NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 287. 



KENT MUTUAL LIFE AND 

 FIRE ASSURANCE SOCIETIES. 



Chief Office. - QUEEN STREET PLACE, 

 NEW CANNON STREET, LONDON. 

 Branch Offices. 

 Hish Street, Rochestei:. 

 ■Waterloo Place, Pall Mall. 

 Albion Place, Hyde Park Square. 

 Sloane Street, Chelsea. 

 New Street, Birmineham. 

 Bond Street, Wolverhainpton. 



LIFE. 



Trustees. 

 Sir James Puke, Bart.. M.P., and Alderman. 

 Alexander Bramwell Bremner, Esq. 

 William Squire Plane, Esq. 



The preat success of this Society will be seen 

 in the following Statement of Business done 

 and Bonuses added in Four Years of actual 

 operations : 



PROGRESS OF BUSINESS. 



Most Moderate Premiums. Policies granted 

 from 20?. and upwards. No additional chart'es 

 to persons in the Army, Navy, or Militin, un- 

 less in aetunl service. ALL POLICIES IN- 

 DISPUTABLE. Whole Profits divisible tri- 

 ennially amongr the Assured. Emisrants co- 

 vered, at a very moderate additional charge, 

 against the risks of voyage. 



Tke INDUSTRIAL BRANCH offers pecu- 

 liarly favourable advantages to the humbler 

 classes. Claims properly paid. 



FIRE. 



TnrsTBES. 

 Isaac Belsey, Esq. 

 William Squire Plane, Esq. 

 John Haddington, Esq. 

 Also most reasonable Premiums. Policies 

 issued for small sums and short periods. Gua- 

 rantee Fund 100,0007. Portions of Premiums 

 periodically returned to the Insured. Last 

 return 25 per cent. Claims promptly paid. 

 Agents are required in various localities. 

 Policies may be effected daily, and full in- 

 formation obtained, upon application a.t the 

 Chief Office, tlic Branches, or at any of the 

 numerous Agencies throughout the United 

 Kingdom. 



GEORGE GUMMING, Manager. 



JJENNETT'S MODEL 

 ) WATCH, as shown at the GREAT EX- 

 IBITION. No. 1. C!a«9 X., in Gold and 

 Silver Cases, in five qualities, and adapted to 

 all Climates, may now b? had at the MANU- 

 FACTORY, 65. CHEAPSIDE. Superior Gold 

 Iiondon-made Patent Levers, 17, 15, and 12 

 guineas. Ditto, in Silver Cases, 8, 6, and 4 

 guineas. Virst-rate (ieneva l/cvers, in (Jold 

 Cases, 12, 10, and 8 guineas. Ditto, in Silver 

 Cases, 9. 6. and 5 gtiineas. Superior Lever, with 

 Chronometer Balance, Gold, 27, 2S, and 19 

 guineas. Bennett's PocketChronometer.Gold, 

 50 guineas ; Silver, 40 guineas. Every Watch 

 skilfully examined, limed, and its perform ance 

 guaranteed. Barometers, 2J.,3i., and 4i. Ther- 

 mometers from U. each. 



BENNETT, Watch, Clock, and Instrument 

 Maker to the Royal Obser%'atory, th€ Board of 

 Oldnance, the Admiralty, and the Queen, 

 65. CHEAPSIDE, 



CHtTBB'S XOC:£S, 



WITH all the recent Improve- 

 ments, strong Fire-proof Safes, Cash 

 and Deed Boxes. Complete lists of siaes and 

 prices may be had on application. 

 CHUBB k SON, 57. St. Paul's Churchyard, 

 London; 28. Lord Street, Liverpool j IB. Mar- 

 ket Street, Manchester; and Ilorseley Fields, 

 Wolverhampton. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



H. E. Bickliell,Esq. 

 T. S. Cocks.Jun. Esq. 



M.P. 

 G. H. Drew, Esq. 

 W. Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Esq. 

 J. H. Goodliart,E8<i. 



T. Grissell.Esq. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 



J. A. I,ethbridge,E8q. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



J. B. White, Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



Trusteet. 



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



T. Grissell.Esq. 



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



Bonfccrs.— Messrs. Cocks, Biddulpli, 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 conditionsdetailed in the Pro- 

 spectus. 



Spccimensof Rates of Premium for Assuring 

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

 Profits : 



Age £ t. d. 



17 . - . 1 14 4 

 22 - - - 1 18 8 

 27 - - - 2 4 5 

 ARTHUK SCRATCHLEY, M.A.,r.R.A.8., 

 Actuary. 



Now ready, price 10s. 6rf., Second Edition, 

 with material additions, INDUSTRIAI- IN- 

 VESTMENT and EMIGRATION: being a 

 TREATISE on BENEFIT BUILDING SO- 

 CIETIES, and on the General Principles of 

 Land Investment, exemplified in the Cases of 

 Freehold Land Societies, Building Companies, 

 &e. With a Mathematical Appendix on Com- 

 pound Interest and Life Assurance. By AR- 

 THUR SCRATCHLEY, M. A.. Actuary to 

 the Western Life Assurance Society, 3. Parlia- 

 ment Street, London. 



BANK OF DEPOSIT, 

 No. 3. Pall Mall East, London. 



Established a.d. 1844. 



PARTIES desirous of INVEST- 

 ING MONEY are requested to examine 

 the Plan of this Institution, by which a high 

 Rate of Interest may be obtained ^-ith perfect 

 Security. 



The Interest is payable, in January and 

 July, at the Hc«id Office in London ; and may 

 also be received at tlie various Branches, or 

 through Country Bankers, without delay or 

 expense. 



PETER MORRISON, 



Managing Director, 



Prospectuses and Forms for opening Ac- 

 counts sent free on application. 



FLAVEL'S PRIZE KITCHENER. 



THESE RANGES are strongly 

 recommended for their simplicity of con- 

 struction, and their economy and cleanliness 

 in use. 



The top forms a Hot-plate, and the open Sre 

 removes many of the objections which are felt 

 to close Ranges. 



They ore made in all Sizes, from 3 feet to 

 18 feet in width, suitable for Large or Small 

 Establishments. 



They are admirably adapted for the cure of 

 Smoky Chimneys. 



BENHAM & SONS, 19. Wlgmore Street, 

 Cavendish Square, Loudon. 



Second Edition, with large map, price 5s., 

 cloth boards. 



PRIZE ESSAY ON PORTU- 

 GAL. By JOSEPH JAMES FOR- 

 RESTER, of Oporto, F.R.G.S. of London, 

 Paris, Berlin. &c.. Author of " Original Sur- 

 veys of the Port Wine Districts ; " of the 

 " River Douro from the Ocean to the Spanish 

 Frontier;" and of the "Geology of the Bed 

 and Banks of the Douro ; " also of a projectfor 

 tt'C improvement of the navigation of that 

 river, and of various other works on Portugal. 



JOHN WEALE, 59. High Holborn. 



FOR PRESENTATION TO 

 CHURCHES, there are few Articles 

 more useful, or more generally acceptable, 

 than appropriate FAIR LINEN CLOTHS 

 FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. They 

 are supplied in Sets, with appropriate Devices, 

 in Fine Damask, at prices varying from 30s. 

 to bl. A priced List, with Engravings, sent by 

 Post on Application. Parcels delivered Free 

 at all principal Railway Stations. 

 GII-BERT J. FRENCH, Bolton, Lancashire. 



Just published. 



PRACTICAL PHOTOGRA- 



X PHY on GLASS and PAPER, a Manual 

 containing simple directions for the production 

 of PORTRAITS and VIEWS by the agency 

 of Lisrht, including the COLLODION, AL- 

 BUMEN, WAXED PAPER and POSITIVE 

 PAPER Processes, by CHARLES A. LONG. 

 Price Is. ; per Post, Is. 6c(. 



Published by BLAND & LONG, Opticians, 

 Philosophical and Photogrophical Instru- 

 ment Makers, and Operative Chemists, 153. 

 Fleet Street, London. 



rTHE NEW COLLODION 



I manufactured by BLAND & LONG, 

 153. Fleet Stieet. lyondon, will bear compari- 

 son -with any other Preparation offered to 

 Photographers. Price 9rf. per oz. Can be had 

 separate from the Iodizing Solution. Nitrate 

 of Silver, 4s. %il. per oz. ; Pyrogallic Acid, 

 Is. erf. per drachm ; Glacial Acetic Acid, 6d. 

 per oz. ; Hyposulphite of Soda, Is. per lb. 



CAMERAS, LENSE=«, and every Descrip- 

 tion of Apparatus, of first-clnss Workmanship. 



Chemicals of ABSOLUTE PURITY, and 

 every material required in the Photographic 

 Art of the finest quality. 



Instruction in all the Processes. 

 Catalogues sent on Application. 



BLAND & LONG, Opticians, Photographical 

 Instrument Makers, and Operative Chemists, 

 153. Fleet Street, Loudon. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS. 



OTTEWILL AND MORGAN'S 



Manufactory, 24. & 25. Charlotte Terrace, 

 Caledonian Road, Islington. 



OTTEWnX'S Registered Double Body 

 Folding Camera, adapted fur Landscapes or 

 I'ortraits, may he had of A ROSS, Feather- 

 stone Buildings. Holborn ; the Photographic 

 Institution, Bond Street ; and at the Manu- 

 factory es above, where every description of 

 Cameras, Slides, and Tripods may be had. The 

 Trade supplied. 



M 



R. T. E. MERRITT'S IM- 

 PROVED PATENT CAMERA. 



This has, by several eminent Photographers, 

 been pronounced to be the best yet offered to 

 the pul)lic. For all the Paper, Albumenized, 

 and Moist Collodion Processes, it is at once 

 facile, perfect, and portable ; and as many 

 pictures as may be desired may be taktn in 

 succession, and dropped into a receptacle pro- 

 vided, without the iwssibility of injury from 

 light. And, if requisite, those in Collodion 

 may be developed, so that the quality of the 

 light may be ascertained. 



Maidstone, Feb. 26. 1855. 



