April 30. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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FREPARING FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLI- 

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PHOTOGBAPHIC NOTES: 



Comprising Plain Directions forthe Practice of 

 Pliotosrapliy, incliuliiis the Collodion Pro- 

 cess on Glass : the Paper and Wax-Paper 

 Processes ; Printing from Glass and Paper 

 iMegatives, &c. 



By DR. DIAMOND, F.S.A. 



With Notes on the Application of Photography 



to Archaeology, &c.. 



By WILLIAM J. TIIOMS, F.S.A. 



Ixjndon: GEORGE BELL, 186. Fleet Street. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC SCHOOL. 

 -ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI- 

 TUTION. 



The spacious Plate Glass House, 30 feet by 

 15, with the Class Rooms and Ladies' Apart- 

 ment, being nearly completed, Classes or Pri- 

 vate Lessons, embracing all branches of Pho- 

 tography, will commence May 2nd, 1853, for 

 Centlemen, and May 3rd, for l^adics. 



A perfect Apparatus with Ross's finest Lenses 

 lias been procured, and every new improve- 

 ment will be added. 



The School nrill be under the joint direction 

 of T. A. MALONE, Esq., who has been long 

 connected with Photography, and J. H. PEP- 

 PER, Esq., the Chemist to the Institution. 



A Prospectus, with terms, may be had at the 

 Institution. 



Just published, price Is., free by Post Is. id., 



THE WAXED -PAPER PHO- 

 TOGRAPHIC PROCESS of GUST AVE 

 1,E GRAY'S NEW EDITION. Translated 

 itom the French. 



Sole Agents in the United Kingdom for 

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General Depot for Turner's, Whatman's, 

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Portraits obtained by the above, for delicacy 

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PHOTOGRAPHY. — Collodion 

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CLElilCAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL 

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FIVE BONUSES have been declared ; at the last in January, 1852, the sura of isi,i25?. was 

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The small share of Profit divisible in futurs among the Shareholders being now provided for- 

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POLICIES effected be'ore the 30th Jime next, will be entitled, at the next Division, to on9 

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On Assurances for the whole of Life only one half of the Premiums need be paid for the first 

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INVALID LIVES may be Assured at rates proportioned to the risk. 



Claims paid thirty days after proof of death, and all Policies are Indisputable except in cases 

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Tables of Kates and forms of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of 



99. Great JRussell Street, Bloomsbury, London. 



GEORGE H. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary, 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

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 Founded A.D. 1842. 



Directors. 



n. E. Bicknell, Esq. 



W. Cabell, Esq. 



T. S. Cocks, Jun. Esq. 



MP. 

 G. H. Drew, Esq. 

 W. Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Esq. 



J. H. Goodhart, Esq. 



T Grissell. Esq. 



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J. A.Lethbridge,E3q. 



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J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



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Specimens of Bates of Premium for Assuring 

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Aee £ s. d. 



32- - - 2 10 8 

 37- - - 2 18 6 

 42 - - - 3 8 2 



Ace 

 17 - 

 22 - 

 27- 



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I > WATCH, as shown at the GREAT EX- 

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 Earl Leven and Mel- 

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MEDICAL OFFICERS. 



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Surgeon. — ¥. H. Thomson, Esq., 48. Berner* 

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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 1818. 



i £ s. d.\ £ s. (/. 

 14 years ,6S3 6 8 787 10 

 7 years j - - |l5710 

 1 year 



- 



s-um 

 pay.able 

 at Death. 



£ s.d. 

 6470 16 8 

 11.17 10 



511 5 O 



* Example. — At the commencement of the 

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 per annum on tlie sum insured (which is 

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

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

 as the premiums paid. 



The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most 

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 for the first five years, when the Insurance is 

 for Life. Every information will be att'orded 

 on application to the Resident Director. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC PIC- 

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