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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10785, 12 October 1900, Page 7

BUSINESS NOTICES, AWEBALIAK MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. . IHE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL BEPORT, • JUST ISSUED, DISCLOSES1. Anincrease in the NEW BUSINESS for the veer of ... £168,602 2. An iacrewe iq the ACCUMULATED FUND of ... ... 895,691 3. An increase in the ANNUAL INCOME of ... ... 94,650 4. An increase in the amount of ANN DAL CASH BONUS of ... 26,440 5. A net gain in business m force of 9013 policies assuring .-. 2,102,088 Daring, the year 15,238 NEW POLICIES were issued, being the LARGEST NUMBER yet written by the Society in any one year. „„„„ * The NEW ASSURANCES issued amounted to £3,955,685, a sum IN EXCESS of that granted in any year since 1891. . The TOTAL ASSURANCES io force (including Bonus additions) now amount to £54,343,821. The NET INCREASE to the volume of business in force is THE LARGEST in any The ACCUMULATED FUND amounts to £16,074,740, and the ANNUAL INCOME to £2,259,357. The REbERVE set apart for the possible DEPRECIATION of SECURITIES now stands at £266,692. , «Tnir™> The DIVISIBLE SURPLUS for the year amounts to £506,182, yielding REVi-K----SIONARY BONUSES of about £942,500. ... .. The DEATH CLAIMS for the year were exceptionally favourable, while tne EXPENSES of MANAGEMENT were very moderate. BRANCH DIRECTORS:—The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.C. (Chairman) ; the Hon. Charles J. Johnston, M.L.C. (Deputy Chairman); Alfred de tfatne Brandon, E-.q.; the Hon. Edward Richardson, C.M.G.j John Duncan, Esq. * EDWI>. W, LOWE. Resident SecretaryBranch Office—Customhouse Quay, Wellington. JAMES HAIR, District Secretary. District Office—Christchuroh* .... . 'ORION' COOKING RANGE This Range Requires No Setting. High or Low Pressure Boilers IT WILL BUBN ANY FUEL. The Maker Guarantees them to fee Most Economical, Durable, and Excellent Cookers. AITKEN & ROBERTS, Agents FURNISHING IRONMONGERS, CHRISTCHUECH. Catalogues on Application. . Inspection Invited

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