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Manawatu Herald, 28 June 1900, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN ! M: •«. t vi st 1 Provident SOCIETY. 6 The fifty-firkt Annual Report, Just ißS!ied, discloses:1. An increft<;e in the NEW BUSINESS for the year of . . £168,602 2. An increase in the ACCUMULATED FUND of .. .. 895,691 3. An increase iv the ANNUAL INCOME of • . . . . . . 94,050 4. Au increase in the amount of ANNUAL CASH BONUS of .. 26,440 ! 5. A l et cain in business in force of 3013 policiQ3 afsuiirg. . . . 2,102,088 During the year 15,286 NEW POLICIES were Laaued, being the LARGEST NUMBER yet written by the Sooiety in any one year. The NEW ASSURANCES issued amounted to £3,955.665, a sum IN EXCESS of that granted in any year since 1891. The TOTAL ASSURANCES in force (including Bonus additions) now amount to £54,848,821. The NET INCREASE to the volume of business in force is THE LARGEST in any year since 1891. The ACCUMULATED FUND amounts to £10,074,740, nnd the ANNUALJINCOME to £2,259,857. The RESERVE set apart for tho possible DEPRECIATION of SECURITIES no* stands at £266,692. The DIVISIBLE SURPLUS for the year amounts to £506,182, yielding REVERSIONARY BONUSES of aboui £942,500. . The DEATH CLAIMS lor tbfryear were exceptionally favourable, -whi'e the EXPENSES of MANAGEMENT were very moderate. | BRANCH DIRECTORS :— The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.f . (Chairman ; the Hon. Charles J. Johnston. M.L.C. (Deputy ' hairman) ; Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq. ; the Hon. Edward Richardson, C.M.G. ; J >hn Duncan, Esq. EDWD. W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Branch Office-— Customhouse Quay, Wellington. . . . _ _ .

Acetylene Gas. *T HE SAFEST, BEIGHTE-T, Cleanest and Cheapest of any Light, known.. For full particulars apply to W. BULLAED, Bullb, Sole Agent for the District. P.S.-W.B. will visit all the small towns shortly, and exhibit the light. !- : J. GRACE & GO. T**m Square, PALMERSTON n6rTH. Sole Agents, WASHERS. A Boon for Mothers. Harrison's Knitting Machines Sewing Machines Pearson and Bpnnion's Saddling Machines Mangles and Wringprp, Knife Cleaner* 2(K 80s, 85s Pianos, Organs, Violins, Banjos, Mandolin",. Accordions, Concur tinap, English and German Mouth Organ?, Flutes, "Whistle's Sheet Music. Brass Instruments, all makes. Call in and Inspect.