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ADVERTISEMENTS.
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
19 Z, 20 CORNHILL, LONDON, E.C.
FIRE AND LIFE.
CAPITAL (Fully Subscribed), £2,500,000
J. K. WELCH, Esq., Chairman for 1866 (Orlando Jones & Co.).
JOHN BOUSTEAD, Esq., Deputy-Chairman (Price & Boustead).
HENRY GHINN, Secretary.
GLASGOW BOARD OF REFERENCE:
JAMES SPENS BLACK, Esq., of Craigmaddie. I THOMAS CORBETT, Esq., Merchant, Glasgow.
GEO. W. CLARK, Esq., Corn Merchant, Glasgow. | DAVID LAIDLAW, Esq., Engineer, Glasgow.
Bailie JAMES RAEBUEN, Glasgow.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Manager E. COZENS SMITH.
INSURANCES AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE of Property of every description.
MERCANTILE INSURANCES will be taken in all parts of the United Kingdom at rates propor-
tionate to the risk.
This Office Insures against loss or damage by Fire, Mills and Manufactories, and the Goods, Merchandise,
and Machinery therein.
Insurances against Fire are effected on Shipping and Craft in Harbour or in Navigable Rivers.
Insurances. granted for shorter periods than One Year.
Insurances for Seven Years will be charged Premium and Duty for Six Years only. ,<$j
This Company will now give the Public the full benefit of the Reduction in Duty on Fire Insurance. No
charge will be made for the Policy, whatever sum may be insured.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Actuary and Manager W. P. PATTISON.
The Life Funds are entirely separate, and are invested in the names of Special Trustees. The Balance
so invested on the 31st December, 1865, as a provision for the Life Policies, exceeded 80 per cent, of the
Premiums received from the commencement.
The progress of the Life Branch has been as follows : —
Income, 1862, (eight months) £5,298
" 1863, 25,670
" 1864, 38,715
" 1865 49,310
The total Life Claims for four years ending on the 1st May, 1866, have been under £6500.
The First Division of Profits will take place on the 31st December, 1867.
AGENTS IN
John Carmichael, 97 Union Street.
James Black & Son, 123 Ingram Street.
Richard M'Culloch, 113 St. Vincent St.
James Waddell, 175 Buchanan Street.
GLASGOW.
Alexander Reith, 160 Hope Street.
Alexander Robertson, 161 Hope Street.
Fleming & Wood, 83 St. George's Place.
Pollock & Cr.aig, 161 Hope Street.
Applications for Agencies may be addressed to the Local Secretary, at the Company's Offices, No. 136
Buchanan Street (opposite the Western Club), Glasgow.
JAMES MARTIN, Local Secretary.