NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 295. 



TRAVELLERS' AND MA- 

 RINE INSURANCE COMPANY. 



Chief Office. -5. GRESHAM STREET, 

 LONDON . 



Trustees. 

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

 Sir Charles Kox. , , 



Matthew Marshnll, Esq., Bank of England. 

 "WiUiain Smee, Esq., Bank of EnRland. 



EXAMPLE OF RATES. 

 DEATH FROM ANY ACCIDENT. 



DEATH FROM RAILWAY ACCIDENT. 



Annual Sum Sick Allowance, 



Premium. Insured. per Week. 



£ a. d. 

 8 



TOTAL LOSS OF HEALTH. 



Annual Premium. 



Age 21 • 1 13 2 



£100 per annum 

 during disability. 



For Ikformatiow, Prospxctusbx, Fohms, 



RTC, APPLY TO THB ChxXF OrFlCK, d> GrBSHAK 



Street, Londojc. 



TIfESTERN LIFE ASSU- 



fT RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 



J. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 



Founded A.D. 1812. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 



J. A. T.ethbridge,Esq. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



J. Lys Seaeer, Esq. 



J. B. White, Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



Directors, 

 H. l''-Bicknell,Esq. | T, OrisselL Esq. 

 T. 8. Cock8,Jun. Esq. 



M.I'. 

 G. H. Drew. Esq. 

 W. EvffTi!'. Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller. Esq. 

 J. H. Goodhart, Esq. ' 



Tntsteti. 



W.Whateley.Esq.. Q.C. i fJeoree Drew, Esq. ; 



T Orissell. Esq. 



PAyniicton.— William Rich. Bnsham.M.D. 



Bankers. — Mesars. Cocks, Biddulph, 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 conditionsdetailedin the Pro- 

 •pectus. 



Specimens of Bales of Premium for Assuring 

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

 Profits : 



Age £ t. d. Age £ f. d. 



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

 22 - - - 1 18 8 37- - - 2 18 6 

 27- - -245 42- - -382 

 ARTHUR 8CRATCHLEY, M.A.,F.R.A.S., 

 Actuary. 



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

 with material adrtltions. INDUSTRIAL IN- 

 VESTMENT and EMir.RATION; being a 

 TREATISP on BENEFIT BUILDING SO- 

 CIE'I'IF.S, and on the (ieneral Principles of 

 Land Investment, exemplified in the Cases of 

 Freehold Land Societies, Building Companies, 

 &c. With a Mathematical Appendix on Com- 

 pound Interest and Life Assurance. By AR- 

 THUR 8CRATCHI-EV, M. A., Actuary to 

 the Western Life Assurance Society, 8. Parlia- 

 ment Street, London. 



KENT MUTUAL LIFE AND 

 FIRE ASSURANCE SOCIETIES. 



Chief Office. - QUEEN STREET PLACE, 

 NEW CANNON STREET, LONDON. 

 Branch Offices. 

 High Street, Rochester. 

 Waterloo Place, Pall Mall. 

 Albion Place, Hjde Park Square. 

 Sloane Street, Chelsea. 

 New Street, Birmingham. 

 Bond Street, Wolverhampton. 



LIFE. 



Trdstees. 

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

 Alexander Bramwell Brcmner, Esq. 

 William Squire Plane, Esq. 



The great success of tliis Society will be seen 

 in the following Statement of Business done 

 and Bonuses added in Four Years of actual 

 operations : 



PROGRESS OF BUSINESS. 



May, IS.M 

 Feb., 1855 



Total 



Number of 

 Policies 

 issued. 



1,'<73 



Annual 

 Premiums, 



£ s.d. 

 11.934 10 8 

 4,594 6 4 



£ s. d. 

 341,911 8 4 

 133,725 U 2 



16,528 17 475,636 19 6 



Most Modera'e Premiums. Policies granted 

 from 20;. and upwards. No additional charges 

 to persons in the Army, Navy, or Militia, 

 unless in actuol service. ALL POLICIES 

 INDISPUTABLE. Whole Profits divisible 

 triennially among the Assui-ed. Emierants 

 covered, at a very moderate additional charge, 

 against the risks of voyatze. 



The INDUSTRIAI, BRANCH offers pecu- 

 liarly favourable advantages to the humbler 

 classes. Claims properly paid. 



FIRE. 

 Trusters. 

 Isaac Belsey, Esq. 

 William Squire Plane, Esq. 

 John Saddington, Esq. 

 Also most reasonable Premiums. Policies 

 issued for small sums and short periods. Gua- 

 rantee Fund 10'>,non?. 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 throughout the United 

 Kingdom. 



GEORGE GUMMING, Manager. 



BENNETT'S MODEL 

 WATCH, as shown at the GREAT EX- 

 HIBITION. No. 1. Class X., in Gold and 

 Silver Cases, in five qualities, and adnnted to 

 all Climates, mav now be had at the M ANU- 

 FACT<)RY,6.V CHEAPSIDE. Superior Gold 

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

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

 guineas. First-rate (ieueva l^evers, in (Jold 

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

 Cases, 8, B. and A eulneas. Superior I..ever. with 

 Chronometer Balance, Gold, 27, 23, and 19 

 guineas, Bennett's PocUetChronometer.Gold, 

 50 guineas : Silver, 40 guineas. Every Watch 

 skilfully examined, timed, and its performance 

 guaranteed. Barometers, 2j.,3J., and 4/. Ther- 

 mometers from Is. each. 



BENNETT, Watch. Clock, and Instrument 

 Maker to the Royal Observatory, the Board of 

 Ordnance, the Admiralty, and the t^ueen, 

 65.CHEAPSIDE. 



CHVBS'S XiOCKS, 



WITH all the recent Improve- 

 ments, strong Fire-proof Safes, Cash 

 and Deed Boxes. Complete lists of sizes and 

 prices may be had on ap^ lication. 

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

 London; 28. Lord Street, Liverpool j 16. Mar- 

 ket Street, Manchester; and Horseley Fields, 

 W olverhampton. 



Just published. 



PRACTICAL PHOTOGRA- 

 PHY on GLASS and PAPER, a Manual 

 containing simple directions for the production 

 of PORTRAITS and VIEWS by the agency 

 of Liirht, including the COLLODION, AL- 

 BUMEN, WAXED PAPER and POSITIVE 

 PAPER Processes, by CHARLES A. LONG. 

 Price Is.; per Post, Is. 6rf. 



Published by BLAND & LONG, Opticians, 

 Philosophical and Photographical Instru- 

 ment Makers, and Operative Chemists, 153. 

 Fleet Street, London. 



THE NEW COLLODION 

 manufactured by BLAND & LONG, 

 153. Fleet Stieet. London, will bear compari- 

 son with any other Preparation offered to 

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

 separate from the Iodizing Solution. Nitrate 

 of Silver, is. 6d. per oz. ; Pyrogallic Acid. 

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

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



CAMERAS, LENSE-!, and every Descrip- 

 tion of Apparatus, of first-class Workmanship. 



Chemicals of ABSOLUTE PURITY, and 

 every material required in the Photographic 

 Axt of the finest quality. 



Instruction in all the Processes. 

 Catalogues sent on Application. 



BLAND & LONG, Opticians, PhotogrKiihical 

 Instrument Makers, and Operative Chemists, 

 153. Fleet Street, London. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS. 



OTTEWILL AND MORGAN'S 



Manufactory, 24. & 25. Charlotte Terrace, 

 Caledonian Road, Islington. 



OTTEWILL'S Registered Double Body 

 Folding Camera, adapted for Landscapes or 

 Portraits, may be had of A . ROSS, Feather- 

 stone Buildings, Holborn ; the Photographic 

 Institution, Bond Street i and at the Manu- 

 factory as above, where every description of 

 Cameras, Slides, and Tripods may be had. The 

 Trade supplied. 



TRELOAR'S COCOA-NUT 

 FIBRE MATTING, DOOR-MATS, 

 MATTRESSES, and BRUSIIE'^, gained the 

 Prize-Medal at the Great Exhibition. At the 

 Warehouse, 



42. LUDGATE HILL, 



will be found an Assortment of COCOA-NUT 

 FIBRE MANUFACTURES, unequalled for 

 Variety and Excellence, at the most moderate 

 Prices. 



Catalogues Free. 



r<HILDRENS BEDSTEADS 



\J and BEDDING. — HEAL & SON'S 

 Stock of Children's Cots, Cribs, and Bedsteads 

 contains every Design and Size that is manu- 

 factured, both in Wood and Iron, which, to- 

 gether with their laree assortment of every 

 other Description of Bedstead, will be found 

 worthy of inspection. ■> hey also heg to call 

 attention to their show of BBD-ROOM I UR- 

 NITURE, of wMch their New Ware-rooms 

 enable them to keep such an Assortment that 

 Customers may select all the artic es for the 

 comp'ete furnishing of a Bed-room. An 

 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE of BED- 

 STEADS, cuntaining upwards •'f One Hun- 

 dred different Designs, sent Free by Post. 

 HEAL & SON, Bedstead and Bedding, and 



Be -room Furniture Mauufactuters, 196. 



Tottenham Court Road, 



DORKING, SURREY. — A 

 Lady and Gentleman, residing in the 

 Neighbourhood of Dorking, would be happy 

 to receive a Lady, or Two Ladies relatives, to 

 Board. Address 



A. D., POST-OFFICE, DORKING. 



