"Apart from these Annuities for old folk being rather a dog-in-the-manger trick, I-well, one has one's private difficulties, William.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
10,729. Do you mean that any custom prevails according to which Annuities of that kind are not paid in cash?
"Second Shetland Truck System Report"
William Guthrie
I mean to say, that where widows are paid Annuities, and where pensioners receive their quarterly or half-yearly allowances, these should be paid in cash.
"Second Shetland Truck System Report"
William Guthrie