OF THE BRITISH ALMANAC AND COMPANION. THE Gresham Life Assurance Society, ST. MILDRED'S HOUSE, POULTRY, LONDON, E.C. Prospectus, Reports, and Proposal Forms, can be obtained on application to the Society's Agents and Branch Offices, or to F. ALLAN CURTIS, Actuary & Secretary. b MESSRS. MACMILLAN & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS. EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL PUBLICATION. REVISED AFTER OFFICIAL RETURNS. THE STATESMAN'S YEAR BOOK, 1881. BY FREDERICK MARTIN. Crown 8vo., 10s. 6d. An Annual Record of the Legislation, Revenue and Expenditure, Education and Church, Population, Army and Navy, Commerce, Shipping, Railways, Telegraphs, and other Statistics of all Countries of the World. A Book of Reference indispensable to all Members of Parliament, Chambers of Commerce, Bankers, Insurance Managers, Stockbrokers, Merchants, Secretaries and Managers of Railways, and other Public Companies, Government Offices, Clubs, Reading-Rooms, &c. 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This Office has been established more than 70 years, and its present magnitude and prosperity prove the soundness of the principle on which it has been conducted. Life Department. The Accumulated Premiums are over £1,550,000. The Annual Income exceeds £150,000. The sum of £6,590,653 has been paid in claims under Life Policies. Large Bonuses have been declared and paid as additions to the amounts assured. Premiums on Policies have been reduced where parties have so applied the Bonuses on their Policies. Persons Assuring have the option of Participating Rates of Premium, or of Non-Participating Rates. Combined provision may be made for old age and early death, so that a person may secure a sum to be paid to himself at an age agreed upon, or to his executors if he should die before that age. Residence in Countries beyond the limits of Europe is allowed on favourable terms; in most temperate climates without extra Premium. Whole world Assurances are granted. Notices of the Assignment of Life Policies are received and acknowledged. Advances are made on Policies to the extent of their value, for surrender to the office. Persons desiring to surrender their Assurances may receive their value in money, or in lieu thereof, may obtain a new Policy without further payment of Premium. The Directors are ready to receive proposals for Assurances on any contingency involving payment of a sum at death. Fire Department. This Company undertakes the Assurance of almost every species of Property in the United Kingdom, at Rates of Premium and upon principles which will be found quite as advantageous to the interest of the Assured as those offered by any other Office. The Directors can confidently refer to the well-known character of the Company for liberality and promptitude in the discharge of claims made upon it during the many years it has been established. No charge made for Policy Stamps. Renewals should be paid within fifteen days after the respective Quarter-days when they become due. Losses occasioned by Lightning will be paid. The Policies of the Company extend to cover Losses occasioned by the Explosion of Gas. The Company is ready to receive applications for agencies in those Towns and Districts in which it is not at present represented. Application to be made to the Secretary. All Fire Assurances are now exempt from the payment of Government Duty. Tables of Rates, Forms of Proposal, and any information needful to effect Life or Fire Assurances, may be obtained on application to the Office, No. 92, Cheapside, London, or to any of the Company's Agents. THE Clergy Mutual Assurance Society. ESTABLISHED IN 1829. OFFICES-1 & 2, THE SANCTUARY, WESTMINSTER. Patrons. HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. President. THE RIGHT HON. AND RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON. Vice-President. CHARLES SUMNER, ESQ., M.A. HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN. Treasurers. HUGH LINDSAY ANTROBUS, ESQ. THE ARCHDEACON OF WESTMINSTER. CHAIRMAN-THE ARCHDEACON OF WESTMINSTER. HUGH LINDSAY ANTROBUS, ESQ. REV. J. LOVETT CAMERON, M.A. THE ARCHDEACON OF LONDON. JOHN CHARLES THYNNE, ESQ., M.A. REV. CANON WILLIAMS, M.A. Counsel.-THOMAS BOURDILLON, ESQ., M.A., Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn. Solicitors.-MESSRS. LEE, BOLTON, and LEE, No. 2, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster. Auditors.-CHARLES BARBER, ESQ. GEORGE T. BIDDULPH, ESQ. ROBERT J. LODGE, ESQ. REV. ALEXANDER WILSON, M.Á. Bankers.-MESSRS. COUTTS and CO. Consulting Actuary.-FREDERICK HENDRIKS, ESQ. Physician.-DR. STONE, 14, Dean's Yard. Actuary.-STEWART HELDER, ESO Secretary.-MATTHEW HODGSON, ESQ. Total Funds £2,736,252. NO AGENTS EMPLOYED, AND NO COMMISSION PAID. Reduced Premiums.-Assurances may be effected upon payment of fourfifths of the rates chargeable according to the Society's Table, subject to certain conditions fully set forth and explained in the Prospectus. Claims.-The total amount of Claims paid upon death from the commencement of the Society to 1st June, 1880, was £1,851,339. Bonus.-The whole available Bonus is the sole property of Life Assurers; no part whatever is taken from it to be shared amongst Proprietors. At the end of every fifth year, profits are equitably apportioned amongst existing Life Assurances. By means of Bonus, many of the earlier Life Assurances have been relieved altogether from the payment of Annual Premiums, and additions in almost every case have been made to the sums Assured; £343,140 was divided amongst Life Assurances at the declaration of Bonus on 1st June 1876. Next Bonus due 1st June, 1881. Assurers have the privilege, at the time of making an Assurance, of selecting the mode in which the Bonus, whenever due, shall be applied, viz.-in an immediate Cash payment, or to the reduction of the Annual Premium, or to the increase of the Capital sum assured. ASSURANCES may be effected on LIVES, SURVIVORSHIPS, &c., &c., as stated in the Society's Prospectus, to any amount not exceeding £7,500. This Society is strictly confined to the Clergy of the Church of England and of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, their Wives and Families, and the near relations of themselves and Wives. Prospectuses, Bonus Accounts, Forms of Proposal, &c., may be had at the Office, on personal application, or by letter. 1 & 2. The Sanctuary, Westminster. Eagle Insurance Company, (FOR LIVES ONLY,) 79, PALL MALL, LONDON, S.W. (ESTABLISHED 1807.) DIRECTORS. GEORGE RUSSELL, Esq., Chairman. CHARLES JELLICOE, Esq., F.R.G.S., Deputy-Chairman. CHARLES BISCHOFF, Esq. THOMAS BODDINGTON, Esq. RIGHT HON. SIR JAMES FERGUSSON, BART., K.C.M.G. HON. THOS. F. FREMANTLE, M.P. WILLIAM A. GUY, M.B., F.R.S. RALPH LUDLOW LOPES, Esq. HENRY PAULL, Esq. SIR PHILIP ROSE, BART. ACTUARY AND SECRETARY. GEORGE HUMPHREYS, Esq., M.A. Expenses of Management barely exceed Three per Cent. of the Gross Income. Annual Reports, Prospectuses, and Forms, may be had, or will be sent, Post-free, on application at the Office, or to any of the Company's Agents. |