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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 222. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 



J. A.Lethbridge.Esq. 



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. 

 G. H. Drew, Esq. 

 W. Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Esq. 

 J. H. Goodhart, Esq. 



Trustees. 



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



T. Grissell, Esq. 



Vhysician. — William Rich. Bosham, M.D. 



Bankers.— Messrs. 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 conditions detailed in the Pro- 

 spectus. 



Specimens of Rates of Premium for Assuring 

 1001.. with a Share in three-fourths of the 

 Profits :— 



.Age £ s. d. I Age £ s. d. 



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

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

 27- - -245|42- - -382 

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

 Actuary. 

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

 Tvith material additions, INDUSTRIAL IN- 

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 THUR SCRATCHLEY, M. A., Actuary to 

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^almtnTa' k teral £ifr 

 jtaratn* &M\ti\\, 



52. CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. 



Subscribe d Capital, O NE M ILLION: 



THIS SOCIETY PRESENTS THE FOL- 

 LOWING ADVANTAGES : 



The Security of a Subscribed Capital of ONE 

 MILLION. 



Exemption of the Assured from nil Liability. 



Premiums affording particular advantages to 

 Young Lives. 



Participating and Non-Participating Pre- 

 miums. 



In the former EIGHTY PER CENT, or 

 FOUR-FIFTHS of the Profits are divided 

 amongst the Assured Triennially, 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 

 Guarantee Fund, or on any other account. 



POLICIES FREE OF STAMP DUTY and 

 INDISPUTABLE, except in case of fraud. 



At the General Meeting, on the 31st May 

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 Per Cent, per annum on the amount assured, 

 or at the rate of from THIRTY to upwards of 

 SIXTY per cent, on the Premiums paid. 



POLICIES share in the Profits, even if ONE 

 PREMIUM ONLY has been paid. 



Next DIVISION OF PROFITS in 1856. 



The Directors meet on Thursdays at 2 o'Clock. 

 Assurances may be effected by applying on any 

 other day.between the hours of 10 and 4, at the 

 Office of the Society, where prospectuses and 

 all other requisite information can be obtained. 

 CHARLES JOHN GILL, Secretary. 



POLICY HOLDERS in other 

 COMPANIES, and intending Assurers 

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 Principles, and Progress of the SCOTTISH 

 PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, the only 

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 a Half Millions. 



Full Reports and every Information had 

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*** Policies are now issued Free of Stamp 

 Duty ; and attention is invited to the 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. Moorgate Street. 



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PSALMS AND HYMNS FOR 

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