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1 Sweet and r | Sustaining * A Sweetmeat that is also nourishing and sustaining is always > < acceptable alike to men, women, and children, particularly : \ < to those who cannot lake nourishment in the usual forms' It * and shapes in which it is offered to them. p < ■ ■ "■ "" "■ ' '■ •■ . ■ ■ ' * 4 is rich in nutriment, and contains all the valuable elements ■* < of the Cocoa Bean. . ''-...'■': \ *< Sold Everywhere in Id., 3d. aqd 6d. Packets. : j ASK FOR \ | /\ulsebrook's Eating Ghocoiate [ AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. HOLDS THE WORLDS RECORD FOR LARGEST POISES. RESULTS TAKEN FROM~TUE^ FIFT¥-THIRD REPORT. NEW POLICIES—I4,BS7 completed, assuring - •« i£'?fM££ POLICIES .IN F0RCE—169,307, assuring. ■•• - - £JH5q'S Exclusive of Bonus Additions, amounting to ...... ... h9,b6B,idSi ANNUAL INCOME FROM PREMIUMS AND INTEREST is now ... THE FUNDS OF THE SOCIETY now amount to ... ... £17,864,514 DEATH AND MATURED CLAIMS paid since establishment £12,040,602 CASH PROFIT—The amount of Profit available for Division amongst the Members, after making exceptional Reserves, is ... ... _ £538,725 An amount greater than that distributed by the Society m any previous, year and over 344 pea- cent, of the Premiums received during tho year. . z IT WDLL 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' other Mutual Office transacting business in New Zealand. EXISTING BUSINESS ON THE NEW ZEALAND BRANCH RE- . '• GISTER, 28,196 policies assuring ... £7 r i09,232 INCREASE IN THE ACCUMULATED FUN»S (one year) ... ... .. £834,660 INCREASE IN ANNUAL INCOME (one year) ... £87,659 INCREASE IN CASH BONUS for Trienrium against previous Tnennium £2<i9,900 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. Morja;an S. Grace, M.D.. C.M.G., M.L.C.. Chairman; tho Hon. Chas. John Johnston, M.L.C., Deputy-Chairman; A. De B. Brandon, Esq., the, Hon. E. Richardson, C.M.G., John Duncan, Esq. NEW ZEALAND BRANCHEDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary CUSTOMHOUSE QUAY, WELLINGTON. Wanjjamii District Agency, Victoria Avenue, Wanganui. * G. F. FRANCIS, District Secretary

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