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Manawatu Herald, 7 June 1900, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN | rS ul *. • vi £& I Jp3?o"aricl©nLt SOCIETY. The fifty-first Annual Report, Just iaaueci, disc-loses :— 1. An increase fn tbo NEW BUSINESS for the year of . . . . £168,60:. 2. An increase in the ACCUMULATED FUND of - . . . . 895,69 3. An increase id the ANNUAL INCOME of .. .. .. 94,650 4. An increase in the amount of ANNUAL CASH BONUS of " ... " 26.440 5. A net gain in business in force of 9013 policies R-suring.. .. 2,102,088 Curing tho year 15,288 NEW POOOIES Were issued, being the LARGEST- DUMBER yet written by the Society ia any ene year. The NEW A c SUBANCES issued to- £3,935,685, a suni IN EXCESS of that granted in any year _inoe 1891. The TOTAL ASSUBANCES in force (including Bonus additions) now amount to £54,343,821. >- The NET TCBEASE Co Ihe volume of business in force is THE LARGEST in any year since 1891. :t-'. - - , . The ACCHMULATED FUND amounts io £16,074,740, and the ANNUAL INCOME to £2,259,357. - The RESERVE Bet apart for the possible DEPRECIATION of SECURITIES now stand, at £266,692. Tbe DIVISIBLE SU "PLUS for <be year amounts to £506,182, yielding REVERSIONARY BONUSES of abou- £942,500. The DEATH CLAIMS for the year were excp'ionally favourable, while the EXPANSE'S of MANAGEIiENT were very moderate. i — ; — o BRANCH DIRECTORS:— The Hon. Morgans. Grace, M.D. , C.M.G., M.L'.C.i (Chairma . ; the Hon. Charles J. .ohoston, M.L.C. (Deputy Chairman) ; Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq. ; the Hon., Edward Richardson, CM. G. ; John Duncan,- Esq. EDWD. W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Branch Office— Customhouse Quay, Wellington.

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