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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4423, 24 May 1875, Page 1

Education Education board of the province of WELLINGTON. EXAMINATIONS. An EXAMINATION of Candidates for first, second, or third class Certificates, of Candidates for the office of Pupil Teacher, and of all Pupil Teachers, will .be held.iu the Thorndon School, Wellington; the Grammar School, Wanganui; the Marton School; and the Greytown School, on THURSDAY and FRIDAY, the Ist and 2nd days of July next. There will be two papers each day, commencing at 10 #.iu. and 2 p.m. Teachers applying, for appointments under the Board, or Candidates for third-class Certificates, can attend without formal application. Candidates for first or second class Certificates must send in at once a list of the subjects selected from those set forth in the Regulations of the Board. Information as to stipends offered to teachers and pupil teachers can be obtained on application to the Secretary. By order. CHARLES C. GRAHAM, Secretary. Wellington, T 9 th May, 1875. 'YyBLLINGTON ■ COLLEGE. The second term for the current year commences for new boys on MONDAY, 31st MAY, and for the old boys on TUESDAY, Ist JUNE, on each day at 10 a.m., when the Secretary will be in attendance to receive the fees, which are payable in advance. A conveyance will leave Burrett’s corner every morning at half-past eight, at reduced fares. By order of the Governors. CHARLES C. GRAHAM, . Secretary. Insurance Companies. E W ZEALAND INS URANCE COMPANY. Established 1859. Capital .£].000,000, of which £240,000 is paid up. Fire and Marine Risks of every description will be accepted at the lowest current rates. BETHUNE & HUNTER, Agents, Wellington. OOL AND PRODUCE NEW ZEALAND TO LONDON. Merchants and other’s can make arrangements for next season for INSURING WOOL and PRODUCE from ports in New Zealand to London direct, or from Stations, from time the Wool is shorn, by any route, till delivered in. United Kingdom. Claims payable in London. ■ Policies issued at any of the Company’s Agencies. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY. JOHNSTON & CO., Agents, Wellington. .

gTANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY. EIRE AND MARINE. And for the Guarantee of Fidelity in Situations of Trust. CAPITAL—ONE MILLION STERLING. Head Office : PRINCES-STREET, DUNEDIN. Losses by Fire Insured against on stores, warehouses, dwelling-houses, &0., at current rates. The Company will also take risks on wool and all kinds of merchandise on land or at sea, and either on valued or open policies, on the most favorable terms. , Particular attention is drawn to Articles of Association, by which, after paying shareholders 10 per cent., the balance is to be distributed as.follows 40 per cent, to go to Reserve Fund, 30 per cent, to POLICY HOLDERS, and balance as Company may determine. Agents for Wellington ; SAMUEL, LADD, & CO. INSURANCE COMPANY. All classes of FIRE RISKS in town or country taken at current rates. EDWARD PEARCE, Agent. HE SOUTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL £750,000. With Unlimited Liability of Shareholders. The above Company offers undoubted security to insurers, having a large, wealthy, and influential proprietary resident in the Colony, where also all its funds are invested. As a purely Colonial institution, it has therefore a prior claim on insurers. ■■ - . . The Company undertake insurance against every description of both Fire and Marine Risks at lowest current rates of premium. The chief characteristics of the Company are undoubted security, liberal terms, and prompt settlement of losses. For proposal forms and further particulars, Apply to W. & G. TURNBULL & CO., Agents, Wellington. INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE AND MARINE. Established 1849. CAPITAL £200,000 Head Office : Melbourne. Insurance of every description effected at lowest current rates, and claims promptly met. Losses esn be made payable iii any part of New Zealand or the Australian colonies. LEVIN & CO., Agents. Transatlantic eire insurance COMPANY of HAMBURG. This Company being now duly licensed and registered by Government, have COMMENCED BUSINESS IN NEW ZEALAND, And are prepared to take fire risks at lowest current rates on all kinds of Buildings, Furniture, Merchandise, Wool, and Grain, &c. All Claims Settled' in the Colony without delay. Bankers —International Bank of London and Hamburg (Limited). In the Colony— Bank of New Zealand. Agents for Wellington —Whittem, Nicholson, and Co.

A USTRALIANMUTUALPROYIDENT A , SOCIETY FOB MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, &o. NEW ZEALAND BRANCH : Head Office : Wellington. Present Annual Revenue, £230,000. Accumulated & Invested Funds, £1,330,000 Persons Assuring with this Office share the whole profits, and a Bonus is declared every fifthyear ‘ JOSEPH DYER, Resident Secretary.