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New Zealand Mail, Issue 49, 30 December 1871, Page 14

NEW ZEALAND GOVEENMffiNT 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 ot human 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 dutj 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 due dates at the nearest Money Order Office. 6. Insurances effected for the benefit of, and settled on wife or children are free, to the extent 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 affording 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. GTSBORNE, Commissioner. tetract from page 80 of " Neio Zealand Gazette," No. 8, February 4, 1871.] Colonial Secretary's Office, zjjj;/. Wellington, 3rd February, 1871. ~N /compliance with recommendations con- _ Mned in the Reports of the Flax Commission. Committee, and of the Joint Committee on Colonial Industries, to the effect that " premiums not exceeding in the wholo £SOO should be granted for the encouragement of Sericiculfure in the Colony," and that the development of certain industrial pursuits would often be best promoted by the offer of a bonus on production, the following Rewards are offered, subject to tke under-mentioned conditions: — A bonus of 50 per cent, on the value realized is offered for the production of the first £IOOO worth of cocoons of the Silkworm or eggß of the Silkworm produced in the Colony, to be paid on quantities of not less value than £SO or more than £IOO produced by any one person. To any person or persons who shall manufacture, within the Colony, from Now Zealand flax— Eor the first 500 reams of Printing Paper, a sum of £45)0 ; and a fnrther sum of £250 for the first 500 reams of Packing Taper; and the like sum for the first 10,000 yards of Scrimcloth suitable for covering flax bales. Conditions. The required quantity of each article to be completed before the 30th June, 1872. The weight of each ream of printing paper to be not les3 than 30 lbs., of each ream of packing paper not less than 40 lbs., and of each piece of scrin>cloth of 100 yards in length and double width, not less than 30 lbs. The rewards will be paid on the certificate of an officer to be appointed by the Government that the above conditions have been complied with. W. GISBORNE. YARKOW & HEDLEY'S NMALL STEAMERS AND STEAM 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 long, 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, &c. Steamers up to 45 feet in length can be transported on a ship's deck complete, and ready for immediate use on arrival. Tlie above may be used for conveying passengers, carrying cargo, or as tugs. The 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 Builders, Isle of Dogs, Poplar, London. Prospectuses may be obtained at the office of this journal. April 22nd, 1871. [lm--3EAFNESS ! !—The undersigned having been for years hard of hearing, procured hrough his brother, a banker in England, a recipe from the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Ear, Dean-street, Soho, London, which has entirely cured him, and will be happy to correspond "with anyone similarly afflicted. T. B. H'ANNAEOED, Land Agent, High-street, Auckland. "ERYOUS DEBILITY.—A Gentleman, ifter years of suffering, has discovered a simple means of self-cure. He will be happy to forward the particulars to any sufferer on receipt of a directed envelope and postage in New Zealand stamps. Address—Mr Horace Bromley, Post-office, Melbourne,