eresting tables, one showing the losses n and Japanese forces in the present owing the penetrative power of the re maps and diagrams showing (1) the Scheme. (2) Army Divisions of 3) Railway Schemes in the Near East. th America. (5) Cotton Growing Areas ms. (6) Wheat Growing Areas of the 7) British Meat Imports from Abroad, -ies of Tables on the Resources and -ish Possessions may be useful. These ures of the 1905 issue. Special attenTIONS AND CORRECTIONS. My colleague, -n only once again express our deep the world over who have so kindly lent OK" OFFICE, REET, ON, W.C. J. S. K. CONTE INTRODUCTORY I.-THE BRITISH EMPIRE, 1903-1 II.-FINANCE AND COMMERCE OF III.-RESOURCES AND PRODUCT POSSESSIONS. 1. CROWN LANDS. AREA ALIENAT WHEAT. AREA AND YIELD 4. GOLD. QUANTITY AND VALUE OF IV. BRITISH NAVAL PROGRESS SI V.-ARMOUR-PIERCING GUNS IN AND JAPANESE WAR-SHIP VI.-IMPORTANT LOSSES IN THE FEBRUARY 8, 1904, TO FEB LEGAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. THE PERFECTED SYSTEM OF LIFE ASSURANCE. 67TH ANNUAL REPORT. NEW BUSINESS nearly... NEW PREMIUMS exceeded THE INCOME increased to THE AVERAGE RATE EARNED WAS OF INTEREST ... £2,365,000. £109,000. £4,400,000. £600,000. ..£4 5s. 4d. per cent. THE VALUATION RATE OF INTEREST IS NOW REDUCED TO .. BUSINESS in force exceeds ... BONUS REPORT, £2 10s. per cent. £16,000,000. 1897-1901. £376,545. The Surplus shown was The Rate of BONUS declared was COMPOUND, viz. :— £118s. per Cent. per Annum on the SUMS ASSURED and PREVIOUS BONUS. On the basis of this rate of Profit, a Whole-Life or Endowment Assurance Policy for £1,000 would, irrespective of age at entry, be increased by Bonus, according to its duration, as shown in the following Table : Amount of £1,095 £1,199 £1,313 £1,438 £1,574 £1,724 £1,888 £2,067 Policy. The RESERVES were computed on a more stringent basis even than usual, the rate of interest to be earned in the future being assumed to be 2 per cent. only; while the EXTRA reserves for safeguards and adjustments have been adopted as hitherto. Apply to THE manager, 10 Fleet St., London. [D] THE STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK STATISTICAL AND HISTORICAL ANNUAL OF THE STATES OF THE WORLD FOR THE YEAR 1905 EDITED BY J. SCOTT KELTIE, LL.D. SECRETARY TO THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY HONORARY CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETIES OF PARIS, BERLIN, MUNICH, ROME, LISBON, AMSTERDAM, BRUSSELS, BUDA-PEST, GENEVA, NEUCHATEL, PHILADELPHIA, AND OF THE COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF PARIS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF I. P. A. RENWICK, M.A., LL.B. |