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RELIANCE AND EAST OR ENGLAND

LIFE ASSUPANCE SOCIETY.

ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the members of the com-
pany was held at the offices, 71, King William-
street, City.
Major SKINNER, R.A., in the chair.
The usual routine business having been tran-
sacted, _ _

The CHAIRMAN called upon the Secretary to
read the directors' report, which was as follows :
" The present meetinc, is convened for the election of
directors and auditors, and foeireneral purposes, in accord-
ance with the Deed of Settlement and Bye-laws of the
society. The directors have the pleasure to submit the
audited accounts for the past year, together with a state.
ment of assets duly verified. The books and general ac-
counts are also produced for inspection of the members.
During the year, 369 life policies were issued for assurances
amounting to £126,381, producing £4,191 7s. 6d. new pre-
miums ; which; together 'with £22,516 195.. sd. renewal
premiums, and £4,051 16s. 4d. interest on investments,
makes the total income of the society for the yearens ifyr Dec.
31, 1859, amount to £30,750 3s. 3d. The claims (including
those not yet at maturity) amount to £6,284, in respect of 21
lives. The estimated mortality for the same period wa5£9,576,
or 30 per cent. ia excess of the actual mortality. After pay-
ment of bonuses taken i a reduction of preiniums, and making
provision for putstanding claims, the sum of £3,978 13s. is
carried to the general fund of realised assets, which now
amounts to £99,884 3s. 11d., to meet a total net liability of
£90,308 10s., leaving a balance of £9,575 towards the fund
accruing for bonus allocation at the next triennial division
of profits. The subjoined report of the actuary gives a brief
summary of the various assurance risks in force, together
with the present liability of the society under each head,
No deduction from such liability has been made by him in
respect of the office, or surplus premium s payabl e on each risk,
and which he estimates at £79,883 12s. It will be re-
marked, that he continues to base his calculations upon
the supposition that the society's funds will realise perma-
nently only 3 per cent. per annum, although from past
experience a higher rate may confidently be anticipated.
The Post-office authorities have encouraged the extension
of life assurance among the officers of the department, by
arranging with several assurance companies for the receipt
of their premiums by such instalments as may suit the
convenience of those employed under them. They like -
wise contribute, from a fund in hand, a portion of the pre-
miums' averaging 20 per cent. These advantages are
limited to assurances effected with the offices named in the
Postmaster-General's list, which, it is gratifying to state,
includes the Reliance and East of England. Special tables
have been prepared for this service. The directors retiring
by rotation aro—J. W. Egerton Green, George Whitmore,
George Frederick Harris, and John Ledger, Esquires, who,
being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. The retiring
auditor is Abdy, Regius Professor of Law at Cambridge.
As this gentleman isineligible for re-election, until he shall
have been out of office one whole year, Mr. Edward White,
member duly qualified, who has formerly served the office,
has been proposed as a candidate, and will be submitted to
the meeting accordingly. The directors take this opportu-
nityof acknowledging the valuable assistance received from
several policy-holders in promoting the business of the so-
ciety, and they will gladly welcome similar exertions from
the general body of members."

REPORT OF THE ACTUARY TO THE
DIRECTORS.

" Gentlemen, —I beg to submit herewith detaiied valua-
tions of thebipiness on the books of the society upon the
31st of December last, the summary Of 'which Is aria=
lows :

GENERAL ASSURANCE.
2,140 policies, assuring £797,014, including
bonus additions, net liability .. £72,061 0 0
INDUSTRIAL ASSURANCE.
9CB policies, assuring £14,434 net liability 659 12 0
ANNUITIES, IMMEDIATE AND DEFERRED.
91 policies, assuring £1,310 on various
contingencies, net liability .. 17,687 18 0

3,139 policies. Total net liability .. £90,303 10 0
The present estimated value of the margin or surplus pre-
miums not included in the above valuation, but to be
brought to account as realised, and forming, if I may be
allowed the expression, a prospective Bonus Fund,' is
£79,883 12s. On the present occasion, as at our last tri-
ennial investigation, I have assumed 3 per cent. as a per-
manent rate of interest for improvement of the society's
funds, but the average interest actually realised for several
years past having exceeded 4 per cent., some advantage may
be looked to on this head for the society and its participa-
ting members.—l have the honour to be, with sincere re-
spect, gentlemen, your veg obedient servant,
" E. OSBORNE SMITH, Actuary.
" London, March 5, 1860."
The CHAIRMAN, having expressed the regret of
the board that serious illness detained Mr. Prinsep
from attending 'the meeting, in moving the adop-
tion of the report, congratulated the members of
the satiety most sincerely upon the circumstance
that the business of the office during the pass year
had been one of the most successful prosperity.
That was a point on which it was unnecessary for
him to say more, for, as a mutual society, they
were equally interested in its success. The claims
during the past year had not, he was happy
to inform them, come up to the amount
which had been calculated upon, havine• been only
£6,000, whereas, according to their tables, they
had a right to expect that they would have reached
£B,OOO during the year. Still he would not
be dealing fairly with them if he did not also
state that the claims, although less than what had
been anticipated, were greater than in any pre-
vious year. Of the lives at present insured
in the office, 50 per cent. were under 40 years of
age ; 80 per cent. were under 50 years of age, and
only 5 per cent. exceeded 60 years of age. That
was, he considered, a healthful state of the society;
but, of course, as those lives became older, so they
(the policy holders might expect larger claims to
come upon them. Vith respect to the encourage-
ment given by the Post-office authorities to their
employes to induce them to insure their lives, it
was gratifying to find that the Reliance and East
of England Office was one of those sanctioned by
the department, and although the society had not
as y 4 derived any direct benefit from it, he hoped
to see the movement prove a successful one, as it
would promote and foster provident habits, which,
after all, was the main object which the society had
in view. He wished, in the name of the board, to
acknowledge the great support given to them by
the policy holders. Since the amalgamation of the
two offices nothing could have gone on more suc-
cessfully. The joint board met in the greatest har-
mony every peek, and conducted the business to
the satisfaction of all parties, and they would con-
tinue to do so so long as they were supported by
their brother
policy holders. As he said before,
they were a mutual society, and it was therefore
necessary that they should hang together, and, in
their own interest, exert themselves for the benefit
of the society. It' they each one brought one policy
to the office they would at the end of the next
triennial period get a bonus as good, if not better,
than that which they obtained last year.
Dr. ABDY, as one of the auditors, seconded the
motion, and in doing so observed that he had gone
through the accounts in a very careful manner,
anj he was able to state most unreservedly that-all
that itppeared in the report was truthful and what
could he relied upon.
The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a policyholder, stated
that there Was a separate account kept of the in-
dustrial insueances, which was an experiment to
induce the working classes to give up the old bene-
fit societies. The polieim which were issued only
upa fiat-class lives, did not exceed £25 eacth, avid
the premiums were paid monthly.
The motion was then agreed to, after which the
retiring directors were re-elected. Mr. White was
elected an auditor in the room of Dr. Abdy, and the
thanks of the society voted to the medical and other
officers for the careful manner in which they per-
formed their duties.
Attention having been called to an attack made
upon the society in a work entitled " The Danger
of Policy-holders,"
The SECRETARY read an apology from the author
and publisher, stating that such attacks were void
of foundation.
The proceedings then terminated in the u,ual
manner.