Page 4 Advertisements Column 1

Evening Star, Issue 4168, 6 July 1876, Page 4

Pome scandals have arisen in connection with the Land and survey Departments in Canterbury, and the Ministry have elected to advise the Governor to appoint a Royal Commission.to investigate the whole subject, and report thereon. We ('Post') gather from the voluminous correspondence on the subject that so far back as June, 1875, the following charges were made by certain members of the Canterbury Provincial Council against the Survey Department, viz. :—lst. The bad state and condition of the maps and records. 2nd. The incorrectness of the maps. 3rd. Persistence by the Survey Department in known errors. 4th. Undue exercise of patronage by the chief surveyor. The Provincial Executive, in conformity with a resolution passed by the Council, applied to the Superintendent to move his Excellency the Governor to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate the matter.

Public Companies. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY— Capital, £1,000,000. Balehuha Agency. MESSRS of Ualclutlia, have been appointed agents for the above Company in that district, vice Messrs Stewart and Gow, and are now prepared to take risks of all descriptions at curr. Nt rates. GEORGE W. FLIOTT, Ayent for Otayo. PROTECTION FROM FIRE. To Storekeepers, Householders, Investors and others having Property at Risk. iHE NATIONAL INSUfiA NCI COMPANY Deserves the support of the Public of Otag. beuig essentially & LOCAL OFFICE Wita a Resident Proprietary and Administration in th.e Province. THE ENTIRE CAPITAL AND PROFITS For the protection of the insured and ' guarantee of claims being invested here, retains in New Zealand that which would other, wise go out of it. A. HILL JACK, General Manager INSURANCE COMPANY. This wealthy and old established Office, so well-known for ! iherality and Promptitude in tho settlement of claims, ia prepared to effect Fire Insurance on Wool while shearing in Woolsheds, Dwelling-houses, Stores, and every description of Insurance at the LOWEST RATES OF PREMIUM. Also prepared to grant Marine Insurance on Ships, Goods. Freight, and Wool either from Shears to London or otherwise as may be desired, and to make polici«s payable at all parts of the world where agencies are established. Principal Ofi'ce, IV ew Zealand : High street, Dunedin. W. D. ME A RES. Res. Secretary. TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG. FIHE RISKS of all descriptions taken at the lowest current rates. Over 70 agencies in various parts of the world. Losses promptly and liberally settled in New Zealand. . , . H. J. BOTj'f AN, , Ot fio'u'flfctt .imtf.!&.'/, and (V., Agent, Jetty street.