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Insurance Companies.
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NORTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY,
1, HANOVER STREET, EDINBURGH;
4, NEW BANK BUILDINGS, LOTHBURY, LONDON;
AND 37, COLLEGE GREEN, DUBLIN.
For Assurance on Lives and Siirvivpi-ships, and the Purchase of Reversions and Annuities,
ESTABLISHfeD IN 1809,
3Jntiirporatel! h\} mogal Charter*
CAPITAL, ONE MILLION.
HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, PRESIDENT.
Vice- Presidents.
The Marquis ot Huntly.
Tiie Lord Viscount Melville.
Extraordinary Directors,
The Hon. Lord ivioiicrieff.
The Hon. liovi Cuuisigliaaie.
Sir Thoinas Dick Lauiltr o( Foun-
tainhKll, Bart.
Sir D. i>unda8 of Ducilra, Bart.
Colin Cumpbrll of Coigrain, Esq.
Sir Gt'orge M'PliPrson Grant of
Ballincialloch, Bart.
J8anT(erS'
Solicitor'
EDINBURGH BOARD.
William Ramsay Ratosayoi Barn-
ton, Esq.
H. Monteith of Carstairs, Esq
K. A. Oswald of Auchencruive,
Esq.
Tliomas G. Wright. Esq. Auditor
of the Court of Sessiuo.
The Hon, Fox Maule, M.P.
Capt. James Hay, H.B.I.C.S-
Ordinary Directors.
Thos. Richardson, Ksq. Chairman.
James G. Davidson, Esq.
Banli tif Scntland and Royal Bahli.
Jamss Nairne, Esq. Writer to the Signet, 12, Nelson Street, Edinburgh
James F. Gordon, Esq.
Alexander MoDypenny, Esq,
James Nairne, Esq. ^
Robert Wright, Esq.
William Young, Esq.
PtttT Ramsay, Esq.
Robert Whigham, Esq.
James Renton, Esq.
Captain Heijry Duudas.
K.N.
James Borthwick, Esq. Manager,
ivlr John Ogilvie, Secretary.
LONDON BOARD.
James Mackillop, Esq. M.P.
W. A. 3Iackinnon, Esq.
John Maude, Esq.
George Traill, Esq.
Vice- Admiral Sir Philip C. Dur-
ham, G.C.P.
Managers.
Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman,
Chairman,
Francis Warden,
. Deputy-Chairman.
Alexander Cockburn, Esq.
John Connell, Esq.
Wco. Petrie Crawturd, E*<J.
John Irvine Glennie, Esq.
Charles Hertslet, Esq.
John PiriB, Esq. Alderman.
Isaac Sewell, Esq.
Walter A. Urquhart, Esq.
George Wetst-rj.^Esq.
Robert Cockburn, Esq.
Benjamisi Boyd, Esq. I „,..„.
J^lark Boyd, Esq., /licsiaeni.
President.
The Earl cf Camutrdowh.
Vice- Presidents.
The Lord Viscousjt Strathallan.
The Lord Viscount Exmouth.
Honorary Managers.
J. Evan Brfillie, Esq.
Lieut. -Gari. Robert Bell.
Vice-Admiral Sir John Poble
Bei-esford, Bart. M.P.
The Hon. Arch. Macdonald.
James Alexander Stewart Atao
kenzie, Esq.
BanJfers — Th": Union Baftk of Lohdon.
Physician — John Webster, M.D., 56, Grosvenor Street.
Solicitors — Messrs Parken and Webster, 13, New iJoswell Court, London.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
^T^HIS Company was Established in 1809, and offers to the Public eve7y benefit Life
-^ Assurance is capable of affording, viz. — 1. Rates of Premium nearly five per cent
lower than most other Offices acting on the system of participation of profits 2. The As-
sured may Qiihsx participate in theprofits to the extent o/ two-thirds, which is the same with
what is generally divided by Mutual Assurance Societies, and at the same time are secured
against all responsibility by the large capital of the Corporation, or may pay a less Premium
for securing a specific sum without ^enoAical additions 3. Premiums may be made payable
either in a Single payment, or by Annual, Half-yearly, or Quarterly Payments 4. Where
Policies effected by parties on their own lives, are assigned to others for onerous causes, the
holders ai'e assured against the risk of the original assured dying by suicide or duelling. — 3.
Advances made on security of Policies of more than three years standing, to the extent of
their value. — 6. A liberal price given for Policies to parties wishing to surrender them. — 7.
No extra Premium required from Naval or Military Gentlemen, unless called into actual ser-
vice 8. No admission-feesor entry -money charged. — 9. Persons insured with this Company
have liberty to pass and repass, in time of peace, from one part of Europe to another without
losing the benefit of their Policies.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Property is insured against Loss or Damage by Fire, at the usual Rates of Premium, cor-
responding to the Risk. Loss or Damage by Lightning is m^de good.
FARMING STOCK insured on the Farm and in the Offices without the average clause.
Tables of Premiums, and every other requisite information, will be given at the Head
Office, No. 1, Hanover Street, Edinburgh ; No. 4, New Bank Buildings, Lothbury,
London ; 37j College Green, Dublin, or by any of the Company's Agents, in the princi-
pal towns of Scotland, and Northern Counties of England and Ireland.