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Manawatu Herald, 20 December 1900, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY. • I The fifty-first Annual Report, «7uiat> issued, discloses:- j i I 1. An inc«aFe in the NEW BUSINESS fcr the year of . . £]G8,C02 2. An ir.creasc in the ACCUMULATED FUND of .. .. $9u,G91 ?». An increase in the ANNUAL INCfME of .. .. .. 94.G50 4. An increase in thcaincunt of ANNUAL CASH BONUS of .. 26,440 ' 5. A net gem in Irsir.fss in force of ?613 poMci.s BFFuiirp.. .. 2,102,088 ! i 1 During (he yrar 15,238 NEW POLICIES were issued.Jlung the LARGEST NUMBER yet written by the Society in any one year. '■ Thfi NEW A' SURANCES issued amounted to £3,955,685, a sum IN EXCESS of that granted in any year since 1891. . The TOTAL ASSURANCES in fcrce (inc'uding Bonus additions) now amountlto : £54,343,821. - • j The NET INCREASE to the volume of business in force is THE LARGEST in i any year since 1891. I The ACCUMULATED FUND amounts to £16,074,740, and the ANNUAL IN- ' COME to £2,259,357. i l The RESERVE set apart for the possible DEPRECIATION of SECURITIES "now ' stands at £260,692. The DIVISIBLE for the year amounts to £506,182, yielding REVERSIONARY BONUSES of about £942,500. The DEATH CLATMS for the year were exceptionally favourable, while the EXPENSES of MANAGEMENT were very moderate. BRANCH DIRECTORS :— The TTon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.C. (Chairman ; the Hon. Charles J. Johnston, M.L.C. (Deputy Chairman) ; Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq. ; the Hon. Edward Richardson, C.M.G. ; Jjhn Duncan, Esq. EDWD. W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Branch Offioe — Customhouse Quay, Wellington. V

Acetylene Gas. 'THE SAFEST, BEIGHTE3T, Cleanest and Cheapest of any Light koowu. For full particulars apply to W. BULLARD, Bull?, Sole Agent for the District. P.S.-W.B, will visit all the small towns shortly, and exhibit the light. J. GRACE & CO. PALMERSTON NORTH. Sole Agents, WASHERS. A Boon for Mothers. Harrison's Knitting Machines Sewing Machines Poaraon and Bennion's Saddling i Machines Msnples and Wringers, Knife Cleaners 20*. 80s. 35s Pianos, Organ?, Violins, Banjos, Mandolin^, Acoordion?, Cancer tinac, English aud German Mouth Oiyan?, Flute?, Whist!o3 j '■ I Sheet Music. Brass Instruments, all makes. Gall in and Inspect. UNDERTAKER, T BEG to notify thnfc my NEW | RE\RSE is" now compietr-d, and enn he obtained on very reasonaVjl^ tf-rma Funerals conducted promptly ami carefnllv. 1 * ANDBEW JONSON, | Undertaker, I A verm a Road Fox ton.