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London, England, 1869-03-17 00:00:00

OCTAVITTS WIGRAM,
JAMES STEWART 1-11DGEON, Ei
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, I
DIREC

Robert Barclay, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
Mark Currie Close, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq.
Lancelot William Dent, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq.
Fre dk. Joseph Edlmann, Esq.
Charles Hermann Goschen,
Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell,

Esq.
Francis Alex. Hamilton, Egg.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq.
Medical Referee, Sam,

NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment
of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady Day will expire
on the 9th of April.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected on
advantageous terms.
The Duty on Fire Assurances has been reduced to the
uniform rate of is. 6d. per cent. per annum.
No charge is made by this Corporation for Fire Policy
or Stamp, however small the Assurance may be.
F.A TMING STOCK.— No Extra Charge is made for the
use of Steam Thrashing Machines.
The Reversionary Bonus on British LIFE POLICIES
has averaged nearly 2 per cont. per annum on the sum
assured.

Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The Divisions of Profit take place every Five Years.

Any sum not exceeding X 15,600 may lie insured on one
Life.

This Corporation affords to the AsFured
Liberal participation in Profits, with the guarantee
of a largo invested Capital Stock, and exemption
under Royal Charter from the liabilities of part-
nership.
The advantages of modern practice, with the secu-
rity of an Office whose resources have been tested
by the experience of nearly a CENTURY AND A
HALF.

;ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBERT P. STEELE, Secretary.

ABSOLUTE SECURITY POLICIES, UN-
FORFEITABLE, UNCONDITIONAL, and UN-
CIIALLENGEABLM, issued by the PRUDENTIAL
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 62, Ludgate-bill, London,
E.C.
The Directors of this Company, in deference to en ob-
jection not unfrequently urged by persons invited to as-
sure, that the ordinary mode of Life Assurance is in their
opinion defective or uncertain, by reason of the operation
of the customary conditions, have resolved to promulgate
the present Tables, and to issue Assurances under them
which shall be absolutely Unforfeitable, Unconditional,
and Unchallengeable.
For the reason referred to, many persons hesitate or
decline to assure on the ground that, in the event of in-
ability or unwillingness to continue payment of their pre-
miums, the Assurance will become forfeited. To this
class of the public the system now introduced will espe-
cially commend itself, being entirely free from all condi-
tions of forfeiture on account of non-payment of premium,
or from any other cause whatever; while at the same
time it absolutely guarantees at decease, when even a de-
fault is made in payment of the premium, a fixed sum in
respect of every premium paid, bearing the same propor-
tion to the total amount assured as the number of pre-
miums actually paid may bear to the whole number origi-
nally contracted to be paid.
Besides this important advantage, every policy will ex-
pressly state what sum can at any time be withdrawn on
the discontinuance of the assurance.

The assured will thus always have the option of retain-
ing either an ascertained fixed sum payable at decease,
or, in case of need, of withdrawing a certain amount, ac-
cording tr) the duration of the Policy, such amounts being
set forth on every Policy, and rendering unnecessary any
future reference to the Company on these points, as is the
case with ordinary assurances.
Creditors assuring the lives of debtors will appreciate
this feature as one greatly protective of their interests, and
it will likewise commend itself to bankers, capitalists, and
others who are in the habit of making advances collaterally
secured by Life Policies, as they can at any time learn, by
Mere WopeetKlll, laic camel, varue, elldbut humetitate or re-
versionary, of a Policy of this description.
Every Policy issued on this plan will be without any
conditions as to voyaging, foreign residence, or other usual
limitations. By this freedom from restrictions of all kinds
the objections before referred to will be entirely removed,
and the Policies will become at once positively valuable as
actual securities.
In addition to the foregoing statement of advantages,
the number of premiums is strictly defined. The longest
term provided for is twenty-fire years, and the shortest
five years, as shown by the Tables. Thus, bankers, credi-
tors, and others holding policies of this class as security,
may always know the utmost amount they may be called
upon to advance so as to maintain the full benefit of the
Assurances—a matter of great importance where policies
are held as collateral security.
It is only necessary to add that, as a consequence of the
policies under these tables being unforfeitable and uncon-
ditional, they will also be unchallengeable on any ground
whatever. They may therefore be aptly termed Absolute
Security Policies.
The PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY pos-
sesses an income of £215,000 a year Its position is un•
questionable, and it obtains the largest amount of new
business of any office in the Kingdom. SPECIAL
AGENTS WANTED.
HENRY HARBEN, Secretary.

DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION.
THE 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
bI no
u Ate° dof thedog is kept, on application at
The Office of the Collector of Inland]
neigh-
Revenue,
The Office of the Distributor of Stamps }.
applicant's re-
Or
A Money Order Post Office. sidence.
Licenses will also be 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 rict, will receive a license in return by post.
WM. COBBETT, Secretary.

THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.;
Messrs. Ransom, BouyeriG and 110.--The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly fo'r CONT RIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who aro treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM., Secretary.

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
the BLIND, 210, Oxford-strept, and 127, Euston road.

Patroness—Her Mest Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
This Institution affords employment in various ways to
172 blind men and women.
Pensions to various amounts are granted to the blind
who cannot earn their own living.
500 blind men and women are applying
for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tarn Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,
g
establisbe6 at King's-cross in .5 patients since it was
1856. Patients are admitted
.I
free-

Bankers—Messrs. Barnet Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street., Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-rnall.—Hon.
Sec., 1", Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, Sec.

rpHE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
1 the CII,J;ST, City-road
___T
he wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for. out-patients crowded daily.
F UNDS greatly needed.
CITARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, W.
President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.
GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.

rrIIE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
of CHILDREN and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-
road.

Upwards of 100 poor sick children are relieved daily at
this Hospital.
The Committee most earnestly solicit Contributions, to
enable them to continue the benefits of medical aid to those
numerous poor suffering children, who aro rendered so
helpless by sickness and poverty.
Bankers, Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-
street; and by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RENTON, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge-road, S E.

BRITISH HOME for INCURABLES, Clap-
ham-rise. instituted in 1861.
Patroness-11.RX. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persons over
20 years of ago and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with incurable disease.
Pensions of £2O per annum are also granted.
The Home was opened in September, 1863 ; 71 in-
patients and 106 annuitants have been elected. Elections
in May and November. Forms of application may be ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-
street, E.C. ; Messrs. Drum mond, Charing-cross, S.W.
EDWD. WEA VER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S lIOMES
are as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, HamP- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Cottage, Green-
-205, Groat Portland- street. wick.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-bill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Horne-80, Queen-street, Cheapside.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless
Servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may be had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its banlgers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. Dd,NL. OODPER, Sec.
RP o.ueen-street Cheapside.

INCORPORATED LAW SOCIE rir, U.K.—
LECTURES and LAW CLASSES, 1868-69.
LECTURES.
Three Courses of Lectures on Common and Mercantile
Law, Conveyancing, and the Law of Real Property and
Equity, will be delivered in the Hall of the Society in the
months of March, April, May, and Juno next.
LAW CLASSES.
In connexion with the lectures classes will be conducted
under the guidance and superintendence of the lecturers,
and will proceed concurrently with the lectures. Tho
number of subscribers to each class will be limited, •and
the instruction given will be confined to an examination
of-the students upon the subject of a preceding lecture, or
on portions of a given book bearing on the same subject.
A sufficient number of classes will follow each lecture, and
be of such duration as shall provide for the efficient instruc-
tion and examination of the students. The teaching of the
lectures will thus be amplified, and impressed on the
memory by the classes ; and the system of constant ex-
amination will test, from time to ime, the progress made
by the students.
LECTURES on COMMON and MERCANTILE LAW,
by CHARLES HENRY ANDERSON, Esq., Barrister-
at-Law.
The Course will consist of Nine Lectures upon tho fol-
lowing subjects :
a. Simple Contracts.
b. Contracts under Seal. •
o. Ttrn 0u.4,-4,6 of Selo. •
d. Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Checks ;
with the distinction between negotiable instruments and
other simple contracts.
e. Freight and Contracts of Affreigbtment, with the pe-
culiarities of Charter-parties and Bills of Lading.
f. The Loss of a British Vessel and its consequences-
1. To the Owner of the Vessel.
2. To the Owner of the Cargo.
3. To the Underwriter.
g. In connexion with the foregoing will be considered
the Rule of the Road at Sea as contrasted with that on
Shore: also the Law of Negligence and the Liability of a
Master for the acts of his Servant.
In his private classes the reader will use as text-books
The Law of Contracts (Smith), An Action at Law
(Smith), A Digest of Common Law (Anderson).
LECTURES on CONVEYANCING and the LAW of
REAL PROPERTY, by T. LL. MURRAY BROWNE,
Esq., Barrister-at-Law.
This Course will consist of Nine Lectures:—
Lecture I. Introductory.—Practical Hints on the perusal
and examination of Abstracts.
Lectures 11., 111., IV. Settlements. —l. Settlements of
Personal Estate; a. Investment of Trust Funds; b.
Usual Trustee Clauses, Appointment of New Trustees; c.
Usual Powers and Covenants, &c.: d. Remarks on the
Effect of Recent Statutes-2. Settlements of Real Estate ;
a. Estates for Life and in Remainder, Waste; b. Jointures,
Portions, &c : c. Usual Powers: Remarks on the Leases
and Sales of Settled Estates Act; d. The Succession Duty
Act-3. Disentailing De:4 the existing Law of Entail-
4. 1 ractical Suggestions in connexion with the subject of
Settlements.
Lectures V., VI. AI, ills.-1. Usual Frame and Contents
of a Will 2. Principles of Construction of Wills-3.
Practical Hints on Drawing Wills.
Lecture VII. Copyholds.-1. Introductory Remarks,
Fines —2. Surrenders and Covenants to Surrender-3.
Admissions-4. The Enfranchisement of Copholds.
Lectures VIII., IX. Miscellaneous Deeds.-1. Credi
tors' Trust Deeds-2. Separation Deeds— 3. Articles of
Partnership, &c.
In these lectures and classes the Introductions and
Notes to Mr. Davidson's Precedents will be especially
referred to.
As elementary works, Mr. Joshua Williams's Books on
Real and Personal Property are recommended.
EQUITY LECTURES, by Sir GEORGE YOUNG, Bart.,
Barrister-at-Law.
This course will consist of Nine Lectures :
Lecture 1. Review of Equity, and suggested arrange-
ments for purposes of Study.
Lecture 11. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account;
generally, Apportionment and Contribution.
Lecture 111. The Jurisdiction in matters of Account,
continued : specially, between Principal and Agent.
Lecture IV. Tho Jurisdiction in matters of Account,
continued: specially, between Partners.
Lecture V. The Jurisdiction in matters of Administra-
tion: 1. The Administration of Assets.
Lectures VI., VII. The Administrative Jurisdiction,
continued: 2. The Administration of Trusts, as enlarged
by recent statutory enactment.
Lectures V111.,-IX. Injunctions.
Books recommended :—Story's Equity Jurisprudence,
chapters 8,9, 10, 13, 1., 23 ; Haddan's Administrative
Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery.
Smith's Manual of Equity and White and Tudor's Lead-
ing Cases in Equity will be the books principally referred
to during the course.
Ti. subscrintion payable ror ae r"`""-'"—c-
For all the Foreach
three courses. course.
By c'erks of members
By clerks of gentlemen not
members
By all other persons not being
members ..
The subscription payable fen the law classes—
For all the
branches of For each
instruction. branch.
By every subscriber £s 5 0 £2 12 6
Menib'rs of the Society may attend the lectures without
subscribing.
To prevent interruption at the lectures, subscribers
cannot be admitted to the hall after the lecture has com-
menced.

E. W. Williamson, Secretary.
Law Society's Hall, Oct., 1868.
N.B. Gentlemen may subscribe for and atteni the lec-
tures and classes, either separately or collectively ; but as
the instruction given in the classes will have special re-
ferenco to precedinc, lectures, it is recommended that those
who desire to attend the classes should also attend the
lectures.

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
F EMAL '5l PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN
STITUTION.

President—Rev. CANON DILL
CONTRIBUTIONS for the support of the Homes in 1868 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard street, E.C.; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.C.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.

. -
Tho privato medical attendants of the patients aro
invited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.

Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship.
150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing

370 children.
415 will keep a boy or girl for one yoar.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, E.C.; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's

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 aSisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with the principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed
COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON,
Rev. J. W. Ayre Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield Herbert. M.P.
Hon. and Rev. F. Byng Re 7. J. E. Kempe
Rev. R. G. Baker Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys
Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd
The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan
E. Charrington, Esq. 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. Furso Rev. F. Pigou
C. J. Freake. Esq. R. I'. Pigott, Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
H G Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq.,"Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.
Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co; and by the Hon.
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
man-square, to whom communications may be addressed.

ROYAL HOSPITAL for INCURABLES,
West-hill, ^ Putney-heath.

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-Ist. By supplying a home, with
medical attendance, nursing, and all requisitei for the

2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at their
own. homes.

A new wing to the Hospital ha lost been completed
at a. cost of upwards of .£lO,OOO, and FUNDS are urgently
NT.MDED 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 solicited. Life
subscriptions, £5 ss. 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.
No, 10_ Poultrf_London, E.C. September 1868.

FHE SECRETARY of STATE flr WAR has
approved of a REVIEW of VOLUNTEERS taking
place at DOVER, on EASTER MONDAY, the 29th
of March, 1869.
Applications from Corp: desirous of attending this
Review must be made on the prescribed form (W. 0.
Form, N 0.1,629) thrcu.7,ll the Lords-Lie tenant of their
respective Counties, and delivered at the War-office on or
before Monday, the Bth of March, after which date no
further applications will be received.
It is, however, particularly- requested that Ceinmanci-
ing Officers will make their applications as early as pos-
sible before the above date, as their doing so will greatly
facilitate Railway and other arrangements.
JAS. LINDSAY, Major-General.
War-Office, 19th February, 1869.

THE LOMBARD EXCHANGE ANI
NEWS-ROO\L

Lombard-street, London.
MANAGER—Mr J. H. YOUNGRUSBAND, late Treasurer
and Secretary of the Liverpool Exchange.
Subscription, £3 3s. per nt?uum, or l.os. monthly, payable

in Advance.

The Room is supplied with Newspapers, both home
and foreign : Reuter's Telegrams, giving commercial,
political, and general telographio infoitOution I-Shipping
Lists, Directories, Time Tables, and other Books of Re-
ference.

There is also an excellent Refreshment-room attached,
as well as a Reading and Writing Room, comfortably fur-
nished.

The attention of country bankers, solicitors, manufac-
turers, and others is invited to this Institution, which will
be found very convenient to gentlemen whose business
engagements oblige them frequently to visit the metro-
polis.
For further particulars apply to the Manager of the
Room, or to Mr. G. W. Benwell, Secretary of the City
Offices Company, Palmerston-buildings, London.

N.B.—For Advertisement Spaces apply to Messrs. Letts, Son
and Co., 8, Royal Exchange, E.C. ; or at the Office in the Lom-
bard Exchange.

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in
Situations of Trust.
Chairman- General Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., F.R.S.
Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to
Forfeiture.
Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Pounds.
The Annuity Tables, offering special advantages to Annuitants,
and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will
be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to
applicants post free.

HENRY LAKE, General Manager.
316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-plaeo Pall mall, London

ROYAL INSUit.INCE COMPANY.
HEAD OFFICES:
Royal Insurance Buildings Lombard-street, London.
Royal Insurance Buildings North John-street, Liverpool.
CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING.
Total Annual Revenue exceeds £Boo,' 00
Accumulated Funds in hand £1,500,003
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Life and Annuity l'unds....
SPECIAL ADVANTAGES--
Exemption of Assured from Liability of Partnership.
BONUSES among the largest ever declared by any Company.
Profits divided every five years.
All new Life Insurances now effected will become entitled
to an Increased Share of the Profits.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Premiums in 1867 "40,553.
REDUCTION OF DUTY.—Since this flr-it took place the increase
df business of the ROYAL has exceeded that of any other Ogee,
as shown by Government Returns.
Prompt and liberal settlement of Losses.
JOHN H. McLARK.N, Manager.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON.

Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th
June, 1868, read at the Annual General Meeting of
Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES
WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in
the Chair.
The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last
annual general meeting a report was made to them for the
quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus
was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of
£208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences
with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this
bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d.

SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30TH MET, 18GS.
DR. INCOME OF THE YEAR.
Balance of account, 30th
June, 1867, £981,514 13 9
Less amount distributed
as bonus 208,774 0 0
£772,710 13 9

Premiums on new assur-
ances
Ditto on old ditto .... 366,215 7 3

£380,811 8 8

Interest from invest-
ments 117,584 7 3

£498,395 15 11
Profit and loss, balance
of 46,070 13 8
account
Total income ---- 544,466 9 2

X 1,317,207 2 11

CR. CHARGE OF UTE YEAR •
Dividend to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives
£265,523 18 5
assured ..................
Additions to those under
participating policies... 22,816 4 7
Policies surrendered 28,642 11 8
Re-assurances, new
Ditto, old 50,865 0 8

£370,618 5 3
Commission ............... 11,702 15 0
Medical fees ............... 751 16 2
Income tax .. . ........... 2,215 4 7
Expenses of manage-
ment ........................ 15,489 8 5
400,777 9 5

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

£1,317,207 2 11 I
Examined and approv,:l
THOMAS ALLEN ,1
Auditors
HENRY ROSE,
The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £514,466
9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,654 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 78.
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 new assurances are £14,596 ls. 9d.,
and of this sum £3,270 15s. 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, many of the risks
re-assured having terminated by death and other causes.
The expenses of management are 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 5f
per cent. on the total income.
The balance-sheet is as follows :
Da. LIABILITIES.
Interest due to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives assured, and
additions thereto unpaid 61,530 4 5
Sundry accounts
Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867) 6,369,469 11 7
Proprietors' fund
Surplus fund as before 907,552 8 6

Total X 7,565,198 1 8
CR. ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages X1,460,772 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
ments
22,604 2 9
Cash and bills
Advanced on security of the company's
159,503 14 9
policies—.
27,112 9 6
Agents' balunces
Sundry accounts
Value of premiums (1867) ..........
86,860 13 9
Value of re-assurances .......... .

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.................................. £7,565,198 1 3
Examined and approved.
THOMAS ALLEN,} Auditors.
HENRY ROSE, jj
The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown
by this account. On ccmparing 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 indicating the value
of the future premiums, the assets amount to £3,0.59,030
3s. 3d.
The direction of the company is now constituted as
follows :
The Right Hon. Sir JOHN YOUNG, Bart K B Chair-
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man.
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RITE Esq., Deputy

Chairman.
Charles Bischoff, Esq. I Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq.
Thomas Boddington, Esq. Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq. James Murray, Esq.
Sir J. Buller East, Bart., Philip Rose, Esq.
D.C.L. George Russell, Esq.
Robert A. Gray- Esq. I Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke,
Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D., Esq.
F.B.S. Admiral Tindal.: