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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 228. 



/COLLODION PORTRAITS 



\J AND VIEWS obtained with the greatest 

 ease and certainty by using BLAND & 

 LONG'S preparation of Soluble Cotton : cer- 

 tainty and uniformity of action over a length- 

 ened period, combined with the most faithful 

 rendering of the half-tones, constitute this a 

 most valuable agent In the hands of the pho- 

 tographer. 



Albumenised paper, for printing from glass 

 or paper negatives, giving a minuteness of de- 

 tail unattaincd by any other method, 5s. per 

 Quive. 



Waxed and Iodized Papers of tried quality. 



Instruction in the Processes. 



BLAND & LONG, Opticians and Photogra- 

 phical Instrument Makers, and Operative 

 Chemists, 153. Fleet Street, London. 



*** Catalogues sent on application. 



THE SIGHT preserved by the 

 Use of SPECTACLES adapted to fu't 

 every varietv of Vision by means of SMEE'S 

 OPTOMETER, which effectually prevents 

 Injury to the Eyes from the Selection of Im- 

 proper Glasses, and is extensively employed by 



BLAND & LONG, Opticians, 153. Fleet 

 Street, London. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS. 

 — OTTEWILL & MORGAN'S Manu- 

 factory. 24. & 25. Charlotte Terrace, Caledonian 

 Koad, Islington. OTTE WILL'S Registered 

 Double Body Folding Camera, adapted for 

 Landscapes or Portraits, may be had of A. 

 ROSS, Featherstone Buildings, Holborn ; the 

 Photographic Institution, Bond Street : and 

 at the Manufactory as above, where every de- 

 scription of Cameras, Slides, and Tripods may 

 be had. The Trade supplied. 



PHOTOGRAPHY. — HORNE 

 & CO.'S Iodized Collodion, for obtaining 

 Instantaneous Views, and Portraits in from 

 three to thirty seconds, according to light. 



Portraits obtained by the above, for delicacy 

 of detail rival the choicest Daguerreotypes, 

 specimens of which may be seen at their Esta- 

 blishment. 



Also every description of Apparatus, Che- 

 micals, &c. &c. used in this beautiful Art — 

 123. and 121. Newgate Street. 



IMPROVEMENT IN COLLO- 

 DTON.-.T. B. HOCKIN & CO.. Chemists, 

 289. Strand, have, by an improved mode of 

 Iodizing, succeeded in producing a Collodion 

 equal, they mav say superior, in sensitiveness 

 and density of Negative, to anv other hitherto 

 published ; without diminishing the keeping 

 properties and appreciation of half-tint for 

 which their manufacture has been esteemed. 



Apparatus, pure Chemicals, and all the re- 

 quirements for the practice of Photography. 

 Instruction in the Art. 



THE COLLODION AND PO- 

 SITIVE PAPER PROCESS. By J. B. 

 HOCKIN. Price Is., per Post, Is. 2d. 



ALLEN'S ILLUSTRATED 

 CATALOGUE, contaiaing Size, Price, 

 and Description of upwards of 100 articles, 

 consisting of 



PORTMANTEAUS,TRAVELLING-BAGS, 



Ladies' Portmanteaus, 



DESPATCH-BOXES, WRITING-DESKS, 

 DRESSING-CASES, and other travelling re- 

 quisites. Gratis on application, or sent free by 

 Post on receipt of Two Stamps. 



MESSRS. ALLEN'S registered Despatch- 

 box and Writing-desk, their Travelling-bag 

 with the opening as large as the bag, and the 

 new Portmanteau containing four compart- 

 ments, are undoubtedly the best articles of the 

 kind ever produced. 



J. W. & T. ALLEN, 18. & 22. West Strand. 



nHUBB'S FIRE-PROOF 



\J SAFES AND LOCKS. - These safes are 

 the most secure from force, fraud, and Are. 

 Chubb's locks, with all the recent improve- 

 ments, cash and deed boxes of all sizes. Com- 

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 tion. 



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

 London ; 28. Lord Street, Liverpool ; 1G. Mar- 

 ket Street, Manchester ; and Horseley Fields, 

 Wolverhampton. 



MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE 

 by MODERATE PREMIUMS. 



The SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 

 of the SCOTTISH PROVIDENT INSTITU- 

 TION (the only Society in which the ad- 

 vantages of Mutual Assurance can he secured 

 by Moderate Premiums) is now Published, and 

 may be had free, on application. 



THE RESULTS OF BUSINESS EF- 

 FECTED IN 1853 ARE : - 



1. Number of proposals accepted - - 716 



2. Amount of new assurances ex- 



clusive of annuities - -£309,393 



3. Amount of annual premiums 



on new assurances - - - £8,038 12 5 



4. Amount of single payments on 



ditto ----- io,729 2 8 



. New premiums re- 



ceived during the year - - £18,767 15 1 



5. Amount of claims by death 



during the year - - - £23.526 I 



6. Addition to realised fund, aris- 

 ing entirely from accumu- 

 lated premiums during the 

 year ----- £50,459 



BIENNIAL PROGRESS OF BUSINESS 

 DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS. 



In 



Years. 



1844-45 

 1845-47 



1818-49 

 1850-51 

 1852-53 



Number 

 of New 

 Policies. 



658 

 888 

 907 

 1378 

 1269 



Amount of 



New 

 Assurances. 



281.082 

 404,734 

 410,933 

 535,137 

 587,118 



Accumulated 



Fund at End 



of Period. 



69,009 

 95,705 

 131,406 

 207,803 

 305,134 



MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE. 



THE SCOTTISH PROVIDENT 

 INSTITUTION combines the advantage 

 of Participation in the whole Profits with mo- 

 derate Premiums. 



The premiums are as low as those of the non- 

 participating scale of the proprietary compa- 

 nies. They admit of being so not oncy with 

 safety, but with ample reversion of profits to 

 the policy-holders, being free from the burden 

 of payment of dividend to shareholders. 



At the first division of surplus in the present 

 year, bonus additions were made to policies 

 which had come within the participating class, 

 varying from 20 to 54 per cent, on their amount. 



In all points of practice — as in the provision 

 for the indefeasibility of policies, facility of li- 

 cence for travelling or residence abroad, and of 

 obtaining advances on the value of the policies 



the regulations of the Society, as well as the 



administration, are as liberal as is consistent 

 with right principle. 



Policies are now issued free of stamp duty. 



Copies of the last annual report, containing 

 full explanations of the principles, may be had 

 on application to the Head Office in Edin- 

 burgh ; of the Society's Provincial Agent j or 

 of the Resident Secretary, London Branch. 



JAMES WATSON, Manager. 

 GEORGE GRANT, Resident Secretary. 



London Branch, 12. Moorgate Street. 



The London Branch will be removed on 

 25th March to the Society's New Premises, 

 66. Gracechurch Street, corner of Fenchurch 

 Street, City. 



WH. HART, RECORD 

 • AGENT and LEGAL ANTIQUA- 

 RIAN (who is in the possession of Indices to 

 many of the early Public Records wherebv his 

 Inquiries are greatly facilitated) begs to inform 

 Authors and Gentlemen engaged in Antiqua- 

 rian or Literary Pursuits, that he is prepared 

 to undertake searches among the Public Re- 

 cords, MSS. in the British Museum, Ancient 

 Wills, or other Depositories of a similar Na- 

 ture, in any Branch of Literature, History, 

 Topography, Genealogy, or the like, and in 

 which he has had considerable experience. 



I. ALBERT TERRACE, NEW CROSS. 

 HATCH AM, SURREY. 



BENNETT'S MODEL 

 WATCH, as shown at the GREAT EX- 

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

 Silver Cases, in five qualities, and adapted to 

 all Climates, may now be had at the MANU- 

 FACTORY, 65. CHEAPSIDE. Superior Gold 

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

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

 guineas. First-rate Geneva Levers, in Gold 

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

 Cases, 8, 6, and 5 guineas. Superior Lever, with 

 Chronometer Balance, Gold, 27, 23, and 19 

 guineas. Bennett's Pocket Chronometer, Gold, 

 50 guineas ; Silver, 40 guineas. Every Watch 

 skilfully examined, timed, and its performance 

 guaranteed. Barometers, 2l.,3l., and U. Ther- 

 mometers from Is. each. 



BENNETT. Watch, Clock, and Instrument 

 Maker to the Royal Observatory, the Board of 

 Ordnance, the Admiralty, and the Queen, 



65. CHEAPSIDE. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 S. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



T. Grissell, Esq. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 



J. A. Lcthbndge.Esq. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



J. B. White, Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



Directors. 

 H. E. Bicknell.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. 



Trustee*. 



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



T. Grissell, Esq. 



Physician William Rich. Basham, 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 

 loo;., with a Share in three-fourths of the 

 Profits: — 



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

 Actuary. 



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

 with material additions, INDUSTRIAL 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, 

 &c. 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. 



Printed by Thomas Clark Shaw, of No. 10. Stonefield Street, in the Parish of St. Mary, Islington, at No. 5. New Street Square, in the Parish of 

 St. Bride, in the City of London ; and published by George Bell, of No. 186. Fleet Street, in the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West, in the 

 City of London, Publisher, at No. 186. Fleet Street aforesaid— Saturday, March 11. 1854. 



