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Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1540, 9 January 1874, Page 73

PROSPECTUS OP THE STANDARD fin k Maxiu INSUMCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. To be incorporated under the of the Joint Stock Companies Acts. In 100,000 Shares of £lO each. First Issue: 50,000 Shares. Deposit : Eivo Shillings per Share on application; Five Shillings on allotment; and Ten Shillings ia 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, Esq. (Messrs. Anderson and Mowat) George Young, Esq., Jeweller The Hon. James Patebson, M.L.O. James Cdrle, Esq. (Messrs. ; } ark and Curie) Basil Sievwright, Esq. (Messrs. Sievwrght and Stout) David Baxter, Esq. (Messrs. D. Baxter and Co.) The Hon. Mathev Holmes, M.L.C. Andrkw M'Fahlane, Esq. (Messrs. A. and J. M'Farlane, Daniel Campbell, Esq. A.J. Burns, Esq.' Or. F. Reid, Esq. Arthur Scoullar, Esq. (Messrs. North and Scoullar) Robert Hawarth, Esq. (Messrs. E. andDonald Reid. Esq.. M.H.B. Carl Steinhofk. Esq. Alexander Renme, Esq. B. Bagley, Esq. •• Bankers: The Bank of New Zealand. Solicitors : Messrs. Sievwright and Stout. Interim Secretary: Charles Reid.

■iiiii success which has attended tho ranee Companies iu New Zealand ; the large and increasing held 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. Tub Standard Fme and Marine Insurance Company has therefore been established, and the Provisional Directors have decided thatthe following shall be 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 secure i ' the utmost care br'ng exercibcu in allotting Shares to persons known to be usurers aud bona fide traders ; and o. Careful and economical management The promoters believe that an issue of 60,000 Shares will, for some time to come, meet all the purposes of the Company ; and they purpose that of this number 30,000 Shares shall he set. apart for allotment over the Northern Provinces. Prospectus and Application Forms, together with all information,may beobtained from the undersigned, by whom applications for shares will be received. Applications numbered as received. ROUTLEDGE, KENNEDY & CO., Agents. EDUCATIONAL BOOKS, on Sale by i T. B. HARDING, Hastings-street—-'flic. Colonial Series Scottish Seltool Book Association Series Irish National Board Series New Zealand Series of Cony Books New Series of Drawing Books Outlines of English History Taylor's Manual of Vocal Music Preparatory Atlas, School Atlas, Beginner's Alias, Scripture Atlas Collins' Atlases—Primary Atlas, Imperial Atlas of Australia, Progressive Atlas, Advanced Atlaa, Scripture Atlris, Academic Attas, Student's Atlas, Collegiate Atlas. Collins' Drawing Books—First Series and Advanced Series Taylor's Manual of Vocal Music, 2s Hamilton's Instructions for the Pianoforte Boosey's Pianoforte Tutor Choir-master's Manual Directions for Tuning the Harmonium „ The Organ Explained GIFT BOOKS on Sale by T. B. Harding, Hastings-street— Jewels Gathered from Painter aud Poet Casquot of Lyric Gems Shsiksp -are's Gems Illustrated Sunday Heading, 3 vols. Kanolf and Amoliia—Domett Log of the Eortuna Language of Flowers Story of Cook's Voyages Story of Don Quixote (illustrate! by Pore) Little Max Our Country Home, Lucy's Wonderful Globe The Bayard Series (choice pocket volumes, oS 6d each)—Vathek, an Eastern Romance—Abdallah, or the Pour-leaved Shamrock—Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia Lives of the Poets Popular Scottish Poems Poems of Crabbe and Graharae Poetical Works of Scott, Longfellow, Campbell, Goldsmith, aud Gay The Book of Humorous Poetry