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Manawatu Herald, 4 October 1900, Page 1

! I AUSTRALIAN IVK xi t -w. ss, I IP x> o^sr i ci. ©ml t SOCIETY. The fifty-first Annual Report, Just Issued, disdoEes:1. An incrcarc in the SEW BUSINESS fey Ihe jmr of . . £1ca,f.02 2. An ircrca?ein the ACCt'MULAIED FI'KD of .. .. Mtf.fiOl 3. An incivafein Jhc ANNUAL INCCMT3 of .. „ .. P4,r, ; TO 4. An inennsein the nmcunl of ANNI.7L CAfH FONT'S of „ 20,440 .*. A net f.nin in trfirrsp in frrce of 9013 polk-iis nffiv.ipf.. . „ 2,102,0 PR During the yrnr 15,238 NEW PeLTCIES were issuid^hh {; (hr LARGEST NTMBEIt yet written by the Society in ftny one yesr. The NEW A' SURANCES issued amounted to £3,9C5,G85, a sum IN EXCESS of iliat granted in any year siDcelß9l. The TOTAL ASSUEANCES in f«rce (mc'udmy Boeus adtlitions) now nmountlfo £54,343,821. The NET INCREASE to (he volume of business in force is THE LARGEST in any year since 1891. The ACCUMULATED FUND amounts to £10,074,740, and the ANNUAL IN- | COME to £2,259,357. j The DESERVE set opart for the possible DEPRECIATION of SECURITIES 'now stands at £266,092. The DIVISIBLE SUHPLUS for the year aimunls to £506,182, yielding REVERSIONARY BONUSES of about $942,500. The DEATH CLATMS for the year 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.<\ (Chairman ; the Hon. Charles J. Johuslon, M.L.C. (Deputy Chairman) ; Alfred do Bathe Brandon, Esq. ; the Hon. Edward Richardson, C.M.G-. ; Jjhn Duncan, Esq. EDWD. \V. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Branch Office — Customhouse Quay, Wellington,

Acetylene Gas, HTHE SAFEST, BRIGHTEST, Cleanest and Cheapest of any Light known. For full particulars apply to W. BULLARD, Bull?, Sole Agent for the DistrictP.8.—W.8. will visit all the small towns shortly, and exhibit the light. J. GRACE & CO. TH& Square, PALMERSTON NORTH. [ Sole Agents, WABHEEB. A Boon for Mothers. Harrison's Knitting Machines Sewiug Machines Pearson and Bennion's Saddling Machines Msnples and Wringers, Knife Clraners 20^. 80?, 35s Piunop, Organ?, Violins, Banjos, Mandoline, Accordions, Concer--tinas, English and German Mouth Organs, Flute?, Whistles , * Sheet Music. Brass Instruments, all makes. Call in and Inspect.