro-
moting the business of the year now current. " The Bonus
Year," as it is termed, has always been a very successful one
in point of business, in consequence of the inducement to
enter before the division of profits ; but a heavier task than
usual has to bo performed this year, in consequence of the
very large extent of business (luring the pastyear—the Bonus
Year being no doubt expected to be, as it has hitherto been,
the best of the quinquennial period. The directors trust,
therefore, that they will receive hearty support in their en-
deavours to make it a year of increased success,

This Report having been unanimously approved of, the
meeting then proccoded to elect now directors in the room of
those who retire by rotation, and after the appointments were
made, the direction of the company was declared 'by the
Chairman to be as follows :

Goveruor•—His Grace the DUKE of BUCCLEUCH and
QUEENSBERRY.

Deputy-Governor—Tho hight Han. the EARL of ELOIN and

KINCARDINE.

EDINBURGH.
ORDINARY DIRECTORS.
ANDREW BLACKBURN, Esq., Banker.
THOMAS GRAHAM MURRAY, Esq., W.S.
JAMES VEITCII, Esq., of Eliock.
WILLIAM Wool), Esq., Surgeon.
ALEXANDER JAMES RUSSELL, Esq., C.S.
WILLIAM MONCREIFF, Esq., Accountant.
GEORGE PATTON, Esq., Advocate.
JOIIN ROBERT Ton, Esq., W.S.
CHARLES PEARSON, Esq., Accountant.
JAMES CONDIE, Esq., Perth.
JAMES ROBERTSON, Esq., W.S.
JAMES HAY, Esq., Merchant, Leith.
GEORGE MOIR, Esq., Advocate.
HARRY MAXWELL INGLIS, Esq., W.S.

LONDON.
Chairman of tho Board,
The Bight Hon, the Earl of ABERDEEN.
ORDINARY DIRECTORS.
JOHN LINDSAY, Esq., 26, Laurence Pountney-lane.
THOMAS 11. BROOKING, Esq., 14, Now Broad-street.
JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, Esq., Austin Friars.
ALEXANDER GILLESPIE, Esq., 3, liter-court.
ALEXANDER MACGREGOR, Esq., Arlington-street.
JOHN Scorr, Esq., 4, Hyde-park-street.
Sir ANTHONY OLIPHANT, C.B.

A vote of thanks was presented to the Board of Directors,
to the Manager and other Office-bearers, and to the Chairman,
after which the meeting separated.
By order of the Board of Directors.
WILL. THOS. THOMSON, Managers.
H. JONES WILLIAMS, Resident Secretary.
London, 82, King William-street.

Every information will be given at the Offices and at the
Agencies of the Company, which are established in all the
principal towns of the kingdom.
LONDON
EDINBURGH (Head Office) 3, GEORGE-STREET.
DUBLIN 66, UFPER SACKVILLE-STREET.

Mons. Soyer leaves Landon this morning for Scutari,
at the desire of her Majesty's Government, for the pur-
pose of superintending the dietary at the hospital there.
He proceeds via Marseilles, as it is considered of im-
portance to place tine hospital cuisiae at the earliest pos-
sible moment in a condition to supply the demands upon
it with expedition, comfort, and economy.
Taß NICv4 BILL TO APPOINT PUBLIC PROSECUTORS.
—Yesterday the bill before Parliament for the appoint-
meat of " Public Prosecutors," was issued. The Lord
Chancellor, in the event of the bill becoming law, is to
appoint barristers to the office in districts at 1,5001. a
year, and deputies may be appointed at 101. a day when
employed. Justices may remand to take the opinion
of a public prosecator. District agents are to be ap-
pointed in furtherance of the act.
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