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Business Hotlbea. PER CENT. MORS WATER SAVED 80 PER CENT. LEB3WATBR WASTED, IMPROVED HYDRAULIC ram Patens 3689, NO more anneyanoe caused throngh the Valves stopping up and the Ram Stoo. °{ !, &. b SL,"* constant INCREASED SUPPLY present suppty. j Rams in uso can be atssd with my Patent at i very small cost. * *' j Writs or send particulars J. BIGWOOD, PLUMBER, GASFITTER, BRAS 9 FOUNDER, &C,, Direct Importer of all Goods Required by above Trades. 86 COLOMBO STREET, Telephone No." FIRST PRIZE DUNEDIN EXHIBITION j, clegg. i WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BASSINETTE, PERAMBULATOR AND GO-CART MANUFACTURER. Rubber-tyre-Wheel Perambulators, SPECIAL VALUE Hi 10s. Price List Free. Repairs Neatly and Cheaply Executed. JAMES CLEGG, 181 ARMAGH STREET. CORNS EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN. W. ROBINSON PROFESSIONAL CHIROPODIST, «M HIGH STREET. AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY Established ... ... 1840. The Oldest Mutual Life Office in Australia. New Zealand Branch: Head Office, Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Local Board of Directors: The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.C. (Chairman). The Hon. Chas. J. Johnston, M.L.C. (Deputy-Chairman), Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Esq. The Hon. Edward Richardson, C.M.G. Nicholas Reid, Esq. Medical Officer: Dr. W. G. Kemp, M.R.C.S. (England.) ' ASSDRE YOUiTIIFE in the ATJSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY, and SECURE an ANNUAL; BONUS or DIVIDEND. A privilege which no ofcher Colonial Life Office can grant its Members. Be careful that yon SELECT .THIS SOCIETY, and do not be MISLED by tha similarity of name of some of the other younger Australian Offices. j The attention of the Members and the I General .Public is called to some of the special features connected with this Society, which is the Oldest Colonia Institution of its kind, having been established in the year 1849 The results of the business for the Forty-first Year, ending 31st December, 1889, may be summarised as under; — FIRST—The number of the New Policies' issued was 11,664. SECOND—The New Assurance Buslnsss effected was for L 3,679,459. THIRD—The New Annual Premium In* j come aniountecL.ro 1121,850, I FOURTH—The net increase to the business, after allowing for loss of income from terminated policies, ! was represented by 7028 Policies, ! assuring L 2.109,199. FIFTH—The operations of the year | raised the aunnal income of the Society from L 1.512,280 to L 1,825,186, an increase iv twelve mouths ol L 112,905. SIXTH—The Accumulated Fund was increased during the year by the sum of L 742.311, equal to 71 per cent, of the gross premium re ceived. SEVENTH—The deaths among lives assured were 849 under 735 policies, causing claims upon tbe Society amounting to £299,602, irrespective of Bonus additions, while the number expected according to the Tables used in estimating the liabilities would have been 1143 for an amount of L 438.976, the mor tality experience being thus extremely favorable. EIGHTH— The receipts from Interest and rents were L5i6,832, an amount exceeding the sum paid for the claims 071^38,952NINTH—The expenses of Management were only 9.5 per cent, of the total receipts. TENTH—The cash surplus divided for the year 1880 was L 426,494, being at the rate of 41-5 per. cent, on the premiums received. The operations of the Society during tne forty-one years of its existence may be summarised aa under;— It has issued 141,907 policies, assuringLi9,4l7,7l7. It has paid to the representatives of deceased members over LS,OOQ,OOO in satisfaction of death and matured claims. Ie has divided among the members cash bonuses aggregating over L 4,000,000. yieldiug reversionary aoaiuons of over 1*8,000,000. It has acquired an Accumulated Fund of all invested to yield roily v per cent, interest. Assets in New Zealand-~L1^273 J 514. EDWABDW. .LOWE, Brakch OPFict—• y Cuatom House Quay, Christchurch District Office— ..... j/ x CATHEDRAL SQUARE. W. H. DERBY, District Secretary.