The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-20 00:00:00

SHORT SUMMARY OP THE POSITION
OP THE

pRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY,
62, Ludgate Hill, London, B.C.

Branch Office-7, King-street, 'St. James's.

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The Annual Premium Income of the company, at the
close of 1868, was £220,978 -05.10 d., and the Total Amount
Assured £4,832,197.
The Business is divided tinder two heads:-
Ist —The General or Ordinary Business, being the
same as that transacted by other Compa•iies.
2nd—The Industrial or Working Class Assurances.
The Premium Income of the General
Business was £52,432, and the sum Assured
£1,362,960. The present value of the lia-
bility of this Branch by the Carlisle 3 per
Cent. Tables, throwing off the entire load-
ing. was .£139,322 15 8
The Premium Income of the Industrial
Branch was 168,546, the sum Assured
£3,169,237, and the Estimated Reserve 50,000 0 0

£189,322 15 8
The Liability of the Industrial Branch
does not admit of being estimated in the
same way as that of the General Branch,
on account of the very large proportion of
Policies which constantly larse,
so that
the bulk of the assurances are, in fact, risks
for short terms only; the estimated re-
serve for the liabilities of this Branch of
the business is shown by the result of 14
years' experience to be abundantly suffi-
cient.

Tho Assurance Fund on 31st Decem-
ber, 1868, was ................................. £241,301 124
The average duration of the whole of
the Industrial Policies was considerably
under three years.
The average age of the Assured in the
Industrial Branch was 19 years.
A detailed List of Assets can be had on application.'
H. BARREN, Secretary.

THE MESMERIC INFIRMARY, 36, Wey-
mouth-street, W. (where irany cases deemed incur-
able are cured), much needs support. Inspection is in-
vited from. 10 till 12.30. The Council have placed the
Institution under the control of THOS. CHANDLER',
Esq., M.R.C.S., who has above 30 years' experience in
Mesmerism and nervous diseases. Consultations—gra-
tuitou, till 10.30; private, till 12.30.

CANCER, HOSPITAL (Free) : founded 1851.
NJ —Brompton, S.W., and 167, Piccadilly.—Over 8,000
cases treated since foundation. Remedies and diet very
expensive. Over 40 in hospital,
and many cases unable
to be admitted for Want of FUNDS ; at present over 300
out-patients.

Treasurer—Geo. T. Ilerts
Esq., Lord Chamberlain's
Office, St. James's Palace.
Bankers—Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand.
By order, H. J. JEJPP.

DOOR SICK and HELPLESS CHILDREN.
1 —The ROYAL INFIRMARY for CHILDREN
and WOMEN, Waterloo-bridge-road. Instituted 1810.
Increased PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE is most
urgently needed, and solicited, for continuing relief to the
poor little suffering inmates at this Hospital.
Office, Waterloo-bridge-road, S.E.
Bankers—Messrs. Fuller, Banbury, and Co., 71, Lom-
bard-street; and Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand.
CHARLES J. F. RE N TON, Secretary.

VAST LONDON HOSPITAL for CHILDREN
The Committee earnestly desire to raise funds which
shall enable them to establish the Hospital in more suit-
able buildings. The premises now occupied are crowded
and inconvenient, causing additional expense from that
circumstance. It is impossible even to purchase on whole-
sale terms many articles of daily consumption from want
of room for stowage, every inch of available space being
occupied. There is a daily demand for more beds, and the
staff of nurses would be able to attend apon more children,
but no more can be admitted I.n the present building.
£B,OOO at least is required to cart y out this much-wished-
for and urgent scheme
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Trea-
surer, E.S. Norris, Esq., Shadwell ; or by
BHERRARD D. IRTRNABY, Hon: See.,rna
Rectory Wapping' El

NURSING.—ST. JOHN'S HOUSE and
1 SISTERHOOD for TRAINING NURSES for
HOSPITALS, Families, and the Poor: established 1848.
President—The Lord Bishop of LONDON.
The nursing at King's College and the Charing-cross
Hospitals, and the Galignani English Hospital at Paris,
is by the.; Sisters of John's
House.at present superintended

Ladies or others wishing to qualify themselves as
members of the House or Sisterhood, or as pupils to be
trained to nurse, are quested to communicate with the
Lady Superior.
Donations and Subscriptions to the General Fund, the
Sisters' Fund, or the Nurses' Pension Fund, may be paid
to Messrs. Contts ; or to the Lady Superior, at St. John's
House Norfolk-street, Strand, W.O.

ROYAL SCHOOL for DAUGHTERS of
OFFICERS of the ARMY, Lanslown, Bath.
Instituted, A.D., 1864.
Under the Patronage of her Maj sty the ()NEE%
President—H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., &e.
Chairman—Major-General Sir A. J. LAWRENCE,
This school has been founded upwards of four years,
I and it is intended for the education of the daughters of
officers of the army, Indian and Marines. There are
already 70 pupils in the school, but more could bo admitted
if the committee had further funds; they, therefore
APPEAL to the public to aid them in carrying out to its
full extent the benefits of the only institution specially
provided for the daughters of officers of the Army.
Each donation of £5 ss. entitles to one life vote at all
elections. Each annual subscription of £5 5s entitles to
one vote at all elections during the current year. The
amount may be forwarded by an order on a bank, agent,
or post-office (Charing-cross), payable ro.
GEO. W. FORS TER, Mader Sooretttrs Zia
Moo 22, Cookopur-stroot, London.

.ILA
ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN
_ILA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the
bowels or affecting the bead, truly efficacious and pleasant,
is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately re-
lieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and inci-
pient consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the
faculty pronounce incurable, and admirably allays the
ticking which provokes frequent coughing. In approach-
ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons
deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca-
tion, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it.
Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist, 8,
King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by all
druggists, in bottles, 131 d., and three quantities in one,
2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asth-
maticßalsam. The name and address are engraved on the
stamp.

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal-
street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly
APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current:ex-
penses. Assistance is urgently needed.
J. W. WALDRON, Secretary.

BRITISH HOSPITAL for SKIN DISEASES,
56, Great Marlborough-street, W.
Bankers, Messrs. Ransom.
SUPPORT is earnestly solicited.
ALEXANDER RIVINGTON, lion. Sec.

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
the MAST, City-road.---The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, those for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.

CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY DESTITUTE
ORPHAN CHILDREN are being maintained in the
ROYAL ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM, at the moderate rate
of Z 26 per annum each. Funds greatly needed.
OHARLES A. WALKER, Secretary
Office, 54, Oheapside, London, B.oi

LONDON HOSPITAL, -Whitechapel-road, E.
The great East-end receptacle for Accidents and
Urgent Cases. 4,932 In-patients last year, of whom 4,059
were free cases.
CONTRIBUTIONS earnestly requested.
WM. J. NIXON, House Governor and Secretary.

THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, M.P., and
Col. W. P. Grant.
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Board to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers-14ondon Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary
Office, 32, Sackville-street. Piccadilly.

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL (the Dreadnought), off
Greonwicb, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All
Nations, who are received without any recomendation.
The Committee require upwards of £4,500 annually
from voluntary bounty to meet the expenditure of this
Hospital.
SUBSCRIPTIONS will be most thankfully received by
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-
lane ; and at the Society's offices, 86, King William-street,
RC., by

S. KEMBALL COOK, Secretary.
Qualification for a Governor, 21s. annually ; Life
Governor, £lO 10s.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 181 ... 11 19
Do
Rotterdam — ... 12 11 ... 12 11
Antwerp — ... 25 371 ... 25 421
Brussels
Hatnburgli — ... 13 101 ... 13 11
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 1201
Vienna — ... 12 65 ... 12 70
Trieste — ... 12 65 ... 12 70
Petersburg -
Ocpenhagen.• — ~ 9 18 ... 9 22
Berlin
Madrid..
Oadi7
Leghorn
Milan — ... 26 75 ... 26 771
Genoa .. — ... 26 75 .. 26 771
Naples
Palermo .— ... 26 75 ... 26 771
Messina
Lisbon — ... 511 ... 52
Oporto — ... 511 ... 52
Rio Janeiro
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