The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-15 00:00:00

A.D. 1720.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION.
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES.
Offices—ROYAL EXCHANGE, London.
Branch Office-29, Pall Mall, S.W.

ourAvius WIGRAM, Esq Governor.
JAMES STEWART H9DGSON, Esq Sub-Governor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq Deputy-Governor.

£1,317,207 2 11
Examined and approvAd
THOMAS ALLEN} Auditors.
HENRY ROSE,
The total income of the year, it will be seen, is £544,466
9s. 2d., and the total outgo £409,654 14s. sd. ; the diffe-
rence, or the sum laid by-- viz, £131.811 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
and of this sum £3,270 15s. 4d.
The premiums on new assurances are £14,596 is. 9d.,
£5 12s, per cont.
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
appears in the amount
of premiums paid for re-! too,
assurance, many of the risks
re-assured having terminated by death and other causes.
The expenses of management aro loss 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 54per cent. on the total income.
The balance-sheet is as follows
Dn.
Interest due to proprietors ..................
Claims on decease of lives assured, and
additions thereto unpaid .................. 61,530 4 5
Sundry accounts .............................. 45,875 13 6
Liability under sums assured, &c. (1867)
6,369,469 11 7
Proprietors' fund ........... . .................. 173,792 10 0
Surplus fund as before ........................ 907,552 8 6

£6,977 13 3

Total £7,565,198 1 3
Cit. A HET&
Amount invested in fixed mortgages
....£1,460,772 2 7
Ditto ditto decreasing dit 183,979 17 10
Ditto ditto reversions........., 347,136 5 5
Ditto ditto funded securities 479,932 13 3
Ditto ditto temporary securities 142,421 011
Current interest on the above invest-
ments
Cash and bills
Advanced on security of the'company's
policies.... 159,503 14 9
Agents' baliAces .. . 27,112 9 6
Sundry accounts 112,460 15 0
Value of premiums (1867) ............ 4,506,167 18 0
Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9

36,243 7 6
22,604 2 9

Total .................................... £7,565,198 1 3
Examined and approved.
THOMAS ALLEN,)
HENRY ROSE, Auditors.
The present disposition of the Company's funds is shown
by this account. On cempaying 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 £3,059,030
as. 3d.

The direction of the Company is now constituted as
follows :
Tho Right lion. Sir JOIIN YOUNG, Bart., K.C.B. Chair-
WILLIAM FREDERICK DE LA RUE Esq., Deputy-
Chairman.
Charles Bischoff, Esq.
Thomas Boddington, Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq.
Sir J. Buller East, Bart.,
D.C.L.
Robert A. Gray! Esq.
Wm. Augustus Guy M.D.,

Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq.
Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
James Murray, Esq.
Philip Rose, Esq.
George Russell, Esq.
Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke,
Esq.
A dmiral

IIHE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
•tre as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hemp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland. street. wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buck,hurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
clue racter, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friondless
ser rants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee ale 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 bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. OODPER, Soc.
RE Queen-street Cheapside

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

_
Established' 31st July, 1851.
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 requisites for tho in-
valid.

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

A new wing to the Hospital has just been completed
at a cost of upwards of £lO,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 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 Poultry London. E.C. September 1868.