The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-19 00:00:00

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Incorporated by Act of Parliament.
71. Lombard-street, London.
hat- NOTICE IS lII,;RE,tY GIVEN, That the TIALF-
If in AL MEETING of the PROPI2 I E I ORS
ions of this C 'MPANY will be held at the Company's Offices. 71,
IY.. ciEmAbßa rldis tGrcEeNt,} TUESDAY, the 25th instant, at Two
the o'clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to
lfid, transact the usual business, and to declare the Dividend for
the half-year ending 30th June, 1881
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31ARTIN PRATT, Sec.
ght London, August 1, 1563.
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CONTRACT FOR PROVISIONS.
Royal 11 ospital, Chelsea,
14th Aug., IE6I.
THE RIGHT HONOUR ABLE the LORDS
and OTHERS, CONOTICE, That MMISBTONER they areS of thisready to
HOS-
PITAL, do hereby give
receive TENDERS from and to treat with each persona as
may be wiling to Contract for victualling. the in-pensioners
of the said Hospital, from the Ist October, 1863, to the 30th
September, 1861, both days inclusive. with the following
articles of provisions, &c., viz. :—Beef and Mutton, Bread,
Cheese. Butter. Potatoes, Salt, Oatmeal, Barley or Rice,
Pepper, Flour, Suet, Cocoa. Black Tea, Sugar, Milk, Onions
or Leeks, Carrots. Celery, Thyme, Marjoram, Winter Savory
and Parsley, daily, at per head per diem for the whole
ration according. to the established allowances of the house, as
specified in the form of Tender, which may be obtained at the
office of the Secretary any day between the hours of 10 and 3
o'clock, which Tender must be filled up and deliver, d, sealed,
at the Board-room of the said Hospital by the party or
parties tendering, or by an agent appointed on his or their
behalf. on Tuesday. the Ist of Qepten ber, at 12 oclOck at
which time their Lordships will be prepared to take the same
Tito consideration.

It is to be observed that the Contractors be required
to find Security to the Crown for the due performsn e of the
Contract. and that no Tender will be received after the day
and hour above mentioned.
The Commissioners do not pledge themselves to accept the
lowest Tender.
A..T. MOORHEAD,
Secretary and Registrar.

NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE
SOCIETY.

The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000.
The duty paid to Government for the year 1802 was
£85,062, and the amount insured on farming stock,
£10,086,332.

A bonus of three-fifths of the profi's periodically made to
parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received
sums amounting in the ap,•gregate to £140,000 ; and the Society
now holds a large Res rye applimbla to a future Bonus.

The rates of premium are in no case higher than those
charged by the other principal offices making no returns to
their insurers.

For pro.pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey-
street, Norwich; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black-
friars, E.C.

PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS
PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES,
16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C.
Passengers by Rail, Road, or Water, and others suffering.
from loss or injury to themselves or pro,,erty, should apply
for redress and compensation at the above Offices ; established
to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad-
vantageous terms.
Advice on application gratis. Letters must be addressed
to "The Manager," enclosing a stamp for reply.

THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
HEAD OEFICES,
29, Lombard-street, London, and Royal InturanCe-
buildings. Liverpool.
Total Annual Revenue exceeds £50,0
Accumulated Funds in hand over 1,00,000.

Chairman in Liverpool:
CHARLES TURNER, Esq., M.P.

Chairman in London

'WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, Esq.

EXTRAC I'S FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR
1862.
The Directors oi the Royal Insurance Company are now
Called upon to make their accustomedperiodical Rport at the
Meeting of its Shareholders.

FIRE BRANCH.
The Directors have, as pleasingly as unexpectedly, at the
close o the year, to announce, fog the first time, that the Fire
Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000.
The high comparative pcmition held by the Royal in the
Government Returns of Duty is ag.in fully mhintamed.
The profit of the business of the year exceeds considerably,
the amount realised in the preced.ng year, and in fact sur-
passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, sine- the
commencement of thi. Office, the balance tr. the credit on
account of British and Foreign Insurances being £15,107 10s.
5d., and of the North American business, which is kept sepa.
rately, £11,097 lOs. 10d.

LIFE BRANCH.
The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to
state the sum assured on n w politics for the year IF-62
exceeds even that of the yea r 1881 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived
at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of
£701,427 on 1,498 new policies i'.sued. Until within the last
few years it is believed that such a sum a"sured as that a hich
has just been announced as the !emit of one year's business
was all but unheard of.
This portion of the Company's business has been carefully
watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the
shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the
fut,,re to the participating life assurtr.
Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply
afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have
amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum
proposed for assuran,e mounts to £ 43.28 I. Various degrees
of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined.
No small number of the Assurance l ompanies of the day
record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at
all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis-
sible in a single year from deterioration of some kind or
another.
If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert
briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that
In Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more
rapid than that of any other Company established either in
London or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken
place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the
amount of New Policies already reported make all other
evidence needless.
The Directors ccnclude their present Report with the
expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal
Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent
hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that
the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater mauni-
tilde, combining, distinguished commercial success to the
Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection
to the pubic.

PERCY M. DOvE :tianager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary In London

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Established 1809.
Incorporated by Royal ChErter and Special Acts of
Parliament.
AnnuaAccumulated and Invested rtilldf3 ...... . ........... £2,22,828
l Revenue.. ................................. 422,401
FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insuran-es erante, both at Home and in Foreign Countries
on the most liberal terms.

LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Every facility offered to Insurers.
Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers
on the participating principle.
The new Life business transacted in 1862 as follows :
Policies. Am, unt Inured.
1,037 £763,334Premiums.
23.611 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every informationsll be furnished
on application at the

OFFICES:
LONDON 5.5, Threadneedle-street.
4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbury.
~ West-end Office.. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.
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GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE
CO3IRANY.
No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C.
Established 1821.
Subscribed Capital, Two Millions.

DIRECTORS.
Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart, M.P., Chairman.
CHARLES 'WILLIAM CURTIS, .Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., John Labouchere, Esq.
Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. G. Shaw Letevre, Esq.
Charles F. Devus, Esq. John Martin, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Es
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq. q.
.lames Goodson, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Henry It. Reynolds, Esq.
John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Abraham J. Itobarts, Esq.
Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq.
AUDITORS.

Lewis Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. Noel Whiting. Esq.
Thos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary

ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this —friP
LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—rUNDEannyTnHoEwPRofrOeVIrsSItOoNnSeOwP
In. EIGHTY PER CENT. 00 t the Profits, at Quinquennial
Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of
Profits.
sured has exceeded in
Anoount of Profits allotted to the As
Reversionary
Since the establishment of the Company in IR2I, the
cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent
After the
'"lnves of £1,058,000.
Bonuses thereon,
Assurances 5
. f with existing
n force I
amounted to Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life
Branch x,2o7,%wards of £4,730,000,
Life Assurance
and the
independent of the
an.nu_m*
lexceeded £1,618,000.
LOCAL i
Extra PrenAinzn is
iwithrreiapita ex
No
the Income from the
Fund,Liie
ce therein.
LOANS graw
_requ red for sem
of their
te'l on Life Policies to the extent
A land TOLUyTEER CORPS.—
values, if such value be not less than £.60.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re-
el eiveet and registered.
MEDICAL PEES paid by the Company, and no charge
or Policy Starops.
FIRE. DEPART.IIENT.—.Insurances are effected upon
every description of
at moderate rates.
Company. property
Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this

ANEVER FAILIN
Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS I; FAIL
Dr.
without any mercurial ingreadGi LIVER fILLS, pre-
Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be fon cl, trona the recipe of Dr.
suffer from bilious and liver complaintsiinvaluable to all who
spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the ev indlgeation, wind.
costiveness, as a family aperient inecifein'e'm For habitual
ot the blood, they are truly excellent ; miiind as a Purifier
lion and gTateftil to ,he stomach, they ermte n their opera-
mote dicrestion, and strengthen the whole nearPpe-ite, pro-
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, civ,anraia aYatem.
London, and by most dragte, in boxesas. lict..TFiscross.
times the quantity in one, 2s. 9(1. Be sure to nekirir three
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine a_ or Dr.
' W green. package, with ••
' illiam Lambert," enfri. re a square
. aved
Stamp. On the

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