Dec. 17. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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l^nlinlnrs' k Qnimi life 



62. CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. 



Subscribe d Capital, ONE M ILLIGX. 



THIS SOCIETY PRESENTS THE FOL- 

 LOWING ADVANTAGES : 



The Security of a Subscribed Capital of ONE 

 MILLION. 



Exemption of the Assured from r.11 Liability. 



Premiums affording particular advantases to 

 Young Lives. 



Participating and Non-Participating Pre- 

 miums. 



In the former EIGIITY X'ER CENT, or 

 FOUR-FiyTHS of tlie Protits are divided 

 amongst tlie Assured Tricnnially, either by 

 way of addition to the sum assured, or in 

 diminution of Premium, at their option. 



No deduction is made from the four-fifths 

 of the profits for Interest on Capital, for a 

 Gimrantee Fund, or on any other account. 



POLICIES FREE OF STAMP DUTY and 

 INDISPUTABLK, except in case of fraud. 



At the General Meeting, en the 31st May 

 last, A BONUS was declared of nearly Two 

 Peh Cent, per annum on the amount assured, 

 or at the rate of from THIRTY to upwards of 

 SIXTY per cent, on t!ie Premiums paid. 



POLICIES share in the Profits, even if ONE 

 PREMIUM (JNLY has been paid. 



Next DIVISION OF PROFITS in I85G. 



TheDirectors meet on Thursdays at 2 o'clock. 

 Assurances may be etfeeted by applying on any 

 other day, bet ween the hours of !0 and 4, at tne 

 Office of the Society, where prospectuses and 

 all other requisite information can be obtained. 



CHARLES JOHN GILL, Secretary. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 



J. A. I,ethbiidge,Es(i. 



E.Lucas, Esq. 



J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



J. B. White, Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



Directors. 

 H. E. Bicknell, Esq. ] T. Grissell. Esq. 

 T. S. Cocks, Jun. Esq. 



M.P. 

 O. H. Drew, Esq. 

 W. Evans Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Ksq. 

 3. H. Goodhait,£sq. 



Trustees. 



■W.Whateley,Esq., Q.C. ; George Drew, Esq.; 



T. Grissell, Esq. 



Physician. — William Rich. B-isham, M.D. 



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



Charing Cross. 



VALUABLE PRIVILEGE. 

 POLICIES effected in this Office do not be- 

 come void through temporary difficitlty in pay- 

 ing a Premium, as permission is given upon 

 application to suspend the payment at interest, 

 accordin !.■ to the conditions detailed in the Pro- 

 spectus. 



Specimens of Rates of Premium for Assuring 

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

 Profits: — 



XYLO-IODIDE OF SILVER, exclusively used at all the Pho- 

 tosraphic Establishments. — The superiority of this preparation is now universally ac- 

 knowledged. Testimonials from the best Photographers and principal scientific men of the day, 

 warrant tlie assertion, that hitherto no preparation has been discovered which produces 

 uniformly such perfect pictures, combined with the greatest rapidity of action. In all cases 

 where a quantity is required, the two solutions may be had at Wholesale price in separate 

 Bottles, in which state it may be kept for years, and Exported to any Climate. Full instructions 

 ^r use. 



Caution. — Each Bottle is Stamped with a Red Label bearing my name, BICHABD W. 

 THOMAS, Chemist, 10. Pall Mall, to counterfeit which is felony. 



CYANOGEN SOAP : for removing all kinds of Photographic 



Stains. Beware of purchasing spurious and worthless imitations of this valuable detergent. The 

 Genuine is made only by the Inventor, and is secured with a Red Label bearing this Signature 

 and Address, RICHARD W. THOMAS, CHEMIsT, 10. PALL MALL, Manufacturer of Pure 

 Photograt>hic Chemicals : and may be procun d of all respectable Chemists, in Pots at !«., 2*., 

 and 3«. 6rf. each, through MESSRS. EDWARDS, 67. St. Paul'i Churchyard ; and MESSRS. 

 BARCLAY & CO., 95. Farringdou Street, Wholesale Agents. 



POLICY HOLDERS in other 

 COMPANIES, and intending Assurers 

 generally, are invited to examine the Rates. 

 Principles, and Progress of the SCOTTISH 

 PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, the only 

 Society in which the Advantages of Mutual 

 Assurance can be secured by moderate Pre- 

 miums. Established 1837. Number of Poli- 

 cies issued 6,400, assuring upwards of Two and 

 a Half Millions. 



Full Reports and every Information had 

 (Free) on Application. 



«*» Polici'.s are now issued Free of Stamp 

 Duty ; and attention is invited to tlie circum- 

 stance that Premiums payable for Life Assur- 

 ance are now allowed as a Deduction from 

 Income in the Returns for Income Tax. 



GEORGE GRANT. Resident Sec. 

 London Branch, 12. Moorgatc Street. 



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PORTRAIT LENSES of double Achro- 

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New Inventions, Models, &c., made to order 

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TMPROVEMENT IN COLLO- 



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