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New Zealand Mail, Issue 47, 16 December 1871, Page 1

<nOBB & CO'S TELEGRAPH LINE J OF EOYAL MAIL COACHES TO WAIRARAPA Leave the booking office, at Martin & Downes' Pier Hotel, on and after the 18th Dec. Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings, at 7 a.m., arriving at Masterton same day. 1. The Hutt 7. Eeatherston 2. Taita 8. Tauherinikau 3. Silver Stream 9. Grcytown 4>. Upper Hutt 10. Carterton 5. Mungaroa 11. Masterton 6. Pakaratahi. Return Coaches leave Dixon's AccomDATION House, Masterton, for Wellington, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 630 a.m., arriving in Wellington at 5 p.m. REDUCTION OF FARES. Wellington to Masterton 20 s Do Grcytown ... ... 15s All parcels for transmission must be prepaid, and all fares to he paid to the driver. W. R. HAST WELL, Proprietor. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES. THE Government having been empowered by special Acts of the Legislature to enter into contracts for Insurances on Lives, and for the grants of Annuities and Endowments, are now prepared to execute any of the usual contracts dependent upon the contingencies of auman life. The following advantages are presented as deserving of Public attention, and especially of the working classes : 1. All transactions and Powers of Attorney, and other documents, are free of stamp duty and all taxation. 2. No charge is made beyond the purchase money or premium. 3. Surrender values are granted on the whole or any part of a contract which has endured for three years. 4. The tables of premiums in all the . branches are considerably less than in any other office in New Zealand. 5. Residence is permitted in any part of the Globe distant except within 31 ° S., or 33 °N. of the Equator, or in any part of the Australian Colonies south of the 25th parallel of south latitude, and premiums may always be paid on the clue dates at the nearest Money Order Office. . 6. Insurances effected for the benefit of, and settled on wife or children are fr?e, to the exteut of £2OOO, from the claims of creditors. 7. The Consolidated Revenue of the Colony is liable for all claims, in the event of the receipts at any time being insufficient to meet demands, thus affoi'ding the best security to the assured. The fullest information can be obtained on application to any Money Order Post Office, or to Mr Benjamin Smith, at the offices of B. Smith & Co., Wellington ; or to Mr Joseph Wilcox, Victoria Avenue, Wanganui. W. GISBORNE, Commissioner. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT LIFE ASSURANCE & ANNUITIES OFFICE. BENJAMIN SMI.TH& Co., ACCOUNTANTS, LAND,ESTATE& COMMISSION AGENTS, AND LICENSED LAND BROKERS. Lambton Quay, Wellington. TTILLTAM LYON, BOOKSELLER, YV STATIONEK, AND NEWSAGENT, Willis street, Wellington. The " Home News," and " European Mail" received by the Suez Mail and the " News of the World," by the San Francisco Mail. Orders received, for all New Books, and Engli"k Papers, and Periodicals. YARROW & HEDLEY'S STEAMERS AND STEAM , J LAUNCHES, built of Wood, Iron or Steel. 23 feet long, seats for 8 persons, complete from £145; 30 feet long, seats for 14 persons, complete from £195 ; 37 feet lons, seats for 20 persons, complete from £245 ; 43 feet long, seats for 30 persons, complete from £360 ; 50 feet long, seats for 60 persons, complete from £650 ; &c, &e. Steamers up to 45 feet in length can be transported on a ship's deck complete, and ready for immediate use on arrival. The above may bo used for conveying passengers, carrying cargo, or as tugs. Th*e total working expenses of a steamer 43 feet long, amount to 15s a day in England ; the consumption of fuel being about 6cwt, and a man and a boy the crew required. Paddle and Screw Steamers specially designed for river navigation, having a very shallow draught of water. Machinery supplied for boats built abroad. YARROW & HEDLEY, Engineers and BuiMers, Isle of Dogs, Poplar, London. Prospectuses may be obtained at the office of this journal. April 22nd, 1871. [lm.