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Summary Of News For Maech
about a week before tlie meetings—but the utmost satisfaction was expressed at the appointment of Mr . GeorgeWinter as his successor . On the 27 th , the Anglo-Australian Assurance Company held its annual meeting . The report stated : — During the year 1856 , 641 life proposals had been received for the sum of £ 113 , 583 , representing a new premium income of £ 4 , 305 . 9 s . 5 d ., and ten proposals for annuities amounting to £ 1 , 188 . 10 s . Id : purchase nioney , together with twenty-nine annuity proposals for £ 237 . 6 s . 4 d ., in which the
company has-a beneficial interest . The directors accepted and completed 445 proposals , covering assurances to the amount of £ 72 , 425 , and creating a new premium income of £ 2 , 449 . Is . Id . Ten annuities had also heen completed , yielding a present income of £ 1 , 188 . 10 s . 7 d . ; thus making the total number oi policies completed .. from- the commencement of the company to be 1 , 369 , and the gross sum assured to be £ 220 , 868 , representing a gross premium income of £ 7 , 413 . 9 s . 6 d . The claims for' the year amounted to £ 437 . 10 s . A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent , was declared .
Oh the 25 th February , the governors of the City of London Lying-in Hospital met , and reported that , with an expenditure of ^ £ l , 700 . 10 s . 8 d ., they had afforded relief in their travail to 468 poor women . On the 26 th , the committee of the Royal Orthopcedie Hospital reported , that during the past year they had admitted 1 , 533 , being an increase of 132 on the year , The income of the charity amounted to £ 4 , 022 . On the 28 th , was celebrated the annual festival of the Seamen ' s Hospital , Lord
BENEVOLENT
Stanley of Aider ! ey presiding . It was stated that the expenditure had been for some time past in excess of the income . On the same evening was celebrated the festival of the Welsh School , when £ 800 were collected in aid of that charity . On the 4 th March , the Earl of Shaftesbury presented rewards to 402 domestic and other servants educated in the Bagged Schools , for good conduct in their situations .
On the 5 th , there was a public meeting in aid of the Reformatory Institutions . On the 9 th was the annual festival of the Dispensary for Diseases of the Chest . The number of patients last year relieved amounted to 2 , 500 . On the 18 th took place , the festival of the Cognate Charity of the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest . There were collected £ 5 , 399 . 16 s . The anniversary festival of the Asylum for Idiots was held on the 26 th , Lord
Monteagle presiding . From a special appeal of the committee it appears that the Asvlurn at Kedhill will accommodate 500 persons , having heen erected at a cost of £ 30 , 000 , or about £ 60 per bed . At present there are 254 patients and pupils on the foundation ; there is , therefore , still abundant room to he occupied , and there are upwards of 200 applicants earnestly craving admission , but the board cannot advance on their present numbers , except as their current annual increases . In addition to this circumstance , £ 5 , 000 are almost immediately required for furniture and fittings . The collection of the evening was about £ 3 7 0 OO .
The British Orphan Asylum held its annual festival on the 25 th , under the presidency of Bro . Alderman Wire . The Chairman , in an eloquent appeal on behalf of the Charity , which is much in want of funds , said , upwards of 100 children had now been educated within the school , and the directors had from time to time been much gratified by employers volunteering testimony to the honesty and aptitude of the boys and girls in their service ; and not the least gratifying fact was ,
that some of the boys , now grown to men and become masters , had renewed their relations with the asylum by becoming annual subscribers . The subscriptions of the evening amounted to between £ 700 and £ 800 . The ninety-ninth anniversary of that useful institution the Orphan Working was celebrated at the London Tavern , on the 25 th , the Duke of Argyle in the chair . It appears that the school was originally founded at Hoxton , for tho edu >
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Summary Of News For Maech
about a week before tlie meetings—but the utmost satisfaction was expressed at the appointment of Mr . GeorgeWinter as his successor . On the 27 th , the Anglo-Australian Assurance Company held its annual meeting . The report stated : — During the year 1856 , 641 life proposals had been received for the sum of £ 113 , 583 , representing a new premium income of £ 4 , 305 . 9 s . 5 d ., and ten proposals for annuities amounting to £ 1 , 188 . 10 s . Id : purchase nioney , together with twenty-nine annuity proposals for £ 237 . 6 s . 4 d ., in which the
company has-a beneficial interest . The directors accepted and completed 445 proposals , covering assurances to the amount of £ 72 , 425 , and creating a new premium income of £ 2 , 449 . Is . Id . Ten annuities had also heen completed , yielding a present income of £ 1 , 188 . 10 s . 7 d . ; thus making the total number oi policies completed .. from- the commencement of the company to be 1 , 369 , and the gross sum assured to be £ 220 , 868 , representing a gross premium income of £ 7 , 413 . 9 s . 6 d . The claims for' the year amounted to £ 437 . 10 s . A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent , was declared .
Oh the 25 th February , the governors of the City of London Lying-in Hospital met , and reported that , with an expenditure of ^ £ l , 700 . 10 s . 8 d ., they had afforded relief in their travail to 468 poor women . On the 26 th , the committee of the Royal Orthopcedie Hospital reported , that during the past year they had admitted 1 , 533 , being an increase of 132 on the year , The income of the charity amounted to £ 4 , 022 . On the 28 th , was celebrated the annual festival of the Seamen ' s Hospital , Lord
BENEVOLENT
Stanley of Aider ! ey presiding . It was stated that the expenditure had been for some time past in excess of the income . On the same evening was celebrated the festival of the Welsh School , when £ 800 were collected in aid of that charity . On the 4 th March , the Earl of Shaftesbury presented rewards to 402 domestic and other servants educated in the Bagged Schools , for good conduct in their situations .
On the 5 th , there was a public meeting in aid of the Reformatory Institutions . On the 9 th was the annual festival of the Dispensary for Diseases of the Chest . The number of patients last year relieved amounted to 2 , 500 . On the 18 th took place , the festival of the Cognate Charity of the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest . There were collected £ 5 , 399 . 16 s . The anniversary festival of the Asylum for Idiots was held on the 26 th , Lord
Monteagle presiding . From a special appeal of the committee it appears that the Asvlurn at Kedhill will accommodate 500 persons , having heen erected at a cost of £ 30 , 000 , or about £ 60 per bed . At present there are 254 patients and pupils on the foundation ; there is , therefore , still abundant room to he occupied , and there are upwards of 200 applicants earnestly craving admission , but the board cannot advance on their present numbers , except as their current annual increases . In addition to this circumstance , £ 5 , 000 are almost immediately required for furniture and fittings . The collection of the evening was about £ 3 7 0 OO .
The British Orphan Asylum held its annual festival on the 25 th , under the presidency of Bro . Alderman Wire . The Chairman , in an eloquent appeal on behalf of the Charity , which is much in want of funds , said , upwards of 100 children had now been educated within the school , and the directors had from time to time been much gratified by employers volunteering testimony to the honesty and aptitude of the boys and girls in their service ; and not the least gratifying fact was ,
that some of the boys , now grown to men and become masters , had renewed their relations with the asylum by becoming annual subscribers . The subscriptions of the evening amounted to between £ 700 and £ 800 . The ninety-ninth anniversary of that useful institution the Orphan Working was celebrated at the London Tavern , on the 25 th , the Duke of Argyle in the chair . It appears that the school was originally founded at Hoxton , for tho edu >