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Evening Star, Issue 3073, 24 December 1872, Page 3

PUBLIC COMPANIES. MESSRS GILLIES & STREET, Agents for ()tago of Gift well-know n and longestablished Office, nrv:E NORWICH UNION FI HE 1N UJ RA NCE CO MPA NY , (Established 1797 ; Reorganised 1821), Are now prepared to undertake the TNSURANCE FROM FILE of every description of Property, and to (/narnutee that nil losses will he promptly and Hhrrail;/ .■ Htkd hi/ themselves, thus avoiding the delay, anxiety, and inconvenience occasioned by agents having to consult Boards of Directors and others at a distance. Every information as to the Society’s Rates and Principles, or as to Special Rates, may obtained free on application, personally or by letter, to the HEAD OFFICE FOR OTAGO, Messes GILLIES & STREET, Agents, Princes street, Dunedin. Hotr. —The confidence of the Public in the Norwich Union Fire Office is fffiown. by the continuous increase of its business, which now amounts to ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS STERLING. rruiE south British fire and 1 MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital, 1,500,000, in 25,000 Shares of L2O each, with unlimited liability of shareholders. Directors, Chairman —Albert Beetham, Ksq. Hon. Hen. Chamberlhin, M.L.A. Win. Crush Daldy, Esq., J.P. Stanmis Jones, Fsq. William Earl, Esq. William Morrin, Esq. Joseph Howard, Esq. Genkr'l Manager; A. Boardman, Bankers; Union Bank of Australia. 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 aa 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. THE AUSTRALIAN ALLIANCE ASSURANCE CO. (Empowered by Special Act of Parliament), ESTABLISH!!! FOR FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE AND FIDELITY GUARANTEE. The undersigned have been appointed Agents fur the above Company (with which is "incorporated the Australasian Insurance Co.), and are now prepared to accept Risks in all the above mentioned branches, on the most favorable terms. DRIVER, STEWART, & CO., High street, Dunedin. SCOTTISH COMMERCIAL INSURANCE CO. FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. CAPITAL, £1,000,000. HEAD OFFICE : 133, WEST GEORGE STREET, GLASGOW DIRECTORS : Alex. Crum, Esq., of Thornliebank, Chairman. H, E. Crum Ewing, Juu, 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., Com Merchant, Glasgow Charles Randolph, Esq., Shipbuilder, Glasgow John Moffatt, Esq., Ardrossan D. S. Cargill, Esq. (Messrs W. Milne and Co.) Glasgow and Ceylon Wm. Smith Dixon, Esq, Ironmaster, Govan, Bill. Glasgow. MANAGER; Frederick J. Hallows. WILLIAM BROWN and CO., Agents, Jligh Street, THE OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY (LIMITED). Incorporated under “ The Companies Act, 1862,” and empoM r ered by Act of the Legislature of New Zealand. Offices— s, ADAMS COURT, OLD BROAD STREET, LONDON, B.C. Capital £500,000 in 100,000 SHARES of £5 FA CD, FIRST ISSUE, 50,000 SHARES. Directors ; S, Bolton Edenborough, Esq Alexander Lang Elder, Esq John Harbotlle, Esq Alexander Morrison, Esq Joseph R. Morrison, Esq James D, Thomson, Esq Auditors : J. Sawyer, Esq C. H. Robinson, Esq Bankers: The Bank ot Scotland, for London and Scotland. Solicitors : Messrs Hughes, Masterman, and Hughes, 26, Austin Friars, E.C. Secretary : Alexander Grace, Esq. Committee in New Zealand : W. J. M. Larnach, Esq., Colonial Manager of the Bank of Otago, Limited. A. W. Morris, Esq., Dunedin Manager. 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 1)0 made at the Company’s office, TEMPLE CHAMBERS, PRINCES STREET, Nest Bank of Otago.