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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 214. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

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 Founded A.D. 1848. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 



J. A. I.ethbridge,E»q. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



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J. B. White, Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



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Age £ s. d. I Age £ s. d. 



17 . . - 1 14 4 I 32- - - 2 10 8 



S2- - - 1 18 8 37- - - 2 18 6 



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