The Security of a Subscribed Capital of ONE MILLION.
Exemption of the Assured from all Liability.
Premiums affording particular advantages to Young Lives.
Participating and Non-Participating Premiums.
In the former EIGHTY PERCENT. or FOUR-FIFTHS of the Profits are divided
amongst the Assured Triennially, either by way of addition to the sum
assured, or in diminution of Premium, at their option.
No deduction is made from the four-fifths of the profits for Interest on
Capital, for a Guarantee Fund, or on any other account.
POLICIES FREE OF STAMP DUTY and INDISPUTABLE, except in case of fraud.
At the General Meeting, on the 31st May last, A BONUS was declared of
nearly Two PER CENT. per annum on the _amount assured_, or at the rate of
from THIRTY to upwards of SIXTY per cent. on the _Premiums paid_.
POLICIES share in the Profits, even if ONE PREMIUM ONLY has been paid.
Next DIVISION OF PROFITS in 1856.
The Directors meet on Thursdays at 2 o'Clock. Assurances may be effected by
applying on any other day between the hours of 10 and 4. at the Office of
the Society, where prospectuses and all other requisite information can be
obtained.
CHARLES JOHN GILL, Secretary.
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XYLO-IODIDE OF SILVER, exclusively used at all the Photographic
Establishments.--The superiority of this preparation is now universally
acknowledged. Testimonials from the best Photographers and principal
scientific men of the day, warrant the assertion, that hitherto no
preparation has been discovered which produces uniformly such perfect
pictures, combined with the greatest rapidity of action. In all cases where
a quantity is required the two solutions may be had at Wholesale price in
separate Bottles, in which state it may be kept for years, and Exported to
any Climate. Full instructions for use.
CAUTION.--Each Bottle is Stamped with a Red Label bearing my name, RICHARD
W. THOMAS, Chemist, 10. Pall Mall, to counterfeit which is felony.
CYANOGEN SOAP: for removing all kinds of Photographic Stains. Beware of
purchasing spurious and worthless imitations of this valuable detergent.
The Genuine is made only by the Inventor, and is secured with a Red Label
bearing this Signature and Address, RICHARD W. THOMAS, CHEMIST, 10. PALL
MALL, Manufacturer of Pure Photographic Chemicals: and may be procured of
all respectable Chemists, in Pots at 1s., 2s., and 3s. 6d. each, through
MESSRS. EDWARDS, 67. St. Paul's Churchyard; and MESSRS. BARCLAY & CO., 95.
Farringdon Street, Wholesale Agents.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.--The Council will open in the beginning of January,
at the rooms of the Society of British Artists, in Suffolk Street, Pall
Mall, an exhibition of Photographs and Daguerreotypes. Coloured Pictures
will not be excluded. It is recommended that all pictures sent should be
protected by glass. No picture will be exhibited unless accompanied by the
name and address of the Photographer or Exhibitor, and some description of
the process employed. Pictures will be received at the Rooms in Suffolk
Street, from Monday the 19th to Monday the 26th December. Further
information may be obtained by application to the Secretary, R. FENTON,
ESQ., 2. Albert Terrace, Albert Road, Regent's Park.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, MATERIALS, and PURE CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS.
KNIGHT & SONS' Illustrated Catalogue, containing Description and Price of
the best forms of Cameras and other Apparatus. Voightlander and Son's
Lenses for Portraits and Views, together with the various Materials, and
pure Chemical Preparations required in practising the Photographic Art.
Forwarded free on receipt of Six Postage Stamps.
Instructions given in every branch of the Art.
An extensive Collection of Stereoscopic and other Photographic Specimens.
GEORGE KNIGHT & SONS, Foster Lane, London.
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IMPROVEMENT IN COLLODION.-J. B. HOCKIN & CO., Chemists, 289. Strand have,
by an improved mode of Iodizing, succeeded in producing a Collodion equal,
they may say superior, in sensitiveness and density of Negative, to any
other hitherto published: without diminishing the keeping properties and
appreciation of half tint for which their manufacture has been esteemed.
Apparatus, pure Chemicals, and all the requirements for the practice of
Photography. Instruction in the Art.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION.--An EXHIBITION of PICTURES, by the most
celebrated French, Italian, and English photographers, embracing Views of
the principal Countries and Cities of Europe, is now OPEN. Admission 6d. A
Portrait taken by MR. TALBOT'S Patent Process, One Guinea: Three extra
Copies for 10s.
PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION,
168. NEW BOND STREET.
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PHOTOGRAPHY.--HORNE CO'S Iodized Collection, for obtaining Instantaneous
Views, and Portraits in from three to thirty seconds, according to light.
Portraits obtained by the above, for delicacy of detail rival the choicest
Daguerreotypes, specimens of which may be seen at their Establishment.
Also every description of Apparatus, Chemicals &c. &c. used in this
beautiful Art.--123. and 121. Newgate Street.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERAS.--OTTEWILL'S REGISTERED DOUBLE-BODIED FOLDING CAMERA,
is superior to every other form of Camera, for the Photographic Tourist,
from its capability of Elongation or Contraction to any Focal Adjustment,
its Portability, and its adaptation for taking either Views or
Portraits.--The Trade Supplied.
Every Description of Camera or Slides, Tripod Stands, Printing Frames, &c.,
may be obtained at his MANUFACTORY, Charlotte Terrace, Barnsbury Road,
Islington.
New Inventions, Models, &c., made to order or from Drawings.
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