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XXVI
INSURANCE DIRECTORY.
MANCHESTER FIRE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
ESTABLISHED 1824.
CHIEF OFFICES-
SB KING STKEET, MANCHESTER. 9G CHEAPSIDE, LONDON.
17 GEORGE STREET, EDINBURGH.
CAPITAL, ONE MILLION STERLING.
Boart) of MvtttaxQ in i^ancfjEstcr.
EDMUND BUCKLEY, Esq., Chairman.
JAMES HEALD Esq., Deputy-Chairman
John Barratt, Esq
Samuel Brooks, Esq.
George Faulkner, Esq.
John Eredk. Foster, Esq.
James C. Harter, Esq.
Joseph Peel, Esq.
Samuel Pulleiu, Esq.
Absalom Watkin, Esq.
Geo. Withiugton, Esq.
Peter Wood, Esq., M.D.
^utttors.
John Holgate, Esq.— William Metcalf, Esq.
Boarb of Qtrcctors in SLontiotT.
Su- James Duke, Bart., M.P., Alderman, Chairman,
Thomas Quested Finnis, Esq., Alderman, Deputy-Chairman.
Hemy C. Chilton, Esq. | WiUiam Mallalieu, Esq.
J. Cunliffe Pickersgill, Esq.
Bankers,
THE MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL DISTRICT BANKING COMPANY, MANCHESTER.
CITY BANK, LONDON.
THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF SCOTLANT).
JAMES B. NORTHCOTT, Secretary to the Conmany.
GEORGE RITHERDON, Secretary in London.
J. G. HARRISON, 17 George Street, Edinburgh, Agent,
TUT, ,r . x^]^??^ J^i^^ *Sx^^^ attention to the advantages offered by this Company :—
HE MA Jy CHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY was established in 1824, upon principles of
public utility, and consists'of a numerous and -n-ealthy Proprietary— possessing a large paid-up
Capital, "(viiich with the accumulations of profits, offers to insurers the most ample security.
I lie cheertiiliiess and promptitude with which important losses have at all times been paid by this
tompauy are well known and admitted, and no claim has ever been contested in a Court of Law.
^y a system ot the most complete classification, the result of each description of risk is ascer-
ci"! annually ; and the rates chai-ged, being founded on an experience of more than thirty years,
are as tavoiu-abie to the Insm-ed as is consistent with the security of the Companv.
+i,n.i ■ ^^-^ independently of the Combination Tariffs adopted by other Companies, and is
theietore in a position to deal with every risk upon its own merits.
bv i?v,?i5'^''°''f n'"^ ^°^' ^'®T PoJ'cies-Losses by Fire occasioned by Lightning, and damage caused
by Explosion of Gas, are made good. j i= &■> t=
nr ■n.'ftv'™,'^! ^'"t"^ and Implements of Husbandry on a Farm, are exempt from the Insiurance Tax
01 Liuty, and are Insm-ed without the Average Clause.
Communications addressed to the Agent will receive immediate attention.
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Duty paid to
GOVERNMENT
during the past
EIGHT YEARS.
1850
1851
1852
1853
£19,228
20,017
20,257
23,744
1854
1855
1856
1857
je34,935
36,228
36,658
37,182