April 9. 1853.] 



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WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 3. FAKLLIMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Foimded A.D. 1842. 



Directors. 



H. E. Bicknell, Esq. 



W. Cabell, Esq. 



T. S. Cocks, Jun. Esq. 



M.P. 

 G. H. Drew, Esq. 

 W. Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Esq. 



J. H. Goodhart, Esq. 



T Grissell, Esq. 



J. Hunt, Esg. 



J. A. IvCthbridge, Esq. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



J^. Lys Seager, Esq. 



J. B. White, Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



Trustees. 



W. "WTiateley, Esq., Q.C. ; L. C. Humfrey, 



Esq.iQ.C. ; George Drew, Esq. 



Physician. — William Rich. Basham, M.D. 



Banters. — Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., 

 Charing Cross. 



VALUABLE PRIVILEGE. 



POLICIES effected in this Office do not be- 

 come void through temporary difficulty in pay- 

 ing a Premium, as permission is given upon 

 application to suspend the payment at interest, 

 according to the conditions detailed in the Pro- 

 spectus. 



Specimens of Rates of Premium for Assuring 

 100?., with a Share in three-fourths of the 

 Profits: — 



Age 

 17- 



£ s. d. 

 - 1 14 4 

 ' 1 18 8 



Age 



£ s. d. 

 2 10 8 

 2 18 6 



ARTHUR SCBATCHLEY, M.A., F.R.A.S., 

 Actuary. 



Now ready, price 10s. 6<7., Second Edition, 

 with material additions. INDUSTRIAL IN- 

 VESTMENT and EMIGRATION: being a 

 TREATISE on BENEFIT BUILDING SO- 

 CIE riKS, and on the (ieneral Principles of 

 Land Investment, exemplified in the Cases of 

 Freehold Land Societies, Building Companies, 

 &c. With a Mathematical Appendix on Com- 

 pound Interest and Life Assurance. By AR- 

 THUR SCBATCHLEY, M. A., Actuary to 

 the Western Life Assurance Society, 3. Parlia- 

 ment Street, London. 



ESTABLISHED 1841. 

 mCBDXCAI., IXrVAXiIB, 



AND 



CElSrEXtAI. »F£ OFFICE, 



25. PALL MALL. 



During the last Ten Years, this Society has 

 issued more than Four Thousand One Hundred 

 and Fifty Policies — 



Covering Assurances to the extent of One 

 Million Six Hundred and Eighty-seven Thou- 

 sand Pounds, and upwards 



Yielding Annual Premiums amounting to 

 Seventy-three Thoiisaiul Pounds. 



This Society is the only one possessing Tables 

 for the Assurance of Diseased Lives. 



Healthy Lives Assured at Home and Abroad 

 at lower rates than at most other OfSces. 



A Bonus of 50 per cent, on the premiums paid 

 was added to the policies at last Division of 

 Profits. 



Next Division in 1853— in which all Policie* 

 effected before 30th June, 1853, will participate. 



Agents wanted for vacant places. 



Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every 

 other information, may be obtained of the 

 Secretary at the Chief Office, or on application 

 to any of the Society's Agents in the country. 



F. G. P. NEISON, Actuary. 



C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary. 



UNITED KINGDOM LIFE 

 ASSURANCE COMPANY; established 

 by Act of Parliament in 1834. —8. Waterloo 

 Place, Pall Mall, London. 



HONORARY PRESIDENTS. 

 Earl of Courtown 

 Earl Leveu and Mel 

 ville 



Earl of Norbury 

 Earl of Stair 

 Viscount Falkland 



Lord Elphinstone 

 Lord Belhaven and 



Stenton 

 Wm. Campbell, Esq.. 



of Tillichewan. 



LONDON BOARD. 



Chairman. — Charles Graham, Esq. 

 Deputy- Chairman. — Charles Downes, Esq. 



n. Blair Avame, Esq. 

 E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., 



F.S.A., Resident. 

 C. Berwick Curtis, 



Esq. 

 William Fairlie, Esq. 



D. Q. Henriques, Esq. 

 J. G. Henriques, Esq. 

 F. C. Maitland, Esq. 

 William Railton, Esq. 

 F. H. Thomson, Esq. 

 Thomas Thorby,Esq. 



MEDICAL OFFICERS. 



Physician Arthur H. Hassall, Esq., M.D., 



8. Bennett Street, St. James's. 



Surgeon, — F. H. Thomson, Esq., 48. Berners 

 Street. 



The Bonus added to Policies from March, 

 1834, to December 31. 1847, is as follows : — 



Sum 

 Assured. 



5000 



• 1000 



500 



Time 

 Assured. 



Sum added to 

 Policy. 



In 1841. In 1848. 



I£ s. d. 

 683 6 8 

 - - 

 - - 



Sum 

 payable 

 at Death. 



s.d. 

 78710 

 15710 

 11 50 



s.d. 

 6470 16 8 

 157 10 

 511 5 



* Example. — At the commencement of the 

 year ! 84 1 , a person aged thirty took out a Policy 

 for lOOOi!., the annual payment for which is 

 24?. Is. M. ; in 1847 he had paid in premiums 

 168Z. lis. %d. ; but the profits being 2} per cent, 

 per annum on the sura insured (which is 

 22/. 10s. per annum for each 1000?.) he had 

 157Z. 10s. added to the Policy, almost as much 

 as the premiums paid. 



The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most 

 moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid 

 for the first five years, when the Insurance is 

 for Life. Every information will be afforded 

 on application to the Resident Director. 



