March 1896.] 



DISEASES OF ANIMALS. 



509 



Number of Places in Ii-eland upon which Outbreaks were reported 

 as having taken place, and Number of Animals returned as 

 having been Attacked by Anthrax, Glanders, and Rabies in 

 each of the under-mentioned periods. 



Quarter 



Anthrax. 



Glanders 

 (including Parcy). 



Rabies. I 



Ended 



Out- 



Animals 



' Out- 



Animals 



1 Diseased Animals 





breaks. 



Attacked, 



breaks. 



Attacked. 



1 Killed or Died. 





No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



i 



j No. 



September 1894 



1 



1 





19 



' 242 



December 1894 



1 



2 



2 



3 



244 



March 1895 - 



1 



1 



1 5 



5 



171 



June 1895 - 



2 









j 235 



September 1895 



1 



1 



1 





1 241 



December 189 5 











138 



POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS, WITH GOVERNMENT 



SECURITY. 



Advantages Offered for Old Age Pensions. 



Provision for old age can be ^ made by buying Savings Bank 

 Deferred Annuities from ll. to 100^. to begin at any age 

 selected. 



Return of Purchase Money. Tlie Premiums for Deferred 

 Annuities can be returned on application, or on Death before the 

 Annuity begins^ if the Contract is taken out on these conditions. 



Immediate Pensions. Annuities to begin at once, of any 

 amount from U. to 100^. a year, can be bought through the Post 

 Office Savings Bank. The Purchase Money is payable in a lump 

 sum which is not returnable, and the Pensions are payable half- 

 yearly. 



Savings Banks Annuities are payable by half-yearly instal- 

 ments on the 5th January and the 5th July, or the 5th April 

 and 10th October, according to the date of purchase. 



Procedure. A simple form of Proposal, and a form for state- 

 ment of age, can be obtained at any Post Office Savings Bank. 

 When filled up the forms will be forwarded by the local Post- 

 master to the Chief Office, London, and a Conti'act will be issued 

 when the first premium has been paid. Annuity Premiums are 

 payable in the same way as Insurance Premiums, namely, by 

 transfers from Savings Bank accounts. 



The following Table shows the cost of an Immediate Life 

 Annuity of £1, and the annual or single premium for which a 

 Deferred Life ^ anuity of £4 will be granted. 



