I : ONE QUALITY- BEST." EASY Time Payments. SPECIAL ATTENTION — TO — REPAIRS PATNTING and TRIMMING. p STEVENSON jLiJCjJLVO. Telephone No. 91. fIUMPHKEYS k DAVY* GLADSTONE ROAD OISBOKKB, A SRIOULTURAL & MECHAIS- .O. IOAL ENGINEERS. WINDMILLS & PUMPING GEAB Ercouod and Repaired. }RAVE FENCES, in caati r wrought Ire.'. Goachbuiidars & Wheelwrights REPAIRING, PAINTING, ft TRIMM- ING \1 SHOBTEST NOMOB. WHEELS ITIKED DAILY i (No dalay). ShoeiEg Forge ESTIMATES GIVEN. SALJO ON OMMIBBION. Bicycles Repaired. All REQUISITES in stook. just arri v;e d FBOM NEW YORK, I : Shipment Light Buggies and ; Gigs. Inspection Invited. j JUST RECEIVED. 1 IXIHE NEW HERTFORD BICYCLE IX. (Ladies' and Gentlemen's). * Price £20. Also,— A shipment of the VICTOR 1 BICYCLES, with all the latest improve- ' ments. On view in the Bicycle Rooms, Peel , Street. , J. TOWNLEY. i t Australian Mutual Provi* ' dent Society, THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT, JUST ISSUED, DISCLOSES : — \ 1. An increase in the NEW BUSINESS for the year of ... £168,602 , 2. An increase in the ACCUMULATED ; FUNDof £895,691 \ 3. An increase in the ANNUAL INCOME ! o£ '-- £94,650 i 4. An increase in tho amount of ANNUAL i CASH BONUS of ... £26 440 5. A net gain in business in force of 9013 policies assuring ... 2 ; 102 088 INURING the year 15,238 NEW a-* POLICIES were issued, being the , LARGEST NUMBER yet written by the Society in any one year, The NEW ASSURANCES issued amounted to £3,955,683, a Bum IN EXCESS of that granted in any year since 1891. The TOTAL ASSURANCES in force (including Bonus additions) now amount to £54,343,821. The NET INCREASE to the volume of business in force is THE LARGEST in any year since 1891. The ACCUMULATED FUND amounts to £16,074,740, and the ANNUAL IN- COME to £2,259,357. The RESERVE set apart for the possib'e DEPRECIATION of SECURITIES now stands at £266,692. The DIVISIBLE SURPLUS for the year amounts to £506,182, yielding RE- VERSIONARY BONUSES of about £942,500. The DEATH CLAIMS for the year were exceptionally favorable, while the EXPENSES of MANAGEMENT were very moderate. BRANCH DIRECTORS. I'hb Hon. Morgan 8. Gbaob, M.D., C.M.G., M.L.C. (Chairman) ; the Hon. Charles J. Johnston, Esq., M.L.O. (Deputy Chairman) ; iiLFUED de Bathe Bbancon, Esq. ; the Hon. Edward Richardson, C.M.G. j and John Dunoan, Esq. i i EDWARD W. 