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Manawatu Herald, 30 December 1900, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN Mutual I*i? OYi den t SOCIETY. The fifty-fir&t'Annual Report, Just issued) discloses :— 1. An increase in tbe NEW BUSINESS for the year of .. .. £JCB,CO2 2. An increaee in the ACCUMULATED FUND of . . . . 895,691 3. An increase in tbe ANNUAL INCOME of . . . . mm ■ 04,650 4. An increase iD the amount of ANNUAL CASH BONUS of „. 26,440 5. A net gain in business in force of S§l3 policies attuning . . „ 2,102,088 During the jfar 15,288 NEW POLICIES were ißßued,;ieing the LARGEST NUMBER yet written by the Society in any one year. | The NEW A'StJBANCES issued amounted to £3,055,685, a mm IN EXCESS of that granted in any year since 1891. The TOTAL ASSURANCES in force (including Bonus additions) now amountSto £64,343,821. ' Tbe NET INCREASE to the volume of business in force is THE LARGEST in any year since 1891. The AOCHMULATED FUND amounts te £16,074,740, and the ANNUAL IN- ! COME to £2,259,357. The RESERVE set apart for the possible DEPRECIATION of SECURITIES now stands at £266,692. The DIVISIBLE vSUKPLUS for the year amounts to £506,182, yielding REVERSIONARY BONUSES of about £942,500. J * «™.v rheDß^ I l?™¥J?™ r4heyMrwOT V XOft P tign » u y fovourable, while the EXPENSES of MANAGEMENT were very msderate. BRANCH DIRECTORS :— The Hon. Morgan 8. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.C. (Chairman ; tbe Hon. Charles J. Johnston, M.L.C. (Deputy Chairman) ; Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Bsq. ; the Hon. Edward Richardson, C.M.G. ; John Duncan, Esq. EDWD. W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Braaeh Offiee — Customhouse Quay, Wellington.

Acetylene Gas, HNHE SAFEST, BRIGHTEST, Cleanest and Cheapest of any Light known. For full particulars apply to W. BULLARD, Bulls, Bole Agent for the District RS.-W.B. will visit all the small towns shortly, and exhibit the light. J. GRACE & CO. The Square, PALMERSTON NORTH. Sole Agents, WASHERS. A Boon for Mothers: Harrison's Knitting Machines Sewing Machines Pearson and Bennion's Saddling Machines Mangles and Wringers, Knife Cleanprs 20?. 80s, 85s Pianos, Organs, Violins, Banjos, Mandolin!), Accordions, Concertina?, English and German Mouth Organs, Flutes, Whistles Sheet Music. Brass Instruments, all makes. 1 Call in and Inspect. i UNDERTAKER. T BEG to notify that my NEW I HE\RSE is now completed, and can be obtained 'on very reasonable terms Funerals conducted promptly and ; carefully. ANDREW JONSON, I L" ndertaker, I Avenue Road Foxton.