IMPERIAL Insurance Companies, 1, OLD BROAD STREET, AND 22, PALL MALL, LONDON. FIRE, ESTABLISHED 1803. Subscribed Capital, £1,200,000. Paid up Capital, £300,000 Invested Assets (Capital and Reserves), over £1,500,000. Insurances against Fire on every Description of Property at Home, in Foreign Countries, and in the Colonies. Moderate Rates, Undoubted Security, Prompt and Liberal Settlement of Claims. Loss or Damage by Gas Explosion in Buildings insured made good. No Charge for either Policy or stamp. The usual Commission allowed to Merchants and Brokers effecting Foreign and Ship Insurances. LIFE, ESTABLISHED 1820. Subscribed Capital, £750,000. Paid up and Guarantee Fund, £188,000. Accumulated Funds, £1,250,000. BOSANQUET, PERCIVAL, Esq. | LAWRIE, ALEXANDER, Esq, PRESCOTT, HENRY WARNER, Esq., Manager and Actuary-JAMES CHISHOLM. Secretary-JAMES BUMPUS. THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THIS COMPANY COMPRISE:- Fixed Assurance at the Minimum of Cost. This is a new plan introduced by the Company, and provides for the gradual reduction and extinction of premiums. Immediate Settlement of Claims. Non-forfeitable Policies. Guaranteed Surrender Values. Free Travelling all over the World. Unusually Liberal Conditions of Assurance. PROSPECTUS POST FREE ON APPLICATION. THE COLONIAL BANK. Established and Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1836. SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL, £2,000,000. PAID UP, £600,000. RESERVE FUND, £125,000. LONDON OFFICE-13, BISHOPSGATE STREET WITHIN. New York ... ... Copenhagen AGENTS. Messrs. BROWN BROTHERS & Co. British North Ameri-| THE BANK OF BRITISH NORTH Payable on demand, are granted on the several Establishments in the Colonies, upon payment of the amount at the London Office. BILLS Are sent out for collection, and any other money business transacted, in the above-named Colonies. 113, VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, S.W. Midway between Belgravia and the Houses of Parliament. IMPROVED CARRIAGES, COMBINING LIGHTNESS, STRENGTH, ELEGANCE, COMFORT. LANDAUS, VICTORIAS, &c., &C., With Patent Balance-action Heads to enable the occupants readily to open the Carriage or close it in case of rain, and light enough to use for long distances in hilly countries. A Stock of fashionable sound Carriages that have been carefully used, ranging in price from one third to two-thirds the price of new. rtation to the Continent of Europe, India, the Colonies, North and South America, &c. The sizes of the Horses to be used should be stated when ordering Carriages ! SANDS & HUNTER, Photographic and Microscopic Apparatus Manufacturers, 20, CRANBOURN ST., LEICESTER SQ., LONDON, ENGLAND. › SANDS AND HUNTER'S EXHIBITION" CAMERA. The Illustration represents this Camera with S. & H.'s Patent " Instantaneous Shutter" and "Finder" attached. We have given particular attention to this camera, and can confidently assert it to be the finest in the market, being of the highest possible workmanship and material. Is made of the best selected Spanish Mahogany, great care being taken that the wood is thoroughly well seasoned and suitable for all climates. It has all the latest Improvements; is light and portable, leather bellows body, extending baseboard, which gives a very long focus; also suitable for lenses of the shortest focuss. Has a rack and pinion adjustment for focusing; double swing back with motions independent of each other, hinged focussing screen, &c. Takes pictures either horizontal or vertical. Three Prize Medals awarded to S. & H.'s Cameras. Prices (each complete with 3 Double Backs): 5 by 4 £5 10s. 6 by 4 8 by 61 £7 75. £8 15s. This Camera is also made square, having a reversible frame for Photograph can be taken either way without changing the position 3 Double Backs ::5 by 4 6 £6 7 by 5 or 8 by 5 10 by 8 12 by 10 £13 10s. slide so that the Prices, with by 4 7 by 5 or 8 by 5 8 by 61 10 by 8 12 by 10 £15 10s. Finder.") £8 (N.B.-The above prices do not include "The Instantaneous Shutter" or Spring Fastenings fitted to the shutters of the Double Backs at an additional cost of Is. for each spring. Brass Binding either of the above Cameras, and 3 Double Backs, 8 by 5 and under, £1 10s. ; Larger Sizes, £2. Russian Leather Bellows, from 15s. to 40s. extra. We can confidently recommend these Cameras to Military, Naval, and other gentlemen proceeding to India and the Colonies, as being thoroughly reliable, and suitable for ALL CLIMATES. SANDS & HUNTER'S "PATENT INSTANTANEOUS SHUTTER," The most correct Shutter yet invented, working between the combinations of the lenses, is also adapted for ordinary as well as rapid exposures. Sizes for Ross's Symmetrical or Dallmeyer's Rectilinear Lenses are kept in Stock. Prices as following: 8 by 5 and under 8 by 6 to 10 by 8 12 by 10 to 15 by 12 Pneumatic discharger SANDS & HUNTER'S "FINDER or VIEWMETER," 12s. Send for Illustrated Catalogue, post free. SANDS & HUNTER, London. Factory: 146, HOLBORN, E.C. |