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Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 113, 30 August 1902, Page 24

SEEING IS BELIEVING ! Therefoie come and see the bright little Jeweller's Shop in Cuba Street, and HAVING SEEN YOU MUST BELIEVE That it is the best place in town for JEWELLERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Manufactuung in all its branches. Repairs a Speciality. Country Ordeis Promptly Attended To F. E. COOPER, WATCHMAKER AND MANUFACTURING JEWELLER, 22, CUBA STREET. p EISHA TEA ROOMS NOW OPEN. Three Doors from Old Shop. No. 21, Willis-street. MISS MURRAY, Art Florist.

AMERICAN, ENGLISH, AND CONTINENTAL s^i^ IJools axvd Shoes. FAMOUS FOR WEAR, COMFORT, AND STYLE. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Noted for + ■% ■ ft WE STOCK SPECIAL VALUE | II I P | AII Sizes in MEN'S, And iUlllUlt WOMEN ' S ' and GREAT VARIETY. \ WELLINGTON. j CHILDREN'S. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦» CELEBRATED FOOT WEAR.

AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY HOLDS THE WORLD'S RECORD FOR LARGEST BONUSES. RESULTS TAKEN FROM THE FIFTY-THIRD REPORT. NEW POLICIES— I4,BS7 completed, assuring . . . . . . . . £3,753,064 POLICIES IN FORCE -3 69,307, assuring .. .. .. .. £49,366,565 Exclusive of Bonus Additions, amounting to . . . . . . . . £9,638,798 ANNUAL INCOME FROM PREMIUMS AND INTEREST is now .. £2,432,482 THE FUNDS OF THE SOCIETY now amount to .. .. .. £17,864,514 DEATH AND MATURED CLAIMS paid since establishment . . . . £12,340,602 CASH PROFIT — The amount of Profit available for Division amongst the Members, after making exceptional Reserves, is . . . . £538,725 An amount greatei than than that distributed by the Society in any previous year, and ovei 34^ per cent, of the Premiums received during the year. IT WILL PROVIDE REVERSIONARY BONUSES amounting to . . £1,000,000 EXPENSES — The percentage of expenses to total receipts was only B£. VALUATION — The standards of valuation are more severe than those employed by any othei Mutual Office transacting business in New Zealand. EXISTING BUSINESS ON THE NEW ZEALAND BRANCH REGISTER, 28,196 policies, assuring . . . . . . . . . . . . £7,709,232 INCREASE IN THE ACCUMULATED FUNDS (one year) . . . . £834,668 INCREASE IN ANNUAL INCOME (one year) . . . . . . . . £87,659 INCREASE IN CASH BONUS for Triennmm against previous Triennium .. £229 900 NET GAIN IN BUSINESS IN FORCE, 7,753 Policies, assuring . . . . £1,659,800 INTEREST RECEIPTS exceeded amount paid in DEATH CLAIMS by . . £113,761 DIRECTORS OF THE NEW ZEALAND BRANCH: The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.C., Chairman ; the Hon. Chas. John Johnston, M.L.C., Deputy Chairman ; A. de B. Brandon, Esq., the Hon. E. Richardson C.M.G., John Duncan, Esq. EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. NEW ZEALAND BRANCHCUSTOMHOUSE QUAY, WELLINGTON.