Page 4 Advertisements Column 1

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3114, 10 February 1879, Page 4

Mb Wm. McCcixoueH having been appointed agent on the Thames for the Imperial Fire J nsurarict Company, is prepared to take neks at. the lowest rates. The Imperial Compuny was established in 1803, and has a cupi'ial of £1,600,000, with its 'bead office at Ko. 1, Old Broad street, London. The Mcl biiiirnn directory has upon it some of the most inilueiitiiil men in that city, und the name the Con yuuy hue gained for itself by its.prompt auo liberal settleiuent of claims, while charg ing li'odrrnti; rates, bus secured a large amount o! t ufiiKse not only in Australian Colonies, but in all parts of the world in which agencies h»i. b'«ii phtnhlißiicd.—Advt.

General Notices A USTKALIAN MUTUAL PEOVIA DEJNT SOCIETY. Established in thb Ybab 1849. For Life Assurance on the Mutual Principle. N*w Zeaiasd Bbahch. Invested Funds £2,300.000 Annual Income ... ... 550,000 Amount. Assured ... ... 12,000,000 Claim.. Paid 850,000 , Pofr ies in Force 31,000 LAST YEAR OF THE QUINQUENNIUM. Sixth Division or Pbofitb. The whole ol lhe profits are divided amimsst the assured, and bonuses to the nnount of £910,000 have already been allotted, 'i he last diviiion of profits took place in 1874, and the cash surplus then divided amounted to £235 000, giving additions to policies averaging £3 per cent, per anuum on the sum aesurtd. 'Ihe bonuses paid on policies becoming claims have varied from £15 per cent, on the sum assured for a policy J of five j ears' standing to £150 per cent, for one of twenty-five years' duration. Bonuses become vested additions to policies when they have been full five years in force. The profits realised during the last five years will be ascertained and divided as at 81st December »eit, and all policies issued on or before that date will be entitled to participate in the profits of quinquennium. Prospectus, forms of -proposal, and all inforn ation may be obtained from the Branch Office, Wellington, or from any of the Society's agents. . Idwabd W. Lowe, Resident Secretary. P. E. GELLION, Agent fob thb Thames.; 3631

THAMES VISITORS TO AUCKLAND CAN be accommodated with Comfortable PRIVATE BOABD and RESIDENCE upon moderate terms at—' Mbb John Cashel's, Upper Bobson street, Auckland. |Opposite Auckland Western Academy. GEA rJ EFUL-COMFOETING. BBEAOABT. 1 CPS'S r\ O 0 O A . 1 l.;v a i horough knowledge of the natural }»v.& wbich govern the operations of digestion ujjcl nutrition, mid by a careful application of (he tine pnj ertuß of well-selected cocoa, Mr !.p;.s hue provided our breakfast tables with b ddicatelj flavoured beverage which may save us icuny heavy doctors' bills. Ir. is by the judicious uee of euch articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built Hp until firong enough to resist every tendency to dieeiirtv Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attuck wherever tlitrw is a weak })oint. "We may escape many a faial fhaft by keeping oureelvee well fortified ■wiih pure blood and a properly nourished frame."- Sec article in tbe Civil Service Qazitte.. Sold in packett labelled — JAMES EPPS AND CO., HOMCEOPATHIO CHEMISTS, LOBDON. w2472

TliE EVENING STAR. n HE present is a Good Time for Sub it scribing to the Star. Names and subscriptions received at any time duiing the Quarter. Terms 6s 6d per quarter in edvatcc. 7s 6d „ „ booked. Residents in the Townships can fcftve the Stab Delivered and pay weekly the sum ef Sixpence. ±xhiYl' BOOKS ol aJI kiude, n oxu» £i. li.etUul eciipt letter ut the E\tVih6 I'itk Office. j