The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-04 00:00:00

PROSPECTUS.

This company is for,, eiw h the special object of uniting
into one strong institution, with its chief office in London,
numerous small local and colonial inst,tu ions, requiring
cot, solidat on and addidonal strength and resource.
The principle of so uniting small colonial institutions has
been most successfully applied to colonial and foreign bank-
ing companies ; -and as London is becoming daily more and
more the great "clearing house" of the ommercial world,
the different colonial insur ,nce offices have experience, i the
absolute nears • ity of being effectually repres,nred there. and
t•is representation they now realise can on y be ful y secured,
as in the case of the colonial local banks, through amalga-
mation with some London company of ample means and com-
manding gener tl confidence.
The directors of the Home and Colonial Company have
been applied to by shareholders in these companies to estab-
lish sue . London institution, and are now in treaty will
several very successful colonial insurarce offices, either for
entire amalgawatiol, on very favour ,ble terms, or for that
beneficial reciprocity of agency which will at once secure to
the Home and Colonial Assurance ompany a most valuable,
safe, and lucr.,tive business as a co-operative assurance com-
pany.
It may be mentioned, as indicative of the success of the
colonial insurance companies, that their seliing prices
range from 1 0 to as high as 1,000 per cent. premium, and
the increase of insurance busbies , in the Australian, South.
African, Canadian, and Easte n settlements is at a rate of
progress which has no parallel in European countries.
The princip eof assuring investments made through he
comp ny's ap.,,encv—a pr nciple so u tee-fully carried out by
colonial offices —will enter as anew fel ure into h, objects of
the "Home and Colonial Ass 1, once C mpany ;" as ii
i s numerous agencies in all parts it will possess peen iar
facilities for making assured investments for individuals in
sound foreign and colonial securities, the Directors c infi-
dently anticipate, from the agency and insurance charges in
this department of their business, a very I.;rge and steady
revenue to their shareholders.
While, however, the Home and Colonial Assurance Com-
pany will specially direct its attention to foreign and colo-
nial business, it will not neolcct at the same time to cultivate
a home business—a department which will be greatly fos-
tered through its colonial connection. It will also, as a Fire
Assurance Company, share in that large increase of fire in-
surance business here, which may be expected to follow the
anticipated abolit on of the heavy and imp ilitic stamp tax
at present imposed on r o'icies of insurance.
No promotion money given in connection with this Com-
pany, and the Directors' remuneration to be left to the share-
holders.
Applications for hares to be made in the following form,
copies of which and of the prospectus to be had of the solici •
tors, or brokers, or acting secretary of the company.

FORA' OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
(To be retained by the bankers.)

No.

To the Directors of the Home and Colonial Assurance Com-
pany (Limited).
Gentlemen,—having paid to your bankers the sum of £
being a deposit of £1 per share on shares of the above
Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that num-
ber, and I agree to become a member of the Company in re-
spect of such shares, or in respect of any less number you
may allot me ; and to pay on allotment the further deposit of
£4 per share thereon, and I request that my name may be
placed on the register of members for the shares so allotted.
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Name in full
Residence
Profession or Business
Date

HOME AND COLONIAL ASSURANCE
COMPANY, Limited.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that no further APPLI-
CATION S for SHARES in this Comp illy will be received
from London atter WEDNESDAY, the 6th, and from the
Country after THURSDAY, the 7th April.

By order.
Temporary Offices, 1, East India-avenue, London,
April 2, 1864.

THE ORIGINAL
ROYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCrE.
for Roast Meat, Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups,
Fish, Game, lire.
Prepared only by the proprietors, Taos. BUCK and Co., 10,
Bath-place, Daiston, London, N.E.