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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3115, 11 February 1879, Page 4

(hic>maxzer, whazzer Me Wm. MoCiJILOTTGH 1 having been appointed agent on the Thames for the Imperial Fire Insurance Company, is prepared to take riski at the lowest rates. The Imperial Company was established in 1803, and has a capital of £1,600,000, with its head office at No. sj, Old Broad street, London. The Mcl bourne directory has upon it some of the most influential men in that city, and the name the Company has gained for itself by its prompt and liberal settlement of claims, while charging moderate rates, has secured a large amount of business not only in Australian Colonies, but in all parts of the world in which agencies have been established.—Autt.

General Notices AUSTBALIAN MUTUAL PKOVIDENT SOCIETY. Established in the Yeab 1849. For Life Assurance on the Mutual Principle. New Zeaiand Beanch. Invested Funds £3,300,000 Annual Income 550,000 ■Amount Assured 12,000,000 ■Claims Paid... 850,000 Policies;in Force ... ... 31,000 LAST YEAR OF THE QUINQUENNIUM. , j Sixth Division op Pbofitb. ' .--The.?-.whole of the profits are divided amongst the assured, and bonuses to the amount of £910,000 nave already been allotted. Ihe last diviiion of profits took place inj> 1874, and the cash surplus then divided, nniounted to £235,000, giving additions to policies averaging £3 per cent, per anuum on the sum aeiured. ihe bonuses paid on policies becoming claims have varied from £15 per cent, on the sum assured for a policy of five years' standing to £150 per cent, for on© of t-wentyrfivft j ears' .duration. Bonuses become ve»t*d additions to policies when theyhave b^en full five years in force. The profits realised during the last five years will be ascertained and divided as at 31st December next, and all policies issued on j or befere that <J«U will b« entitled to participate in the profits of quinquennium. Prospectus, forms of proposal, and all information may be obtained from the Branch Office, Wellington, or from any of the Society's agents. ',■'■' ■ _ : Edwakd W. Lowe, Beiident Secretary. ! D..8. G ELL I ON, AaSXT 108 THB THAMES.; .;- 3631

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