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Leader (1850-1860), 24th December 1859, Edition 1 of 2, Page unpag., Untitled Ad

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    • ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY . 39, THBOGMORTON STREET, BANK.
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      Chairman—William Leaf , Esq . Deputy Chairman—JOHN Humphehy , Esq ., Alderman . Kichard E . Arden , Esq . Rupert IngZeby , Es # . Edward Bates , Esq . Saffcry Wm . Johuson , Esq . Thos . Farncomb , Esq ., Aid . Jeremiah Pileher , Esq . Professor Hall , M . A . Lewis Pocock , Esq . Physician— -Dr . Jeaffreson , 2 , Finsbury-square . Surgeon—W . Ooulson , Esq ., 2 , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . Actuary—George Clark , Esq . Advantages of Assuring "with tliis Company . The Premiums are on the lowest scale consistent with security . . . The assured are protected by an ample subscribed papital —an assurance fund of £ 480 , 000 , invested on mortgage and in the Government stocks—and an inc-omi : of £ 85 , 000 ayear . ' . '¦ Premiums to Assure £ 100 . Whole Term . __ ¦ , Age One Year . Seven Years . With Prpfits . ^ JJSg * ' £ s . dT & b . d . & s . d . £ s . d , 20 0 17 8 0 10 9 1 15 10 1 11 10 30 113- 127 S 5 5 207 40 1 i _ 0 16 9 3 0 7 2 14 10 50 I ' VP ** , ^ 110 10 4 0 8 4 0 11 . fiO , 3 M ' . 3 17 0 0 12 0 0 0 10 . Mutual Branch . ' Assurers on the Bonus system are entitled , after five years , to participate in nine-tenths , or 90 per cent , of TheTprofit assigned to each Policy can be added to the sum assured , applied in reduction of the annual premium , or be received in casli . , At the first division , a return of 20 per cent , in cash on the premiums paid was declared ; this will allow a rever-Btonary increase , varying-, according to age , from 00 to 28 per cent , on the premiums , or from 5 to 15 per cent , on the sum assured . ' One-half of the "Whole Term Premium may remain on credit , for seven years , or one third of the premium may remain for life as a debt upon the policy at 5 per cent ., or may bo paid off at any tirao without notice . Claims paid in one month after proofs have been Approved . Loans upon approved security . No charge , for Policy Stamps . Medical attendants , paid for their reports . Persons may in time of peace proceed to or reside in nny part of Europe or Dritish North America without extra ° No ^ e ' xtra charge for the Militia , Volunteer Kifte , or Artillery Corps on Homo Service . The j&iodieal officers attond . every day at n quarter beforo two o ' clock . k BATM 8 , lietittent Director .

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      THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON ' FIKE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY . Established 1830 . Offices , No . 1 , DALE-STREET , LIVERPOOL , AND 20 , AND 21 , POULTRY , LONDON . LIABILITY OF PROPK . IETORS UNLIMITED . INVESTED FUNDS £ 1 , 156 , 035 . PROGRESS OF THE COMPAUV . Year . Fire Xile Invested Premiuxns ; Premiums . Funds 1848 35 , 472 i ... 19 , 840 388 , 990 1803 113 , 012 49 , 128 : 020 , 898 ims 270 . 05 S .... 121 , 411 .... 1 , 156 , 035 THE ANNUAL INCOME EXCEEDS £ 450 , 000 . Polieu-s expiring on CiiRi . STil AS-DAY should be rem-wctl beforw the Mth of January . SW IN TON BOUL / r , Secretary to the Company .

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      THE FESTINIOG SLATE QUARRY COMPANY ( LIMITED ) . A LARGE portion of the required New Capital is now Subscribed for , and it is probable that allotments to the public will shortly close . . The contract for the purchase of the fee-simple of the Estate ( 200 acres ) has been effected upon very advantageous terms . P reliminaries for the construction of the proposed Railroad and the expansion of the Works , arc entered upon , and both operations will be carried out with as little delay as possible , so as to secure an early dividend . . The CAPITAL of the COMPANY consists of ^ 100 , 000 , in 20 , 000 SHARES of £ 5 each , Of two classes , viz . : —A . participating ; in the entire profits after paying of Dividend ' to . B . B . bearing- a Preference Dividend not exceeding : ~ £ per cent . ' per annum , payable out of the profits of the year . . Deposit Is . per Share on . application , and 10 s . per Share on Allotment . DIRECTORS . David Davies , Esq ., St . James ' s Mount , Liverpool . Alfred Erasmus Dryden , Esq ., Lincoliv ' s'Inn ,. . London . lUchard Morris Griffith , Esq ., Banker , Ban ^ or . William Mountcastle , Esq ., Market Street , Manchester . Hugh Pusjh , Esq ., Banker , Pwllheli , North Wales . BANKERS . The London Joint StockBank , London . The National Provincial Bank of England , Bang-or . The Quarries of the Company are situated on the Tyddynbach Estate , -Fes tin Jog :, North Wales , contiguous to the extensive and profitable quarries of Lord I ' almerston and others , whose production is known as the Portmadoc Slate . The Tyddynbach Estate contains 200 acres of Proved Slate Rock of excellent quality , and of a dip most favourable for economic working * , affords natural drainage , a plentiful supply of water power , and ample room for deposit of waste . The Property is held by the Company under a 42 years ' lease granted in 1 « 48 to . the former small proprietary at a low Royalty , with an option to purchase the fee-simple . This Lease and Option with the whole of their Quarries , Buildings , Works , and Plant have been purchased frpm the former proprietors by an allotment of 7 , 514 Shares ill the present Company taken at £ 4 per share paid . The Quarries have been in operation since 1848 , and the quality of the Slate and Slabs produced , the Reports based upon Scientific Surveys of the whole Estate , and Experimental Tests applied at different points ( eee Prospectus ) , fully establish the soundness of the undertaking and the certainty of a large dividend resulting from further outlay ° iTls estimated that a further capital of from £ 30 , 000 to £ 40 , 000 will enable the Company to purchase the Feesimple : to construct a Railroad three miles in length , con neoting- the Quarries with the Port of Shipment ( Pprtmadooj whereby tho cost of transit will be reduced two-thirds , and to increase tho Workings up to a production of 50 , 000 tona per annum , from which it is estimated a profit of from MM ) to £ 40 per cent , would be realised . Application for Shares must bo made to the undersigned , from whom proper forma and prospootusop may bo obtained . HAnK & W"IITTFIlCT . l > Solicitors . IIKNItY WHITWORTH , Secretary . Office , 0 , Cannon gtrcet , London . M . C ^

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      Establish ei > 1838 . VICTORIA AND LEGAL AND COMMERCIAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY . _ - ^ , KING WILLIAM STREET , CITY . The Business of the Company embraces every description of risk connected with Life Assurance . Credit allowed of one-third of the Premiums till death , or half the Premiums for five years , on Policies taken out for the whole of life . Advances in connexion with Life Assurance are made on . advantageous terms , either on real or personal security . WILLIAM RATHAV , Actuary .

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      INCORPORATED 1847 . BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY , 32 , NEW BRIDGE-STKEET , LONDON , E . C . Annual income , £ 58 , 388 . Accumulated Fund j £ 151 , 807 12 s . The profits declared have amounted to £ 03 , 418 , yielding- a Bonus of 27 $ per cent , on the premiums , returnable in C a . sh to the members . ' ¦; - Since the commencement of the Company the amount paid to the widows and other representatives of deceased members is £ 70 , 142 3 s . Od . Persons iuauriug this year will share in the Bonus to be declared up to December , 1803 . 1 JAMES INGHS , Secretary .

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      THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY . ( Established a . p . 1834 . ) 39 , KING STREET , CHEAPSIDE , E . C , LONDON . This is a purely Mutual Life Assurance ( society , with a capital of 350 , 000 / . invested in Government and real seouritleH , created entirely by the atcady accumulation of the premiums , and all belonging to tho members . The assurances in force are 1 , 400 , 000 / 7 , and tho income upwards of 00 , 000 / . per annum . , A _ . „ No extra charge to Assurers joining Volunteer Rifle or Artillery Corps . C 1 IARLKS iNGALL . Actuary . N n —All Policies taken out on or beforo the 31 st December , " 1830 , will have the udvnutage of one year in every A liminl ItmillH .

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      LAW UNION FIRE AND LIFE , INSURANCE COMPANY . ChiefOffiobh—lao . CIIANCEHY LANK , LONDON , W . C . Birmingham Branch—17 , UNION PASSAGE . J ^ OAl'ITAL-ONE MILLION STERLING . Tho Fire and Life Departments nro under ono ^ Management , ' but with separate Funds nud Aceo / ntn . CUAIHMAN-SIR WIJ . LJAM EO 8 TKR , "A jiT . VwE-CiiAiiiMAN - JAMES l'AUKKIf Us * , Jluddow House , Cholmistord . FIRE QEPARTIV 1 ENT . Capital responsible for Louhoh , # 700 , 000 . Tho buBlnoHs Is oonfluod to tllo'BoHt plassos oi riibiiranoe . , Tho Discount allowed by thG . Govornm . ont on tho Duty is in all oatuiH ylven to tli 6 , tn&nrod . Claims uuttlcd with proniptitudo and liberality . LIFE DEPARTMENT . Capital rounonslblo for Lossos , ^ 2 fiO , 000 . A Bonus ovory Flvo Yoara . —noxt Bonus In 1801 . Modornto ratos of Premium . Annuities granted on favourable terms . ProBpcotw 30 B , Forma of Proposal , copies of Annual Reports , and ovory Information , on npjpMoatjpn to . FBAWk MoGMDY , Soorotary . 120 , Ohanoory-lano . / '

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      IMPERIAL LIFEINSURANCE COMPANY 1 , OLD 1 JHOAD STREET , LONDON . —Instituted 1820 , rmiEOTOHS . GEORGE WILLIAM COTTAR , Esq ., Oiuibman . FHKUKltlCK l'ATTISON , Esq ., Dbputv-Chauiman Thomas G , Bnrclny , Esq . George Hibbcrt , £ aq . JiuiiMfl C . C . lii-11 , Kmi . Samuel Hibbert , Esq . James Brand , Enq . Thow . Newman Hunt , Esq . Cliarh'S < Jnve , Esii , J- Gordon Murdoch , E «< i . G rgo I " i . ry Culler , Esq . WllUnni « . ltobliiwin , lU . Houry l >« vlclw ' , ii , 10 b « i . Martin T . Smltli , Usq ., M . I . Goortrc VU >\ (\ , Etui , Newman Smith , ifinq . SKCUIUT ^ . —The assun-d n-o protected by a ginirnnteo ftnulofiipwiirdHofu million ami « hutf atari !»

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      INVENTORS' ASSISTANCE COMPANY , T AIIGE nnd email Capitalists aro invited to JJ invOBtltrato tho merits of thin Company as an lnvostmont , and TNiilanthropisfs as a means oi assistance to '" iSrom ? h " variety of invontlonn daily Bubmltta 4 forlnspeotlon t will bo ovidt'nt , that unusual advantagou artnossoHsod of soleotiiiK such , ns nro of a usoful and oom-S ^ rolTofinracU'r , sow . of great proinlna being no > v uudor ? ho ooiisiiieratlon of tho Directors , A working model of a solf-fuol supplying , ooal and labour waving , and snioko-oouHUining furnuoc , in now on exhlbltUi " ii " tT ho mniHiftiotopy . all orSoi-B forw i ch nro t «> 1 ) 0 aciai ' uHsod to tho Hoorotary of tho Company , Thlfl patent l » Int " WBIing to tho engineer , and natlpniiUy anrf coinnorol » ly mporlant , ft-oin « ho Having It o «' oo ( h ( 00 ihipooii . ) . n tliocoiisiimption of ooiil , by thoontlro combUHfion of its Binoko ° Slid otC op- important . adva . ) tiigofl . Afl tho oinolonoy of thlH fui ' naoo hue bwn proved boyondqiioBtloii , aniiiBnoptio iof the " nodS is earnestly requested , whloi win oj ^ mL ... ho nrlnolDloa of tho in volition , ns well a » by ^ Po ^ K 9 # . /•• -. irnao " In operation . Also a boantiful Bppolmoivfot MgtiK , " A >;• graphy oh wood , by which a groat «« vlng , la W ^ alBi < tf >) £ l o be Boon at thb Ofllcos , whoro torms for tfa fljpS dpjtogf ^ i / CTj ^ afoTt ^ nWr shares , and pro . l > oot » sg MX M ^ fullest Information , to bo : mndo at tf » o Oon ^^ WflWSWj ^ L . " t /}

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      DEPOSIT AND DISCOUNT BANK . FIVJK Vim CENT , on sums for iixed porioUs , or at Bovou day * ' uotloo , or Throo ^ Ow x ^ at Cam * , ^ Ofllcos , 0 , Cannon-atroot Wost , B .. C .

      Argus Life Assurance Company . 39, Thbogmorton Street, Bank.

      ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY . 39 , THBOGMORTON STREET , BANK .

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      \ v / L ^ , n " ^ v * r 1 ^ ¦ r ^ ft' x ^ ^ / ¦¦ ¦ ¦^ te k POLITICAL , LITERARY , COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY WEEKLY NEWSPAPER , AND RECORD OF JOINT STOCK COMPANIES , BANKS , RAILWAYS , MINES , SHIPPING , &c .

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      ~~ VOL . X . No , 509 . ] SATURDAY , DECEMBER 24 , 1859 . Price jZSEgET ^ ggES *™*

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1859, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2326/page/1/