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Unblfc øtitl5. COUNTY BOROUGH OF CARDIFF. MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894. BYE LAWS AS TO SEAMEN'S LODGING HOUSES, Made by the Town Council of Cardiff. WHEREAS, by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, it is enacted as follows :— Past n.-MASTERS AND SEAMEN. Protection of Seamen from Imposition. 214 (1.)-A Local Authority hereinafter mentioned whose district includes a seaport, may, with the approv 1 of the Board of Trade, make bye-laws relat- ing to Seamed Lodging Houses in their district, and thooe i ye-laws shall be binding upon all persons keeping houses in which seamen are lodged and upon the owners thereof and persons employed therein. (2.)—The bye-laws shall amongst other things provide for the licensing, inspection, and sanitary conditions of Seamen's Lodging Houses, for the publication of the fact of a house being licensed, for the due execution of the bye-laws. for orerenting the obstruction of persons engaged in securing that execution, for the preventing of persons not duly licensed holding themselves out as keeping or purporting to keep licensed houses, and for the Exclusion from licensed houses of persons of improper ekiaracter, and shall impose sufficient fines not exceed- Fifty Pounds for the breach of any bye-law. (%■)— In this section the expression, "Local Authority," the Local Authority under the Pub- He Health'Acta and the expression, "District," means the area under the authority of such Local Authority. The .Council of the of Cardiff being the Local Authority under the Public Health Act, in and for the said B: rough do hereby at a Meeting held on the Thirteenth day of April, 1896, make the following* bye-laws :— > hese bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, masculine pronoun includes the feminine, and the singular includes the plural, and the following expressiont have the meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say— "Council'' means the Council of the County Borough of Cardiff; Seaman means any male person, other than the holder of a certificate of competency, or service as Master, Mate, or Engineer in the Merchant Service who. within four weeks immediately preceding the date of any trdk nsaction or occurrence within the scope of these bye-la1 ws, has been employed in any capacity whatsoever on board a ship, whether British or Foreign but shall not include apprentices or persona engaged in Fishiag Boats or in Steam or other Trawl Boats License mea ns a license granted or which may be granted by the Council in pursuance of these bye-laws to a person authorising him to keep the house specified therein as a Seaman's Lodging House Licensed Keepisr" means a person to whom a license bas been grafted in pursuance of cbese bye- 130W9 Keeper" means and includes both a licensed ceeper and a person who keeps a Seamen's Lodging House or a house in which Seamen are lodged to .vhom a license has not been granted in pursuance of these bye-laws; "Licensed House" means a Seamen's Lodging House in respect of which a license has been granted in pursuance of these bye-laws Honse" means and Includes both a licensed house Hid a Seamen's Lodging House or a house in which Seamen are lodged, in respect of which a license has not been granted in pursuance of these bye-laws Where any reference is made in these bye-laws to the Town Clerk, or any other official, such reference thall be deemed to be a reference to the Town Clerk or other official, as the case may be, of the County Borough of Cardiff. 2.—From and after the 31st day of December. 1896, the bye-laws as to Seamen's Licensed Lodging Houses made by the Council on the 12th day of January, 1891, shall be revoked. 3.-Tbe Council will, subject as hereinafter men- tioned, if they see fit on the application, made in manner hereinafter mentioned, of any person grant to him a licence authorising him to keep the house speci- fied therein as a Seamen's Licensed Lodging House. 4 —Every person who shall apply to the Council for a licence shall furnish in an application, to be made in a form similar to form A m thef Appendix, a true statement oftthe particulars therein required to be specified. 5.—Every person to whom the Council may have re- solved that a licence be granted shall be entitled to receive from the Council i licence in a form similar to Form B in the Appendix, or to the like effect. ft.—A licence shall not be granted to a person who holds a licence for the sale of intoxicating liquor, or who is engaged or interested in the business of a Clothier. Outfitter, or Slop-dealer nor shall a licence be granted in respect of any house where intoxicating liquor is sold, nor in respect of any house occupied or used for the purpose of the business of a Clothier, Out- Stter, or Slop-dealer nor shall any licensed keeper sell or be engaged or interested in the sale of intoxi- cating liquor, nor be engaged or interested in the business of a Clothier, Outfitter, or Slop-dealer. 7.—A licence shall not be granted in respect of a house until it has been inspected and approved for the purpose by the Medical Offieer of Health and the Council may, if they think fit, require any person who applies for a licence to produce a Certificate from the Head Constable to the effect that— (a) So far aa is known such person is a fit and propeT person to have charge of a licensed house, and (I.) So far as is known, no conviction militating against his competency for the charge of a licensed house has been registered against such person within three years immediately preceding such application. 8.-A licence shall not be transferable, and no licensed keeper shall transfer or lend the same to any other person. 9.—A licence shall be subject to such conditions specified therein or endorsed thereon, and not being inconsistent with the laws, bye-laws, and regulations for the time being, in force in the County Borough of Cardiff as the Council see fit, and no license keeper 0: any person employed in a licensed house shall commit a breach of or fail to observe such conditions. 10.—A licence shall continue in force (subject to suspeusion or revocation, as in these bye-laws pro- vided) for one year from the date of the grant thereof. Tbe Council may at their discretion refue to renew any licence. 11.—If a licence keeper is convicted for any felony, misdeœeanQur, or olIencd a.ga.inst any of these bye-laws, or if the Council is satis. fied that a. licensed keeper has been guilty of a breach of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, or any Acts amending the same, or that a licensed keeper or any person employed in his licensed house has per- mitted drunkenness, gambling, 01' immoral or fraudu- lent practices in a licensed house, or has admitted into, harboured, or allowed to remain in. or has neglected to exclude or remOY8 from. a licensed house any tbief, reputed thief, prostitute, reputed prostitute, or any person of known immoral or improper character who may be in a licensed house, the Council may suspend for snch period as the Coancil think fit, or revoke, such licensed keeper's license. Within seven days after suspension or revocation of a licence the licensed keeper shall deliver his license to the Town Clerk, but at the expiration of a period of saspen-siou the license shall be returned to the licensed keeper. 12.—The Council shall cause to be kept a Register of all licences granted under these bye-laws, and the suspension or revocation of any licence shall be noted in such Register. 15.—Tbe medical officer of health, the inspector of nuisances, and any of his assistants, the head con- stable, any inspector of the police force, any detective officer, or police-coustahle generally or specially authorised by the Head Constable for the ourpose, my officer of the Board of Trade, and any other person generally or specially authorised by the Council for the purpose, may Mi a.11 times whatsoever of tbe day or night enter and inspect any house, and also inspect the register of seamen lodgers hereinafter referred to: and every keeper and every person employed in a bouse shall give and cause to be given. every such officer, inspector, acid all persons aforesaid, free access to his house at all such times aforesaid. 14. —No keeper shall at any one time receive, or t".aasp. or suffer to be received in a house, or into any MOm berein a greater namber of lodørs th&D shall from time to time be fixed by the Council as the maximum number of lodgers authorised to be received into such house or into such room, and shall be speci- fied in a notice in writing which may be according to the form "C" in the Appendix, which shall be duly served upon such keeper, either bf being delivered to him personally, or by being left with some person for him at his house, and shall continue in force until the number so fixed and specified shall be varied by the Coancil, and a further like notice be served on such keeper. Every keeper shall paint or cause to be painted, and shall cause to remain painted, in the most conspicuous position on the innerside of every room In his house the maximum number of lodgers authorised as afore- said to be received therein, witn the following words prefixed :—" The maximum number of lodgers allowed in this room is is legible and durable rejt and capital letters not less than one inch square. No keeper nor any person employed iu a house shall at any time conceal, deface, alter, or obliterate, or permit, or sutter to be concealed, defaced, altered, or obliterated any such letters or figures. 15.-Notwithsta.nùin that the maximum number of lodgers to be received in a house or any room therein may not have been fixed by the Council as herein- More provided, no keeper shall cause or suffer a lreater number of parsons than trill admit of the provision of three hundred cubic feet of free air space for each person to occupy at any one time, as a sleeping apartment, a room which is used exclusively for that purpose. 16.—No keeper shall cause or suffer a greater number of persons than will admit of the provision of four hundred cubic feet of free air space for each person to oeenpy at any one time, as a sleeping apartment, a room which is not used exclusively for that purpose. 17.—No keeper nor any person employed in a bouse shall permit or suffer more than one lodger other than a married couple, or parents and one cliiid under the age of ten years, to occupy or sleep in the same bed. keeper nor any person employed in a honse shall permit or suffer persons of different sexes to occupy the same sleeping room in a bouse except such persons be a marri8<1 couple or parents with a chi1d or children under the age ot ten years. 19.—Every keeper shall provide privy accommoda- tion for his house by means of a water-closet or water- closets, an earth closet or earth closets, or a privy or privies. He shall provide such accommodation so that tha number of water-closets, earth-closets, or privies, ia relation to the greatest number of persons, who, subject to the restrictions imposed by any bye-laws in that behalf, may at any one time occupy rooms in the bol188 a8 sleepiD apartments, shall be in the propor- tion of not less than one water-closet, earth-closet, or privy, to every twelve persons. 20.—In every case where for the purpose of providing privy accommodation for a house in pursuance of the requirements of any bye-laws in that behalf, the con- struction of a new water-closet is necessary, and where such construction so far as regards the several details hereinafter specified is not already the subject of regulation by any Statute or bye-law in force within the aistriet, the keeper shall construct such water- eIoøet in accordance with the following rules. (1) If the water closet is intended to be within the hoase he shall construct such water-closet in snch a position that one of its sides at the least shall be an external walL (2) He shall construct in one of the walls of ths water-closet, whether the situation of such water closet is or is not within the house, a window of not less dimensions tnan two feet by one foot. exclusive of the frame and openiny directly into the external air. He shallm addition to such window, canse the water-closet to be provided with adequate means of constant ventilation by at least one air brick built in an external wall of 8Q4)b water-closet, or by an air shaft, or by some other effectual method or appliance. 0) He shall furnish the water-closet with a separ- ate cistern, or flashing-box of adequate capacity, which shall be so constructed, fitted, or placed as to admit of the supply of water for use in such water-closet without any direct connection between any service pipe upon the premises, and any put of the apparatus of such water-closet other than snch astern or flushing-box- Be shall famish the water-closet with a suitable apparatus for the effectual application OT water to any pan, basin, or other receptacle withwmcn such apparatus may be connected and used, aDd fer the effectual flashing and cleaning of such ma, basin, or other receptacle, and for the prompt and effectual removal therefrom of any mUd or liquid filth which may from time to time to deposited therein. He shall furnish the water-closet with a pan, basin, or other suitable weeptacle. of non-absorbent material, and of sMh shape, of such capacity, and of such mode of construction as to reoeive and contain a suffi- cient quantity of water, and to allow all filth which may from time to time be deposited in such pan, basin, or receptacle to fall free of the sides thereof and directly into the water re- ceived and contained in snch pan, basin, or rweptaoUi Be shall act construct or as under public Notices. He shall not construct or fix in or in connection with the water-closet apparatus any trap of the kind known as D trap. 2L—Every keeper shall cause every part of the structure of every water-closet belonging to his house to be maintained at all times in good order, and every part of the apparatus of such water-closet, and every drain or means of drainage with which such water* closet may communicate, to be maintained at all times in good order and efficient action. 22.—Every keeper shall cause every yard, area, fore- court, or other open space within the cartilage of his house to be maintained at all times in good order, and to be thoroughly cleansed. from time to time, as often as may be reasonably necessary for the parpose of keeping such yard, area, forecourt, or other open space in a clean and wholesome condition. 23.-Every keeper shall cause all such means of ven- tilation as may be provided in or in connection with any room or passage in his house, and in or in con- nection with any water-closet, eartb-closet, or privy belonging to such house to be maintained at all times in good order. 24.—Every keeper shall cause the windows of every room in his house, which may be appointed for use and occupation as a sleeping apartment, to be kept fully open for one hour at least, in the forenoon, and for one hour at least in the afternoon of every day provided that such keeper shall not be required in pursuance of this bye-law to cause any such window to be opened or to be kept open at any time when the state of the weather is such as to render it necessary that the window should be closed, or when any bed in snch room may be occupied by any lodger in consequence of sickness or of other sufficient cause. 25.—Every keeper shall in the first week in the months of April and October in every year cause every part of his house to be cleansed. He shall at the .same time, except in such cases as are hereinafter specified, cause every area, the in- terior surface of every ceiling and wall of every water- closet, earth-closet, or privy belonding to the pre- mises, and the interior surface of every ceiling and wall of every room, staircase, and passage in the house, to be thoroughly cleansed with hot lime-wash. Provided that the foregoing requirements with I respect to the lims- washing of the internal surface of the walls of rooms, staircases, and passages, shall not apply in any c:lse where the internal imrface of any such wall is painted, or where the material of or with which snch surface is constructed or covered is such as to render the lime-washing thereof uiuuitable or in- expedient, and where such surface is thoroughly cleansed and the paint or other covering is renewed, if the renewal thereof be necessary, for the purpose of keeping the hoase in a cleanly and wholesome condi- tion. 26.—Immediately after any keeper shall have been informed or shall have ascertained that any person in I his house is ill of an infectious disease he shall give written notice thereof to the Medical Officer of Health. 27.—In every case where, in pursuance of the statutory provision in that behalf, an order of a Justice has been obtained for the removal from a house to a hospital or other place for the reception of the sick, of e. person who is suffering from any danger- ous infectious disorder, and is without proper lodging or accommodation, the keeper of snch hoase shall, on being informed of such order, forthwith take all such steps as may be requisite to secure the safe and prompt removal of such person, in compliance with such order, and shall in and about such removal adopt all such precautions, as in accordance with any instructions which such keeper may receive from the Medical Officer of Health, may be moat suitable for the circumstances of the case. 28.-Every keeper shall cause every room In his honse, which may be appointed for use and occupation as a sleeping apartment, to be furnished with uch number of beds and bedsteads, and with snch a supply of bedclothes and necessary utensils as may be suffi- cient for the requirements of the number of lodgers received in such room. 29.—Every keeper shall cause all bed-clothes and bedding, and every bedstead used in his honee to be thoroughly cleansed from time to time, as often as shall be requisite, for the purpose of Weeping such bed- clothes, bedding and bedstead in a clean and whole. some condition. 30.—Every keeper shall cause the bed-clothes of every bed in his house to be removed from such bed as soon as conveniently may be after such bed shall have been vacated by any lodger, and shall cause aU such bed-clothes, a.nd the bed from which sucn bed- clothes may have been removed, to be freely exposed to the air for one hour at least in the forenoon or for one hour at least in the afternoon of every day. 31.—Every keeper shall, for the use of the lodger received into his house, cause to be provided a sufficient number of basins or other receptacles for water, of adequate capacity and suitably placed, and a sufficient snpply of water and a sufficient number of towels for use in connection with such basins or other receptacles. He shall cause such basins or receptacles to be kept clean and in good order, and the snpply of towels to be renewed from time to time aa often as may be requisite. 32.-No keeper shall at any time cause or suffer any room which may be appointed for use as a kitchen or scullery to be used or occupied as a sleeping apart. ment. 33.-ETery keeper shall put up or affix and keep ap or affixed a copy of these bye-law3 in a snitable ana conspicuous position in the common sitting-room of his house, in such a manner that the contents of such copy may be clearly and distinctly visible and legible, and shall enter upon the space left for the purpose at the end of that copy a scale of the charge per day for board, lodging and necessaries to be made by him; and he shall not make a higher charge than is provided by the scale on any pretence whatever. He shall not, at any time, conceal, deface, alter, or obliterate or permit or suffer to be concealed, defaced, altered, or obliterated any part of the contents of such copy, or injure or destroy such copy. • 34.—Every keeper shall keep a Register in which he shall enter the name, age, and nationality of every seaman lodger received into his house, the name of the Ia.st vessel snch seaman lodget was discharged from. and the port of discharge, together with the name and port of registry of any vessel hs may join while resident in such house, or his declared destination on leaving. 35.—Every licensed keeper shall affix and keep affixed and undefaced, in the most conspicuous place on the outside of the main entrance from any street to his licensed house a notice consisting of the following words :— "SEAMEN'S LICENSED LoOOING Hotra" (Name of Licensed Keeper to be inserted here.) LICENSED KEEPER." And also the full name of the licensed keeper, aa shown above, in legible and durable capital printed lettm not less than one inch square. 36.—No person shall obstruct any officer or person engaged in securing the execution of these bye-laws. 37.—No person other than a licensed keeper, whose licence has not been suspended or revoked, shall by means of any agent, servant, sign, notice, inscription, ticket, placard, advertisement, circular, letter, docu- ment. word of mouth, or by any other ways or means howsoever, hold himself out as keeping or purporting to keep a licensed bouse. 38.—No licensed keeper nor any person employed in his house shall admit into nor harbour nor allow to remain in nor neglect to exclude from his licensed house any thief, reputed thief, prostitnte, reputed prostitute, or any other person of immoral or improper character. 39.-ETery person who shall offend against or commit a breach of any of the foregoing bye-laws shall be liable for every snch offence or breach to a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds. 40.—These bye-laws shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1897, The Common Seal of the e Mayor, Aldermen, and R Common » Burgesses of the County n SeaL 1 Borough of Cardiff was m hereto affixed this 13th V day of April. 1896, in the presence of Approved WINDSOR, Mayor. CHAS. T. RITCHIE, J. L. WHEATLEY. President of the Board Town Clerk. of Trade, 30 April, 1896. APPENDIX. FORMS. A." APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE to keep a Seamen's Licensed Lodging Hante. To THE COUNCIL OF THE COUSTT BOROOGH OP CARDIFF. 1, Of in the County Borough of Cardiff, do hereby apply to yon for a license to keep the house hereinafter described, as a Seamen's Licensed Lodging House and I do hereby declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the Schedule hereunto annexed contains a true statement of the several particulars set forth with respect to the said honse. SCHEDULE. L—Situation of the house to be I kept as a Seamen's Licensed t Lodging House — 2.—Christian name, surname, and ) address of the Owner of the j house | 3.—Nature and conditions of applicant's tenure of the house (a)— For what term and whether by lease or other- wise (b)- Whether the applicant is sole owner, lessee, or tenant: or whether the applicant Is jointly interested with any other person or persons, and, if o, with whom 4.—Does the applicant bold a I license for the sale of in- toxicating liquor t. t_— 5.—Is the applicant engaged or interested in the business of a clothier, outfitter, or slop- dealer 1 6.—Is intoxicating liquor sold at t the house to be kept as a Seamen's Lodging House ?. 7.—la the house to be kept as a Seamen's Ledging House occupied or used for the parpose of the business of a clothier, outfitter, or slop- dealer ? 8.—Description of the house :— Description I Oimea- £ dSfrf sions or ca- occupants fa.) « WcaJ con- each r tents of roomtobe £ room. used for by lodgers. «i—phig Groond Floor.. I I I First Storey I I I Second storey.. I I I Third Storey I I I Topmost Storey I I I (&.)—Total number of rooms in the house-. —. Total number of rooms to be ased by lodgers "B." LICENSE to keep a Seamen's Licensed Lodging House. No. of License. Reference to Folio in Register. COUNTY BOROUGH OF CARDIFF. WHEREAS application has been made to the Council of the County Borough of Cardiff by of —Cardiff, for a license to keep a certain house as a Seamen's licensed Lodging House. Now we, the said Council, In pursuance oftbs powers conferred upon us by the statutory provisions in that behalf do hereby license the said of.. in the County Borough of Cardiff, to keep the house situate and being No. in the Coanty Borough of Cardiff, as a Seamen's Licensed Lodging House for the period of one year from the date hereof, subject to the conditions endorsed on the back hereof. GIVEN under the Common Seal of the Mayor, Alder- men, and Burgesses of the Coanty Boroogh of Cardiff, this day of one thousand eight hundred and — — -QgœL ~c. NOTICE OF MAXIMUM NUMBER OP LODGERS. COUNTY BOROUGH OF CARDIFF. To of WKXUUS, you are the keeper of a Seamen's Lodging House situate at in the said Coanty Borough. Now I t Town Clerk for and on behalf of the Cooaefl, do hereby gfve you notice that the Coancil have fixed as the maximum number of lodgers authorised to be received at any one time into such house, and into the several rooms therein, the number specified in respect of such hflMH and of each of such rooms in the ScMdIü8 hnrmiirtt appended. SCBBDOU. County Borough of Cardiff. .ft r NWrtfetfBK ■■ IIh.Villi I 9nblic Notices- I The ™«-i"irnn number of lodgers authorised to be received at anyone time into this house is The maximum number of lodgers authorised to be received at any one time into each of the several rooms in this house is the number specified in respect of such room in the appropriate column of the following table: Description Maximum or number number °f room. otlodgers. Ground Storey. | I I First Storey I 1 I Second storey.. 1 I I Third Storey 1 I I Topmost Storey I I I Witness my hand this day of 18 TOWWCLEBK. SCALE OF CHARGES Per Day foe Board, Lodging, and Necessaries. NOTE.—Section 215 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1884, provides that If a person demands or receives from a seaman or apprentice to the sea service, pay. ment in respect of his board or lodging in the house of that person for a longer period than the seaman or apprentice has actually resided or boarded therein, that person shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding Ten Poands." 2400 DR. and MRS HUNTER desire to ex- press their sincere and heartfelt thanks to their many friends who by personal calls, telegrams, and letters of condolence have sympathised with them and their family in their sad bereavement. OYAL NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD OF WALES, LLANDUDNO, JUNE 30th, JULY 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Reserved numbered Tickets now ready.—Apply for plan of seats to Richard Jones, Secretary, Llandudno. 2081 0HRIST COLLEGE, BRECON. An EXAMINATION for EIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS, value £50, £25, E20. and £10, will be held on JUNE 30th and JULY 1st. Candidates from a distance will be boarded without charge during the Examination. For particulars address the Head Master. 2171 "gJDUCATION "gILL EDUOATION BILL PUBLIC MEETINGS Under the auspices of the National Union of Teachers will be held at the NBW TOWN HALL, PONTYPRIDD, MONDAY, JUNE 15th, And at the TEMPERANCE HALL, SWANSEA TUESDAY, JUNE 16th, At 8 o'Clock. Mr T. J. MACNAMAR President National Union of Teachers and Member of the London School Board, WELL ADDRESS BOTH MEETINGS. Parents of the Children in the Schools are especially invited to be present. 2370 Mctr 0 GAN YW IItRU I GTD. THE jgRYNMAWR SEMI-NATIONAL IfllSTEDDFOD WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY and TUESDAY, MAY 3rd and 4th, 1897. CHIEF CHORAL, £100, GRAND PRIZES will be OFFERED for SECOND CHORAL, MALE VOICE, and JUVENILE (CHOIRS. ALL SOLOS, TWO GUINEAS A DUETS, THREE GUINEAS and QUARTETTES, FOUR GUINEAS. Fall Particulars may be had from Mr J. Powell; (Secretary pro tem.), Eisteddfod Offices, Brvnmawr. CARDIFF EXHIBITION, 1896. ADMISSION la CHILDREN UNOBB TWELVE, 6D. OPEN DAILY FROM 10.30 A.M. TO 10.30p.H. TWELVE HOURS' ENTERTAINMENT AT THE RATE OF ID PER HOUR. QrGANTIC ATTRACTIONS. WHAT CAN BE SEEN WITHOUT FURTHER CHARGE :— Picture Gallery • FREE, Display of Choice Pholiograpba- FREE. The Finest Collection of Ships' Models ever Exhibited— FREE. Old Cardiff— FREE. Machinery in Motion— FREE. Working Dairy- FREE. Working Biscmit Factory— FREE. Working Tobacco Factory— FREE. Military Band (twice dai11)- FREE* Old World Band (twice daily)— FREE. Imperis) Gardens- Grand Water Show and Spectacle Santlago"- FREE. Winding op with the Bombardment of the Town and Blowing Up of the Fort— FREE. Grand Fireworka Display— FREE. Nightly IiloHtinafcioos of GrouDÙs- FREE. 113* 1358 "\TORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY wLl (Established 1836). London; 1, Moorgate-street. Aberdeen: 1, Union- terrace. Accumulated Funds, £4,671,tX». The SIXTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of this Company was held within their boose at Aberdeen on FRIDAY, the 12th June, 1896, when the Diiectors' Report was presented. The following Is a summary of the report referred 40 FIRE DEPARTMENT. The PREMIUMS received last year amounted to £732,690, showing an increase of £31,067 over those of the prenoas year The LOSSES amounted to £390.062. or 53'2 per cent. of the premiums. The EXPENSES OF MANAGEMENT (including > commission to agents and charges of every kind) came to or 32*9 per cent, of tbe premiums. After reserving the usual 361-3 per cent, of the premiums to I cover liabilities under current policies, a profit was earned of LIFE DEPARTMENT. ASSURANCE BRANCHES.—The new assurances during the year reached in the aggregate the sum of 71, 732. These new assurances yielded annual premiums amounting to £14,376, and single premiums .amounting to £ 5,901. The TOTAL INCOME of the year(including interest) was £344,779. The CLAIMS amounted to £1,7ó7. The EXPENSES OF MANAGEMENT (Including, commission) were limited to 10 per cent. of the minms received. ANNUITY BRANCH.—The sum of £19.628 was received fir annuities granted during the year. The whole FUNDS of the Life Deportment now amount to £2,983,008. QUINQUENNIAL INVESTIGATION. The investigation has been made on the same Btrln. sent data as before. Tbe rate of interest assumed throughout has been 3 percent. In the Non-participation Braneh, the profits of which belong to the shareholders, the surplus is £13.473- In the Participation Branch, tbe profits of whiolb belong to the policy holders, there is a surplus of £ 269,369. In the Annuity Branch, the profit or loss on which: is for the account of the shareholders, there to a mMHl profit of The Report having been unanimously adopted, resolutions (amongst otben) to the following effect were unanimously eanied That the sum of £50,000 be added to the fire reserve fund (making the same £ 1,000,000); that the sam of £10,CXX> be transferred from the Non< participation life fund account to the profit and loss account; that a farther dividend of £ 1 Ss and a bonus of ISs per share be paid in respect of the year 1895 (making the total distribution for the year S3 per share); and that a reversionary bonus of m lis per cent. per annum be derlared upon original amounts assured by all policies in the Par-, ticipation Branch current on 31st December last, fof the five years ending that date, with a further prospec- < tive bonus, at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum upon all policies which shall become claims before,31Ø<, December, 1900. BRISTOL drncs-THB EXCHANGE. LOCAL COMSCITTEE OP DIRECTION. :SIR GEORGE W.-EDWARloti, J.P., Chairman. FRANCIS E. FOX. Esq;, J.P. HERBERT THOMAS, Esq., J.P. EDWARD P. WILLS, Esa., J.P. SXCRRAJIY—ALF. A. TAVENER. <temnTi MANAGE* OJITHB CoIIPAMY-B. B. WILSON. Copies of the report with the whole accounts of the Company for the year 1895, may be obtained from any of the Company's offices or agencies. 8408 jV/TERTHYR BRANCH OFFICE JJvJL OF THE "SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS." The MERTHYR BRANCH OFFICE of the South Wales Daily 8ew&, South Waist Bah*, and South, Wales Weekly New is NOW OPEN at 49, GLEBELAND-STREET. r\ H oTC E xVl o u h « • > NONE BETTER THAN REYNOLDS" QTANDARD i{.1 GRADES TO 8UK ALL BUYERS. SOLD THROUGHOUT SOUTH WALKS. WHO&S8AUB DOJI: J. REYNOLDS & CO." GLOUCESTER. 1290 f —Complete feet, Une UUKIW, _L Fivejears'warranty. GOOD«IA.V ANB CO., ISushuss }.l1l1ttS.uS. CARPETS. CARPETS. CARPETS. rpRAPNKfcL AND GANE. REAL BRUSSELS. 38 3D PER YARD, Best Selection in Sonbh Wales. THE BEST 5-FRAME BRUSSELS, 38 lip PER YARD. IMPERIAL AXMINSTER, 48 3D PER YARD. UNEQUALLED. FRESH DELIVERY. CHOICE FIRE SCREENS, In various styles, Is 6D TO 45S, rjIRAPNELL AND GANE, THE ART FURNISHERS, 38 AND 41, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF. ——— 1280 ESTIMATE AND CATALOGUES FREE. FURNITURE ESTABLISHED OVER THREE- CARPETS FURNITURE QUARTERS CENTDKX. CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE pnn*n AUTtSTlf AN CARPETS FURNITURE G00I>' ABXIblAC CARPETS FURNITURE INEXPENSIVE. CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE BEFORE YOU BUy CARPETS FURNITURE „ T, D XT T m TT TJ TP CARPETS FURNITURE FU RNI1 U Klii CARPETS FURNITURE OR CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS. CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE DO NOT FAIL TO CARPETS FURNITURE VISIT CARPETS FURNITURE A^rT?pmmsr xr nr» CARPETS FURNITURE T AVUiKIUJN & OU. CARPETS FURNITURE JLi CARPETS FUBNITUBI CABINET MAKERS, J&lrH S8SSS8SI OTHOL8TEKEKS. gig™! ffiRNITURE HOUSE FURNISHERS, CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE MARY-LE-PORT STREET CARPETS FURNITURE .„n CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE BRIDGE STREET, CARPETS FURNITURE BRISTOL CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE „ CARPETS FURNITURE THEIR SHOWROOMS, CARPETS FURNITURE nVTTR fiNU AflRJlTTJ CARPETS KURNITURE UINJji CARPETS FURNITURE EXTENT, CARPETS FURNITURE „nNT.IN CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE THE LARGEST, BEST, CARPETS FURNITURE CARPETS FURNITURE CHEAPEST STOCK CARPETS FURNITURE IN THE CARPETS FURNITURE WEST OF ENGLAND. CARPETS FOR gUMMEU WEAR I FOR SEASIDE ^^EAR BLUE gERGE SUITS. INDIGO DYE. ALL WOOL IMPERISHABLE COLOUR. Warranted to stand SUN and SEA WATER. jy^EN'S SUITS, 293 9D. YouTHS' SUITS, 258 6D. JJUGBY SUITS, 21s 6D. ]y" ASTERS AND QO,, 20,30, ST. 292, BOTE-STREET, CARDIFF. 1, QUEEN-STREET (Corner ( of St. John's-square), 1227 JjlURNISHING* FOB JjlURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, J^EWEST DESIGNS, ONE OF THE LARGEST STOCKS, JJOWE8T PRICES, AND FOR CASH ONLY, GO TO ILLIAMS'S FURNISHING EMPORIUM, S T R E 1C T. A R D I F ALL GOODS PACKED AND DELIVERED 9KSB WiXtUN 100 AULES. 439 1243 ¡A WZSE jyjAN's BOOTS. .o.o. The value of a shoe is largely measured by the wear you can get out of tt, bat there Is something else to be considered. If that were the only point shoes with iron heels and soles would be Made, but durability is only one of the qualities to be borne ia mind. Aa Unfitting shoe Is an Instrument of torture, and a shoe which does not look wau is an eyesore. Get a shoe that will protect ana aid the foot instead of being a detriment to it. You can easily be deceiTed, but tnat will be beeanse you hate been unwise in your selection of a place for purchasing. Yon will run no loss if you make a choice from BOYLE AND GRAND NEW SEASON'S STOCK OF JgOOTS AND SHOES. The Latest Styles and the Best Variety in the District. NOTED FOR STYLE AND WEAR AT REASONABLE PRICES. BOYLE AND O 1399 2, HIGH-STREET, 28, ST. MARY-STREET, 10^ CHURCHjSTREET, 1, BUTE-STREET, 19, CHURCH-STREET, 60, COWBRIDGE-ROAD 176, COMMERCIAlrSTBEET (NEWPORT). 82e Wholesale Warehouse WOMANRY-ST.. CARDIFF SWANSEA OFFICES £ 3 OF THB SOUTH^ V^^DAaY^NEWS," IBnsiiuss ).bbrtS5tS. — — HOUSEKEEPERS, litRRIBLE Buy immediately from yonr grocer, ironmonger, or Italian warehouseman, TIT A STE A PATENT EVERWET YY BLACKING-HOLDER. OF ALWAYS KEEPS THE BLACKING MOIST AND READY FOR IMME- DUTE USE. BLACKING. THESE BLACKING HOLDERS ARE BEING SUPPLIED TO HEa MAJESTY'S REGULAR TROOPS. ——— PRICE EVERYWHERE, 4D Samples, post free, 7d each. T H. "SUTCLIFFE, AGENTS •) GT/IBE WORKS IN CARDIFF: BLACKBURN, CONTRACTOR TO HER MAJFSTTS MESSRS GOVERNMENT (WAR DEPARTMENT). CROSS BROS.. PATENT BUFFER BOTTOM CARD CAN MANUFACTURER, om ititur PATENT STEEL ROVING AND RING ox. MAtti- BOBBIN MAKER, SHEET METAL ENGINEER. 1861 QTRLFM1 STAMPINGS OF ALL KINDS, AND OIJMJII. AND FANCY TIN BOXES. STONE BROS., Sons of the late Aid. Gains Augustus Stone), COMPI-ETE FUNERAL FURNISHERS t AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS Every requisite for Funerals of all classes. eter of Funeral Cars, Hearses. Chilli- biers, and Coaches. Superb Flemish Borsew^to. Price List on Application. Please Note the Orfy Address:- 5, WORKING- STREET Telegraphic Address:- "STONE BROS., CARDIFF.' 1958 c- ARDIFF EXHIBITION. c ROSSLEY'S ^QTTO" QAS jgJNGINES, LATEST TYPE. MAY BE SEEN RUNNING DAILY. Quotations, Plans, and References to users in all Trades on Application* CROSSLEY JgROTHERS, LIMITED. SOUTH WALES OFFICE < 22, MOUNT STUART-SQUARE, c ARDIFF. Telegrams- OTTO, CAKDICF." Telephone No. 44. 1098