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      THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL GESTERAL MEETING of the SCOTTISH PBOTEDENT INSTITUTION Was held at Edinburgh , on WEDNESDAY , Feb . 15 : JOHN AULD , Esq ., Writer to her Majesty ' s Signet , the Senior Director , in the * " chair . REPORT BY THE DIRECTORS . The Directors have the satisfaction of submitting a 'very favourable report of the busines for the year ending 31 st December , 1353 . ' . "' " . The new proposals accepted , have been 71-6 in ' number , - assuring £ 309 , 393 Is ., with yearly premiums amounting to ^ £ 803812 s . 5 d . A further sum of 10 , 729 2 s . 8 d . has also ~ t ) em ~ received for new Assurances by single payment ; and several Annuities , immediate , deferred , and contingent , have be © a contracted for . The , total . Premiums xeceiFeA in ihe xear havebeeaJ £ 7- ^ 857 1 Qs . 5 a . . The dlalms against ' the institution on account of emerged policies have been v « ry . mod « ratd , Hhe « ta » aiia ^ £ ncluduiK-aaditions declared att * ereceTitltivcstigatibTl , 'belrj g ^ e 25 , 15 ro (! s . At the close of theyear , there had been issued in jtll 6602 policies , assuring £ 8 , 889 , B 21 . The amount Temaininv assured ( exclusive of annuities ) was ^ 2 , 316 , 672 . The Realised Pund , arising enthrely from accumulated premiums , was ^ 305 , 134 , beiag an increase ot upwards of JE 60 . 0 O 0 witlun iim The report of theinvestigalxon . of the affairs of the Society , which was submitted to the last geueifal cieetdng , and the working of its distinctive principle , as shown in the first division of profits , it is gratifying to be able to state , have been received with entire satisfaction by the general body of the contributors . . . - ¦ - ¦ ,.. , . The Directors contib < M > % » 'he « ntde « in t » e « dnrfntetmtion by the rules on which they have hitberfao acted—of avoiding , on the one hand , objectionable methods orincreasing the business , such as paying the law agents of ap plicants for assurance , and others who have no legitimate -ebfyn ott the Society—and , on the other , of making thse provisions as available and secure to the representatives of the Members as prudence will admit , ilhey have found « ood reason to approve of the step in this direction , taken by this Institution five yesrs ago , when the conditions of forfeiture had been restricted , to the case of fraud and wilful missfcatement , And the resolution of the annual meetinfr of February , 18152 , adopted in concert withotbsr offices , to relieve froni i rastrk } - t ions on travel and foreign residence holder * of polieies ^ rho , by a certavntwm of probation , shall have ihoArn thems ^ ves to be unlikely to entail risk on the Society * has bexSi « further boon to the members * by enhancing ime security and marketable value of their po ^ cises . By perseverance in the oowase now indicated , while no principle has been abandonei&tadao concession unrteMther - to disarm opposition or to win popularity , the amount « f ' subitantial business has been constantly on the increase and that , not by sudden and alternate rise and fall , but by that gradual and steady advancement which is the best presage of permanent prosperity . And in this course the Directors will persevere . The progress of tho London Branch continues to be In all respects satisfactory , and the Directors are able to report that they have had the good fortune to secure premises i « one of the most central situations in the City , in which they will have greatly superior accommodation , without , as they have reason to "believe , increased expense . A detailed Statement of the Accumulated Tund , and of the Income and Expenditure during the year was annexed in terms of Art . 28 of the Laws . BIENSIiX . PKOGRKSS OS TKE BUSINESS DVHIXG TflJ 1 A . ST TENT TEA . R 8 .

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      March 4 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 2 l 5

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 4, 1854, page 215, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2028/page/23/