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Summary Of News For November.

A bonus , varying from 20 to 70 per cent , on the premiums paid , was declared ; the bonuses varying according as the assurers have had to make claims for losses sustained . The applicability of the principle is now considered fully established . The Waterloo Life Assurance Company held its fourth annual meeting ou the 15 th , when a very favourable report was presented , from which the following is an extract : " Your directors would now draw attention to the proceedings of the past year , and in order that the amount of business at once become apparentthey annex the

may , following tabular statement , viz .: ¦ y Sum Annual Proposals made to the Company during ° Assured . Income . the year CIS £ 151 , 050 £ 5 , 136

Policies issued 405 104 , 750 3 , 458 Proposals accepted , but not vet completed ' . 114 20 , 800 891 Proposals declined 34 1-1 , 750 497 Proposals under consideration 65 10 , 750 290 Total 618 £ 151 , 050 £ 5 , 136

From this it appears that 405 policies have been issued since the last meeting , producing an annual income of 3 , 458 /; and that the average amount assured under each policy is 258 / . By the report last submitted it was shown that the amount of business done by the company up to that date was as follows , viz . : No . Annual Income . Number of policies issued 1091 producing £ 11400

, , To which add the business of the present year J 405 " 3 , 458 1 , 4 % £ 14 , 858 And the result is that , notwithstanding the agencies have been limited to this country , in less than four years there have been issued 1 , 490 policies , producing in ihe

aggregate 14 , 858 / . per annum . Six policies have lapsed by death in the course of the year , assuring 1 , 200 / ., which is very far below the number and amount calculated upon . The following table exhibits the total claims , as they have arisen in each year , up to the 30 th September last : y .. , Number of Number of Amount Live Assured . ' Deaths . Paid . First year . / 203 .. — ..

—Second year 603 .. 2 .. £ 600 Third year 1 , 091 .. — .. — Fourtli year 1 , 496 .. 6 .. 1 , 200 S " £ 1 , 800 " The report was adopted , and a dividend of 6 per cent , declared . It was stated

that the excellent manager of the institution is making arrangements for extending its business to many parts of Germany and the colonies . MISCELLANEOUS . A clerk at Messrs . Tivimngs , having left a bag containing 300 half sovercings , in a cab , the number of which he did not know , had it returned to him by the cabman , in the course of the afternoon . The cabman was presented with £ 20 . as a reward for his honesty . On the 5 th instant , a meeting was held under the auspices of the Lord Mayor , to

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THE EDITOR TO THE CRAFT. Article 1
THE EDITOR OF THE "MONTHLY MAGAZINE" TO THE CRAFT. Article 3
BON ACCORD MARK MASONS. Article 4
"THE WINK OF INVITATION." Article 6
FREEMASONRY IN ENGLAND. Article 7
MASONIC REMINISCENCES. Article 17
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 26
PROVINCIAL LODGES. Article 32
INSTRUCTION. Article 37
ROYAL ARCH. Article 37
THE COLONIES. Article 40
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 42
LITERATURE. Article 44
MUSIC. Article 45
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR NOVEMBER. Article 45
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Summary Of News For November.

A bonus , varying from 20 to 70 per cent , on the premiums paid , was declared ; the bonuses varying according as the assurers have had to make claims for losses sustained . The applicability of the principle is now considered fully established . The Waterloo Life Assurance Company held its fourth annual meeting ou the 15 th , when a very favourable report was presented , from which the following is an extract : " Your directors would now draw attention to the proceedings of the past year , and in order that the amount of business at once become apparentthey annex the

may , following tabular statement , viz .: ¦ y Sum Annual Proposals made to the Company during ° Assured . Income . the year CIS £ 151 , 050 £ 5 , 136

Policies issued 405 104 , 750 3 , 458 Proposals accepted , but not vet completed ' . 114 20 , 800 891 Proposals declined 34 1-1 , 750 497 Proposals under consideration 65 10 , 750 290 Total 618 £ 151 , 050 £ 5 , 136

From this it appears that 405 policies have been issued since the last meeting , producing an annual income of 3 , 458 /; and that the average amount assured under each policy is 258 / . By the report last submitted it was shown that the amount of business done by the company up to that date was as follows , viz . : No . Annual Income . Number of policies issued 1091 producing £ 11400

, , To which add the business of the present year J 405 " 3 , 458 1 , 4 % £ 14 , 858 And the result is that , notwithstanding the agencies have been limited to this country , in less than four years there have been issued 1 , 490 policies , producing in ihe

aggregate 14 , 858 / . per annum . Six policies have lapsed by death in the course of the year , assuring 1 , 200 / ., which is very far below the number and amount calculated upon . The following table exhibits the total claims , as they have arisen in each year , up to the 30 th September last : y .. , Number of Number of Amount Live Assured . ' Deaths . Paid . First year . / 203 .. — ..

—Second year 603 .. 2 .. £ 600 Third year 1 , 091 .. — .. — Fourtli year 1 , 496 .. 6 .. 1 , 200 S " £ 1 , 800 " The report was adopted , and a dividend of 6 per cent , declared . It was stated

that the excellent manager of the institution is making arrangements for extending its business to many parts of Germany and the colonies . MISCELLANEOUS . A clerk at Messrs . Tivimngs , having left a bag containing 300 half sovercings , in a cab , the number of which he did not know , had it returned to him by the cabman , in the course of the afternoon . The cabman was presented with £ 20 . as a reward for his honesty . On the 5 th instant , a meeting was held under the auspices of the Lord Mayor , to

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