The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-17 00:00:00

DOG LICENSES.-CAUTION.

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HE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December
last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is
required forthwith to take out a new License.
The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings.
The penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five
Pounds.
A License is not transferable from one person to
another.
A License may be obtained by the owner giving his
name and address, and the name of the place where the
dog is kept, on application at
The Office of the Collector of Inland), In the neigh-
. Revenue, hourhood of the
The Office of t he Distributor of Stamps applicant's re-
Or sidence.
A Money Order Post Office.
Licenses will also bo granted by the several Supervisors
of inland Revenue.
Persons residing at a distance from any of the above
offices, by transmitting with their application Inland
Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper
amount of duty, to the Collector of Inland Revenue for
the Dis lid, will receive a license in return by post.
. WM. COBBET r, Secretary.

Total charge...•. £409,654 14 5
Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,552 8 6

£1,317,207 2 11
Examined and approv
THOMAS ALLEN Auditors,
HENRY ROSE,
The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466
9s. 2d., and the total outgo £'109,651 14s. sd. ; the diffe-
rence, or the sum laid by- viz., £134.811 14s. 9d.—raises
the fund again to £907,552 Bs. 6d.
The interest received during the year is £117,584 7s.
3d., arising from the productive portion of the realised
assets of £2,897,157, mentioned in the last year's report.
The whole assets, productive and unproductive, may there-
fore be considered as having improved at the rate of rather
more than 4 per cent. ;. or, if the profit shown of £46,070
13s. 3d., derived from various extraneous sources, be in-
cluded, at upwards of .£5 12s. per cent.
The premiums on now assurances are £14,596 ls. 9d.,
and of this sum £3,270 Us. 4d. has been expended in re-
assurances.
The claims on decease of lives assured are nearly iden-
tical in amount with those of 1866. They are less than
those of last year by nearly £19,000.
A considerable reduction, too, appears in the amount
of premiums paid for re-assurance,
death and many
other causes. of the risks
re-assured having terminated by
The expenses of management aro less than those of last
year by upwards of £1,400. But they still include charges
incurred in the final closing of the two officeslast absorbed
by the company. The whole expenditure, however, in-
cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than 51
per cent. on the total income.
The balance-sheet is as follows :
Dx. LIABILITIES.
Interest due to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives assured, and
additions thereto unpaid ............... 4
61,85 3 530 4 5
Sundry accounts
Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6
Proprietors' fund
Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6

£6,977 13 3

Total £7,565,198 1 3
CR. ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7
Ditto ditto decreasing ditto
Ditto ditto reversions 347,136 5 5
Ditto ditto funded securities 479,932 13 3
Ditto ditto temporary securities 142,424 011
Current interest on the above invest-

36,243 7 6
22,604 2 9

month
Cash and bills
Advanced on security of the company's
policies
159,503 14 9
.
Agents' bah aces
Sundry accounts
Value of premiums (1867)
86,860 13 9
Value of re-assurances

Total £7,565,198 1 3
Examined and approved.
THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors.
HENRY ROSE,
The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown
by this account. On comparing it with that of 1867, it
will be observed that further investments have been made
on mortgage and in the Government funds, and that about
£ll,OOO more has been advanced on security of the com-
pany's policies. Exclusive of the sum indicatine, the value
of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,059,030
3s. 3d.
The direction of the company is now constituted as
follows :
The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair-
man.
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy-
Chairman.
Charles Bischoff, Esq. Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq.
Thomas Boddington, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq. James Murray, Esq.
Sir T. Buller East, Bart., Philip Rose, hsq.
'D.C.L. George Russell, Esq.
Robert A. Grayl Esq. Thos. Godfiey Sambrooke,
Wm. Augustus Guy M.D., Esq.
P.B.S. Admiral Tindal.

HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed
COUNCIL.
'I he Bishop of LONDON.
Rev. J. W. Ayre
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pßt:inoonK.
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Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert, M.P.
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Re 7. J. E. Kempe
Rev. R. G. Baker
Rev. S. 'Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd
The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan
E. Charrington, EECI• , Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse
Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nepean
Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry
Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.C.
Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. Prescott
Rev. C. W. Furse Rev. F. Pigon -
C. J. Freake. Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq,
J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pyrn, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.
Lloyd, 14, Seymour st t
Secretary, Rev. S. corn s may
Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co ; and by the Hon.
- ree ,
tont ication
Port-
man-square, be addressed.

ROYAL lIOSITrAL for INCURABLES,
West-hill, Putney-heath.
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Established 31st July, 1854.
This Institution exists for the comfort and relief of per-
sons (being above the pauper class) afflicted with incur-
able bodily disease.
Relief is afforded—lst. By suPPlying with
medical attendance, nursing-, and all requisites for the in-
valid.
2d. By granting an annuity of X2O to patients at thei
own homes.
A i.ew wing to the hospital has aunt been completed
at a rest of upwards of XlO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NEEDED to liquidate the expenses incurred.
There are 120 inmates and 237 pensioners, all entirely
dependent upon voluntary subscriptions.
Nearly 300 approved applicants are awaiting election.
For the maintenance of present operations, for the ex-
tension of the benefits of the Charity, donations, and espe-
cially annual subscriptions, are earnestly Rolicited: Life
subscriptions, £5 58. and upwards; annual subscriptions,
half a guinea and upwards, with votes in proportion.
Information will be supplied, with the greatest pleasure,
upon application to the Secretary, by whom contributions
will be thankfully received.
FREDERIC ANDREW, Secretary
1 No. 10_ Poultry London, E.C. September 1868.