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London, England, 1869-05-31 00:00:00

Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.

A Single Truss, 165., 21W., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage,
le. A Double Truss, 81s. 6d., 425., and b2s. 6d. Postage,
ls. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
ls. 10d. _ _ _ _ _ _

...,.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT

LILASTIC STOCKINGS,
cr.l KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of tho Legs, Sprains, &c. They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 48. 6d., 7s. 6d.,
10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d. .
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

13RITAN NIA FIRE ASSOCIATION
Head Offices, 429, Strand, London.
The distinguishing features of this Association are;
Equitable Rates,
Undoubted Security.
Prompt settlement of claims."
JOHN MESSENT, Manager.

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 SbtITII. 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-place Pall mall, London.

ruHE ROYAL HOSPITAL for DISEASES of
the CHAST, City-road.—The wards for in-patients
are constantly full, thos3 for ont-patients crowded daily.
FUNDS greatly needed.
CHARLES L. KEMP, Secretary.

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.
F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman.
JAMES BLYTH, Secretary.

DOG LICENSES.—CAUTION.
rill-1E COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
. VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December
last, and every pet son 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 ratm., of the place where the
dog is kept, on application at
The Office of the Collector of Inland) In the neigh-
Revenue, bourhood of the
The Office of tho Distributor of Stamps applicant's re-
Or sidence.
A Money Order Post Office.
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 riet, will receive a Ifeense-in return b post.
WM. GOBBET r, y secret-Irv.

THE ASSOCIATION for the WELFARE of
.1 the BLIND, 210, Oxford-street, and 127, EuFton-road.
Patroness—Her Most 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 aro applying for help, which
cannot be given for WANT of FUNDS.
Contributions will be thankfully received by the Secre-
tary, Rev. C. B. REID, M.A.

GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
establisbeo at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free•
Bankers--Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co., 60, Lombard-
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pall-mall. —Hon.
See., I Smith. Esa. GEO. REID, SOC.

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.

rrifiE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
J. 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 are 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—H.R.H. the Princess of WALES.
This Institution provides a home for life, with good
nursing and skilled medical attendance, for persc ns over
20 years of ago and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted wit h 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 bo ob-
tained from the Secretary.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS are
earnestly solicited.
Bankers—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-
street, E.C. ;Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross, S.W.
ED WD. WEA'YER, Sec.
T:Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the Storms
of the year 1868, the National Lifeboat Institution
contributed tr: the saving of 862 lives from various ship-
wrecks and 25 vessels from destruction. The Institution
also expended £20,433 in the same period on its Lifeboat
Establishments, in addition togranting £2,431 for re-
wards.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly appeal to the
public for assistancet9.enable them to meet the continued
heavy demands on their 198 Lifeboat Establishments.
Contributions will bo thankfully received by the London
and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Esq., at the r.nstitution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London.
TilE RESCUE F.
Ore as fol

SOCIETY'S HOMES
[lows:—

For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, 'lamp- 150, Now 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, Irampatead.
9, ITenstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary d Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Homo-85, Queen-street, Choapsido
In addition to tho above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee ale deeply anxious to
,Ten 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-
cant; whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
Tho Society's Repert (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 banloars are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
Tho Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
'benevolent. DANL. °OPER, 800.
8E Queen-street Cheanside.

Total chargA
Balance of account, 30th June, 1868, 907,552 8 6

£1,317,207 2 11
Examined and approv it
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, £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 £2,897,1571 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 loss 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. Tho whole expenditure, however, in-
cluding income tax, is at the rate of little more than q
per cent. on the total income.
The balance-sheet is as follows :—.
DR. 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) 6,869,469 11 7
1
Proprietors' fund
Surplus fund as before 173,792 10 0
45,875 13 6
907,552 8 6

£3,97713 3

T0ta1.......... X 7,565,198 1 3
CR. ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages £1,460,772 2 7
Ditto ditto decreasing ditt 183,979 17 10
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-

ments ...........................................
Cash and bills ....................................
Advanced on security of the company's

36,243 7 6
22,604 2 9

....... . _ _
Policies..., 159,503 14 9
Agents' balLaces
Sundry accounts
Value of premiums (1867) .... 4,506,167 18 0
Value of re-assurances 86,860 13 9

Total ... . ................................ £7,565,198 1 3
Examined and approved.
TIIOM AS ALLEN a
HENRY ROSE, - Auditors.
The present disposition of the Company's tunds 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 boon 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
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.
Thomas Boddington, Esq. I
Charles Chatfield, Esq.
Sir J. Buller East, Bart., I

Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq.
Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
James Murray, Esq.
Philip Rose, sq.
George Russell, Esq.
Thos. Godfrey So.mbrooke,
Esq.
Admiral

D.C.L.
Robert A. Grayl Esq.
Wm. Augustus Guy M.D.,
F.R.S.

ROYAL HOSPITAL for -INCURABLES,
West-hill, Putney-heath.
Established 81st 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 requisites for the in-
valid.
2d. By granting an annuity of £2O to patients at thei
own homes.
A r ew wing to the Hospital har+ lust been completed
n 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.