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Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
The • . Services, Somerset place, July 30, liS47.
Commissioners for executing the Office,of Lord High-Admiral
of
police,
United Ithigdoin of Great Britain And Ireland, do hereby give
fl, that an'Thursday. the sth of August next, at One o'clock,
eY will be ready to treat with such Persons as may he willing to
;';.,:3flltract for sppplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling
" fts at :Deptford the underinentigned articles, viz.
•• • • • • • When to be delivered.
Bta Av. •• . . 11'3 • . . ;Tons: Halfof each 1
(the produce nf the Ilritish Posses- . . Weeks, and the
lions) ............. ..... ••.. •: 100 remainder in 3
SOAP... ... 3O Weeks after-
wards.
Tog An

1 Half in a fort-
' . ;light, and the
.............. 20 remainder in a
fortnight after-
- wards.

Quarters] Within ten days
OATS (scotch ,.
300
The Sugar and Tobacco to Samples of t e Oats (not less than two quarts) must be p
by the
To-
r °tato)
''
be .e.x.e.m..p.te. d from th Customs Duties.
Parties tendering ; and samples of the Sugar, Soap, and
at
hue°, together with the condltiotie of the Contracts, may be seen
the
To-
the said Office. N 9 Tender Win be received after One o'clock on
y_of treaty, nor any notic,d, unless the party attends, or an agent
for him, duly authorised in writhig. •
aaz'Every Tender must ,be addresset4 to the Secretary of the Admiralty,:
mbetiftsrton the left hand corner the words " Tender for
also be delivered at Soraerset-place, and those for sugar
must be accompanied
eng in by a letter signed by two responsible persons,
25/.4-er geeti)t.boe_ne°trnhee vb`iitulabecl, with the emu tendering, in the su
tr
JOHN' S: swnETINfl:Gr t, he due performance of the Contrac .
YSTERS._pfs H.—ICE.
the
. apablie, at his establishment, 1a519w, aCyhsead;ssidiran,us
the,7,:
lowestreal
pu r
ir ne hames . has the satisfactionof
to see his friends,
to nnounce that, on Tuesday neat, he will have a large- supply
native oysters, par Eastern Counties Railway;
Elzel. as usual,n the largest quantities, and 'of the best quality, at
Lake Ice. The only house in he City to obtain We9ham
N'B' Very superior oyster rooms. Reid's stout. Crowley's ale. &c,

el OLIZNii7------
ODE on the PAS lONS..wilrt b.
1)V recited by Mr. J. RUSSELL, with Illustrations in aSe es o
ace° WI:CGS Magnified by means of the OPAQUE MICROSC PE,
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_lll
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UN- },-,
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TEE ESPECIAL PATRONAGEOFHER MOST
Pr
I liE R i)(. GRACIOUS
MAJESTYTikir .THEQUEEN. MILITARY,
-NIII-A, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
13, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
DIRECTORS.
...Colonel Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., R.E., Chairman..
'.aler-General Sir WILLIAM GOSSET, C. 8., 'Cell', R.E.,
,
DputyChairman: : .
Admiral the Right eHon.. Sir G. Cockburn,.G.C.l3., M.P.
Gen
Majoreral-General Sir J. Cockburn,
r Thomas Bradford, G1.C.13- ,
Bart., G.C.H.
34ajor-Gene Sir P. Ross, G.C.M.G., K.C.H.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Gardi her, K.C.B. -Lti
Idajor-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., B.A.
CaPtain Su George Back R.S
llajor-General Taylor, C. 8., E-I,C.S.
Major-General Edward Wynyard
Alajor-General Arnold. K.IL, K.C, C.B.
Ge . •
..
Lieutenant-neral Clelland, E.I.C.S.
LlLieutenant-Colonel 11. Hanmer,lCll:, late R.H.G.
eutenant-Colonel Purchas,E.l.C.S.
• MaLieutenant-Colonel Matson, R.E.
ier Clerke,
Archibaldhadwe air,H Esq., M.D.,11 late R.H.G. • - •
Captain William Lancey, R.E.
William Chard, Esq., Navy Agent
James Nugent Daniell, Esq.
. T 'Wilbraham Taylor, Esq.
4-e usay--lohn Pinlaison, Esq., the Government Calculator.
otAssarances are granted Upon the lives of persons in every station
teraltee'. and for every Part of the world,
_— ......__
Persons as ._
....try to auv-
sured in this office- may change from one ~
Ater wanZotet‘ tAfmoorf:riNctinugetheir policies. upon particularly favourable
Ihetin heldas apportioned to the assured at the
"le talkie TO THIRTY PER CENT. on
Septennialthenracettualvalue a
Policiesg ln the Year 1844.
~..r effected during the present year on the participating
P etnimns will entitle the assured to a proportionate share of thescale
JOSEPH C. BRETTELL, Secretary.

A ATIoNAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
• Thl eal'ltal t 600,000. Empowered by Act ot Parliament.
8 Institution embraces important and substantial advantages_
h t';`' NI Peet t) life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured
feitui.. on all occasin, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
alsoili of the Polley, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ;
e,..._ c eDtlon of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
.-sstirances for terms ot
L 1 to meet other conveniencies or necessity.
years on the lowest possible rates.
The Inc.,. . DIVISION OF PROFITS.
A
ar'asai meeting
at the -'eing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth
poik„."3' VarYing from 3.5 to 85 per cent. ou the premiums paid on each
' effected on the profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

EXAMPLES.
ti,
Perms- Sum the
Age. `4 ,3: A,Znial Polley Bonus in nent Re. Assured
g iot --e- taken addition B
Conus in duetion of may bor-
-71 talunt. out in Assured. ash. Annual row on
.........
Premiums. Policy.
.............____..........___
X s. 44 X s d. X s. d. X s. d.
1 _1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 494 S 10
c„ 100 tXs. d. 1838 218 4 899 810 15 13 5 445 0 0
vu 074 3 4 1839 192 1108693 13 4 9 395 11 1
1840 143 5 10 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3
1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4
...-._____________ 1842 111 6 8 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5
The Ann"... ... ---"s".•••••-•••••.

may be had at the
', ou application. will

:ROUX, Secretary,

ARRI A G E
ftipial One half the world are desolately single, and the other
Se se mg them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
of right determ ne the former, and miscalculated hopes ern-
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tbdbroken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
-I,,eni.,ent. Honour and JUstice demand that health should form an item
' the cornpact ; it aloud dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
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thist ob-
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ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
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This day is published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope,
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SELF PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise
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Month NI y, that are a ually acquired at an early period of
life, which tend to destroy phys cal and mental energy, ardour, pas-
Ilion, and all the attributes o Manhood. tilu.s.rated with Twenty-
Lre Colottml Engnvings on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Dia-
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_rar 005 structures, uses, and functions, and show it the Injuries that
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rractical Observations on the Treatment o!• Nei,;.,ts • Debility,
'`eal and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stric nre, and other

BY SAMUEL LA!MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
Matri 9, Bedibrd-strect, Bedford-square, London;
eciliated Member ot the University or Edinburgh, Honorer
rober of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
PMecarles' Hall, London, &c., &c.

CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE.
CHAPTEs 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance.
and A
fi Ijii gations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.—
PRAvrEa 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativ
rgans, their fUnctions, vtructures, and secretions, proving that gre.l
mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action
Zth.nu4PTiElt 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on thi
f —4‘
EleeneMY ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function.
of Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of th.
lt;Ftni Faculties. Cuarrra 4. On the Secret Disorders of Tout]
,I..tie(iiNiaturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness.
otal Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHSPTERS and i. Or
therisorder^ arising from indiscriminate Excess, Strictures, and
Diseases.

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ilities from Physicians and surgeons of great eminence, which
iliataur'aftst important consideration to those wh , from the peculiar
hot e of their infirmities, are obliged to seek medical assistance
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an4lner, and by Its perusal the unfortunate victim of vicious habits
difthexcessive dissipation will be enabled to account for peculiar
hides, and to discover the means of alleviating their sufferings
I,t,?lea,sY and effectual matiner.—United Service Gazette.
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Q.

George Webster, Esq. Archibald Ccckburn, Esq.
John Barnes, Esq. Peter Laurie, Esq.
J. W. Sutherland, Esq. John Connell, Esq.
James Farquhar, Esq. William Morley, Esq.
W. M. Norse, Esq. Charles Lyell, Esq.
And Ninety-two Proprietors.
At a General Meeting of the Proprietors, held at the Court-room
of the Banking-house, 2, Princes-street, Mansion-house, on WED •
NESDAY, the 14th of July, 1847, the following report was read by
the Secretary:
" The Directors have much pleasure in submitting the Eighth
Annual Report of the affairs of the Bank to the Proprietors, and
conkratulating them on the result of the business during the last
year, a period marked by unusual commercial 'pressure.
"It will be seen from the accounts now presented, that:the Net
i'rofits of the year amount to 47,598/. Its. 7d. Ample provision has
been made for bad debts, and the Proprietors will Observe that
25,1451. Is. 10d. has been paid to customers for interest on their
current and deposit accounts.
"The Directors consider that they are justified by this prosperous
result in increasing the Rate of Dividend, and they have therefore
declared a Dividend for the last six months of 3% per Cent., which,
with 2% per Cent. paid in January, will make the Dividend 6 per
Cent., clear of Income Tax, for the whole year. ThJ. Directors have
the fullest confidence that this rate will be permanently maintained,
without either trenching on the Reserved Fund, or affecting those
principles on which the Bank was originally founded.
"After providing for the Dividend (now amounting to 25,3741. for
the year). and appropriating 5001. as usual in gradual liquidation of
the preliminary expenses, there remains a surplus profit of
21,724/. Ib, 7d., of which 16,696/. ss. sd. has been carried to the
Reserved Fund, now amounting to 40,0001. sterling invested in Go-
vernment ecurities, and the balance of 5,028/. II s. 2d. has been car-
ried to Profit and Loss New Account.

"The. Directors have considered the subject of the appropriation
of the reserved shares, and have resolved that they shall be offered
in the first instance to the Shareholders only, in rateable proportion
to the shares held by them, and on such terms as shall be equiva-
lent to a liberal bonus; and the Proprietors may rely on the
'Directors giving ample notice of, and selecting such a period for,
this appropriation, as shall be most desirable for the interests of the
Bank and advantageous to the Proprietors individually."
In accordance with the provisions of the Deed of Settlement,,the
following Directors retire from office by rotation, viz. : —Peter
Laurie, Esq. ; James Farquhar, Esq. ; Williani Petrie Craufard,
Esq. ; and Peter Laurie, Esq., and James Farquhar, Esq., being
eligible, offer themselves, and are recommended by the Court of
Directors for re-election; and the DireCtors have received notice
from John Chapman, Esq., of No. 2, Leadenhall- stree,,t4,ft duly
qualified Shareholder, of his intention to offer himself as a Candidate
for the office of a Director at this meeting. •
THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, .10Tn JUNE, 1817.
Dr. LIABILITIES. S. d.
Paid-up Capital, 101. per Share on 42,290 Shares.. 422,900 0 0
Due by the Bank on Current Accounts, Deposit
Recripts (including Interest accrued), Circular
Notes, &c... •
Reserved Fund, invested in Three per Cent. Consols,

.•••• • .... ••• 2,510,0t4 5 2

as per contra

22,954 15 8

2,955,919 0 10
Surplus Pr0fit.................. 47,598 16 7

.Z 3,003,517 17 5

Cr: • ASSETS. X. s, d.
Cash in the Bank, in the Bank of England, Loans,
'Exchequer Bills, and other Government Secu-
rities, Bias- discounted. &c..... ••.••• • • • . 2,899,749 0 9
23,961/. 18s. 5d , Three per Cent. Consols (Reserved.
Fund)
Bpi; Premises, consisting of Freehold-Buildin in
Princ,es.straet, Mansion House, and Argyll-place ; •
and Pnrchake of Lease and Fixture of Premises,
4, Pall-mat! East .................... ....... 57,741 11 0
..J Preliminary Expenses .... •
Half-year's Dividend, to 31st December, 1846;
Amount carried forward ..... ................. 10,572 10 0
£3,003,51717 5

' ",--- - , 4PPROPRIATION OF THE SURPLUS. 1
Dividends on paid-up capital, viz. : . i
- Half.yaar to the 31st of December, 1845, already
paid at 2% per cent. .. .. .. .. £10,572 0 0
Half year to the 30th of June, 1847, now 'declared -
at 3% per cent., making the rate of the dividend
for the whole year 6 per cent. .. .. .. 14,801 0 0

25,374 0 0
Addition to the Reserved Fund .. .. • .. • . 16,696 5 5
Proportion of preliminary eapenses .. - .. .. 500 0• 0
Undivided profit—carried to profit and loss new ac-
count

Profit, as aboye, after deducting all expenses paid or
due, and' interest (25,145/. is. lad.) allowed to
customers on their current and deposit acconntB .. 47,598 6 7

£47,598 16 7
The Governor then declared a dividend of 3% psi' cent. for thA past
half-year, being at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, froM Istc
July, 1844.

It was then proposed, seconded, and resolved unanimously— ,
"That the report now read be received, approved, and printod for
circulation among the proprietors."
" That Peter Laurie, Esq., be re-elected a Director of the Bank."
"-That 'James Farquhar, Esq., be re-elected a Dire,tor of the
" That Joltn,Cliapman, Esq., be re-elected a Director of the Bank."
" That thetititults of the meeting be given to the Governor, De-.
puty-Governor7and Directors, for theivexy efficient and admirable
manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Company." _
" To Mr. W. W. Scrimgeour. the General Manager, and the 'other_
officers of the Bank, for the efficient discharge of their respective_
duties."

(Signed) P. LAURIE, Governor. _
The most cordial thanks of the meeting were then voted to Sir,
Peter Laurie, the Governor, for his able and Courteous conduct in the_
chair. ' . -

(Signed) ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE,
Deputy-Governor. i
_ _

** As the Income Tax on the profits of the Bank will be paid by:
be Company. individual shareholders are not liable for the same.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
.510. 8, AVATNItIAJCP•ICII.A.O., DATT 141' ATT. TANITYThia.

111 E SEVENTH GENERAL MEETING OF PROPRIETORS.
The Meeting of the Shareholders was held in the Office or the
Company, No. 8, Waterloo-place, London, on Friday, the 9th
July, 1847.
HANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Bmtrd of

Directors; In the Chair.

The annual report of the receipts and disbursements of the Com-
pany, to the 31st December, 1846, and of the amount of their funds,
and also the report prepared by the Auditors of the Company of the
accuracy of the accounts of the Company, having been in terms of
the Deed of Settlement laid before the meeting and read, they pro-
ceeded, as required by that deed, to the election of four Directors and
one Auditor, in the room of those retiring at the Annual Meeting.
The Meeting then elected by ballot, as required by the Deed of
Settlement, Mr. D. Q. Henriques, of Woburn-square, to be one of
the Directors of the Company, in the room of the late Edward
Boyd, Esq.
Mr. HENRIQUES being present, declared his acceptance of a seat
at the Board, and offered his thanks to the Meeting for the honour
they had done him.
The report of the receipts and disbursements to the 31st of
December, 1846, having, on- the motion of Mr, M. D. LINDO,
seconded by Mr. T. CURTIS, been received and approved,
Mr. DR CASTRO expressed his gratification and that of the
Directors, that they were able to announce a very favourable con-
tinuation of the successful progress of the Company during the last
year, the annual income at the present period amounting to 92,0001.,
a sum exceeding by 8,000/. their income at the annual meeting last
year. The expenditure of the Company during the last ysar was
less by 4,0001., than during that which preceded it; so that upon the
whole the affairs of the Company were at present in a most flourish-
ing situation. The returns from the agencies of the Company had
been very satisfactory, although at Dublin, Cork, and Glasgow, and
other places where fever had been prevalent, very many proposals
had necessarily been declined which in ordinary circumstances
would have been accepted, the premiums from which would have
increased their income. He was glad to be able to repeat the state-
ment made on former occasions, tNit the number of deaths of those
assared since the formation of the Company was greatly less than
the number provided for by the well-known tables of the Equitable
Society of London. He hoped he might be allowed to ascribe this
result to the caution of the Directors, as well as to the caution and
discrimination of Mr. Hale Thomson and the other medical officers of
the Company. . . . .

Mr. DE Ci STAO stated, that the Directors had every reason to
anticipate that the division of profits, among those holding Assur-
ances at the participating rate, and to the Proprietors, on the Ist
of January 1848, would be of a favourable character. The declara-
tion of this division would of course, be made at their next Annual
Meeting in July 1844.
It was his painful duty to remind the General Meeting of the me-
lancholy event, which had happened soon after their last Annual
Meeting, tri the mouth of August, 1846, the death of their late Re-
sident Director, Mr. Edward Boyd, of whom it is but justice to state,
that it was to his unexampled zeal, and to the extraordinary perse-
verance 'which distinguished him in the discharge of his duty to
_ .

_
.--- . -
this Company to the last day of his life, that its present high posi-
tion is mainly owing. The Board have every reason to believe,
that in Mr. Lennox Boy d, the son of Mr. Boyd, whom they ap-
pointed to succeed him, they possess the individual best calculated to
fill his place, of long experience in the business of the Company,
well acquainted with the duties required of him, and most anxious
to promote its interest.
Mr. STUART was, he said, sure that the meeting, after what they
had heard, would agree with him in approving the rotation, esta-
blished by the deed of settlement, in the retirement and electioa of
the Directors of the Company, which had to-day, at their Annual
Meeting, placed in the chair Mr. De Castro, who is so thoroughly
well informed in their affairs. His explanation of the progress . f
the Company, during the last year, had been so clear and satisfactory
as really to have lett bins, who had hitherto at every annual meeting
addressed a few words to them, nothing to say. He could not, how-
sinHeeavthieegir
beenl stmeheeeteint.
ever, take his seat again without joining their worthy Chairman in
rector from its commencement igni
sustained
his deep regret on account of the lamented loss they had
np a
no oyn, e
Whhaideheeoesuseld-schdjetbehtatve
be h bar.eo3flearri
gchißoyd,7ll
834 Proprietors,t toh teh sounderpresenta
d oaf
day
Di-
rector Company.
Mr. Boyd's indefatigable eroartunities of being acquainted with
exertions to form and establish the Com
n surpassed, and which, without all
doubt, led to its present prosperity, He was devoted to the Company
and to its establishment and success to the day of his death. Many
of those present must recollect his being carried to the table at the
last annual meeting, although suffering under acute illness withoute
any
hopes o recovery, and taking a share in the business
of the
day, but a very few weeks before his decease. Fortunately for the
Company, his son, Mr. Lennox Boyd, who was first,
Se-
cretary,givehis faantdherafthie
ostaids one of the Directors had been able to
userul assistance during
aware of the experience
The Directors, fully
nhalgserinetfimthaeter acquaintanceeinpaiiy;h
he
his
hadlon long
thusiß indisposition. la3B
aonrelmeat
una-
nimously appointed hi
the
detail"
the
acquired,
m t o succeed his faille office,
andr. as Resident Director
in his presence, he was hound thoug}s speaking under restraint
and the [shinty which hetoadd, that Mr. Lennox Boyd's assi-
duity,justified the appointment. These had shown throughout, most fully
justified
of course, they are uttered a are not, Mr. Stuart y
ered by one who is said, mera
day, unless when absent from Londe]
of the Company, and who never falls to foin:licial duty, In the officey
at the head of the establishment, and superintending Lennox Boyd there
every part of
it. He could not appeal to better evidence thatiten
the
not suffered from being committed to him, than i management has
fact, vouched by the books, that in the last six mouths,
by this
January to 30th June, 1847, the amount of llCNVinCinths' from Ist
aur
greater by 51,5131., and the relative amount of premiumss sa.,nces was
2,7501., than its the same per od from Ist January to 30th
jfreater by
i
the sums assured in the six mont a in 1846 being 145,2341., tieei,4 846 ;
pre-
miums 4,6361., and in the same six months in 1847, 196 74 , ‘-/ . and
7,3861.
Mr. STUART added, that it was also very agreeable to him to men-
tion, that
he heard, in all quarters, from those who had to transact
business at their office, of the courtesy and attention shown them,
and of the dispatch they met with; and that he was himself a daily
witness of the regularity and correctness wi;h which the office itself
is conducted and superintended.
Mr. LENNox BOYD felt it to be his duty, after what had been said,
to assure the Meting of his earnest desire to contribute, in every
way in his poxer, to the promotion of the interests of the Company :
and requested them to believe that he would give the most scrupu-
lous attention to the management of the Establishment.
The CHAIRMAN having expressed his readiness to afford any infor-
mationor explanation respecting the Company's affairs not commu-
nicated in the statements and documents laid beforeinsured the Moneeting,
Mr. Si. D. LINDo inquired, whether a party, aving the
participating scale, alive on Ist January, 1848, but dying before the
next declaration of profits in July 1848, woul' participate in the next
division ? Mr. Da CASTRO inswered the quest'on in the affirmative,
provision being made for all alive on Ist January, 1848, although
the declaration of the amount of profits to be divided is not to be
made in terms of the Deed of settlement until the following month
of July. -
Mr. J. G. HENRIQUEs also inquired, whether the Bonus to Pro-
prietors would he paid in cash, or added, as an increase, to the value
of their shares? Mr. DE CASTRO referred to the 68th Article of the
Deed of Settlement, which expressly declared, that the Bonus is to
he itpp •opriated for the benefit of the Proptietors according to the
amount of their shares, and as an increase in the vale , of their
shares, and ta carry interest at 4 per cent., so that there could be no
payment of the Bonus itself in cash.
The thanks of the Meeeting were afterwards, on the motion of Mr.
IL D. LIND°, seconded by Mr. J. G. HENRIQUES, unanimously offered
to the Directors for their great zeal and attention In the management
of the affairs of the Company; and on the motion of Mr. LINDO,
secondedby Mr. J.W. SUTHERLAND, the thanks of the Meeting were
also unanimously voted to Mr. LE CAsTiso for his able conduct in
the chair.

5,028 11 2
£47;98 -6 7