SIERRA LEONE. Gov., Norman W. Macdonald, esq. Chief Justice and Judge of the Vice Adm. Court, John Carr, esq Colonial Sec,, W. F. Smyth, esq. Chaplain, Rev. T. Eyre Poole, esq. Surveyor Gen. and Civil Engineer, Gabriel Fleck, esq. Assist. ditto, Edw. Bage, esq... Clerk of the Crown, Jam. Wise, esq. Admiralty Advocate, Jn. Carr, esq. Registrar of Vice Adm. Court, Police Magistrate, R. Armstrong, esq Coll. of Customs, Logan Hook, esq. Harbourmaster, N. Thornton, esq. Queen's Adv. Benj. C. C. Pine esq. Superintendent of captured Negroes, The Lieut. Governor ex-officio. Ord. Store-keeper, T. Ingleton, esq. Colonial Surgeon, N. W. Aitkin, esq. Assist. Surgeon, Will. Stafford, esq. Writers, C. Macrae, W. Ferguson, G. W. Nicol, A. Pike.. Agent, George Baillie, esq. 5, Can non-row. FALKLAND ISLANDS. Gov. & Com. in Chief, G. Rennie, esq. Magistrate, Will, H. Moore, esq. Chaplain, Rev. J. L. Moody, M.A. Surveyor General, A. Bailey, esq. Surgeon, Henry J. Hamblin, esq. LABUAN. Gov. & Comm. in Chief, xSir Jas. Brooke. Sec. to Government, Hugh Low, esq. Surveying Engineer, & Superintendent of Public Works, Jas. Scott, esq. Master Attendant and Postmaster, James Hosken, esq. THE ALLIANCE BRITISH AND FOREIGN LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 1, BARTHOLOMEW LANE, LONDON. Capital-£5,000,000 Sterling. ESTABLISHED 1824. SECURITY. The large invested Capital, and the personal responsibility of upwards of One Thousand Shareholders. James Cook, Esq.; Andrew Johnston, Esq.; The Board, with a view of giving increased facilities to the Public in the transaction of Life Business, have directed the construction of various Tables in addition to those they had previously in use. 1. NON-PARTICIPATING, on Reduced Rates of Premium. 2. Tables on INCREASING and DECREASING Scales. 3. 4. subject to a LIMITED Number of Annual Payments. No entrance fees are charged. The Assured may proceed to any par of Europe without extra Premium. The Lives of Naval and Military Officers, not in actual service, are taken at the usual rates. A Commission to Solicitors and Agents bringing business is paid. Detailed Prospectuses, with Tables of Rates and full particulars, will, on application, be forwarded by post, or may be obtained at the Head Office, 1, Bartholomew Lane, London; at the Office of the Company, 95, George Street, Edinburgh; and at their various agencies in England, Scotland, and Ireland. * Loans on the Deposit of unencumbered Policies of the Company are made, up to their value, without legal expense to the borrower. FIRE ASSURANCES are accepted AT HOME at the usual rates. The Company prosecute both Fire and Life Assurances ABROAD on reasonable terms. A. HAMILTON, Secretary. F. A. ENGELBACH, Actuary. COMPANY. 1, PRINCES STREET, BANK, LONDON. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, IV. Vict. Cap. IX. D. W. Cohen, M.D., 6, Cleveland Row; John Hutchinson, M.D., 105. Milton Street, Dorset Square; F. Le Gros Clark, Esq., Surgeon, 24, Spring Gardens. STANDING COUNSEL. The Hon. John Ashley, New Square, Lincoln's Inn. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. Mutual Assurance Branch. Complete Security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample subscribed capital, and the large fund accumulated from the premiums on upwards of 9000 Policies. Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the first five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the profits, which, after five years, will be annually divided among the Assured. Proprietary Branch. The lowest rates consistent with security to the Assured. An increasing scale of premiums peculiarly adapted to cases where assurances are effected for the purpose of securing Loans or Debts. Half-credit rates of Premium, whereby credit is given for half the amount of premium for seven years, to be then paid off, or remain a charge upon the Policy, at the option of the holder. Policies revived, without the exaction of a fine, at any time within twelve months. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at 2 o'clock. Age of the Assured in every case admitted in the Policy. Medical Attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports. EXTRACTS FROM THE HALF-CREDIT TABLES. Annual Premiums required for an Assurance of 100%. for the Whole Term of Life. CROWN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 33, NEW BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. DIRECTORS. George H. Hooper, Esq., Chairman. John Chapman, Esq. Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. B., M. P. Jameson Hunter, Esq. Colonel Moody, R. E. Auditors.-W. H. Göschen, Esq., Geo. Hankey, Esq., J. Mitchell, Esq. Actuary.-J. M. Rainbow, Esq. On a THIRD SEPTENNIAL INVESTIGATION into the affairs of this Company, to the 25th March, 1846, a BONUS, amounting on the average to 31 per cent. on the Premiums paid for the preceding Seven Years, was assigned to all Policies of at least Three Years' standing, and effected for the whole duration of life. To similar Policies the following BONUSES were declared at former Divisions, viz. : First Division, in 1832. On the average, upwards of 26 per cent. on the Premiums paid. Second Division, in 1839. On the average, 33 per cent. on the Premiums paid for the preceding Seven Years. The Advantages of this Office, among others, are: 1. A participation septennially in two-thirds of the profits, which may be applied either in reduction of the Premium, or to augment the sum assured. 2. Premiums may be paid in a limited number of annual sums, instead of by annual payments for the whole of life; the Policy continuing to participate in profits after the payment of such Premiums has ceased. 3. The Assurance or Premium Fund is not subject to any charge for Interest to Proprietors. 4. Permission to pass to Continental Ports between Brest and the Elbe inclusive. 5. Parties (including. Officers of the Army, Navy, East India Company, and Merchant Service) may be assured to reside in or proceed to all parts of the world, at Premiums calculated on real data. 6. Claims to be paid within three months. 7. The Assured may dispose of their Policies to the Company. 8. No charge but for Policy Stamps. The Prospectus, Tables of Rates, &c., to be had at the Office in London, or of the Company's Agents. T. G. CONYERS, Secretary. V MAIMOD LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. ESTABLISHED 1823. EMPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, 3 WILLIAM IV. The Right Hon. Sir T. Frankland Lewis, Bart., M.P., Chairman. Alfred Kingsford Barber, Esq. Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq. Henry Barnett, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. John Mendham, Esq. Archibald Hastie, Esq., M. P. William Routh, Esq. Physician. John Ayrton Paris, M.D., F. R. S., No. 27, Dover Street, President of the Royal College of Physicians. Surgeon.-Benjamin Travers, Esq., F. R. S., No. 12, Bruton Street. The following are among the advantages offered by this Society:- The RATES of Premiums are lower than those of any other Office, which entitle the Assured to participate in the Profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. The WHOLE OF THE PROFITS are divided every fifth year among the assured, and a BONUS is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Premium, to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The BONUSES declared at the three former divisions (arising from threefourths only of the profits), averaged 16, 31, and 36 per cent., respectively on the amounts of Premiums paid. The BONUS declared in 1849 (arising from the whole of the profits), being the result of the operations of the Society during the last five years upon the Mutual Principle average 62 per cent. on the Premiums received. The subjoined Table shows the advantages offered by this Society, resulting from low Premiums, and a division of the entire profits among the assured : Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. |