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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5338, 7 May 1878, Page 1

Public Companies ■ THE EQUITABLE BUILDING- AND INVESTMENT COMPANY - i m OP WELLINGTON (LIMITED.) , IMPORTANT NOTICE. ■; This Company is allowing interest on deposits at the following rates : , ; At call, 6 per cent, per annum ■.For 3 months, do do , Por 6 or 12 months, 7 do do By order of the Board of Directors. t , J. H. OTTO, SCHWARTZ, , Secretary. ' NEW ZEALAND. ~* X OAN & MERCANTILE AGENCY CO. JU (LIMITED). : , Capital; ... . ... £3,000,000/ ■„ The Company makes advances on stations, ■on istock, on growing clips "of wool, and on other produce'; and receives consignments of wool, hemp, grainy tallow, preserved meats, leather, horns, &c., for sale in London on commission at rates which, may bo learned on application at the company’s office. ; W. H. TRAPP,' ; Pro Agent. Of woes and Stokes: ■ Customhouse-quay, (Next Piiminer’s Wharf).. IVT ATIONAL- MORTGAGE AND :lT AGENCY COMPANY OP NEW ZEALAND (LIMITED).' The undersigned is 1 appointed AGENT.for the above company, and ih'aiitliprised to’make' Advances to Station-holders and others, on Mortgage of ‘freehold' property, or .against shipments of wool or other produce. ! Wool-growers' roqiiiring advances in'.ahtioi-. pation of next clip, may obtain thorn. on liberal terms. ■ ’ . ' 'EDWARD PEARCE, , " : Agent for Wellington and Hawke’s Bay. Globe marine insurance com. PANY (LIMITED.) ' ’’ CAPITAL ... £500,000. . . Head Office : London. ■> ‘ Risks on .merchandise.,and steamers to all parts of the world, tak.cn at lowest current, rates,.' L-i-tc;'. : Losses promptly.paid in Wellington, London,, or any of the numerous agencies. i i ' LEVIN & CO., Agents. 1 ; rffHE SCOTTISH AND NEW ZEAJL LAND INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED. ' : , . ! . Capital — £soo, ooo. : This Company is pi-ejvu-ed to make. Advances to fanners and others onfreehold! or leasehold properties at the:,Lowest Current Rates of Interest, and to arrange for. repayment by instalments’if desired. ";. .’ 1.. : ' Forms and particulars may be obtained at : the Company’s Head Office, Esk-stroet, Invercargill, or by application to the undersigned, MURRAY, COMMON, .& C 0.,. ; ■ 1 Agents in Wellington! ! AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PRO VI- ; XjL DENT SOCIETY. ’, , Established in the Year 1819. Por Life Assurance on the Mutual Principle. - New Zealand Branch : Head Office Wellington. Local Board op Directors , f The Hon. C. J. Pharazyn, M.L.0., Chairmah, The Hon. Sir. W. Pitzherrbrt, K.O.M.G;. and M.H.R., Deputy-chairman, ; Ade 8.. Brandon, Esq., M.H.R., : | George Hunter, Esq., M.H.R., and The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D, and M.L.C. . , It is found in the course ,of business that mistakes:frequently occur; in consequence of the similarity, of Title assumed by some of the new Life Offices recently established in .the Australian colonies. • The public are requested to note. ■ 1 That the ; Australian Mutual Provident, Society is the correct designa : tion of the oldest Mutual Life Office in Australia. , I’he annual income from premiums and interest exceeds £534,000. The accumulated funds exceed ,:,! Two Millions . . and ~a Quarter sterling. The new business effected daring the year ending 31st December, 1877, was 5150 new policies, assuring £1,880,070, producing a new annual revenue of £64,660, which is a larger amount than obtained during the same period by : any other, office in. Great Britain or the colonies. . " !

Persons assuring in : this office share the Whole Proi’lTS, and a bonus is declared every .fifth year. The magnitude of -itsoperations, the liberality of its’ conditions, the success which has attended-its .'business, and the . ample. security' afforded’ by its reserves, have placed the Australian Mutual Provident Society , in’ the . front ■. rank of Assurance Institutions. . . - * The; annual report, prospectus, and proposal forms may be had (or will be sent ; post free) on application to the branch office, or to any of the society’s agents. EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. : V ICTOKIA 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 metf Losses can be.mado payable in any part of New Zealand or the Australian colonies., . DEVIN & CO., Agents. T 1 RANS ATL ANTIC EIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OP HAMBURG. THE above Company is prepared to accept risks in town and. country at lowest-current rates. ? . .. , : ■ whittem, NICHOLSON, & CO., I Agents. . s INSURANCE COMPANY. All classes of EIRE RISKS in town or country taken at current rates. EDWARD PEARCE, Agent. T HE 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 Oehcb — 276, 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, &c. ■ ; 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 (includingWoplshodsand Wool therein or in transit to shipping port), also Rents, are insured. : . ■ The Rates of Premium charged will be found to be as low as those of any Office ufferng equal security to. Policy Holders. Losses aro settled with’ promptitude and iberality.. Security.—This Company offers to persons celling Insurances a Security unsurpassed by my other Office doing a similar business in the Colony ; as, in‘addition to the. ample Capital md Invested Funds, tie Liability of the Sharefolders is unlimited. , , i .... . - " * - ■ “ jbSEPH NATHAN & CO., Agents, Wellington,