PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE,
50. REGENT STREET.
CITY BRANCH: 2. ROYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS.
Established 1806.
Policy Holders' Capital, 1,192,818l.
Annual Income, 150,000l.—Bonuses Declared, 743,000l.
Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 2,001,450l.
President.
The Right Honourable EARL GREY.
Directors.
The Rev. James Sherman, Chairman.
H. Blencowe Churchill, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
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Henry B. Alexander, Esq. George Dacre, Esq. William Judd, Esq. Sir Richard D. King, Bart. The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird Thomas Maugham, Esq. William Ostler, Esq. Apsley Pellatt, Esq. George Round, Esq. Frederick Squire, Esq. William Henry Stone, Esq. Capt. William John Williams. |
J. A. Beaumont, Esq. Managing Director.
Physician—John Maclean, M.D. F.S.S., 29. Upper Montague Street, Montague Square.
NINETEEN-TWENTIETHS OF THE PROFITS ARE DIVIDED AMONG THE INSURED.
Examples of the Extinction of premiums by the Surrender of Bonuses.
| Date of Policy. | Sum Insured. | Original Premium. | Bonuses added subsequently, to be further increased annually. | |
| 1806 | £2500 | £79 10 10 | Exting. | £1222 02 08 |
| 1811 | £1000 | 33 19 02 | Ditto | £0231 17 08 |
| 1818 | £1000 | 34 16 10 | Ditto | £0114 18 10 |
Examples of Bonuses added to other Policies.
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Policy No. | Date. |
Sum Insured. |
Bonuses added. |
Total with Additions, to be further increased. |
| 0521 | 1807 | £900 | £982 12 01 | £1882 12 01 |
| 1174 | 1810 | 1200 | 1160 05 06 | £2360 05 06 |
| 3392 | 1820 | 5000 | 3558 17 08 | £8558 17 08 |
Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained upon application to the Agents of the Office, in all the principal towns of the United Kingdom, at the City Branch, and at the Head Office, No. 50. Regent Street.
THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLXXXI. ADVERTISEMENTS for the forthcoming Number must be forwarded to the Publisher by the 24th, and Bills for insertion by the 26th instant.
JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.
THE TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY.
On Wednesday, June 30, will be published, in 16mo. price 1s.
BRITTANY and the BIBLE: With Remarks on the French People and their Affairs. By I. HOPE.
Also, on the same day, in 16mo., price 1s.,
THE NATURAL HISTORY of CREATION. By T. LINDLEY KEMP, M.D., Author of "Agricultural Physiology," &c.
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Just published in this Series,
Mrs. JAMESON'S SKETCHES in CANADA and RAMBLES among the RED MEN, Price 2s. 6d.; or in Two Parts, 1s. each.
London: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS.
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THE DIALECT AND FOLKLORE of NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. By T. STERNBERG.
Contents:—Dissertation on the Dialects of Northamptonshire—Glossary of the Provincialisms, showing their Derivation from the Anglo-Saxon and Danish, and pointing out Affinities in the other English and Germanic Dialects—The Fairy Creed and its Legends—Witchcraft, Charms; Superstitions relating to Animals, Plants, Wells, and Fountains—Popular Legends of the Devil; Christmas and Easter Customs; Local Proverbs, &c. &c.
"The Fairy Stories are told with an arch humour which charms the reader exceedingly."—Athenæum.
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