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Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 585, 12 June 1858, Page 5

SALE BY AUCTION OF HEART KAUIII TIMBER, AT UNION WHARF, FERRY ROAD. "jV/f'R- ALPORT is instructed by Messrs. XfJL Miles Kington and Co. to sell by Public Auction, at Union Wharf, Ferry Road, on MONDAY, JUNE 14th, the following valuable kauri timber, consisting Oi1 ■' ■ 6,200 feet boards, 10, 11, 12,13,14, 15 16 17, 18,19, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24, inches wide by 1 inch thick. 22.000 feet do. 9 x f 3,800 feet do. 9 x 1 1,829 feet do. 7 x 1 14,000 feet do. 6 x 1 1,000 feet planks 9 x 1\ 4,300 feet scantling 4x3 2,400 feet do. 6x 3 In various lengths from 9 feet to 22 feet. N.B.—The attention of architects, builders, cabinet-makers, and others, is particularly requested to the above choice lot of timber which has been cut with great care, more especially in reference to the wide boards. A detailed specification of the above can be inspected at the office of the auctioneer, or at Union Wharf. Sale at Noon. Terms Liberal. Lyttelton, June 10, 1858. LYTTELTON COLONISTS' SOCIETY. GEOLOGY. ON TUESDAY Evening, June 22, at 7 o'clock, the REV. C. FRASER will deliver a Lecture on Geology, in the Town Hall. Members free; strangers 6d. each. F. E. WRIGHT, Hon. Sec. Lyttelton, June 11. MARY THOMSON FOR WELLINGTON DIRECT. TO Sail on JUNE 13th for Wellington, the fast sailing schooner MARY THOMSON, 52 tons, Muirhead, Master. For freight or passage, apply to Messrs. COOKSON. BOWLER, & CO. Lyttelton, June 11. 1858. LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE twenty-second Annual General Meeting* of the proprietors was held, pursuant to the provisions of the deed of settlement, on the eleventh day of February, I*sß, in the Company's Offices, 1, Dale-street, Liverpool, when the following report was presented. In the summary of the Company's operations during the past year, evidence will be found of its continued progress and prosperity. " An amalgamation with the Monarch Assurance Company, which was under discussion at the close of 1856, has been completed, and an important addition has thereby been made to the proprietary, agencies, and connexions of the Company. Its permanent funds and annual revenue have been greatly augmented, and, notwithstanding the comparatively recent date of its establishment, it takes now a first rank amongst insurance. institutions. The number of shares issued during the year is 6707 ; making the total number in the hands of the proprietors 94.211, which, at £2 a share, represent a paid-up capital of £188,422. " Fibe Department.—The increase in the fire-premiums as compared with those of 1856 is £66,971 9s. 10d., and the Board desires to acknowledge the growing confidence in the Company, which' that fact so strikingly illustrates. In 1856 the premiums were 10s. 6d.; in 1857 they have amounted to £289,251 Os. 4d. A business of such magnitude brings with it responsibilities for those engaged in its management, but its sources are so various and so many, the area over which it is spread is so extensive, as to encourage a feeling of security in the shareholders that serious disaster is not likely to befal them. The sum required to meet the losses by fire in 1557 was £165,240 7s. 6d. '" Life Department.—The new premiums of 1856 were £12,770 14s. lid.: those of the past year, £16,215 los. 6d., derived from 761 policies, insuring £502, 025. The total income from premiums was £101,928 14s. Id., and the claims amounted to £46,616 12s. lid. These figures show very satisfactorily that, in this department also, an onward movement has been made : but there is still to add to them the sum of £26,995 17s. 7d., which has been received in purchase of annuities, amounting to £2,1 IS 10s. 4d.; there has been paid to annuitants in the course of the year £13,497 14s. 4d., and eleven annuitants have died, whose annual claims on the company were £856 Ss. " Branch Establishments xst> Agencies. It has already been intimated that there lias been a considerable accession to the number of the company's agents, and the directors would here merely add, that they highly appreciate the very valuable services rendered tothe company by the various boards and agencies, whose contributions to the general result are so considerable and important. Without seeking to discriminate where all have aided efficiently in placing the office in a position to gain the trust .of their respective eoumuimties, they would l>eg to bespeak for the new year, a continuance of