The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-06 00:00:00

'THE ROYAL INFIRMARY for DISEASES
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 persons over
20 years of age and above the pauper class, who are hope-
lessly afflicted with 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 be 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. WEAVER, Sec.
Offices, 73, Cheapside, E.C.
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ere as fol

For Fano;
28, Church-row, Hamp-
stead.
13, Camden-street,Camden-
town.
205, Great Portland- street.

SOCIETY'S HOMES
Rows:—

Women.
150, New Kent-road.
48, Church-street, Stoke
Newington.
Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
wich.

For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Irampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Homo—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Choapside.
In addition to the 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 ate 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 624 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. iDANL. CO PER,; Sec.®

8f Queen-street Cheapside.i

who, being eligible, offer themselves nil- re-election.
The Dividend and Bonus (together LI Us. per Share),
free of income tax, will be payable at the Head Office,
or at any of the Branches; on and after Monday, the 15th
inst.

BALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON AND
COUNTY BANKING COMPANY,
31ST DECEMBER, 1868.

DR.
To Capital £1,000,000 0 0
Instalments unpaid,
not yet due
£985,336 0 0

- .
B,esorvo Fund
lustabnonts unpaid,
not yet duo 14,641 0 0
485,35 G 0 0
Amount due by the
Bank for Customers'

Balances, Src £12,462,789 3 1
Liabilities on Accep-
tances, covered by
Securities
----- 15,705,719 17 4
Profit and Loss Ba-
lance brought from
last Account
Gross Profit for the
Half-year, after
making provision
for Bad and
Doubtful Debts 234,156 3 6

238,24,

l 8 6 10

£17,414,680 4 2
CR.
By Cash on hand at
Head Office and
Branches, and with
Bank of England —4853,340 16 G
Cash placed at Call and
at notice, covered by
Securities

IhTestments, viz.—
Government and Gua-

.____0,048,912 15 11

ranteed Stocks .......£1,266,262 13 10
Other Stocks and So-
curities W..

60,128 7 3

1,326,391 1 1
Discounted Bills, and
advances to Cus-
tomers in Town and
Country £9,130,486 8 5
Liabilities of Cus-
tomers for Drafts
accepted by the Bank
(as per contra)
12,673,417 2 8

Freehold Premises in Lombard-street
and Nicholas-lane, Freehold and Lease-
hold Property at the Branches, with
Fixtures and Fittings
Interest paid to Customers
Salaries and all other Expenses at Head
Office and Branches, including In-
come Tax on Profits and Salaries

231,519 13 2
34,951 6 10

99,488 4 6

£17,414,680 4 2
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
DR.
To Interest paid to Customers, as above V 4,951 6 10
Expenses do.
Rebate on Bills not due, carried to New
Account
Dividend of 6 per Cent. for the Ralf-
year . 58,535 3 8
Bonus of 21 per Cent. .. 24,389 13 3
Balance carried forward .. 5,817 4 10

£238,248 6 10

By Balanee brought forward from last
Account
Gross Profit for the Half-year, after
making provision for Bad and
Doubtful Debts 234,156 3 6

£238,248 6 10
We, the undersigned, have examined and approved the
above Balance-sheet.
WILLIAM NORMAN, I
(Signed) R. H. S WAINE, Auditors.
WHITBREAD TOMSON,
London and County Bank, Jan. 28, 1869.
l` Report having been read by the Secre-
tary, Resolutions were proposed and unani-
htehfeorfeognoaioginwg
mously adopted : --
1. That the Report be received and adopted, and printed
for the use of the Shareholders.
2. That a Dividend of 6 per cent., together with a Bonus
of 21 per cent., both free of income tax, be declared for the
half-year ending 31st December, 1868, payable on and
after Monday, the 15th instant, and that the balance of
£5,817 4s. 10d. be carried forward to Profit and Loss New
Account.

3. That John William Burmester, Esq., be re-elected a
Director of this Company; that John Fleming, Esq., be
re-elected a Director of this Company ; that William
Champion Jones, Esq., bo re-elected a Director of this
Company.
4. That William Norman, Richard Hinds Swaine, and
Whitbread Tomson, Esquire; be elected Auditors for the
current year.

5. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the
Board of Directors for the able manner in which they have
conducted the affairs of the Company.
6. That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to the
Auditors of the Company for their services during the past
year.

7. That the thanks of this meeting be presented to
William McKewan, Esq., to the Chief Inspector, to the
Cbief Acceuntant, to the Secretary, and to all the Branch
Managers and other Officers of the Bank, for the zeal and
ability with which thay have discharged their respective
duties.

(Signod)

W. N ICOL, Chairman.

The Chairman having quitted the chair, it was resolved
and carried unanimously-
8. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be presented
to William Nicol, Esq., for his able and courteous conduct
in the chair.

(Signed)
W. CHAMPION JONES, Deputy-Chairman.
(Extracted from the Minutes.)
(Signed) F. CLAPPISON, Secretary.

LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING
COMPANY.
Notico is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND on the
Capital of the Company, at the rate of 6 per cent. for the
Half-year ending 31st December, 1868, with a Bonus of 2f
per cent. will be PAID to the Proprietors, either at the
Head Office, 21, Lombard-street, or et any of the Com-
pany's Branch Banks, on and after MONDAY, the 15th
instant.

By order of the Board.
W. McKEWAN, General Manager.
21, Lombard-street, Feb. 5, 1869.

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NICOLL'S CELEBRATED DEPILATORY.
For removing superflous Hair. Sent free to any part of the
three kingdoms on receipt of 20 postage stamps. P. 0.0. payable
at Vigo-street, Regent-street.
LADIES' CHIGNON FRIZETTES, in every Shade, Colour,
and Size, from Is. to 2s. Gd.
SHAMPOOING, BRUSHING by MACHINERY, charge ca.

each.
Paid-up Capital, £985,856. Resterved Fund, £185,356.
DIRECTORS.
Nathaniel Alexander, Esq. Frederick Francis, Esq.
Thos. Tyringham Bernard, Frederick Harrison, Esq.
Esq. Lord Alfred Hervey.
Philip Patton Blyth, Esq. William Champion, Jones,
John Wm. Burmester, Esq. Esi,
Thomas Stock Cowie, Esq. Jaine 3 Morley, Esq.
John Fleming, Esq. William Nicol, EN:
GENERAL MANAGER —N illiam McKewan, Eq.
CHIEF INSPECTOR—W. J. Norfolk, Esq.
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER—WiIIiam Howard, Esq.
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT—James Gray, Esq.
INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES.
H. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherring, Esq.
SECRETARY.—F. Clappison, Esq.
Bead Office, 21, Lombard-street.

At the Annual General Meeting of the Proprietor:l,lold
on Thursday, the 4th Februa7, 1869, at the City Ter-
minus Hotel, Cann in-street Station, the following Report
for the year ending the 31st December, 1863, was read by
the Secretary.
WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., in the chair.
The Directors, in presenting to the Proprietors the Ba-
lance-sheet of the Bank for the half year ending the 31st
December last, have the pleasure to report that, after pay-
ing interest to customers, and all charges, allowing for re-
bate, and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the
net profits amount to £84,649 18s. 5d- This sum, added
to £4,092 3s. 4d., brought forward from the last account,
produces a total of £8.4,742 Is. 9d.
The usual Dividend of 6 per cent. for the half-year is
recommended, together with a Bonus of 2I per cent., both
free of income tax, which will absorb £82,924 16s. 11d.,
and leave £5,817 4s. 10d. to be carried brware. to Profit
and Loss New Account. The Dividend for the whole year
1868 will thus be 161 per cent.
The Directors have to announce the election of Lord
Alfred Hervey as a Director, in the room of the Right
Honourable Hugh C. E. Childers, M.P., who has accepted
office in the present Administration ; the election of James
Morley, Esq., in the room of E. W. T. Hamilton, Esq.,
M.P., who retired on account of ill-health, and the elec-
tion of Thomas Stock Cowie, Esq., in the room of J. E.
Anderson, Esq., whose removal to reside in the West of
England compelled his retirement.
The Directors retiring by rotation are :
John William Burmester, Esq.,
John Fleming, Esq., and
William Champion Jones, Esq., _
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