The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-07 00:00:00

LTFE BRANCH.

The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to
state the sum assured on 11,‘v policies for fhe year 1/z62
exceeds even that of the yesrlB9l by .£lBO,OOO, and has arrived
at the almost unexampled amount for a snide year of
£701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last
few years it is be'ieved that such a sum aesured as that which
has just been announced as the result 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
luti-re to the participating life assurer.
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 assurance A mounts to .£143,281. Various degrees
of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined.
No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day
record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much. if at
all, exceedinc, those which the Royal has declared as inadmis-
sit le in a single year from deterioration of some kind cr
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
Londm 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 conclude their present Report with the
expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal
Insurances Company were never brighter, and of a consequent
hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that
the future may untold for it a sphere of still greater re ni-
tilde, combining* distinguished commercial success to the
Office with a lengthened career of usefulness and protection
to the public.

PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOAN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London

PROVIDENT CLER
AS6OCI.

KS' MUTUAL LIFE
ATION.

Established 1840.
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Barfly'', Esq., M.P. I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P.
Mutual Lif, Assurance for all classes.
This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a
total sum of £1,500,000.
The Annual Income is ..
The Accumulated Fund exceeds
It has paid in Claims

„. £51,000
„ „ 2'o,' 00
112,000

The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among
the Members Three divisions have already been made'
when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the
policies -

- Dec. 31, 1847 ..
91 1852 ..
, 1857 ..
1862 „ _
making the total bonus additions, £06,600,
Bonuses ma„; be received in clsh or applied to the reduc
Lion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an
addition to the 1,01 cy.
Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid-
up policies introduced by this Association, by whin the
sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of
po icy is wholly avoided.
The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all,
whether assurers or otherwise.
Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre-
sented districts.

.. £ ,400

.. 11,500
.. 23 200
.. 56,500

W7ll. THOS. LEN-Imm, Secretary.
Chief Office, 15, Ilfoorga+e-street, E.C., Aug 1,1563.

A. D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First)
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royal Exchange, London.
Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall.
OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor.
GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor.

DIRECTORS.
Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wiimot Holland, Esq.
Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville.
John Garratt Cattier, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. The lion. Josceline W. Percy.
Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Fredk. Jos. Edlmann. Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
Bat. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P.
Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' Wilham Wallace, Esq.
Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq.: Chas. Baring Young, Esq.

ANEVER FAILING REMEDY.—
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spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual
costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes,lB. lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the
stamp.