The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-27 00:00:00

ABOLITION OF THE DUTY ON FIRE
INSURANCES.

THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE
eOMPANY, in anticipation of the above, beg to intimate
that on all new It.surances now effected there will only h.
payable (provisionally) the proportion of Duty for the time
between the date of the Order and Midsummer Day next.
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
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Lombard-street, London.
CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS STERLING.

Important Announcement.
Increased Share of Life Profits.

ALL NEW INSURANCES, with Participation, EFFECTED
AFTER IST JANUARY, IS6B, will become entitled to an INCREASED
SHARE OF THE PROFITS, in accordance with the Resolution
passed at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

JOHN H. IlloaBF14,118;;;er.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London

AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL EXHIBI-
TION, 1869.—The GRAND DIPLOMA OF
HONOUR, being the First Prize, and superior to the Gold
Medal has been awarded to LIEBIG COMPANY'S EX-
TRACT OF' MEAT ; which likewise carried the First
Prizes at the Paris and Havre Exhibitions.
A single trial will at once convince the consumer of the
great superiority in flavour strength, and olearness, over
all other Extracts of Meat, thus fully showing the correct-
ness of the high distinctions received.

Every genuine Jar bears Baron Liobig's signature.

SCOTT'SWLIOWS and LIVER PILLS.
Lf ANE VER-tAM ;NAMEMEDY.—Prepared with-
out any mercurial ingredient, will be found invaluable- to
all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges-
tion, wind, opasms; giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c.
For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ;
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross,
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, Is. lid., and
three times the quantity iu one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are in
a square green package, with " William Lambert, 8, King
William-street, Charing-cross," engraved on the Govern
went stamp.

BRITON MEDICAL AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSOCIATION.

Chief Offices-429, Strand, London.
TRUSTEES.
Lient.-General Sir J. E. R. Partridge, Esq., F.R.S.
Dupuis, K.C.B. Francis Webb, Esq.
Sir James Duke, Bart. W. Tyler Stnith, M.D.
Sir W. Fergusson, Bart., Millis Coventry, Esq.
F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD —FR A.NCIS WEBB, Esq.
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN - W. TYLER SMITH, Esq.
EXTRACTS from the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL RE-
PORT, read at the Annual General Meeting held at the
Society's House on Thursday, 18th March, FRANCIS
WEBB, Esq., in the chair.
The directors have received 3,212 proposals for assur-
ing the sum of £972,866 18s. 9d. 2,472 policies were
issued, assuring £703,451 4s. and producing in annual
premiums the sum of £25,227 Bd.
The following tabulated returns exhibit the new busi-
ness transactions during the three quinquennial periods :

•bo n:!
"c7i
*0
g7l .8 a •c 5
• 2 Amount Amount Annual
arto 6 o" Proposed. Z Assured. Preminms.
.g
- -
L s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1858 4,802 1,023,140 0 0 3,318 654,140 0 0 21,347 16 5
1863 13,244 2,779,666 0 0 9,746 2,037,383 0 0 63,507 19 10
1868 17,466 4,861,303 5 9 13,699 3,752,967 4 8 122,257 17 6
Total- 35,512 8,664,109 5 9 26,763 6444,490 4 8 207,113 13 9
The net premium income has increased to
the sum of 4216,704 1 7

The net pre
the sum o
The interest on investmen
of receipt yield

-.4216,704 1 7

is and othoritems

21,276 18 1

Making a total income of £237,980 19 8
The claims were 335, amounting to the sum of £127,886
[28.1c1.

The balance of the year's income was £68,026 9s. 4d.
The assets of the association at the close of the year
amounted to £667,493 Bs. sd.

The directors draw special attention to the fact that the
next bonus valuation will take place at the end of the year
1872, and that all polices effected on the profit scales prior
to the 31st December, 1869, will be entitled to participate
in the same.
The directors also draw attention to the successful esta-
blishment during the past year of the Britannia Fire
Association, order the auspices of the Briton. The direc-
tors believe that the establishment of a Fire Company, to
work in active co-operation with the Life, will tend much
to the advantage a•-• -
to remark that the capital funds and
constitution or ezetrefflce are quite, sepprate and distinct.

By order of the Board,
JOIIN MESSENT, Actuary and Secretary.
London, March 18, 1869.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.
Open to all without letters of recommendation.
FUNDS are urgently needed.
JAMES S. BLYTH, Sec.

CIREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Cale-
donian-road, N.—Several beds in the now buildings
cannot be occupied for WANT of FUNDS.
F. SMITH, Esq., Hon. Secretary.
GEORGE REID, Secretary.

'ZING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal-
IL 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, Hon. Sec.