NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 293. 



TRAVELLERS' AND MA- 

 RINE INSURANCE COMPANY. 



Chief Office. -5. GRESH AM STREET. 

 LONDOJX. 



Trostees. 

 The Rt. Hon. the Earl Eitzwilliam, K. G. 

 Sir Charles Fox. 



Matthew Marshall, Esq., Bank of England. 

 William Smee, Esq., Bank of England. 



EXAMPLE OF RATES- 

 DEATH FROM ANY ACCIDENT. 



Annual Sum Sick Allowance, 



Premium. Insured. per Week. 



TOTAL LOSS OF HEALTH. 



Annual Premium. 



£ s. 

 A£e 21-1 13 



£100 per annum 

 during disability. 



For Information, Prospkctusbs, Forms, 



ETC., APPLY TO THE ChiEF OfFICE, 5. GbBSHAU 



Street, London. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



Directors. 



H. E. Bicknell.Esq. 

 T. S. Cocks, Jan. Esq. 



M.P. 

 6. H. Drew, Esq. 

 W. Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Esq. 

 3. H. Goodhart.Esq. 



T. Grissell, Esq. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 



J. A. Lcthbridge.Esq. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



J. B. White. Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



Trusfeet. 



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



T. Grissell, Esq. 



Physician. — "WWWam Rich.Bnsham.M.D. 



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



ChariUK 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, 

 accordini; to the conditions detailed in the Pro- 

 spectus. 



Specimens of Rates of Premium for Assuring 

 loot., with a Share in three-fourths of the 

 Profits ! 



£ s. d. 



- 2 10 8 



- 2 18 6 



- 3 8 2 

 ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY, M.A., F.R.A.8., 



Actuary. 



Now ready, price lOs. 6rf., Second Edition, 

 with material additions, INDUSTRIAL IN- 

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KENT MUTUAL LIFE AND 

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Chief Office. - QUEEN STREET PLACE, 

 NEW CANNON STREET, LONDON. 

 Branch Offices. 

 High Street, Rochester. 

 Waterloo Place, Pall Mall. 

 Albion Place, Hyde Park Square. 

 Sloane Street, Chelsea. 

 New Street, Birmingham, 

 Bond Street, Wolverhampton. 



LIFE. 



Trustees. 

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

 Alexander Bramwell Bremner, Esq. 

 William Squire Plane, Esq. 



The great 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. 



May, IRM 

 Feb., 1855 



Total 



Number of 

 Policies 

 issued. 



1,373 



£ s.d. 

 11,934 10 8 

 4,594 6 4 



Amounts 

 Assured. 



341,911 8 4 

 133,725 U 2 



16.528 17 475,636 19 6 



Most Moderate Premiums. Policies granted 

 from iQl. and upwards. No additional charges 

 to persons in the Army, Navy, or Militia, 

 unless in actual service. ALL POLICIES 

 INDISPUTABLE. Whole Profits divisible 

 triennially among the Assured. Emigrants 

 covered, at a very moderate additional charge, 

 against the risks of voyage. 



The INDUSTRIAI> BRANCH offers pecu- 

 liarly favourable advantages to the humbler 

 classes. Claims properly paid. 



FIRE. 



TarsTEES. 

 Isaac Belsey, Esq. 

 William Squire Plane, Esq. 

 John Saddmgton, Esq. 

 Also most reasonable Premiums. Policies 

 issued for small sums and short periods. Gua- 

 rantee Fund 100,000^. 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 at the 

 Chief Office, the Branches, or at any of the 

 numerous Agencies tliroughout the United 

 Kingdom. 



GEORGE GUMMING, Manager. 



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PRIZE ESSAY ON PORTU- 

 GAL. By JOSEPH JAMES FOR- 

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

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PARABLES FROM NATURE, 

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THE SCIENCE OF LIFE ; or, 

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 Pedigrees drawn up, and Latin and French 

 Documents transcribed and translated with 

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TO BE SOLD, a Copy of THE 

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