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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 534, 1 May 1878, Page 1

Public Companies The equitable building- and , INVESTMENT; COMPANY .1 OF WELLINGTON (LIMITE D.) ' . , : IMPOST ANT NOTICE. This Company is allowing interest on deposits at tho.following rates : , ,-At call,;6:per cent, per annum' For 3 months, 6J do do For 6 or 12 months, 7 do do ■ By order of the Board'of Directors. J. 11. OTTO SOHWAKTZ, Secretary. : NEW ZEALAND

OAN & MERCANTILE AGENCY CO. ( (LIMITED). Capital ... ... £3,000,000. The Company makes advances on stations, oh stock, on growing clips 'of wool, and 1 on other produce ; and receives consignments of wool, hemp, grain, tallow, preserved moats, leather, horns, &c., for sale in London ion commission at rates which may be learned; on application at the company’s office. i W. BL TRAPP, .Pro Agent. Offices., and Stokes : Custom House-quay, (Next Plimmer’a Wharf)., , i. ' nVTATIONAL MORTGAGE AND J3l . AGENCY COMPANY’ OF NEW • ZEALAND (LIMITED); : The undersigned is appointed AGENT for the above company, and is authorised to make Advances to Station-holders and others, on Mortgage of freehold property, or against shipments of wool or other produce. • Wool-growers requiring ■ advances in antici- ; pation of next clip, may obtain them on liberal terms. EDWARD PEARCE, Agent for Wellington and Hawke’s Bay. Globe marine insurance com. PAN Y. (LIMITED.) , CAPITAL !.. ... £500,000. Head Office ; London. ■ . Risks on merchandise and steamers to all parts of the world taken at lowest current rates. ' Losses promptly paid in Wellington, London, or any of the numerous agencies. i ; LEVIN & CO., Agents,

The Scottish and new Zealand INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED. ; Capital— £soo,ooo. This Company ia prepared to make Advances to farmers and others on freehold or leasehold properties at' the Lowest Current Kates of Interest, and to arrange for repayment by instalments if desired. i Forms and particulars' may : he obtained at the Company’s Head Office, disk-street, Invercargill, or by application to the undersigned. MUKEAY, COMMON, & CO., ! Agents in Wellington.:

JSTRALIAN MUTUAL ; PROVIDENT SOCIETY. Established in the year 1849. EOE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE. NEW ZEALAND BRANCH : ! ; HEAD OFFICE—WELLINGTON. Thu Annual Revenue exceeds £470,000. , The AccumulatedFunduow exceeds £2,000,000. The Society has paid to representatives of deceased members upwards of £700,000. The Society has divided amongst its members £412,000, yielding reversionary bonus additions, amounting to £910,000. The New Business for the year 1876 was 4559 Policies, assuring £1,652,575, producing a new annual revenue of £56,300. ' : Persons assuring in this office share the; whole profits, and a bonus is declared every, fifth year. 1 The annual report, prospectuses, and proposal forms nlay be had (or will be sent post free), on application tb the Branch Cilice, or to any of the Society’s Agents.,' EDWARD W. LOWE, " Resident, Secretary.

"yiCTOKIA INSURANCE COMPANY.; FIRE AND MARINE. 1 Established 1819. CAPITAL ... : ... ■ -... £200,000 Head Office: Melbourne, ■ Insurance of every descriptioneffected at lowest current rates, and claims promptly met. Losses can be made payable in any part of New Zealand or the Australian colonies. LEVIN & CO., Agents. RANSATL ANTIC FIRE INSURANCE 1 COMPANY OF HAMBURG. ■; ■ THE above Company is prepared to accept risks: in town and country at lowest current AVHITTEM, NICHOLSON, & CO., . Agents. y LVERPQOL & LONDON & GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. All classes of. FIRE RISKS in town or r country taken at current rates. EDWARD PEARCE, Agent. The united insurance COMPANY,: Established a.d. 1862. Incorporated by Act of Parliament •of New South Wales. Capital ... ... ... ... £500,000 , With the. Unlimited Liability of a ; , LARGE COLONIAL PROPRIETARY. Head Office—--275, GEORGE-STREET, SYDNEY. MARINE BUSINESS. Insurances effected on Hulls of Steamers or Sailing Vessels for Time or Voyage,. Goods, Treasure, Freights, Live Stock, Profits, Commissions, Personal Effect-, Passage Money, &o. If required, Claims can be made Payable in London, Melbourne, Adelaide, or. New Zealand, FIRE BUSINESS. : Buildings of all descriptions in town and country, and their contents (including Woolsheds and Wool therein or, in transit! to ship- ! ping port), also Rents, aro insured. The Rates of PxiEMiDM charged will bo found to be as low as-those of any Office offering equal security to Policy Holders. ; I : Losses ; are, settled with ; promptitude and liberality. ■ Security.—This Company offers to, persons seeking Insurances a! Security unsurpassed by any other Office doing a similar business in the Colony ; as, in addition to the ample Capital and Invested Funds, the Liability of the Shareholders is unlimited. , JOSEPH NATHAN & CO., .' Agents, Wellington. Business Notices. ,jg ;A, U M E . W A T C H E S. C A U T I 0 N. MESSRS. BAUME & CO. are again compelled to warn the trade and public against spurious imitations of their watches, which have been sent out to tho colonics by unprincipled manufacturers, and especially against those named BAUM GENEVE (Baumo without an “ 11,") C.B. which isa fraudulent mark MESSRS, BAUME & CO. aro tho only Manufacturers of that name in Great Britain or Switzerland,and have the exclusive right to the following Trade Marks, the whole of which are now in course of registration in tho various Australian colonies also. MURET GENEVE BAUME GENEVE C.B. C.B. BAUME B & CO. * ; , 1 - . r j . . aft ■ : Dealers and others are hereby informed that immediate proceedings will bo taken against any persons forging any of the above marks.