OSLER’S GLASS CHANDELIERS, 
WALL LIGHTS & LUSTRES, CHANDELIERS IN BRONZE & ORMOLU. 
DUPLEX AND OTHER LAMPiS 
In Crystal and Coloured Glass, and fitted with Patent Extinguisher. 
MINTON’S A WORCESTER PORCELAIN & STONE CHINA, 
KEROSENE OIL OF THE FINEST QUALITY. 
TABLE GLASS OE ALL KINDS.! 
ORNAMENTAL GLASS, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. 
MESS, EXPORT, AND FURNISHING ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED. 
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BIRMINGHAM ’.—Manufactory & Show Rooms, Broad Street. Established 1807. 
LONDON Show Rooms, 45 Oxford Street, W. 
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE 
INSURANCE COMPANY. 
Established in 1809. 
CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS. 
Accumulated Life Funds £2,852,566 
Fire Reserve Fund 1,099,642 
DIRECTORS. 
Chairman. — JOHN WHITE CATER, Esq. Deputy-Chairman. — CHARLES MORRISON, Esq. 
RICHARD BARING, Esq. 
RICHARD BRANDT, Esq. 
A. H. CAMPBELL, Esq. 
EDWARD COHEN, Esq. 
P. DU PRE GRENFELL, Esq. 
QUINTIN HOGG, Esq. 
Hon. HUGH M'CULLOCH. 
J. S. MORGAN, Esq. 
CHARLES W. MILLS, Esq. 
GEORGE GARDEN NICOL, Esq. 
JOHN SANDERSON, Esq. 
Baron J. H. W. SCHRODER. 
GEORGE YOUNG, Esq. 
Manager of Fire Department— G. H. BURNETT. Manager of the Life Department — HENRY COCKBURN. 
Secreta ry— F. W. LANCE. 
Medical Officers— A. H. HASSALL, M.D.; R. C. CREAM, M.D. ; HERMANN WEBER, M.D. 
Solicitor— Sir W. R. DRAKE. General Manager — DAVID SMITH, F.R.S.E. 
FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
Property of every description, at home and abroad, insured at the most favourable rates. 
The net premiums for 1878 amounted to £915,196. 
Prospectuses and every information can be obtained at the CHIEF OFFICE. 
LIFE DEPARTMENT. 
The principles on which this Company was founded, and on which it continues to act, combine the systen ; 
of mutual assurance with the safety of a large protecting capital and accumulated funds, and thus afford al ! 
the facilities and advantages which can prudently be offered by any life assurance office. Under thes< j 
principles the business of the Company continues rapidly to increase. 
Ninety per cent, of the whole profits is divided among the assurers on the participating scale. 
The profits are divided every five years. Policies indisputable after five years. 
Annuities of all kinds are granted, and the rates fixed on the most favourable terms. 
LONDON— 61 THREADNEEDLE STREET, E.C. 
WEST END OFFICE— 8 WATERLOO PLACE, S.W. 
EDINBURGH— 64 PRINCES STREET. 
