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APRACTICAL TREATISE on the
CAUSES, NATURE, and TREATMENT of
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Symptoms resemble those of
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CHAPTER, I.
Causes of Strictures.
Divisions of Strictures.
Consequences of Strictures.

CHAPTER Iv.
Of the Treatment of the Mala-
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APPENDIX.

Cases Illustrative •f the Su-
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Instituted in 1824, and Incorporated by Royal Charter.
The Septennial Division of two-thirds of the Profits of this
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of the participating Class. effected previous to the Ist of August
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London Office, No. 449, West Strand ; or at the City Branch
Office, No. 78, King William-street, Mansion House, between
the hours of Ten and Four.

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generally. F. G. SMITH, Secretary.
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ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY,
34, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON.
Established 1823.
Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV.

LOWER RATES of PREMIUM than those at any other
Office that entitle the Assured to participate in the Profits, as
follow :

Age l5 123 25 130 I 33 140 1451 50

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per cent.

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to reduction of premiums for life, or for a term of years.
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NORWICH TONNAGE DUES, Provision and Cattle
Markets, Hay Weighing Engine, and Dues at Tombland
Fair.
W. WILDE will LET by AUCTION,
at the White Swan Hotel, St. Peter's Mancroft, Nor-
wich, on MONDAY, February 22, 1841, at Three o'Clock in
the Afternoon, IN LOTS, by Order of the Council of the
Body Corporate of the City of Norwich,
Lot I.—The TOLLS or DUTIES payable to the said Body
Corporate, under and by virtue of an Act of Parliament passed
in the 12th of King George the First, commonly called the
Tonnage Act, together with the BOOM and Aparatus, and
the Tonnage Master's House and premises occupied therewith.
Lot 2.—THE DUES and STALLAGE payable to the said
Body Corporate, arising and accruing from the Provision and
Vegetable Markets in the said City of Norwich, in respect of
Stalls, Peds, and Standings of every kind.
Lot 3.—The DUES and STALLAGE payable to the said
Body Corporate, arising and accruing from the Cattle Market,
on the Castle Ditches, viz, for Sheep, Figs, Horses, and other
Cattle (except Bullocks, Cows, Calves, and Neat Stock), and
for Auctions, Stalls, and Standings of every description; toge-
ther with the building used as a Hurdle House.
Lot 4.—The FEES or DUES payable and accruing at and
from the Hay Weighing Engine belonging to the said Body
Corporate, situate on the Castle Ditches, in the said City; to-
gether with the Collector's House and Office.
Lot s.—The DUES and STALLAGE payable to the said
Body Corporate, by the occupiers of Shows, Exhibitions, Stalls,
and Standings of all kinds, and by vendors of goods, &c., upon
and from the ground on the Castle Ditches, Tombland, and
other places, usually occupied at Tombland Fair and other
Fairs, and on other occasions.
All the above Lots will he let for a term of Three Years,
commencing at sunset on the 25th day of March next ; and the
respective hirers are to find sureties to the satisfaction of the
respective Committees, to whom the powers are delegated by
the Council, for the payment of the rents in advance, and for
the performance and observance of the several Covenants, Con-
ditions, and Regulations specitied in the draft of a Lease of
each Lot, which may be inspected at the Town Clerk's Office,
after the 13th day of February next; and the hirers are to
adhere to the scales of dues, tolls, and stallage fixed by the Act
of Parliament, or by the Corporation, or heretofore customisily
payable.
Further information may be had on application to Mr. J. R.
Staff, Town Clei k, at his Office at the Guildhall, Norwich,
where may also be seen the Act of Parliament for levying the
Tonnage dues.
Guildhall, Norwich, 28th Jan., 1841.