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Manawatu Herald, 29 November 1900, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN Mutual Provident SOCIETY. The fifty-first Annual Report, dTuati lsauedj disoloses :— 1. Au increase in the NEW BUSINESS for the year of . . £1G8,602 2. Au increase in the ACCUMULATED FUND of . . . . 895,691 3. An increase in ihc ANNUAL INCC ME of .. .. .. 94,050 4. An increase in the awonnt of ANNUAL CASH BONUS of . . 26,440 5. A net gain in brrineae in force of 9918 policies n^PtuiDfr. . . . 2,102,088 ! i ! D«rfnn lh« yfar 15,388 NEW POLICIES were issoed,»lei»g tho LARGEST SUM- j BER ypi writtoo by the Society in any one year. ! TV NEW ASUEANriS iasued aa*uited to £3,955,085, a sum IN EXCESS of that granted, in any y«ar since 1191. j The TOTAL A.SBURAXCEB in ftroe (iariuding Bonus additions) bow amountlto £54,343,821. The NIT IVCEEASE to the volume of bnsincßs in force is THE LARGEST in any year jince 189 V The AOO'MULATBD FUND amounto to £16,074,740, and the ANNUAL INCOMEito £2,259,367. Tb« BESEHVE eel apart for the postible DEPBEriATION of SECURITIES 'now .stands £266,092. The DIVISIBLE SU PLUS for the year amounts to £506.1 W, fielding REVERSJONAjRY BONUSES o£ about £»41^0«. The T>E \ TIT OTiA T MB for the year werp exopptionally favourable, while (he EXPENSES of MANAGEMENT were very moderate. 0 BRANCH DIR»?O T ORa :— The ffon. MoTßnn S Oraoa, M.D., C.M.0., UL.L. r . (Chairma ; the Hon. CharW J. J>h « on. M.L.O. (Dopntr hairman); Alfr»d d« Bat ie Brandon, Eeq ; the Hon. Ldw rd Riohardeon, C.M.0. ; J ho Duncan, Esq. EDWD. W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Branch Office — Customhouse Quay, Wellington. . • , «

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