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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13034, 30 March 1910, Page 6

TNEMUTUAL LIFE AND CITIZENS’ ASSTTEANOE ™ l COMPANY, LIMITED. _ £|3HE TWENTY-THIRD REPORT of the Company, presented and adopted’*t its recent AiOlnab'FHeeting, shows that the funds, at 3Lst?Decemfacr, 'oo9*/IDiiMrl to £4,825,945.6s ICd, an'increase during the year;of <<6376,451 9s liti..Tiie , '**'dsig» rate of interest earned by the Ordinary Branch. Funds was £4.-Ss JJd per. and by-the Industrial Branch Funds £4 4s Cd per cent. ,-c it* The Directors have again applied the strictest Jests in-assessing the value the Company’s assets, and the Actuarial Valuation has also fen tundqc-telj on a stringent basis than that employed by any other Australasian office. The Company, therefore, maintains its rank as the best life office in Australasia. In the Ordinary, Branch the number of new policies was 11,382, assuring the sum of .£2,009,466 Bs, and producing anew Annual Premium Income of £'70,435 2s 3d, an increase for the-year in new suras assured of £131,165 IBs. The expense rate for “M.L.A." and “M.L.G.” Ordinary Branch business combined was 11 per cent, of the premiums. The expense rate of the “M.L.C.” Section was only 10 per cent,, of the premium income. No office in Australasia conducts its Ordinary Business at so low an expense rate. In the Industrial Branch the expense rate was 48.9 per cent, of the premiums, a lower rate than that at which any’office in Australasia conducts its Industrial Branch. The claims for 1909 amounted to £327.387. Since the Company commenced business in 1887 the sum of £1,964,386 has' fen paid to policy-holders or their beneficiaries. " • «'. ■*; - ■ ■ The Actuary’s report announces that the valuation was conducted-on a strict, pure premium basis, the'tafe ; of interest assumed fot ‘’Mlt.G;—coalrScts being >3 per cent;—a more stringent test than is auplicd by. any othtT Aujtralasiaur'Lifo Office. The total _surplus revealed was £11*4,134,! li' ;; .H ,3:1 Aim • Thd following are Ispccimehs’of Whole of Life Bonuses in respect -of the one ■year -1009 per £IOO-df Policy-isslfcd by thgjJlfcliftVn J'vij ' i-jr :* 1 • !••• '•■■ •DDE4TION OF POLICY., w. *A Policy is considered five years in force, whea-the premium or -the first instalment thereof for the fifth year has fallen due, and so on for other durations.

HARDY ROBUST mm CHILDREN Hare their likes and dislikes just as older peopjs ; They-always like ACLSEBROOK’S Mil# BISCUITS because they look good, tastfi~g66d, and are go3d. They supply just those strengthening and#»dy>biulding element* that 'growing children require. For*’-ir crisp, appetisingS** and economical food for youngsters or groWn-ups, yon cannot bcat.j i ;iO - 3"; j f -f 9111k Arrowroot NEW BLOUSINGS IN DELAINES, FLANNELS, FLANNELETTES, FROM 6id. PER YARD. Patterns Posted. DRESS GOODS IN STRIPES—BROWN, GREEN AND NAVY, 1/9, 1/11, 2/3, 2/6, 2/9 YARD. SEE WINDOW. Jo hj n McFarlane. DRAPER, AVENUE.

ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL for “ WAI-RONGOA.” Messrs THOMSON & Dunedin, have been awarded- a Gold Medal for “ W AI-RON GOA ” at the Imperial International Exhibition recently held in Lon*, don. The firm’s list of honours is now 20 Gold Medal* and 32 First-class Certificates, won in open competitions against all comers. This latest honour u further proof of tire contention that pA-RONGo NATURAL MINERAL WATER IS THE BEET IN THE WORLD. BUT TOUE. SUIT AT PAUL’S We wn save you s*/- - on ths-jiriaeol a SUIT- -'-li. and givaour.Cuarantai • ,< V nr . if-.i----ol Fit and Styl*. This "fi ' i-.3.* T.ii/i -r ?- v .., . la no tmply-hoast, for. w ■ A .i:- - \ws nav* a. i reputallon ta;v ~f maintain. -So thln | mora.need be said. Como along and choose your Tweed. Any •tyia. ; „3. PAUL & Co.,j I ■■■:■ AVENUE. WANGANUI. i OTHIB GOODS EQUALLY «EDUC*».