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Manawatu Herald, 18 September 1900, Page 1

1 AUSTRALIAN \ i Bd-wLt-oi^l P»oYldent| SOCIETY. The fifty-first Annual Report, Just ißßueclf diiscloEess— 1. An incmife in the KEW BUSINESS for the yor of . . . . £168,602 2. An increase in the ACCUMULATED FUND of . . . . 895,001 8. An increase in the ANNUAL INCOME of . . . . . . 94,050 4. An increase in the amcunt of ANNUAL CASH BONUS of .. 26,440 5. A net gain in boeineM in fcrce of COl3 poHcirs essuiipg. . . . 2,102,088 Daring the yew 16.238 NEW POLICIES were teaued.Jbeicg the LARGEST NUM. BER yet written by the Society in any one year. Th«,NEW ASSURANCES issued amounted to £3.955,685, ft earn IN EXCESS of that granted in any year eince 1891. The TOTAL ASSURANCES in f«rce (ineloding Bonos additions) now amountjto jE54.343.821. The NET INCIEASE to the volume of business in force id THE LARGEST in any year since 1891. The ACOTIMULATBD FUND Ptoounts to £16.074,740, and the ANNUAL INCOME to £9,2*9,857. I The RESERVE set apart f#r the possible DEPRECIATION of SECURITIES foow ; stands at £266,692. j The DIVISIBLE HTJHPLUS for tie year amounts to £506,182, yielding REVERSIONARY BONUSES of about JW42.500. Tha DEATH CTiA T MB for the year were exceptionally favourable, whi'e the EXPENSES of MANAGEMENT were very moderate. BBANCB DIRECTORS :— The Hon. Morßan S Grace, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.<\ (Chairman ; the Hon. Charles J. Johnston, M.L.C. (Deputy < hairman) ; Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq. ; the Hon. Edward "fiiohardsou, C.M.G. ; J>hn Duncan, Esq. EDWD. W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Branch Office — Customhouse Quay, Wellington,

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