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Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 61, 14 March 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)

SINGERS' SEWING MACHINES International Health Exhibition, London, 1884. FIEST PRIZE, GOLD MEDAL. N.Z.1.E., 1652, TW GOLD MEDALS. 1b now and always has been the most popular Machine in tho WORLD. HIRE PAYMENTS, from 2/6 PER WEEK. AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. Established 1849. The Oldest Mntual Life Offioo in Australia. New Zealand Branch : Head Office, Customhouse-quay, Wellington. Local Board of Direotors : The Hon. Charles Johnson Pharazyn, M.L.C. (Chairman) TheHon.SirWilliamFitzherbert.K.CM.G., M.L.C. (Deputy-Chairman) The Hon. Alfred De Bath Brandon, M.L.C. Charles J. Johnston, Esq., M.H.B. The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., M.L.C. Medical Officer : Dr. W. G. Kemp, M.E.C.S. (England). Result of the Seventh Quinquennial Investigation. Total Cash Surpluß £1,156,195 Divided 1,013,233 Representing Reversionary Bonuses amounting to .. . 2,094,392 This is a larger amount of profit than has ever been realised or divided, in respect of a period of fite years, by any other offioe in the British Empire. The Bonuses declared by the Society cannot be approaohed by those of any Life Offioe doing business in the colonieß. Annual Division of Profit. The profits of the Society are divided annually. The Invested Funds exceed ...£5,000,000 The Annual Income is upwards of 1 ,000,000 The Sooiety has more than 55,000 Policies in foroe, assuring upwards of 20,000,000 During the last 35 years the Sooiety has paid for Claims and Matured Endowments ... 2,000,000 The Sooiety has divided among its membora Cash Bonuses amounting to upwards of £2,000,000, yielding Reversionary Bonuses exceeding £4,000,000. New BusiNEsg. The new business of the last five years has exoeoded £2,000,000 per annum — A larger amount annually than has ever been transacted by any other Life Office in the British Dominions. The coat of management, including commission, is unusually low, being only 95 per cent, of tho total receipts of the year. This rate of expenditure is, on ths average, 18 per oent. less than that of the other Australian Mutual Life Offices, and less than any other Life Assurance Institution either in Europe or America, doing a correspond' inp amount of new business. Unparalleled Accumulation of Funds. The accumulated funds now exceed FIVE MILLIONS STERLING. Aaßure your life in the AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY, AND SECURE AN ANNUAL BONUS OR DIVIDEND, A Privilege whioh no other Colonial Life Office oan grant its members. Be Careful that you Select this Society, and do not be Misled bt the Similarity of Name of some of the other Younger Australian Offices. The Sooiety oan be considered quite as muoh a New Zealand aa an Australian institution, seeing that all moneys received in the colony are invested here in advances on mortgage of first-class freehold securities, loans to members on the security of their policies, Government debentures, and freebold branoh office premises; and the Sooiety is thus assisting in developing the resouroes sf the colony. THE SOCIETY HAS ASSETS IN NEW ZEALAND SECURITIES EXCEEDING SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS ! No Other Life Office in the Colont Can give yon such LARGE BONUSES AS THE AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY, And the effect of an Annual Bonus, whioh oan be taken in Cash, will be to reiuoe the cost of assurance to the lowest possible uninimTiTn. If you are already sufficiently assured fooraelf , induce your friends to follow yonr Bxample. N.B.— The Security afforded by this Soaiety to its policy-holders is unsurpassed by that of any Life Office in the world. The Sooiety has raised its limit on a single first-olaas life to £10,000. Prospectuses, forms of proposal, the last Quinquennial Report, and all other information may be obtained on application to ihe Resident Secretary, Wellington, or from mv of the Society's agents. EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Seoretary. MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1824. 3hief Offices— 9B, Sing-street, Manchester. 96, Cheapside, London. Agents for New Zealand— IIBBBRB. W. M'Arthur & Co., Auckland. TPHE Undersigned is prepared to accept JL Risks at lowest current rates. All losses promptly settled in the colony. S. CARROLL, Agent for Wellington, Lambton-quay. ipHE FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (Limited). Japital (fully subscribed) £1,000,000 'aid-up aud Beserves 282,500 Insurances effected at lowest rates of ireminm. Prompt and liberal settlement of olaima. Offioes— Hunter-street, Wellington. J H. WALLACE ft CO., A (rents. f IVEBPOOL AND LONDON AND U GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1836. The attention of the publio called to the dlowing points : — The Liability of the Shareholders Unlimited. The Bepobts and Accounts for the year 1882 show— fet Fire Premiums for the year £1,171,571 apital Paid-up 245,640 eneral Reserve Fire Ee-insur-anoeFund 1,500,000 otal Accumulated Fund ... 6,881,742 Bisks taken at lowest current rates. EDWAED PEARCE. Ajrent ~\N SALE, Customhouse Forms. Evening J Post offioe.