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PUBLIC COMPANIES. Scottish commercial insurance co. FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. CAPITAL, £l*ooo,ooo. HEAD OFFICE ; 133, WEST GEORGE STREET, GLASGOW DIRECTORS .' Alex. Crum, Eh.- , oflThornliebank, Chairman. H, E. Crum Ewing, Jun, Esq., Merchant, Glasgow. Hugh Brown, Esq., Manufacturer, Glasgow Richard Kidston, Esq., (Messrs A. G. Kidston and Co.), Glasgow James King, Younger, Esq., of Campsie, Glasgow James Kirkland, Esq., Corn Merchant, Glasgow Charles Randolph, Esq., Shipbuilder, Glasgow John Moffatt, Esq., Ardrossan D. S. Cargill, Eaq. (Messrs W, Milne and Co.) Glasgow and Ceylon Wm, Smith Dixon, Esq, Ironmaster, Govan, Hill, Glasgow. MANAGER: Frederick J. Hallows. WILLIAM BROWN and CO., Agents, High Street. The south British fire and MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OP NEW ZEALAND. Capital, L 500,000, in 25,000 Shares of L2O each, with unlimited liability of shareholders. Directors. Chairman —Albert Beethara, Esq. Hon. Hen. Chamberlain, M.L.A. Wm. Crush Daldy, Esq., J.P. Stannus Jones, Esq. William Earl, Esq. ■William Morrin, Esq. Joseph Howard, Esq, General Manager : A. Boardman. Bankers: Union Bank of Australia, j Head Office. 29 Queen street, Auckland. Trustees and Directors, Otago Branch : W. H. Reynolds, Esq., M.H.R. John Davie, Esq. (M'Landress & Co.) This Company has been established as a purely New Zealand institution, with all its funds retained and invested in the Colony. It has a very large and influential body of shareholders' distributed throughout the entire Colony, who are themselves insurers to a very considerable amount, and consequently can influence a large business, thus adding to the security of the insured and the stability of the Company, the chief features of which are a liberal management, prompt payments, rates moderate, and personal responsibility of a large body of shareholders. Fire and Marine Risks are now being taken at current rates, W. and G. TURNBULL and CO., Agents Otago Branch. N.B.—Local Agents wanted in Districts where not yet appointed. UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. Instituted 1821. CAPITAL £550,000. MODERATE RATES, Based on an equitable system of Assessment. SETTLEMENT or CLAIMS in DUNEDIN, Liberally and promptly. Amount paid for Losses by Fire, £2,698,416. LIGHTNING AND GAS. Losses from these causes Covered. SECURITY UNQUESTIONABLE. REGULATIONS LIBERAL. PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN SOCIETY PROVED By the fact that the Total Amount now Insured EXCEEDS ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS STERLING ! ! RENTS Insured by Special Agreement.

INSURANCES for SEVEN YEARS are CHARGED SIX YEARS only. Every information as to the Principles, Rates, and Management of the Society, or as to Special Rates, may he obtained Free, on application to GILLIES AND STREET, Agents for Otago, PRINCES STREET, DUNEDIN. THE OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY (LIMITED). Incorporated under “ The Companies Act, 1862,” and empowered by Act of the Legislature of New Zealand. Offices— s, ADAMS COURT, OLD BROAD STREET, LONDON, E.C. Capital £500,000 in 100,000 SHARES of £5 EACH, FIRST ISSUE, 50,000 SHARES. Directors: S. Bolton Edcnborough, Esr] Alexander Lang Elder, Esq John Harbottle, Esq Alexander Morrison, Esq Joseph R. Morrison, Esq James D. Thomson, Esq Auditors : J. Sawyer, Esq C. 11. Robinson, Esq Bankers r The Bank of Scotland, for London and Scotland, Solicitors : Messrs Hughes, Masterman, and Hughes, 26, Austin Friars, E.C. Secretary : Alexander Grace, Esq. Committee ik New Zealand : W. J. M. Larnach, Esq., Colonial Manager of the Bank of Otago, Limited. A. W. Morris, Esq., Dunedin Manager. m Bankers: The Bank of Otago, Limited. The objects of this Company are to lend money on Freehold and other properties, at moderate rates of interest. Applications to be made at the Company’s office, TEMPLE CHAMBERS, PRINCES STREET, Next Bank of