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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 S. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



Directors. 



T. Grisscll, Esq. 



J. Hunt, Esq. 



J. A. Lethbndge.Esq. 



E. Lucas, Esq. 



J. Lys Seager, Esq. 



J. B. White, Esq. 



J. Carter Wood, Esq. 



H. E. Bicknell, Esq. 

 T. S. Cocks, J un. Esq. 



M.P. 

 O. H. Drew, Esq. 

 W. Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Esq. 

 J. H. Goodhart, Esq. 



Trustees. 



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



T. Grissell, Esq. 



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



Bankers. — Messrs. Cooks, 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 

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

 Profits :— 

 Age 



17 - 



- 2 4 5 I 42 - 



3 8 2 



27- 



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

 Actuary. 



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

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Established a. d. 1844. 



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Interest payable in January and July. 



PETER MORRISON, 



Managing Director. 



Prospectuses and Forms sent free on appli- 

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HOPE LIFE OFFICE • incor- 

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pHUBB'S LOCKS, with all the 



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 April 15, 1854. 



Patronised by the Royal 

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THE HAIR RESTORED AND GREY- 



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 BEETHAM'S CAPILLARY FLUID is 

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BEETHAM'S PLASTER is the only effec- 

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A LLSOPP'S PALE or BITTER 



jt\ ALE. MESSRS. S. ALLSOPP & 

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LIBRARY OF VALUABLE BOOKS. 



M 



w . R. BENTLEY will SELL by 



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Catalogues may be had at the Office of the 

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w. 



H. HART, RECORD 



. AGENT and LEGAL ANTIQUA- 

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