North British and Mercantile Insurance Company. N LONDON AND EDINBURGH. (Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament.) Paid-up Capital . . . . oe . e . . 250,000 : 5 : 11 Fire Reserve Fund . . . . v 297,153 : 10 : 10 Fire Premium Reserve . . . . e . -188,514 : 15: 1 tm 435,668 : 0 : 0 Total Accumulated Funds . . ss. sc se oe eo 2,838,118 : 18 11 Annual Income, from Fire, Life, and Investments . . . . . 801.801 :12 : 9 EXTRACTS from the REPORT of the BUSINESS for 1868, as submitted to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, on the 1st March, 1869. FIRE BUSINESS. The Directors reported in 1867 that the PREMIUMS had amounted to . . 2 333,984 : 18 : 9 During the Year 1868 the Premiums amounted to . 491,288 : 19 : 11 Deducting Re-Insurances . . rr Kr T5,744 : 14 ; 9 The Net Premiums are . rest tr Ks Exhibiting an Increase of . so ss sc The Losses by Fire paid during the year amounted to LIFE BUSINESS. In the LiFE DeEPArtMENT 908 Policies were issued during the year 1868, assuring 738,582, and showing new Premiums to the amount of 28,574 : 0 : 3. The Deaths during the year were 185 in number, under 206 Policies; and the claims which hag 5 övr payable on account of these, amount, with Bonus additions, to the sum of 4! : 1:06. The total AccuMULATED FUNDS as at 3lst December, 1868, were reported to be 2,838,118 : 18 : 113; and the Revesve from all sources 801,801 : 12 : 9. A Dividend of 12 per cent. and a Bonus of 4 per cent. on the paid-up Capital, or 1 per share, was declared. : After Påving, this Dividend, the resalt of the business for the year has been to add 44,452 : 14 : 7 to the Fire Reserve Fund of the Company. To show the unexampled progress of the Company, both as regards income and reserves, the following figures are appended:— 1862 Net Fire Premiums 119,591 9 8 ... Fire Reserves 192,803 13 8 1863 165,12 8 3 ... 298,465 12 9 1864 219,235 10 8 ... 256,762 15 9 1865 240,783 910 ... 320.699 199 1866 280,543 10 4 ... 315861 1 0 1867 333,984 18 9 ... 362,129 2 6 1868 415544 5 2 D 435,668 5 11 In the Fire Department, in addition to the paid-up Capital of 250,000, the Reserved Fund of 297,153 : 10 : 10, and a Suspense Fund of 138,514 : 15: 1, there isa security of 1,750,000 of subskribed but uncalled-up Capital. Ofvanstående bolag afslutar genom undertecknad, dess befullmäktigade ombud, försäkring mot bandskala å byggnader, fabriker, varuoch trävarulager, möbler, kreatur, gröda, fartyg i hamn och på stapel m. m. Möjligen uppstående tvister hänskjutas för afgörande till svensk domstol. sc CHR. EESTRÖMER. JM 23 Österlånggatan, 1 tr. upp.