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EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY, London,
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS,
For the year ending 30th June, 1866, road at the ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING, 10th August, 1866.
CHARLES CHATFIELD, Esq., in the chair.
The Directors lave the satisfaction of reporting to the
'proprietors that, in pursuance of the resolutions unani-
mously passed at the Special General Meeting held in
April last, the amalgamation of the National Mercantile
Assurance Society with the Eagle has been carried into
effect, and two of the directors of that society—Mr. Wil-
coxon (heretofore the chairman), and Mr. William Fre-
derick De la Rue—now occupy seats at the Eagle Board.
The following account exhibits the increased income
and outgoing of the year arising from the junction, which
it may be remembered takes effect retrospectively, and the'
balance-sheet shows the assets as they existed on the 30th
June last, augmented by those just transferred.
By the Surplus Fund account it will be seen that the
total income from premiums and interest is £483,376 Os.
11d., and the total outgoing £114,790 13s. 6d. - The dif-
ference, £68,585 78. 5d., and the surplus fund contributed
by the amalgamated society, viz., £151,545 88.6 d., increase
the surplus fund of the company to £899,095 Bs.
The premiums on new assurances are considerably
less than those of the foregoing year ; but at the same
time a much smaller portion of them has been devoted to
re-assurance.
The change in the financial position of the Company
precludes an exact comparison with former years. The
expenses of management of the Eagle for the year are.al-
most identical in amount with those of the last. The ex-
penses of the National Mercantile Society will, of course,
henceforth cease.
Deducting the several items payable on demand, or at
an early maturity, the realised assets, as set forth in the
balance sheet, amount to £2,559,135 45. Bd. Of this sum
£178,340 belongs exclusively to the proprietors, £1,481,699
16s. Bd.* exclusively, to the policy holders, and £8.39,095 Bs.
partly to the one and partly to the other. The last two
items subject, of course, to exact adjustment at each quin-
quennial investigation.
It remains only for the Directors to mention that, since
the last annual meeting the Company has lost, by the de-
cease of Sir William Gore Ouseley, and by the retirement
of Mr. Gould, the services of two of the members of the
board. Both gentlemen were much respected, and it is
with great regret that the directors have to make this an-
nouncement.

* £5,880,163 14s. 4d., less £4,398,463 17s. Bd.

SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT.
DR. INCOME OF THE YEAR.
Balance of Account, 30th
June 1865
....;678,964 12 1
Ditto National Mercantile
Society 151545 8 6
,

£830,510 0 7
Premiums on now as-
surances ... 21,553 18 10
Ditto old ditto ... 354,800 3 7

376,354 2 5
Interestfromlnvestrnents 107,021 18 6

Total incomo ... .••

483,376 0 11

£1,313,886 1 6
CR. CHARGE OF THE TEAR.
Dividend to Proprietors £9,420 17 6
Claims on decease of lives

assured, &c. ...£265,399 3 G
Additions to those under

participating policies... 22,574 13 7
Policies surrendered -23,289 5 5
Reassurances, new - 6,951 16 5
Ditto, old ... 55,344 12 10

' .473,559 11 9
Commission ... ..,. 10,405 010
Medical fees ... 892 11 4
Income tax ••• ••• 2,017 17 3
Expenses of management 12,482 1U 8
Ditto National Mercantile
Society
... 6,012 1 2

405,369 16 0

Total charge
... 414,790 13 6
Balance of account, 30th June, 1866, as below 899,095 8 0

£1,313,886 1 6

THOMAS ALLEN,/
Examined and approved,
HENRY ROSE,
Auditors.
BALANCE. SHEET.
DR. ' T
.-AIABILITIES.
Interest duo to Proprietors
...
Claims on decease of lives assured and
additions thereto unpaid ...
80,748 9 11
Cash bonus due to policy-holders ... 538 6 1
Sundry accounts .. .. ... •••
5,880,163 14 4
. ... Proprietors' fund • £178,340 0 0
Surplus fund, as above 899,095 8 0 69,624 911
Value of sums assured :

£6,086 3 9

1,077,435 8 0

£7,114,596 12 0

Cu.
ASSETS.
Amount invested in fixed mortgages .C 1,317,142 13 2
Ditto, ditto, decreasing ditto
... 182,849 8 10
Ditto, ditto, reversions 477,590 15`11
Ditto, ditto, funded securities ... 834,424 2 5
Ditto, ditto, temporary securities
... 50,124 11 6
Current interest on the above invest-
ments ...
Cash and bills '"
Advanced on security of ..t.he Company's
policies ...
Agents' balances ....
Sundry accounts "•
Value of premiums
Value of reassurances

31,783 17 10
17,744 10 2

.., 165,567 7 9
34,231 6 5
... 60,500 5 8
... 4,398,463 17 8
... 44,173 14 8

£7,114,596 12 0

Examined and approved,
T HOMA S ALL EN}
HENRY HOSE, Auditors.

The direction of the Company is now constituted as
follows :
GEORGE RUSSELL, Esq., Chairman.
Colonel CHARLES WETHERALL, K.C.T., Deputy-
Chairman.

Charles Bischoff, Esq,
Thomas Boddington Esq.
Charles Chatfield, Esq.
William Frederick Do La
Rue, Esq.
Sir J. Buller East, Bart.,
D.C.L.
Robert A. Gray, Esq.
Wm. Augustus Guy, M.D.
Chas. Thos. Holcombe, Esq.
g ichard Harman Lloyd, Esq.

Joshua Lockwood, Esq.
James Murray, Esq.
Ralph Charles Price, Esq.
Philip Rose, Esq.
Thos. Godfrey Sambrooke,
Esq.
Capt. Louis Symonds Tindal,
R.N.
Robert Wilcoxon, Esq.
Right Hon. Sir John Young,
Bart.