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THE QUEEN INSURANCE OMf \nT—Coiitimed.
RETURN. OF FIRE INSURANCE DUTY FOR THE YEAR 1862,
{Orilered bij the House of Commons to be Printed, 2Br<l Jutie, 1803.)
As in previous years, this Return continues to aiford indisptrtable evidence of the remarkable progress
iiiiide by "Tlie Q.irEK:N Insurance Company," anti f'uritishes anotlier proof of the liigh estimation
in which the Company is held by the Insuring Public.
Taking tlie Offices which had been in operation for two full years at the date to which the Return
ii made up — tlie 25th December, 1862 — and comparing the amount of I>uty collected' in 1862' with
that of 186 1» " The Queen " stands third on the list of Officks showing an inckkase.
ICxcluding the new Offices formed in 1861, owing to their not having been at work for the whole
period embraced in the comparison, the Return shows that " The Queen" was only exceeded in the
increase of Duty of 1862 over 1861 by the other two Liverpool Offices, both of which were in full
operation for many years bf^fore the for.natioii of " The Queicn."
Tlie following statement will show the relative position occupied by "The Qiiekx " in the
list of incrkases, compared with the Tliirty Offices standing below it, vi?,. : — ■
THE QUEEN
JB2,57t 123. 3d.
Leeds and Yoiksliire
Law
Northern
County ...
rrovincial
AVestminster
Norwich Union ...
Caledonian
Sun
Guardian
I^w Union
Scottish Provincial
Scottish Union ...
Nottingham and Derby
Church of England
ThU Offices showing a Decriase in the ;imonnt of duty paid in 1862, over that of 1861,
ore the following : the amount of deci'ease being shown in each case, viz. : —
^224 8
19
5
Kent
... i;232
8 4
2184
11
8
District
... 185
16 11
2041
6
4
General ...
... 170
16 3
1419
1
3
Scottish National
... IGO
7 5
1270
12
8
Union
... 157
6 2
1253

11
Birmingham
... 145
14 7
923
11
11
Essex and Suffi)lk
... 93
17 10
752
5
6
Sheffield
... 65
10 n
680
14
7
Emperor ...
... 53
8 7
.573
2
1
Hants, Sussex, and Dorset,
... 50
9
440
15
i
Royal Farmers, ...
... 43
15 v.
429
11
1
Preserver
... 23
14
S31
11
5
Shropshire
... 13
15 (1
3.30

3
Norwich Equitable
... 10
17 7
2G8
3
1
Stewarton and Dniilop ...

9 9
Imperial
Koyal E.\ch:.ngc
Phoenix ...
Globe
Manchester
Atlas
West of England
Patriotic
.. £.3839 15 10
.. 1388 2 7
.. 1305 11 8-
.. 1152 17 11
.. 1022 14 9
.. 943 5 4
849 4 4
533 9 B
Midland Counties
Hand in Hand . .
Lancashire
Alliance ...
Irish Nation.nl
London Corpor.'ilii)n
Yorkshire
Salop
£527 13
;i26 14 2
517 12 10
222 11 11
115 10 9
111 11 5
83 3 8
8 7
The eminent position thus occupied by the Queen Insurance Company is doubtless owing to
the hi")! Commercial character of its proprietary, and the distinguished liberality of the Directors in
tlie Settlement of Losses. Gratified by the remarkable confidence hitherto reposed in The Queen, it
will be the constant endeavour of the management to sustain the IIi(fh Repuiatmi the Company has
tdreadij obtained.
For the Revised FniE and Like Book Prospectus, apply at any of the Offices or Agencies (f
llie Company.
I^° Influential Agents wanted on liberal terms, apply to "The Resident Managers, Glasgow."
AGENTS IN EDINBURGH.
HENRY COCHRANE, 84 Lauheston Place. I .L S. PORTEOUS, S.S.C, 4 Scotland St.
ALEX. PEDDIE, W.S., 6 Queen Street. | .JOHN S:MART, S.S.C, 11 Queen Stheet.
V i'.li .\ieiic;es in the Principal Towr.s in tl;e United Kingdom, r.nd tlircugliniit the world.