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week In Tashua, the guests of their
grandmother, Mrs M. e. Clark.
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

c. e. PRAYER MEETING TOPICS.
The following excellent list of topics
has been arranged for the ensuing six
months:
JANUARY.
7. How finding Christ changes the
life. (Consecration meeting
Matt. 13: 44-46.
Leader, Rev R. E. Danforth.
IA. What Christ taught about money
and its uses. Matt. 2:11; Mark
10: 1871: Leader, A. P. Smich.
2l. Christ'S life: I, Lessons from His
.... boyhood. Luke 2:4O52.
* Prayer Meeting Committee.
%. Home missions in our cities. Luke
10: 4l-48.
Missionary Committee.
= FEBRUARY.
4. New work we may do "for Christ
and the church." christian En-
deaver Day.) Luke II: 48; Gen.
IL: 1-3; Gal. 3: 9. (Consecration
F Leader, Miss S. J. scudder.
IL. How to conquer temptation.
Matt. 26: Al; Cor. 10: 1918; Jas.
AT; Heb. 2: 18; 4:l4-16; II: ID.
Temperance topic.
Leader, George r: Wilson.
1S. Christ's life: II, His life-work,
and what we may learn about
our own work. John 14:8-14.
.~~~-... Prayer Meeting, Committee.
Is. What Christ teaches about for
giveness of sins. Matt 6 IL, IA,
Is; 1921, p: Luke 1860; John
Leader to be selected.
MARCH,
4. What is true happiness? the
worldly idea; the Christians
idea. {Consecration meeting.)
Luke 6 :2O-26; l John 2:12-17;
2Cor. 6: 10; Phil. 4:4-7.
Leader, Clara Young.
IL. James picture of perfect man;
how can we realize it ourselves?
q" Matt. S: 48; James 3: 1-28.
Leader, Lester Nicholson.
18. Christ's life: III, His summary of
conduct; the sermon on the
mount. Matt. chapters 5, 6 and
7. Prayer Meeting Committee.
Is. Beautiful sowing; our gifts to
Christs cause. Luke 6: 38; Cor.
9:1-l5. Leader to he selected.
APRIL.
2. Lives that endure. (Consecration
Meeting.) Matt. 7:24-25; Cor.
3:1O-15; Eph. 2: 1922; l Tim.
6:l7-l9; Tim. 2: 14-19. -.
Leader, Miss Jessie Taylor.
8. Our pledge and how to keep it.
Matt %: 20; Eccl. 5: II; Psalms
51:6. Leader. George Barnum.
His resurrection miracles. John
1:1.46; Luke 1:1l-17; Sal, ~,
40, Sc.
Prayer Meeting Committee.
%. The Lord s day; how to keep it
holy. Luke 6 $40; Ex. 20: 8-11
Rev. 1913.
Leader, n. M. Smith
20. Home missions among foreigners
| in America. Eph. 2:13-19.
Missionary Committee
6. Among the wheat or the tares
where am l? (Consecration meet
tng) Matt. Is: 24-30.
Leader, Miss Flora E. Lowell
13. Christ's life: V, Lessons from Hi
| 81; 25: 31-40.
20. Prayer Meeting Committee
essons from the lives of Elijal
and John the Baptist. Lux
i 1:14-17; Kings 18: 30-39. TEN
perance topic.
n Leader, DR. F. J. Gale
~. John Williams and missions t.
; the South Seas. PS. 81: 1-12.
: Missionary Commit ttee
JUNE.
3. Faith; what it is and what it does
(Consecration meeting.) Heb
l1:1-40; II: l., 2.
Leader, Mrs L. G. Nicholson
10. Christ's life: vi, His relation t
His disciples, and what He ez
poets of us. Matt. 10: 1888.
Prayer Meeting Committee
II. The glorified life. John IT: LIZ
22, %, "a Leader to be selected
"a. John Eliot, and missions anon
, the Indians 2 Tim. 2: lib.
Missionary Committee
The annual meeting of The Congre
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gational church takes place this
Thursday evening IN the church par
lors. The usual reports will be pre-
sented, and the annual election of Of
ticers will take place. Supper will be
served before the business meeting.
Rev R. Danforth, tho pastor, will
preside and it is expected Re7 Otis w.
Barker will also be present.
The attendance at the session of the
Congregational Sunday school, Sunday,
registered 96. .s
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Mrs John Donlon and son, Francis
of Bridgeport, were guests, last week
of Mrs NJ. J. Cavanaugh.
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Miss F. A. Marble Of Bridgeport ha'
been enjoying the holidays With ne
mother, Mrs M. G.. Marble.
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Miss Anna Carlson, returned, Tues
day, after stay OF few days 10 New
York City with friends.~-
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The annual meeting of the Congre-
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Miss Marguerite Beecher has been
spending a few days in Bridgeport,
the guest Of Miss Helen Plumb.
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COUNT TERFE|T JUNK
MUST PAY DUTY

The Department of Commerce and
Labor at Washington, D.. c., and the
Custom house at San Francisco have
been fnterchanging correspondence rela-
tive to the Whang Ho, counterpart
OF Chinese war junk, which is on
the way to this port from San Pedro.
The junk was built in China by w. n.
Milne, an American citizen supplied
with all the paraphernalia, including
guns, swords and prison cases, but no
ammunition, and brought to this coast
for the purpose of exhibition. The
American Consul at Shanghai issued a
document authorizing the junk to fly
the American flag. The matter Of ton
mage and duties on the vessel and
cargo and her status were referred to
Deputy Collector Newton S. Farley.
who fled his report to Collector STRAIT
ton yesterday.
Farley reported that the American
Consul at Shanghai issued the docu-
ment enormously, because the vessel
was not going to a foreign port; that
all the merchandise found on board the
junk was subject to forfeiture; that the
vessel was liable to tax of so cents
per ton on arrival at this port; that
the vessel could not be regarded as a
warship, because she is not owned by
a government, and that the taking of
the vessel from port to port in the
United States for exhibition purposes
is commercial transaction
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SUPERIOR JUDGE COOK
WANTS SUITABLE QUARTERS
Asks Supervisors to Provide Him With
Rooms In New Kreling Build
ing on Eddy Street

Superior Judge Carroll Cook has re-
quested the Board of Supervisors to
make arrangements at once for his
occupancy of rooms in the new Krel-
ing building on Eddy street. near Ma
son. now in course of construction.
Cook says he was obliged to vacate
quarters in the synagogue building on
California street and in the basement
of Calvary Church Now he is prepar-
ing to rent two rooms from the Sal
walton Army on the corner of Post and
Fillmore streets at rental Of s125 per
month, which, he says. can be saved II
the quarters in the new building are
assigned to him.
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Y and 2 win four by cards, game and

and u win four by cards, game and
rubber.
because he does not like to lead away
from his tenace in clubs, forgetting that
when the suit is one of more than four
cards a tenace is not likely to be worth
waiting for, except at no-trumps. With
the declaration on his right he knows
he should make both ace and queen Of
trumps. and he hopes to make the
little one as well as by leading a sin
gleton and getting ruff in diamonds.
covers with the in order to estab-
lish the Q, in case the K should be in
BIS hand.
On looking over the possibilities of
the combined hands, sees that his
best chance to win the game is to es-
tablish the spade suit. This can be ac-
complished if there are three in each
hand against him, and dummy is al
lowed to ruff one round.
Trick g. While dummy is in the lead
he must give q chance to fnesse the
trump suit
Trick 4. A is now in difficulties as to
how to get his partner in so as to get
that force in diamonds. He might take
the chance that B holds the K of clubs
and lead small, but if should prove to
be short in clubs or have the K alone
AS ace would never make. BY leading
the ace first A knows that B will get in
If he has the king and 2 has two clubs.
II 2 has not two clubs the lead of the
ace first will force the strong hand
Trick 6. The time has come to let Y
ruff one round of spades before contin-
uing the trumps.
Trick 9. Unless the spades are divid-
ed 2 cannot win the game on the hand,
SO he must risk drawing the trump be-
fore he leads the spade ace. The posi-
tion of the losing trump is unknown to
2, and he cannot tell whether or not
B has another club, because he might
be unlocking AS suit. If 2 leads the
ace of spades before drawing the trump
he risks having it ruffed, after which
he cannot win the game.
The student will observe that if A
had led the small club instead of the
ace it would have made no difference
in the result, because would have
trumped BIS lead of a diamond, know
ing that A must have led a singleton,
as he would not have opened a four
card suit 10 high while he had a long
club suit ace high. A would have to
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Copyright, 1905, by r.. F. Foster
of the questions which sooner or
No. 81

One of the questions which sooner or
later comes up with every bridge
player is the advisability of playing
for a ruff when there is a declared
trump. There is an attraction about
the idea of making one or two little
trumps while the dealer sits helpless
with all the big ones, and there is no
doubt that it pays when it can be done.
With four trumps and a good suit
you have just as good a chance to
make your suit as the dealer has TO
make his, unless he has six trumps to
your four. 1t is seldom right to play
for q ruff when you have four trumps,
unless you have no suit that is worth
trying for. There is no error more
common in playing against a trump
declaration than TO invite a ruff your
self when you have a fair chance to
force the strong trump hand instead.
When your trumps are small and you
have nothing better in your hand than
short suits, with an ace or probably
only a guarded king or queen, single
ton or a short suit may be a very good
opening But when you have any suit
which is both long and strong the hest
thing you can do is to play it right
out, in the hope that it may weaken
the declaring hand by forcing it.
Beginners are apt to overlook the
pretty strong hand. good enough to de-
clare on, three trumps are not worth
much, and a five-trump hand can be
reduced to three If II is forced twice
One need not play bridge very long to
become familiar with such expressions
as That force killed me-" or IF l had
not been forced I could have won the
game" The loss of a re-entry card is
a serious business at times, but not
more so than the loss of an extra
trump.
It is when the eldest hand is able to
stop the trump lead that IL is most
desirable to force the declaring hand.
because If the dealer leads trumps after
being forced once, and the eldest hand
can stop this trump lead, even once
only, he can force again. and IL is this
second force that does the business.
With two or three little trumps and
no possibility of stopping the dealer
from exhausting the trumps. there is
not so much advantage in forcing; but
there is always the possibility that
your partner can stop the trump lead
even if you cannot, and he may be
able to give the second force. One
force will very seldom hurt a sound
trump declaration, and 1t is therefore
the second force which should be
striven for.
The chance to force twice usually de-
pends on the combination of two things
"a long suit to force with, and the ace
or king Of trumps, with others. This
viii enable the player to stop the
trump lead after the dealer has been
forced and to force him again To lead
a singleton or a short suit when you
hold the combination which is likely to
secure a double force on the dealer is
TO waste a glorious opportunity, yet
no mistake is more common
Here is a position which illustrates
this dealt and declared hearts at
the score of love-all, rubber game:
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over.trump, and this line of play would
simply make the game easier for T. be-
cause he would not have to use his last
trump before leading the ace of spades,
as will be seen if the hand is played
over that way.
II the cards are laid out and A is al
lowed to begin with his long and
strong club suit, as he should do, the
second round will force 2. will put
dummy in with the spade and lead
trumps from Y's hand. as a matter of
course. On this first trump lead can
AFFORD to false-card the ace, because his
queen is still safe. A can then force q
again with another club, and 2 will
run dummy with spade and lead
trumps again, confident that the O Is
on his right. This gives A one more
force and leaves him with the thir-
teenth trump to bring in his clubs
holding the dealer down to the odd
trick instead of losing the game and
rubber.
The fhfrty-second article of the Sc
rfes Will appear Thursday, December 1a
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RUEF HAUNTED BY OLD CASE

Abe Ruef is clearing the decks for
action by attempting to wipe from
the court calendars several suits ond
other forms OF legal actions which he
has allowed to drag along for years
without attention. Yesterday he com
menced an action in Judge Kerrigan's
court for a restoration of records, by
which he hopes TO wipe out a $4,000
damage suit which has been hanging
fire for sixteen or seventeen years.
Ruef was sued by John Lapique, who
claimed the former conspired with
others TO have him arrested on a
groundless charge Of insanity and con-
fined in the State asylums and prisons
from 1884 10 1898. The suit never came
to trial and the plaintiff has disap-
peared. The restoration Of records was
granted yesterday b. Judge Kerrigan
and q motion viii be made next week
20 dismiss the case
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UNITARIANs RESUME SERVICE

Services will be resumed in the audi
torium of the Second Unitarian Church,
Rev. c. Calvert Smoot pastor, at Twen-
tieth and Capp streets, today. There
will be special services at IL o'clock
In the forenoon, and the music will be
rendered by double quartet. The
church has been thoroughly renovated
with funds for that purpose furnished
by the American Unitarian Associa-
ton, acting as agent for the Unitarian
churches of the country, and special
donation sent from the Second Unita-
rian Church of Boston, Mass, of which
Rev. Thomas Van Ness is pastor. Mr..
Van Ness organized the Second Unita-
rian Church in this city fifteen years
ago.
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STREET EMPLOYEES ARE TO GET
THEIR NOVEMBER SALARIES
Deficit in Board of Public Works De-
partment VIII Not Necessitate
Any Further Delay ~

The threatened holdirg up of nsal-
aries of employees of the Board of
Public Works for the month of No
vember is not to materialize and pay
ments on warrants will begin Monday
morning. When it was discovered that
the board had exceeded its regular ap-
preparation for November SO as to
leave a deficit amounting to nearly
$4,000, Auditor Horton declared that
no payments would be made, as this
could only be done by using part
of the appropriation for other months.
Supervisor Gallagher declared yes
terday that he would introduce a reso-
luton at the next meeting of the
Board of Supervisors asking that the
payments be made out of the general
reserve fund. and both he and Duffey
explained that the 6eficit can easily be
made up out of other months, as the
salary roll has been greatly reduced
and as November was an exceptionally
heavy month because of extra street
and building work. Auditor Horton
agreed to make the payments.
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MAY ANNUL MANY CHECKS
PRESENTED TO REFUGEES
Failure to Have Them Cashed Arouses
Suspicious Tint Some Persons Do
Not Deserve Relief

Checks to the value of $4,000. is
sued by the Relief Corporation for<the
purpose of rehabilitation. are still out
standing, and some of them have been
issued for so. long a time that it is
evident the holders were not in i'm
mediate need of the money. The COM
mittee is planning to revoke the checks
after a certain date At the relief
headquarters it is stated that money
is not given to people for the purpose
of saving, but only for immediat te
need.
1t is known to the heads of the cor
poration that some people have OBJ
tained relief money for the purpose of
boarding it. 1t is related that an old
woman applied recently for money and
when her case was investigated 1t was
found that she had already received
$500. When she was asked to explain
what she had done with 1t, she replied
that she had put the money away for
a rainy day.
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JURY CAN DEMAND NAMES

Coroner w. j. Walsh was advised by
City Attorney William G. Burk yester-
day that the Coroner's jury can de-
mand the names of witnesses to an ac-
cident, even though they are employees
of corporations interested in the case
at hand, unless the witness who is
asked to furnish the names is one of
those charged with responsibility for
the accident.
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Office of the United States Lighthouse
Inspector. Twelfth District, during the
next thirty days for filling the posi-
ton of cook at st. George Reef Light
Station, off Crescent City, Cal. with pay
at the rate of 1915 per annum. Appli-
cants must be citizens of the United
States, over IS and under so years OF
age, without family.
Application blanks and full informa-
ton can be obtained by applying at the
office
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CHILD FALLS INTO WELL
WHILE WATCHING HIS SHADOW
Jose $. Soares. Two Years Old, Loses
His Balance and TumbIes
to His Death

SAUSALITO. Dec s.-Jose S. Soares.
the two-year-old child OF Manuel
Soares, who lives near Manzanita, while
playing fell into a well and was
drowned Thursday evening.
The little Soares boy and a seven
year-old companion were gazing at
their shadows. when SOares lost his
balance and fell His companion i'm
mediately notified the childs parents.
With graphing hooks Manuel Soares
and his ranch hands were two hours
IN recovering the remains
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LIQUOR DEALERS TO CAST
OUT THE RUFF INFLUENCES
Association Decides That 1t No Longer
Needs the Aid of the
Administration

The Retail Liquor Dealers Associa-
tion at meeting in Eagles Hall on
Market street Thursday decided to
abolish the board of directors. Here
after the president of the associat ton
will act with the members as body
in the transaction of business.
At meeting to be held December IT
the association will sever itself from
all Ruef influences. 1t is felt that the
liquor business as conducted by mem
bers of the organization needs no polit-
ical connections to sustain 1t.
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Developing Bust and Chest

Deep breathing helps greatly in de-
Celoping the chest Every morning upon
arising take in at least so deep breaths,
holding each while you can count ten;
at night before retiring do the same
thing; afterwards massage with Melo-
rose Cream and three times a day take
willard White Co.'S Naucaire Galega
Tablets. Drink plenty of cold water,
avoid all drinks containing acids, and
within a month the bust measure viii
have increased 10 the extent of several
lnches.-Mlle. Merlyn, Editor Woman's
Page, Buffalo Times.
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Attractive Silks

- = - - -
With view to meeting the re-
quirements of holiday shoppers, we
have devoted an attention beyond
the ordinary to the Silks we now
have on exhibition. Our show win
dows afford but the merest hint of
the excellently diversified stocks
handled in the Newman & Levinson
Silk Section, while our pricing of
genuinely high-class materials has
clicited much favorable comment
from our customers. Some prices
and descriptions follow:
Japanese Silk, Lyons dye, in 100
choice colors, all fast,
soc Yard
Pure Silk Crepe de Chine, % inch,
in a very choice line of colors,
worth 81 yard,
75c Yard
Printed Crepcs. very attractive
patterns and colors, for scarfs,
waists. dresses or fancy work;
specially priced
oOc 10 SI.SO a Yard
Novelty Silks of the latest char
acter-beautiful Dresden. Persian
and print warp goods; holiday time
price,
SI.O0 Yard
: New Plaid Silks arriving daily.
Our claim to being unexcelled in
San Francisco for these goods is
being made good. New patterns
this week,
85c to S2.0O Yard
A SPECIAL FOR MONDAY
36-inch Black Taffeta-only FIVE
pieces OF it at that-regularly ST.
88c q Yard,
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scrawny neck. Naucaire Galega Tab
lets nourish the fat-producing cells,
which are necessary to give the round
ness Of contour which is so desired and
coveted BY every lady Of refinement II
you are careWOrn, nervous or run down
take a box Of Naucaire Galega Tablets
and note their wonderful effect. Con-
tains no injurious drugs. 81 per box, six
boxes for IS. Send for booklet Be
sure our name is on the box you buy.
WILLARD WHITE CO, Chicago, III.
Sold by Owl Drug Store.
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first trick. The underlined card wins
the trick. and the card under it is the
next one led:
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.lRROUND the BRIDGE
n E % TABLE 81
Conducted for The Can by K. F. Foster

THE CALL presents today the thirtyhrst of series of
instructive articles bridge whist conducted for this
paper by R.F Foster the author of Fosters Complete
FRIDGE the bestknown authority subject this
country These articles will be of nestmabe value bridge
players
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Total liabilities
INCOME

Net cash actually received for Ore
premiums ..................... .s2.1O5.t
Net cash actually received for ma
rine premiums ...--.-.-.-.....-. $50,
Received from interest and divi-
dends on bonds. stocks. loans and
from all other sources -.----..-- f0S.4
Z
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NEWMAN & LEvINsoN
Glove Orders

Gifts Of Gloves this
year are more than
usually acceptable, as
prices are advancing
with leaps and bounds.
The question of size
and shade need not
bother you II you pur-
chase a Glove Order.
Madame can make her
own choice.
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Net amount paid for hre losses TN
GLIDING S309.57 81 losses OF previ-
ous years. .................-.. 81 ,047. .osa. I
Net amount paid for marine losses. 249. .I6O. 9
Dividends to stockholders ....-.... 100000
or or brokerage = .-........-.... 40. .4s1. .
I:S charges m for officers. clerks etc 149. sos. 7
faS taxes 81 s.-..' 5000 5
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EXPENDITURES

Total income .....-...--..-.-;
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Risks and premiums
Risks and premiums

year
Net amount in force
December 81. 1909
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NEWMAN & LEvINsoN
Merchandise Orders

Perhaps you are per-
picked az TO what TO
give. Let Us help you
Secure a Merchandise
Order, and the recip-
tent IS az liberty to
utilize our taste. our
knowledge and our ex-
perience. Merchandise
Orders are available IN
any department.
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PROVIDENCE washington
INSURANCE COMPANY

OF PROVIDENCE. IN THE STATE on
Rhode Island. on the 31st day OF December|
A. ID. 1905. and for the year ending on tina
day. Published pursuant to the provisions o|
Section GIL OF the Political Code and compiled
from the annual statement dled with the In
surance Commissioner OF the State OF Call
fornia-
CAPITAL
Amount OF capital stock. paid up
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ASSETS
Cash market value of all stocks and
bonds owned by the company -. 81. $50. 20O. q
Cash in company's office ...-..-.. 1921
Cash in banks ..-----...-----.... ITO. 1905
Interest due and accrued all
stocks and bonds ............... Ass.
Premiums in due course OF collection 272.OO7.
for IRE and marine risks -. ~. 500 q
Total assets So. .O27. 81. q
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LIABILITIES
Losses adjusted and unpaid ....... s54.s'
NOsss in SUSPENSE ~ss 17e. 8.
Losses resisted. including expenses. IL. IS;
Gross premiums on IRE risks running
one year or less. 81. .395. 655.9Ss
reinsurance, so per cent.......... 697. 8:
Gross premiums on fire risks running
more than one year. 81. Al. .SO7.2I:
reinsurance pro rata -............. 1SI, "a
Gross premiums on marine and in
land naviga tiOn risks. S11T. .OS6.TS;
reinsurance 30 per cent ....... s., 5.
Gross premiums on marine time
per rS cent .......,...-.-.......... 4T.ss
All other liabilities .......... 26:
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Total expenditures --.-..-.--.-. ,s2: 25l .n5s !
Fire. Marine. II
Losses incurred during
the year ----.----.-. -SSoZ.Soz-0I Szzs.olsSI