METROPOLITAN BANK (OF ENGLAND AND WALES), LIMITED. Head Office Country Office: Birmingham. 60, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C. Transfer Office: Birmingham. CAPITAL, £7,500,000, in 150,000 SHARES of £50 each. PROPRIETORS' FUNDS, £944,882, viz.: Paid-up Capital, £500,000. Bank Premises Redemption Fund, £41,784. Guarantee Fund, £350,000. Balance of Profits Carried Forward, £15,598. DIRECTORS. ALFRED BALDWIN, ESQ., M. P., Chairman, ABRAM CRESWICKE RAWLINSON, ESQ. MORGAN B. WILLIAMS, ESQ., Deputy-Chairman WALTER E. WARDEN, Esq. Assistant General Manager-F. J. HUGHES. Secretary-JAS. SMITH WOOD. The Shares of £50 each are paid up to the extent of £5 only, leaving a reserve of £45 per share or £4,500,000 in the aggregate available to meet the liabilities of the Company, in addition to the Guarantee Fund of £350,000. By the Articles of Association £25 per share-in other words one half of the subscribed capital of £5,000,000-must always be left uncalled, for the security of depositors. The Bank issues drafts on the principal towns in the United Kingdom, also upon the Continent the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The Bank collects Bills, Cheques Coupons, &c., receives Dividends, undertakes the Purchase and Sale of Stocks, establishes Credits at home and abroad, and transacts generally the usual branches of Banking business. Current Accounts are opened on favourable terms. The Bank receives sums of £10 and upwards on deposit, repayable at call, or upon 14 days notice, allowing liberal rates of interest. Customers can arrange to receive money at, or pay money to, any of the Bank's Branches, or bave money paid to any of the Bank's Correspondents, and advised for their credit. Strong Rooms are provided, free of charge, for the custody of Deeds and other property lodged by the customers of the Bank. KITETOX BONUS YEAR 1905. 10022A YTH THE OMI OMA North British Mercantile INSURANCE COMPANY. ... Chief Offices {EDINBURGH ... ... ... 64, Princes Street. 61, Threadneedle Street, E.C. Glasgow Branch Office, 102, St, Vincent Street. Co-Operative Underwriting PREMIER UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION, BANNATYNE & CO., Managers. CARDIFF UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION, Ltd. NOVOCASTRIAN UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION, Ltd. BRYCE M. BANNATYNE, Manager. THE PIONEER PREMIUM BASIS ASSOCIATIONS Aggregate Amount entered over £1,500,000, Policies issued to cover Hulls (all risks, free of particular average, or Total Loss only), Freights, Disbursements, &c., at the rates and terms current with Lloyd's and British Companies. Maximum amount per steamer accepted, £5,000-divisible at member's option between the three Associations. T HIS Association, with a Capital of over 2,000,000 tons, covers Steamship Owners in CLASS I.-Protecting. II.-Indemnity. J War Risks, Sec. (a)-Capture, Seizure, &c. III. { (b)—Detention resulting from War, &c. Forms of Entry, Rules, "Suggestions to Captains" and every information can be obtained at the Head Office, Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne; or at the following branch Offices : Standard Buildings, 102, Hope Street, Glasgow. 32, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff. Exchange Chambers, 24, St. Mary Axe, London, E.C. JOHN ASPINALL, SON & BROOKE, Sail and Rope Manufacturers, OFFICE, SAILROOMS, and WAREHOUSE: 8 & 10, LANCELOTS HEY; ROPE WORKS: LODGE LANE, LIVERPOOL. Manufacturers of MANILA AND RUSSIAN HEMP CORDAGE By the most approved Machinery. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "MANILA LIVERPOOL." TELEPHONE 5679. New South Wales (Australia) Agents: Cowlishaw Bros., Sydney. RICHARD HAYWARD & CO., SPINNERS AND FLAX & COTTON MANUFACTURERS |