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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 244, 14 October 1874, Page 4

Insurance Companies. SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY or NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL..... £750,000, WITH Unlimited Liability of Shareholders. The GREAT SUCCESS and POPU- ; LARITY of this Company is now an estab- ; lished fact, baying been the flret Colonial ; Company founded with a numerous body of [ Shareholders . resident throughout the Pro- : vinces of New Zealand. It has now got a firm footing, and bas a LARGE and IN- • CREASING BUSINESS in both its Fire and ' Marine Departments. To Insurers it possesses the following advantages : — 1. A LARGE and INFLUENTIAL COLONIAL PROPRIETARY, nearly all of whom are Insurers, which gives to the Company the real character of a Mutual Association. 2. Has already a LARGE PAID-UP CAPITAL and RESERVE FUND. 3. Makes PROMPT and LIBERAL SETTLEMENT of LOSSES here without reference to Head Office. - Firb and Mabink Risks taken at the LOWEST CURRENT RATES, and all par- . tioulars given to intending Insurers. SCLANDERS, & CO., 409 AOBMTB. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The Policies issued by this Institution, among other special advantages, cover LOSSES BY GAS AND LIGHTNING. Intending Insurers are reminded that this is the oldest Office doing business in New Zealand, and, possessing an IMMENSE RESERVE FUND, Offers UNQUESTIONABLE SECURITY, which is of the utmost consequence in selecting an Office in which to in.ure, and in which IMMEDIATE SETTLEMENT of LOSSES is amply provided for, the Society's Agents being authorized by special powers, to adjust Claims, and pay the same promptly, without reference to Directors, Local Boards, or Resident Secretaries. The New Zealand Funds of tbe Society are retained and invested in the Colony, thus imparting to it the character of a thoroughly NATIONAL INSTITUTION. No charge Is made for Surveys or Policies, and in premiums of insurance on all properties THE LOWEST RATES ARE CHARGED consistent with Security. < •n proof of the great public confidence in the Norwich Union in England, on the Continent, and ia the Colonies, its Business (still increasing) has reached upwards of £100,000,000. Further particulars of the numerous advantages offered to Insurers by tbis well-known Office, may be obtained on application to " W. M. STANTON, The Society's Attorney aud Agent. V Sub- Agencies are now established in all the surrounding districts and in Marlborough. 1848 STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY of NEW ZEALAND. FIRE AND MARINE. Capital .'.' £1,000,000. Unlimited Liability of a large body of Colonial Shareholders. Insurers in this Office participate in the profits— a liberal arrangement not afforded by any other Company doing businesi in the Colony. Insurances effected at as low rates as any other Company. NEL SON BRANCH. LOCAL DIRECTORS. A. J. Richmond, Esq., M.H.R. A. Pitt, Esq., M.P,C. Scb-Agents : Stoke & Suburban South Mr. W. Root. hichmond, Appltby, Ranzau, and Hope ... E. B. Warbjo, Esq Spring Grove Mr. J. Rosa. Lower and Upper Wakefield, and Fox Hill ... Mr. R. Chattock. Waimea West Mr A. J. Palmeb Lower Moutere, Motueka, and Riwaka Mr H. A. Taebant Takaka, and Motupipi ... Mr G. C. Gilbbbt. Collingwood Mr W. C. Rilbt. A. W. SCAIFE, IM * Chiei Agept. — _ Miscellaneous. j FOR SALE, or HIRE, One 5 herse power Portable STEAM. HOIbTING ENGINE, in first-class order. JOHN hCOTT, Contractor, Trafalgar-street, 9qo Nelson. POETICAL WORKS — Byron, Longfellow, Milton, Wordsworth, Cowper, James Montgomery, Moore, Kirke White, Herbert. R. LUCAS fc SON, Bridge-street.