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Evening Star, Issue 3366, 3 December 1873, Page 3

PUBLIC COMPANIES. 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 UOOO,OOO. In 100,000 Shares of £lO eacu. First issue 50,000 Shares, Deposit: Five shillings per share, on application ; live shillings on allotment; and ten shillings in four calls of two shillings and sixpence, at intervals of three months. Pr .visional Directors : William Hepburn, Esq. (Messrs M'Landress, Hepburn, and Co.) James Anderson, Fsp (Messrs Anderson and Mowat). George Young. Esq., Jeweller, The Hon. James Paterson, M.L C, Janies 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. (Messrsjß. and T. Haworth). Donald Reid, Ksq,, M.H.R. Carl Steinboff, Esq. Alexander Rennie, Esq. B. Bagley, Fsq, 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 lield 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 fide 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 he distinctive characteristics of the Company 1. A really Colonial and National position, to be secured by an equitable distribution of the Shares over the whole Colony. 2. An interested body of Shareholders, to be secured by the utmost care being exercised in allotting Shares to persons known to be insurers and hona fiult traders ; and 3. Careful and economical management. The promoters believe that an issue of 50,000 J>hares will, for some time to come, meet all the purposes of the Company ; and they purpose that of this number 30,000 Shares shall be set apart for allotment over the Northern Provinces. Applications for Shares will be received by the Interim Secretary, at the Company’s Temporary Office, Frinces street, and Deposits will be received at the various branches of the Bank of New Zealand throughout the Colony. PROSPECTUS OR THE UPPER WATKAIA GOLD MINING COMPANY. To be Registered under the Limited Liability Acts. CAPITAL - - - L 4,000, In 2,000 Shaves of L2 Each. 5s on Application, 5s on Allotment, four Calls of 2s lid each, at intervals of three months, if found necessary. Provisional Directory : J. F. Kitching, Esq., J.P., Moa Flat Station. J. Murison, Esq., J.P., Moa Flat. J. Duncan. Esq., of Duigan and Duncan, Waikaia. A. Macdonald, Esq., of Matheson and Boyle, Waikaia. D. Matheson, Esq., Merchant, Switzers, N. Ross, Esq., Store-keeper, Upper Waikaia:. J, M'Leod, Esq., of Potter and M‘Leod, Waikaia. Thomas Cameron, Esq , Roxburgh, Secretary (pro km.) : John A. Grant. Offices : Tcviot and Switzers. Banker;-; : The National Bank of New Zealand. Broker : J. B, Bradshaw, Esq., Temple Chambers,. The richness of the auriferous deposits of the Upper Waikaia are so well known as hardly to require comment. The present Company has been formed for the purpose of developing, by improved methods and increased facilities, that valuable lead which, even worked under the gigantic difficulties men without capital always encounter, has yielded fortunes to the prospectors, A large extent of valuable ground has been placed at the disposal of this Company, immediately adjoining the richest claims, the moderate price demanded by the present holders being entirely payable in paid-up and half-paid up shares. The estimated cost of opening these claims is L 000; hut as the tail-race will pass through auriferous ground for a considerable distance, it is confidently expected to repay the coat of its own construction. The ground once opened up, there is a large enough area to afford profitable employment for the next ten years. Hitherto the yield in the lead has averaged 100 ounces to the 12ft, x loft, paddock ; but as the claims offered to this Company are situated immediately below the junction of another auriferous feeder, it is generally expected this yield will be largely exceeded. The Secretary and Broker shall have great pleasure in affording every information to bona fide, investors. Applications for Shares must bo sent In to the Broker or Secretary on or before the 20bh December next, accompanied with a deposit of 5s on every share applied for. Scottish commercial lnsurance co. FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Claims settled in Dunedin. CAPITAL, £1,000,000. WILLIAM BROWN & CO., Agents, Princes street (opposite National Bsnk).