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BENEVOLENT . The anniversary festival of the Boyal Literary Fund , for the relief of literary men of standing in the hour of distress , was celebrated at the Freemasons ' Tavern , on the 7 th May . The Duke of Cambridge presided , and the subscriptions announced amounted to £ 1 , ' 300 . The proceedings were as dull as the Society is exclusive . ' -+ The anniversary festival of the Boyal Asylum of St . Ann ' s Society was celebrated at the London Tavern , on the 5 th . The Society was established in 1790 ,
to afford a home , clothing , and education to the children ( boys and girls ) of once prosperous parents ( whether orphans or not ) of any nation . Lord Ashley occupied the chair , and stated that the institution now contained 238 children , and the committee had recently largely increased the accommodation of the asylum at Streatham , originally built in 1829 , by which they had incurred a debt of about £ 3 , 000 , which be trusted the liberality of the company that evening would go far to reduce . The appeal was responded to by a subscription of about £ 1 , 200 . The funds of the Society have since been materially increased by a most successful bazaar , at Leigham-eourt , Streatham .
The anniversary festival of the corporation of the Sons of the Clergy , established under the chartertof King Charles II ., for assisting necessitous clergymen / pensioning and assisting their widows and aged single daughters , and educating , apprenticing , and providing outfits for their children , was celebrated on the 21 st , according to the usual custom , by a full choral service at St . Paul ' s in the afternoon , and a dinner in Merchant Taylors' Hall in the evening . The Lord Mayor presided , and the subscription of the evening amounted to about £ 4 , 000 . The annual festival of the Goldsmiths' Benevolent Institution was held at the
Freemasons' Tavern , on April the 29 th , when nearly 100 gentlemen sat down to dinner , under the presidency of Mr . James Bogle Smith , Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths . After the customary and loyal toasts were gone through with , Mr . Lambert , the Treasurer , read a list of subscriptions , which amounted to near £ 700 . Mr . B . Banks , jun ., officiated as toastmaster with great tact .
PROVIDENT
On the 28 th April the sixth annual meeting of the Accidental Death Insurance Company was held . The report said— "During the past year 4 , 350 policies have been issued , the premiums of which amount to £ 6 , 855 . 85 . lie ? ., of which £ 176 . 18 s . was for policies for the whole of life , and the remaining £ 6 , 678 . 10 s . lie ? , for annual policies , which latter sum will , therefore , become available in future
years as renewal premiums . The total amount of premiums received during the year is £ 28 , 152 , 2 s . Sd . The claims paid during the year amount to £ 10 , 712 . 16 s . 6 d . There are also fatal claims amounting to £ 1 , 588 . 10 s . applicable to the year , which had been allowed but were not paid until February last , in consequence of the non-production of probates , and which , in point of fact , raise the claims for the year to no less a sum than £ 12 , 301 . 16 s . 6 d . " The
report was adopted , and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent , declared , provision being made to meet probable claims on outstanding policies . On the 29 th April the annual meeting of the Kent Mutual Life Assurance Society was held . The following are extracts from the report : — Three hundred and fifty-one new policies having been issued in the year this day ended , representing new premiums amounting to £ 6 , 101 . 4 s . 10 d . f and the gross premiums being thus increased to the large sum of £ 24 , 531 . 14 s . lld . y the directors do not hesitate to anticipate that you will join in their gratification at such a result . The total number of policies issued is 1 , 848 ; the premiums , £ 24 , 531 . 14 s . lid . ; and the amount assured , £ 686 , 174 . 16 s . 7 d . The yearly statements of receipt and expenditure up to the 25 th of March last , and of the assets and liabilities as at that date duly framed and audited , are laid before you , exhibiting transactions of a very large extent , and showing assets and a balance in favour of the society amounting to £ 18 , 108 . 8 s . 8 d . Fourteen claims have been paid ( making twenty-seven since the commencement of the Society )
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BENEVOLENT . The anniversary festival of the Boyal Literary Fund , for the relief of literary men of standing in the hour of distress , was celebrated at the Freemasons ' Tavern , on the 7 th May . The Duke of Cambridge presided , and the subscriptions announced amounted to £ 1 , ' 300 . The proceedings were as dull as the Society is exclusive . ' -+ The anniversary festival of the Boyal Asylum of St . Ann ' s Society was celebrated at the London Tavern , on the 5 th . The Society was established in 1790 ,
to afford a home , clothing , and education to the children ( boys and girls ) of once prosperous parents ( whether orphans or not ) of any nation . Lord Ashley occupied the chair , and stated that the institution now contained 238 children , and the committee had recently largely increased the accommodation of the asylum at Streatham , originally built in 1829 , by which they had incurred a debt of about £ 3 , 000 , which be trusted the liberality of the company that evening would go far to reduce . The appeal was responded to by a subscription of about £ 1 , 200 . The funds of the Society have since been materially increased by a most successful bazaar , at Leigham-eourt , Streatham .
The anniversary festival of the corporation of the Sons of the Clergy , established under the chartertof King Charles II ., for assisting necessitous clergymen / pensioning and assisting their widows and aged single daughters , and educating , apprenticing , and providing outfits for their children , was celebrated on the 21 st , according to the usual custom , by a full choral service at St . Paul ' s in the afternoon , and a dinner in Merchant Taylors' Hall in the evening . The Lord Mayor presided , and the subscription of the evening amounted to about £ 4 , 000 . The annual festival of the Goldsmiths' Benevolent Institution was held at the
Freemasons' Tavern , on April the 29 th , when nearly 100 gentlemen sat down to dinner , under the presidency of Mr . James Bogle Smith , Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths . After the customary and loyal toasts were gone through with , Mr . Lambert , the Treasurer , read a list of subscriptions , which amounted to near £ 700 . Mr . B . Banks , jun ., officiated as toastmaster with great tact .
PROVIDENT
On the 28 th April the sixth annual meeting of the Accidental Death Insurance Company was held . The report said— "During the past year 4 , 350 policies have been issued , the premiums of which amount to £ 6 , 855 . 85 . lie ? ., of which £ 176 . 18 s . was for policies for the whole of life , and the remaining £ 6 , 678 . 10 s . lie ? , for annual policies , which latter sum will , therefore , become available in future
years as renewal premiums . The total amount of premiums received during the year is £ 28 , 152 , 2 s . Sd . The claims paid during the year amount to £ 10 , 712 . 16 s . 6 d . There are also fatal claims amounting to £ 1 , 588 . 10 s . applicable to the year , which had been allowed but were not paid until February last , in consequence of the non-production of probates , and which , in point of fact , raise the claims for the year to no less a sum than £ 12 , 301 . 16 s . 6 d . " The
report was adopted , and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent , declared , provision being made to meet probable claims on outstanding policies . On the 29 th April the annual meeting of the Kent Mutual Life Assurance Society was held . The following are extracts from the report : — Three hundred and fifty-one new policies having been issued in the year this day ended , representing new premiums amounting to £ 6 , 101 . 4 s . 10 d . f and the gross premiums being thus increased to the large sum of £ 24 , 531 . 14 s . lld . y the directors do not hesitate to anticipate that you will join in their gratification at such a result . The total number of policies issued is 1 , 848 ; the premiums , £ 24 , 531 . 14 s . lid . ; and the amount assured , £ 686 , 174 . 16 s . 7 d . The yearly statements of receipt and expenditure up to the 25 th of March last , and of the assets and liabilities as at that date duly framed and audited , are laid before you , exhibiting transactions of a very large extent , and showing assets and a balance in favour of the society amounting to £ 18 , 108 . 8 s . 8 d . Fourteen claims have been paid ( making twenty-seven since the commencement of the Society )