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ADVERTISEMENTS. 159
and the success with which it has been attended, arising from its
extended connection, and the safe and liberal principles on which
it is founded, is sufficiently proved by the fact that it has issued
upwards of 9,000 Policies, assuring Sums for upwards of TWO
MILLIONS Sterling. It has an annual income of nearly
L.40,000 ; and its accumulated Capital, the property of its Mem-
bers, is upwards of L.l 00,000.
Policies issued for the year ending 20th November 1853, have
been One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifteen.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS OFFICE.
1 . Entire Profits belong to the Assured.
2. No lawsuits — disputes, if any, settled by arbitration.
3'. Any sum may be assured, from L.25 to L.5000, payable to
the Member himself on attaining any fixed age, or at once to his
Representatives, in case of earlier death.
4- Arrears may be paid up at any time, within twelvemonths,
upon production of certificate of health.
5. Policies indisputable, except for palpable fraud.
6. This Society is formed on the Mutual Principle, and possess-
ing advantages resulting from being enrolled under the provisions
of the Acts of Parhament relating to Friendly Societies, whereby
the sums assured to the AVidow, Widov/er, or Children of deceased
Members, are payable to them free from Legacy or Probate Duty
— a privilege which the Directors, by considerable effort, were the
means of securing.
7: By a clause in the new Act relating to Friendly Societies,
the Board is empowered to advance Loans to Members on the
security of their Policies, of Five Years' standing and upwards.
The mode of procedure in such cases is easy and simple, entailing
no trouble or legal expense, and many Members have already
availed themselves of the privilege.
8. A lower rate of mortality than in any other office in Great
Britain.
9. Liberty to travel or reside in any part of Europe, in Canada,
and in the northern part of the United States, without extra
charges.
N.B.«~The Temperance and Public sections are kept in separate
classes, and will each receive their own profits.
Prospectuses, also copies of the Thirteenth Annual Report,
may be had at the Branch Offices, and at the Chief Offices
in Edinburgh^ Glasgoiv, Aberdeen, Manchester, Liverpool, Lon-
don, Dublin, and Belfast.
Perth :
Mr DAVID IRONS, 29 St John Street, Agent.
J, P. BRAMWELL, Esq., M.D,, Medical Referee.