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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 21 April 1891, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL, PROVIDENT SOCIETY.

~ixth— The Accumulated Fund was increased during the year by the sum of £742,311 equal to 71 per cent of the gross premiums received. Seventh — Tho deaths among lives assured were 649 under 735 policies, causing claims upon the Society amounting to £299,602) irrespective of Bonus additions, gillie tlieipumber expected according fb the Tables tiSefl in estimating the liabilities would have been 1143, for an amount of £438,---976, the mortality experience being thus extremely favourable. EioHTn-The receipts from interest and rents were £516.832, an amount exceeding the stlili paid for the claims by £138,952. Ninth— The expenses of Management were only 9.5 per cent, of the total reCeiptSi. Tenth — The cash surplus divided foi' the year 1889 was £426,494, being at the rate of 41.5 per cent, on the premiums received. The operations of the Society during the 41 years of its existence may be summarised as under— It has issued 141,907 policies, assuring £49,417,717. It lias paid to the representatives of deceased members over £4,GOO,OOO in satisfaction of death anp matured claims. i It has divided among the members (ash bonuses aggregating over £4,000,000, yielding reversionary additions of over £8,000,000. It has acquired an Accumulated Fund cf £9,000,000, all invested to yield fully 6 pev cent, interest. / ssets New Zealand— £l,273,sl4 EDWAED W. LOWE, Resident Secretary, i BRANCH Office — Custom House Quay, i Wellington. FOXTON AfSENTSI THYNNE, LINTON & CO.

ESTABLISHED .. .. 1849. The Oldest Mutual Life Office in Australia New Zealand Branch : Head Office, Custom-house Quay, Wellington. Local Board of directors.' The H(,n. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M*&,, M.L C. (Chairman). Charles J. Johnston, Esq. (Deputy Chairman). Mfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq. The Hon. Edward Richardson, C.M.G., M.H.B. Nicholas Reid, EsfJ. Medical Officer: Dr W. G. Kemp, M.R.C.S. (England). ASStEE Voiii- Life In the Australian Mutnn 1 "-■•}■" -? Society, and secure an Annual Luuus or Dividend. V privilege whlh > o olher Colonial Life Office can grant i:s members. Be careful that you Select Tins Society, and do not be Misled by the similarity of Name of some of the other joungei' AuS' tralian Offices. The attention of the Members and the General Public is called to some of the special features conntclrd with the Society, which i the oldest Colonial Institution of its hind, having been established in the . year 184 f. The remits of tho business for the Fortyfirst Yiar, ending 31st Dociuilkt, 188 i), may be summarised as under : — Fikst— The- number of the New Policies issued was X1, 664. Skcoxjj — The new Assurance business effected wan for £3,679,459. Third — 'J he New Annual Premium Income amounted to £2121,800. ForiiTH — The net increase to the business, after alloy.ing for loss of income from terminated Policies, was represented by 7023 Policies, assuring J32,---109,100. Fifth— The operations of the year raised the annual income cf the Society from <£1,515,250 to £1,625,---185, an increase in twelve months of £112,805.

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