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that the recommendation therein , with reference to the payment of the bonus last declared to the proprietors , be adopted . 2 . That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Directors for their unremitting attention to the affairs of the company ancl successful endeavours to promote its interests . 3 . That the thanks of tbe meeting be given to the Autlitors for their diligent discharge of tlie duties confided to them . 4 . That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Actuary . .
SOMETHING AIYSTERIOUS . —Qui capit , illeferat . —New Life Offices . — Not one of the numerous applications we have received shall be neglected . AA ' e have instituted inquiries as requested , and hope it is needless to add that no West Middlesex affair shall now—if it ever start again into existence—be suffered to disgrace , beyond a very brief period , those honourable and most useful institutions , the established Life Offices . —Notice to Correspondents of the Trade Protection Circular .
LIFE INSURANCE ON RAILWAYS . —A novel scheme has just been proposed for insuring the lives of railway passengers . Thus , a person travelling by the railway will receive a ticket , promising a given sum to his relations should he be killed ; or , if maimed , giving him an amount proportioned to the injury received . ASSURANCE ON RAILWAY CASUALTIES . —It has been proposed to form an association of the whole railway interestfor the of extending
, purpose the application of assurance principles to railway casualties , in aid of railway servants , companies , ancl travellers . It is in contemplation to devote any surplus profit to the " Railway Officers' Mutual Benefit Fund "—thus giving to all railway servants a direct pecuniary interest in the prevention of accidents . As the projects of railway assurance do not contemplate extending themselves to any risks or contingencies unconnected with locomotive
operations , the subject comes home with concentrated interest to those to whom is confided the great charge of upholding the character and interests of railway proprietors . By them such plans must be supported as a primary condition towards success ; and , in order that the claim to support may be ascertained , we find a rigid examination is coveted into every important point of principle and calculation . AVe are strongly of opinion that policy and justice concur in suggesting the expediency of
granting the examination soughtfor ; and we hope that it will take place , not in an isolated ancl piecemeal manner , but by concert ancl authority . There is a general feeling that " something" of the nature proposed is wanting ; the point is to know whether the existing plans do or do not contain " the thing" needful . Let the matter be taken fairly in hand , anil there can be no difficulty in applying the touchstone of proof . — Railway Record .
It is said that an Insurance Company , in which Mr . Smith O'Brien had effected an insurance on his life sixteen years ago , refused to receive the accruing premium . This may have been a very cautious step , but its strict legality is rather questionable . MRS . CAUDLE AND ASSURANCE . —To uninsured husbands , wives should make every day a washing clay ; the parlour chimney should never cease to smoke until the policy is produced . Every marriage bed
should have its Caudle , and every curtain lecture begin and end with Life Assurance . ' " * * An uninsured husband should be returned as a " monster in human form" by the verdict of a jury of matrons . — Weekly Dispatch .
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that the recommendation therein , with reference to the payment of the bonus last declared to the proprietors , be adopted . 2 . That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Directors for their unremitting attention to the affairs of the company ancl successful endeavours to promote its interests . 3 . That the thanks of tbe meeting be given to the Autlitors for their diligent discharge of tlie duties confided to them . 4 . That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Actuary . .
SOMETHING AIYSTERIOUS . —Qui capit , illeferat . —New Life Offices . — Not one of the numerous applications we have received shall be neglected . AA ' e have instituted inquiries as requested , and hope it is needless to add that no West Middlesex affair shall now—if it ever start again into existence—be suffered to disgrace , beyond a very brief period , those honourable and most useful institutions , the established Life Offices . —Notice to Correspondents of the Trade Protection Circular .
LIFE INSURANCE ON RAILWAYS . —A novel scheme has just been proposed for insuring the lives of railway passengers . Thus , a person travelling by the railway will receive a ticket , promising a given sum to his relations should he be killed ; or , if maimed , giving him an amount proportioned to the injury received . ASSURANCE ON RAILWAY CASUALTIES . —It has been proposed to form an association of the whole railway interestfor the of extending
, purpose the application of assurance principles to railway casualties , in aid of railway servants , companies , ancl travellers . It is in contemplation to devote any surplus profit to the " Railway Officers' Mutual Benefit Fund "—thus giving to all railway servants a direct pecuniary interest in the prevention of accidents . As the projects of railway assurance do not contemplate extending themselves to any risks or contingencies unconnected with locomotive
operations , the subject comes home with concentrated interest to those to whom is confided the great charge of upholding the character and interests of railway proprietors . By them such plans must be supported as a primary condition towards success ; and , in order that the claim to support may be ascertained , we find a rigid examination is coveted into every important point of principle and calculation . AVe are strongly of opinion that policy and justice concur in suggesting the expediency of
granting the examination soughtfor ; and we hope that it will take place , not in an isolated ancl piecemeal manner , but by concert ancl authority . There is a general feeling that " something" of the nature proposed is wanting ; the point is to know whether the existing plans do or do not contain " the thing" needful . Let the matter be taken fairly in hand , anil there can be no difficulty in applying the touchstone of proof . — Railway Record .
It is said that an Insurance Company , in which Mr . Smith O'Brien had effected an insurance on his life sixteen years ago , refused to receive the accruing premium . This may have been a very cautious step , but its strict legality is rather questionable . MRS . CAUDLE AND ASSURANCE . —To uninsured husbands , wives should make every day a washing clay ; the parlour chimney should never cease to smoke until the policy is produced . Every marriage bed
should have its Caudle , and every curtain lecture begin and end with Life Assurance . ' " * * An uninsured husband should be returned as a " monster in human form" by the verdict of a jury of matrons . — Weekly Dispatch .