The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-13 00:00:00

Mr. GRUSEISEN (tho secretary) having real the adver-
tisement convening the meeting, the annexed report of
the Executive Committee was submitted :
" The Executive Committee have the satisfaction of
submitting to the shareholders of the Conservative
Benefit Building Society the subjoined returns, showing
the cash receipts for the Christmas and Lady Day quar-
ters, the number of shares issued for the half-year, and
the grand totals, to the 25th of March, 1869 :

Shares in Shares Total ,eceipt
a.
Qrs. ending progress. Complete Shares. '`
Dec. 25,1868 .... 417 123 540 £31,028 3 9
March 25, 1869 .. ,16 110 6.4 42,130 10 6
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933 233 1,1c.6 78,258 14 3
Totals to Mi
chaelmas, 1868. 2 ,631 5,923 30,554 1,233,946 7 3
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Grand totals to
Lady Day, 1869 `5,561 6,136 31,720 1,367,204 1 6

The total withdrawals under the rules
since the formation of the society(lBs2)
to Lady Day, 1869, are ....£336,589 13 8
The last share number issued to Lady Day,

1869, was No. 31,720.
The reservo fund to Lady Day, 1869 (ex-
clusive of office premises and furniture
account), amounts to

£10,263 6 8

The half-yearly interest warrants to Lady Day will be
issued as usual, on the Ist of May. As regards the com-
pleted shares, in addition to the 5 per cent. ror annum in-
terest, the bonus of 1 per cent. declared at the last aunual
meeting on the 15th of December will be included. On
shares nut completed, but paid a year in advance and up-.
wards, the warrants will be at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum, the 1 per cent. bonus having been added
to the account. Six per cent. will also be added to
the accounts of the members holding uncompleted
invested shares, not in arrear, and in respect of which no
interest has been paid. The rate of interest on shares
(completed) and shares in progress, paid a year in advance,
will temaiu for the present at five per cent. per. annum.
The rate of interest for the deposit department, that is,
for investors who aro not numbers of the society, will re-
main unchanged at four per cont. per annum,' payable
half-yearly at the same period as the interest on
shares —namely, the Ist of May and the Ist of
November. h:nce the last meeting, 11. Pownall
Esq., has ceased to bo a member of the boa:d.
The Executive Committee have much pl:asuro is rep ri-
ing that owing to the co-operation existing between them
and the (Erecters of the Ueited L tel Co tip:my (Limite I)
a large increase iu the bulling advance business may be
expected. The Board has every re (son to antieipate that
the formation Of the new c enllany will give increased sta-
bility to the society, and th tt the harmony existing be-.
tween the two associations will have a large iullueeca in
promoting the prosperity of both. The estates reported to
the Beard as having been purchased by the United Land
Company (Limited) are in the Elgware-road, Willesden,
West-hill, Putney-heath, Fulhani-tiells, Muswtill-hill,
Forest-gate, Sheerness, Portsmouth, and Wellingborough.
The members of the Conservative Land Society have still
the privilege of investing in the United Land Company
(Limited), if they think fit, the shares of the first issue being
offered to them in the first instance.
(Left Sitting.)

SHERIFFS' COURT.

CHALLIS V. HARGREAVES-BREACH OF PROMISE OF
MARRIAGE. - DAMAGES, 1,000.
This was an action in the Queen's Bench for breach of
promise of marriage. Judgment was allowed by default.
The damages were laid at £2,000.
The plaintiff, Jessie Mary Challis, is in her 21st year
and the defendant 23. She was the orphan daughter of
a commercial traveller, and had been at her own wish a
governess, and now in the family of Mr. Carrington, the
brewer. The defendant is the son of Mr. Hargreaves,
of Leeds, in the wool trade, and under the will of
his father was entitled to about £14,000. Several
letters were read to the jury, and the defandant
described himself in his epistle as " Your's
for ever, Joe." The engagement was from November
1867, to June, 1868, when the defendant referred• to his
health, and declined the iutmdod marriage.
The jury retired, and on their return assessed the
damages at £l,OOO.