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contingent upon the duration of life , or for terms certain . The tables of premiums are equitable , and appear to be adjusted on what is knoAvn among the profession as the " Carlisle threes . " The other tables given in the prospectus

comprise short term , joint life , survivorship , and endowment assurances , endowments for children , immediate annuities , & c , & c . —in short , all the leading branches of life assurance business . With regard to the question of " lapsed policies , " and

with a view of meeting the objection so often raised by parties unable to keep up their payments of premiums , the directors have retained power to convert the policy into a " paid-up " policy , assuring a diminished sum at death , provided at

least three annual premiums have been paid . Or , the company will , after an assurance has been in force five years , purchase the policy by the payment of its cash value . Loans will also be granted on policies after they have been in force three

years to the extent of the full cash value as computed by the actuary , and , which , as a general rule , will be found to amount to about one-third of the premiums paid . Liberal arrangements are also made with regard to foreign residence , and ,

to meet special cases , whole-world policies will be granted on terms commensurate with the particular risk .

These are , in brief , the leading characteristics of the office . It remains to be added that the direction of the company is a highly respectable one , and that its chairman , Bro . Dr . George Beaman , well-known as a member of the

Britannic Lodge ( No . 33 ) , and of other lodges , is a gentleman who has had a long practical experience in assurance matters . The company has also secured the valuable services , as manager and actuary , of Bro . Frederick Bi gg , Avhose return to

the active duties of his profession will be hailed Avith lively satisfaction by his professional brethren generally , to whom he has long been known , and by whom he is much esteemed . As in every such institution , its success will

entirely , or , to a very great extent , depend upon the ability with which its affairs are managed by the chief officer ; in this case ifc is most fortunate that the directors have been able to secure the able co-operafcion of so eminent a manager ancl

actuary as Bro . Frederick Bi gg , AVIIO—whilst having such an extended and accurate knowledge of actuarial and managerial duties , and an unchallenged professional reputation for success—is

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also known so extensively byand so highlyesteemecl amongst the members of our Ancient and Honourable Order . The fortunate combination of these important elements of success must , Ave believe , secure for this society—and that , too , speedilya position second to none amongst the great insurance societies of this country .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

" ll'ASOS ' ET DISSECTED . " See Bro . Hughan's " Sketches of Notable Masonic Works , " page 1 G-1 < of the present volume . My ansAveito a young correspondent is that the pamphlet there mentioned called " Masonry Dissected , " is , I presume , Samuel Prichard ' s " Masonry Dissected ; being an

Universal and General Description of all its Branches from the Original to the Present Time , " 12 mo ., 1730 .. See my communication " English Masonic Bibliography , " Freemasons' Magazine , vol . 9 , page 202 . I have met with the book more than once in London ,, but I have no recollection of having ever looked into it . Pricharcl ' s name is not in my edition of the " Biographic Universelle . " —0 . P . COOPEE .

MASONIC HISTOET . In the Freemasons' Magazine ( p . 219 ) it is stated that an account of the origin and history of the Doyle Conclave in Guernsey , formed four or five weeks ago ,, has been prepared , and that the same has been read and approved by the members . One is curious to » know whether this history is as long as the

voyage , " Au tour de mon Jardin , " and in what sized book it can be obtained , also what it is a history about ? If the history begins alreadj * aud on this scale it will require many volumes . —500 .

BEO . ITNDEl ' S 1 ETTEE OE JAITtTAET 186 S . My Masonic Memorandum Book , February , 1 S 6 S , shows that , in consequence of this letter of Bro . Findel , Freemasons' Magazine , vol . IS , page 129 , a young correspondent made two inquiries respecting Prichard ' s Avork . ( See preceding communication ^ " Masonry Dissected '') Firstdid Prichardin 1730

. , , , publish the Ritual of the third degree of the Grand Lodge of England ? Next , does it appear from Prichard * thafc in 1730 the third degree ivas A'ery short , and had no second part ? My answer was , thafc the book was not in my possession ; ancl that ifc might , doubtlessly , be found on the stalls of the " Bouquinistes , " or in some public library of the metropolis . —0 . P . OOOl'EE .

COEIXTHIAJS" OEDEB , To which Josephus does Rosa Crucis refer when he relies upon him as an authority for the adoption of the Corinthian Order in the Temple of King Solomon—to Josephus the historian or to Josephus Miller , each are equally good authority on such a point ?—NOT FOE JOSEPH .