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CONTRACT 3, 13.

The 14xeavation and Formation of the Earthwork, and the Con-
struction of all Bridger, Culverts, and other Masonry, and the
entire completion (excepting the Materials for, and the forming
the permanent way) of that portion of the Railway extending
from the end of Contract 2, B, to the Boundary-fence between
Nos. 21 and 24, in the parish of Bridgwater, a distance of about
ai miles.
The Earthwork in Contracts 1, B, and 2, B, eonsi..ts principally
of the formation of a Causeway of from I to 4 feet in height, the
materials being obtained from the side ditches ; and, i n Contract 3,
B, it is of the same description, with the exception of a short
cutting at Puriton, of about 150,000 cube yards.
CONTRACT 4, B.
The Erection of a Bridge of 100 feet span, across the River
Parrot, at a short distance above the town of Bridgwater.
Drawings and Specifications of the above Works will be exhi-
aotitTtehdhaeactDotimhreepeaEngineer'swill Office, Coronation-road, Bristol, and at the
Clarenee Hotel, Bridgewater, on and after Monday, the 14th of
May next.
Printed Forms of Tender may be had at the same places, and
Offices,. considerßroad-street,themselvesßristol.
bound
to accept the
lowest Tender, and they expect the several parties to attend at the
Office, in Broad-street, Bristol, at Twelve o'Clock on the said 29th
day of May. J. B. BADHAM,
Bristol and Exeter Railway Office, Secretary.
30. Broad-street, April 17,1838.

STANDARD of ENGLAND LIFE ASSU
RANCE COMPANY.
11, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY,
And REGENT-STREET, LONDON.
D'Olier-street, Dublin ; Princes-street, Edinburgh.
Capital One Million.
WILLIAM- DAVIS, Esq. Chairman.
W. CORY, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Lawrence Dorgan, Esq. J. Barrett Lennard, Esq.
William Gunston, Esq. W. J. Richardson, Esq.
Col. Christopher Hodgson Frederick T. West, Esq.
Henry Lawson, Esq. George Whitehead, Esq.
Much Lower Rates of Premium than those of any ether Office ;
hence an immediate and certain Bonus is given to the Assured,
instead of the remote and contingent advantage, offered by some
Companies, of a participation in their profits.
Increasing Rates of Premium, peculiarly advantageous in cases
where Assurances are effected by way of securing Loans or Debt's.
Age of the Assured in every case admitted in the Policy.
Premiums may be paid Half-yearly or Quarterly.
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Remainder
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First
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Second
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'1 hird I Fourth
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