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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11736, 13 September 1902, Page 3

Sweet and Sustaining A Sweetmeat that is also nourishing and sustaining is always acceptable alike to men, women, and children, particularly to those who cannot take nourishment in the usual forms and shapes in which it is offered to them. "* is rich in nutriment, and contains all the valuable elements of the Cocoa Bean. T Sold Everywhere in Id., 3d. ar,d 6d. Packets. ASK FOR Eating Chocolate

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 F0RCE—169,307, assuring - - .•• - *23'|22»2S Exclusive of Bonus Additions, amounting J° nT ••• •;•„". ZoAmiim ANNUAL INCOME FROM PREMIUMS-A&D INTEREST is now ... £2,432,482 THE FUNDS OF THE SOCIETY now amount to ... «io'™t'2no . DEATH AND MATURED CLAIMS paid sinco establishment £12,340,WM CASH PROFIT—The amount of Profit ava%ble for Division amongst the Members, after making, exceptional Reserves, is : £-060,/-so An amount greater than that distributed by the Society -in any previous year and over 34£ per cent, of the Premiums received during -the year. IT WELL PROVIDE REVERSIONARY BONUSES, amounting to ... £I,UOO,UUO EXPENSES—The percentage of expenses to total receipts was only B£. VALUATION—The standards of valuation are more severe than those employed by any other Mutual Office transacting business in New Zealand. _ EXISTING BUSINESS ON THE NEW ZEALAND BRANCH REGISTER, 28,196 policies assuring ... • - — *(,ivs,£o6 INCREASE IN THE ACCUMULATED FUNDS (one year) «, £j*34,668 INCREASE IN ANNUAL INCOME (one year) .... ... .... ,£87,659 INCREASE IN CASH BONUS for Triennium against previous Tnen- £229 goo NE^GAININ BUSINESS IN FORCE, 7 753 'Policies, curing ... &&&&*}! INTEREST RECEIPTS exceeded amount paid m DEATH CLAIMS by hU.Z,(bI 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 j A. De B. Brandon, Esq., the Hon. E. Richardson, C.M.G., John Duncan, Esq. NEW ZEALAND BRANCHCUSTOMHOUSE QUAY, WELLINGTON. Wanganui District Agency, Victoria Avenue, Wanganui. G. F. FRANCIS, District Secretary

; A. D. WILLIS'S 1 NEW BOOKS NEW BOOKS NEW BOOKS NEW BOOKS And NEW SUPPLIES. , • . NEW SUPPLIES. NEW SUPPLIES. NEW SUPPLIES. Black and White Royal Academy Pictures, paper Is. 6d. Art Journal, Royal Academy Pictures, paper Is. 6d. Pall Mall Royal Academy Pictures, paper Is. 6d. The Game of Bridge, Is. 9d. The ABC of Photography, enlarged. cloth 2s. 6d. Davies' Plumbing, 'A vols. Church- Hymnary, all bindings and prices. : Joseph Hocking's Greater Love, paper 2s. i 6d., cloth 3s. 6d. Boothby's My Strangest Case, paper 2s. 6d., cloth 3s. 6d. Boothby's Chiiaerbridge Mystery, paper 2s. 6d., cloth 3s. 6d. W. W. Jacob's At Sunwich Port, paper 2s. 6d., cloth 3s. 6d. Mary Johnston's Audrey, paper 2s. 6d., cloth 3s. 6d. R. W. Chamber's Cardigan, paper 2s. 6d., 1 cloth 3s. 6d. j Maurice Hewlett's N.ew Canterbury Tales, ' paper 2s. 6d., cloth 3s. 6d. Bullen's Apostles of tbe South-East, paper 2s. 6d., cloth Zs. 6d. 1 Silas Hocking's Gripped, cloth 4s. L. T. Meade's Lost Square, paper ,2s. 6d., cloth 3s. 6d. , William Le Queux's Stolen Souls, paper 2s. 6d., cloth 3s. 6d. Ben Hur, paper Bd. The Benefactress, liv author of Elizabeth in her Vennan Garden, paper 2s. 6d, cloth 3s. 6d. Splendid Selection ot Sixpenny Editions always on hand, each Bd. List on Application. Technical Books of every description kept in stock or procured to order. TABLE TENNIS (Ping Pong). Just landed, a good Selection of this popular Game." Prices range from Is. 6d. to 30s. per set. Extra Racquets, Balls, etc. GLASSWARE, FANCY ORNAMENTS, ETC., ETC. A veiy Pretty Selection of these Goods always on hand. Fresh stocks i ontinually arriving. PHOTO FRAMES. » Wood Photo Frainns in one, two, three, four, five, and sis openings, either broad or upright, assorted kinds. A nice selection at cheap prices. A. D. WILLIS, Bookseller, Etc., Victoria Avenue, Wauganuir