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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2793, 26 January 1878, Page 4

A Cool Young Lady.—Danbury makes an agitated young man attempt to pop the question to a very pretty and selfpossessod girl. He stutters and blunders, and she remarks, " Tbomas, wait for your second wind." Which Thomas does. . Wi! (Australasian Insurance and Banking Record) have pleasure in directing attention to tlio annual balance-sheet (to 31st December, 1876) of tho Imperial Fire Insurance Company. This important company's income last year was from fire premiums £553,456, and from interest on investments £48,939; together, £602,395. lie fire losses duriug the same period were £274^288, cost of management at homo and abroad £167,903, dillerences on purchase &nd salo of investments aud bad nnd doubtful debts, £1152. Alter paying £72,000 dividend, the balance carried \to reet was £87,050. The liabilities ore thus stated : "Rest (including balance curried down), £647,849 ; capital stock, £700,000 5 1 together, j £1,847,849 j unsettled losses, commission, &0., duo to ugente, bills payable, &c, amount to £171,158. The secured assels consist of firstdass securities, including British Government nud rnihiuy obligations valued at £1,338,635 ; and, with cash ut bunkers', agents', aud bianch balance?, &c, amount to a grand total of £1,519,007. The Imperial, as is generally known, is «rectinpr spbndid premises in Collins etreet west. —[Adtt.J