INTER-PROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 226, 7 September 1875, Page 2

INTER-PROVINCIAL.

Wbixington, Tuesday. Sailed— Taranaki, for Piotoa, Nelson, and North, Passengers— Messrs Mackay, Brown , Biundell, M'Neil, Davis, Peacock, Stranger, Tomkins.Lenr imrton, Dayiea, Gadoy, Porter, Mr an<i Mrs Nosworthy, Dr and family, am! 190 immigrants ex Halc:me, for Taranaki. Dunkdin, Monday. At a meeting of the Standard Insurance Company to day, the report showed the gross income from all sources to be £#,529 17s 9d, and after deducting re-in»uranees, losses, cost of management* and all other cU+rgea, there remains to the credit of the profit and loaa account fur.tlie half year £13,072 Is lod together with £9945 19s lid to the credit of the Use half-year, and £870, being the amount of rerts an i interest accrued up to the 31st of Desember, which will give a total of £23,888 Is 9d ti> the credit of this account, from which will hare to bs deducted £12,186, being the uaexpnvd vaue of current policies, and £2030 for prospective marine loss occurring during the half-year, but not yet payable, which will leave a net balance of £9702 Is 9d available. The Directors recommend that a dividend at the rate of tea per cent per annum for the year ending 31st Diceoaoer iaat should be declared, and the amount carried .to capital account. The report wts (adopted. 1 he ceremony at the e#nag£g*ue yesterday on the occasion of the convocation of the neiv Si roll of the Law. was a vejj r graad affair. The building was crowded, attfj the singing by the choir is described as Che best that haa been heard here in aoy charch. Ihe Rabbi preached an eloquent eermon in Hebrew, translating each paraprapn. The amount collected fir the building iuud wag £152. Measia Henderson and Law estimate their loss at ths tire at £7,000, which is all covered, but the names of offices not yet given. Auckland, Monday. Mr Saundew reports t-ales ot South British 47s 6 :; buyers — Caledonians, 83» 6d; Beach, bQi', sellers— Bank of New Zealand, .£18; National Bank, 7 is; National insurance, 25a.