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ADVERTISEMENTS.
153
FOUR-FIFTHS of the Profits of this Society are allotted at the end of every seventh
year amongst the Assured. At the Third Division of Profits to 31st December,
1847, a Surplus Profit of £728, 2S3 was declared, in respect of which Reversionary
Bonuses were added to the several Policies, amounting to £883,098, and making, with
the amounts added at the two previous Divisions, a total addition to the sums assured of
£1,929,085.
The following Table will show the total amount of Bonuses added to Policies of £1,000
each, which have been in force twenty-four years, ending 31st December, 1847 : —
Age at
Commencement.
Bonus.
Age at
Commencement.
Bonus.
20
£442
45
£652
25
460
50
761
30
487
55
890
35
507
60
1172
40
582
Up to 31st December, 1848, the sum of £1,969,289 had been paid in Claims upon
death.
The Assets of the Society exceed Three Millions Sterling, the whole of which is in-
vested in Government or real Securities.
Attendance is given at the Office daily from Ten to Four.
Assurances may be effected by personal or written, application to the Actuary, or to the
Society's Agents in Scotland, above mentioned.
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.
FIRE AND LIFE INSURAIGE COMPANY.
LIFE ASSURANCE transacted in all its branches. Bonuses declared annually.
The two last Bonuses averaged Forty per cent, of the Premiums paid.
FIRE INSURANCES on all descriptions of Risks at the most moderate rate of
Premium.
17 Old Haymarket, Sheffield,}
April, 1854. ]
GEORGE STEWART, Manager.
GLASGOW BRANCH.
Agents.
Wm. Ambrose, 71 Queen Street.
Wji. Snkbden, City of Glasgow Bank, Calton.
Wm. Renison, 20 Buchanan Street.
James S. Stevenson, Royal Exchange.
Symington & Miller, 41 West George Street.
James Latta, 97 Union Street.
Archibald Smith & Co., 30 St. Enoch Square.
GREENOCK.
Archibald Dennistox, ...Writer, Cachcart Street.
C. D. Lamont, Union Bank.
PAISLEY.
Andrew Miller, Tertius, 6 County Place.