For INDEX TO ADVERTISERS, see pages ii. and iii.; and GENERAL CONTENTS INDEX, page xi. INSURANCE FOR THE WEALTHY. £116,000 was recently paid by a Leading Merchant for an Investment Policy in this Company. Send for Prospectus. THE MUTUAL Leading Bankers and Merchants are availing themselves of the Investment advantages of the Company's Endowment NEW Policy with Life Option. Accumulated Funds exceed, £30,600,000 BANKERS-BANK OF ENGLAND. YORK. I Bonuses Paid in 1890, £575,748; an increase over the amount Paid in Bonuses in 1889 of £98,899. The BONUSES declared on the Company's Whole Life New Distribution Policies of only Five Years' standing range from £1 19s. 1d. to £3 12s. 70. cent. per annum, according to age. ACTUAL RESULTS. A LARGE BONUS. ORDINARY POLICIES. The Bonuses declared on the Company's Whole Life New Distribution Policies of only five years' standing range from £1 19s. 1d. to £3 12s. 7d. per cent. per annum, according to age. The Company have recently forwarded to the holder of policy No. 278,127 a cheque for £1,099 13s. 6d. in payment of the cash value of the Bonus for 1891, the policy being for £10,000, and issued in 1886, on the five year distribution plan. This return is equal to an annual cash bonus of 22 48. Od. per cent. Many of these policies are reaching the bonus period with results very gratifying to the Insured. The New Six per Cent. Consol Policy now being issued by the to whom a good investment may be of more moment than Life Insurance. Head Office for the United Kingdom: 17 & 18. CORNHILL, LONDON, E.C.-D. C. HALDEMAN, General Manager, The total payments to Policyholders to December, 1890, amounted £63,469,822, of which upwards of £16,500,000 were bonus paymentsmore than twice the amount of Bonuses paid by any other Company. Company is specially devised to meet the requirements of people of means, This Policy meets both requirements. The "Swan" is a beautiful Gold Pen joined to a rubber reservoir to hold any kind of ink, which it supplies to the writing point in a continuous flow. It will hold enough ink for two days' constant work, or a week's ordinary writing, and can be refilled with as little trouble as to wind a watch. With the cover over the goid nib it is carried in the pocket like a pencil, to be used anywhere. A purchaser may try a pen a few days, and if by chance the writing point does not suit his hand, may exchange it for another without charge, or his money returned if wanted. There are various points to select from, broad, medium and fine, so that every handwriting can be suited, and the price of the entire instrument, with filler complete, is only 10s. 6d. MABIE TODD & BARD NEW YORK The Gold Pens in the "Swan" are Mabie, Todd & Co.'s famous make: they are 14-carat tempered gold, very handsome, and positively unaffected by any kind of ink. They are pointed with selected polished iridium. The "Encyclopedia Britannica" says "Iridium is a nearly white metal of high specific gravity, it is almost indestructible, and a beautifully polished surface can be ob ained upon it." They will not penetrate the paper, and writer's cramp is unknown among users of Gold Pens; one will outwear gross of steel pens. They are a perfect revelation to those who know nothing about Gold Pens. a DR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES has used one of Mabie, Todd & Co.'s Gold Pens since 1857, and is using the same one (his "old friend") to-day. Send Postal Card for Free Illustrated List (containing interesting Testimonials from the best people, who have used them for years) to MABIE, TODD & BARD, 93, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. HORNIMAN'S "SWIFT" & "CLUB" PURE TEA (IN PACKETS ONLY) IS THE BEST. Strong, Delicious and Nourishing, Selected from the Spring Crops of India, China, and Ceylon. Price 1s. 10d. to 3s. 4d. per lb. 000 AGENTS IN ENGLAND. CYCLES. THE LEADING MACHINES. WORKS-COVENTRY. 15 & 16, HOLBORN VIADUCT. MANCHESTER 9, VICTORIA BUILDINGS. Catalogues Free. Gradual Payments. COVENTRY MACHINISTS' CO., Ltd. From a contemporary panel oil painting in possession of Madame Parkes Belloc, by whose permission this copy a of Commons on June 15th, the third reading being carried by 225 to 96, the Irish Members supporting it without distinction of party or class. The debates, although prolonged, have been conducted, according to Mr. Balfour himself, in businesslike way with very little surplusage. The Bill is too complicated to explain in detail here, but in brief it may be said that it provides for the issue of £33,000,000 of 23 Stock by the GoImperial vernment for buying out the interests of the Irish landlords THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD. July 1, 1891. who wish to part with their property, and who can per suade their tenants to pur chase. The tenants who buy obtain at once, for the first five years, an immediate reduction of 20 per cent. on their rent, and after that five years a further reduction,corresponding to the difference between their old rents and 4 per cent. on the purchasemoney. For instance, land lord A agrees to sell to tenant B a farm for which the latter is paying £50 per annum at sixteen years' purchase. The Government will give to A Government Stock, bearing 2 per interest, cent. THE RIGHT HON. A. J. BALFOUR. |