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Manawatu Herald, 6 December 1900, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY. The fifty-first Annual Report, «Tus£ issued, discloses :- 1. An incrf a?e in the NEW BUSINESS for the >i ar of . . . . £]68,C02 2. An increase in the ACCUMULATED FUND nr .. <# 895,691 3. An incrcaee in the ANNUAL INCCME of .. . .. : ... • 94,650 4. An iccrtßße in thtf ancunf.of ANNUAL CASH BONUS of ' ;. 26,440 5. A net gßin in bcMness in force of 9013 policies nFFnring.V „ 2,102,088 Daring the yrar 15.288 NEW POLICIES were issucd,*l.ting the LARGEST NUM. BER yet written by the Society iu any one year. < The NE W. A 'SURANCES issued amounted to £3,955,685, a sum IN EXCESS of that granted in any year since 1891. The TOTAL ASSURANCES; in force (including Bonos additions) now amountlto £54,843,821. The NET INCBEASE'to «he volume of business in force, is THE LARGEST in any year since 1891. The ACCUMULATED FUND amounts to £16,074,740, and the ANNUAL INCOME to £2,259,357. Tho RESERVE set apart for the possible DEPRECIATION of SECURITIES 'now ! stands at £266,092. The DIVISIBLE SUKFLUS for the year amounts to £506,182, yielding REVERSIONARY BONUSES of about £942,500. j The DEATH CLATMS for the year were exceptionally favourable, while the EXPENSES of MANAGEMENT were very moderate. ! -°- ■ ■ / .| BRANCH DIRECTORS :— Tho Hon. Morgan S Gnee, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.H. (Chairman ; the Hon. Charles J. Johnston, M.L.C. (Daputy Chairman) ; Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq. ; the Hon. Edward Richardson, C.M.G. ; John Duncan, Esq. EDWD, W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Branch Office — Customhouse Quay, Wellington.

Acetylene Gas. npHE SAFEST, BRIGHTEST, Cleanest and Cheapest of any Light known. For full particulars apply to W. BULLABD, Bull?, Sole Agent for the District. P.8.— W.8. will visit all the small towns shortly, and exhibit the light. J. GRACE & CO. ' The Square, PALMEBSTON NORTH. Sole Agents, WASHERS. A Boon for Mothers. Harrison's Knitting Machines Sewing Machines Pearson / and Beuniou's Saddling Machines Mangles. and "Wringers, Knife Clfanprs 20a. 80*, 85s Piano?, Organ?, Violins, Banjo?, Mandolin?, Accordions, CGnoertinap, English and German Mouth Organs', Flutes, Whistles Sheet Music. Brass Instruments, all makes. Gall in and Inspect. UNDERTAKER. T BEG to notify that my JSEW J HEARSE is now completed, and can be obtained on very reason" able terms • Funerals conducted promptly ond carefully. ANDEEW JONSON, Ij ndertakor, ' Avenue Iload Fox ton.