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Evening Star, Issue 3356, 21 November 1873, Page 3

PUBLIC COMPANIES. Scottish commercial insurance uo. FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Claims settled in Dunedin. CAPITAL, £1,000,000. WILLIAM BROWN k CO., Agents, Princes street (opposite National Bank). PROSPECTUS OF THE STANDARD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. To be incorporated under the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies Acts. Capital LI, 000,000. In 100,000 Shares of £lO each. First issue 50,000 Shares. Deposit: Five shillings per share, on application ; five shillings on allotment; and ten shillings in four calls of two shillings and sixpence, at intervals of three months, Provisional Directors ; William Hepburn, Esq. (Messrs M‘Landress, Hepburn, and Co.) James Anderson, Esp (Messrs Anderson and Mowat). George Young, Esq., Jeweller. The Hon James Paterson, M.L.C. James Curie, Esq. (Messrs Park and Curie). Basil Sievwrigbt, Esq. (Messrs Sievwrigbt and Stout). David Baxter, Esq, (Messrs D. Baxter and Co.) The Hon. Mathew Holmes, (M.L.C.) Andrew M'Farlane, Esq, (Messrs A. and J. M'Farlane). Daniel Campbell, Esq. A. J, Burns, Esq. G. F. Reid, Fsq. Arthur Scoullar, Esq. (Messrs North and Scoullar). Robert Haworth, Esq. (Messrs R. and T. Haworth). Donald Reid, Fsq., M.H.R. Carl Steinhoff, Esq. Alexander Rennie, Esq. B. Bagiev, Esq. Bankers: The Bank of New Zealand. Solicitors : Messrs Sievwrigbt and Stout. Interim Secretary ; Mr Charles Reid. The success which has attended the establishment of the existing Insurance Companies in New Zealand —the large and increasing field for Insurance offered by the progressive increase of buildings throughout the Colony, and shipping on the Coast: and the growing desire evinced by the public to support Local Companies, furnish sufficient proof that there is ample room for the establishment of a purely Colonial and bona fde Company of Local Shareholders, THE STANDARD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY has therefore been established, and the Provisional Directors have decided that the following shall be distinctive characteristics of the Company 1. A really Colonial and National po sition, to be secured by an equitable distribution of the Shares ovei the whole, Colony. 2. An interested body of Shareholders, to be secured by the utmost care beiug exercised in allotting Shares to persons known to be insurers and hona fde traders : and 3. Careful and economical management. The promoters believe that an issue of 50,000 Shares will, for some time to come, meet all the purposes of the Company : and they purpose that of this number 30,00n Shares shall be set apart for allotment over the Northern Provinces. Applications for Shares will be received bi the Interim Secretary, at the Company’s Temporary Office, I rinces street, and Deposits will be received at the various branches of the Bank of New Zealand throughout the Colony. IMPERIAL BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY. Shares, £25 ; Entrance Fee, 2s 6d per share; Subscription, 4? a month per share. Loans and advances made on landed property on liberal terms. Applications for shares, loans, rules of the Society, or other information, to be made to the Secretary, W. DALRYMPLE, Exchange Buildings, Princes street. WELLINGTON PATENT SLIP COMPANY (LIMITED). Capital, L 37.000, in 3.700 Shares of LlO Each. The SLIP, which is capable of raising vessels up to 2,000 tons register, is now in full working order, and the Provincial Government of Wellington guarantees interest at 7 per cent, on L 35 000 for 21 years, commencing on 25th April last. The undersigned are authorised to receive applications in Otago to the extent of 600 of the unallotted shares. Copy of articles of association can be seen, and further information obtained on application. W. & G. TURNBULL & CO, Or, CONNELL & HOODIE. October 1, 1873. ART UNIONS. V. E. P RELIM INARY ANNOUNCEMENT. LOOK OUT FOR HOWELL & HAY’S SECOND GRAND ART UNION. A Splendid Lot of PRIZES To be Drawn for. Further particulars jn future alvertisement.