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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5344, 14 May 1878, Page 1

Public Companies Australian mutual provident society. . Established in the Year 1810. For Life Assurance on the Mutual Principle, ' New Zealand Branch : Head Office Wellington. Local Board of Directors : The Hon. O. J. Phaeaztn, M.L.C., Chairman, The Hon. Sir W. Fitzhehbert, K.O.M.G. and M.H.R., Deputy-chairman, A de B. Brandon, Esq., M.H.R., George Hunter, Esq., M.H.R., and The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D. and M.L.C. : Invested Funds ... ... £2,300,000 Annual Income ... ... 550,000 Amount Assured ... ... 12,000,000 Claims Paid ... ... ... 850,000 Policies in Force ... ... 31,000 LAST YEAR OF THE QUINQUENNIUM, Sixth Division oe Profits. ■ The whole of the profits are divided amongst the assured, and bonuses to the amount, ,of £910,000 have already been allotted.; The last division of profits took place in 1874, and the cash surplus then.' divided amounted to £235,000, giving, additions to policies averagl ing £3 per cent, per annum on the .sura assured. The bonuses paid on policies becoming claims have varied from £ls per- cent, on the sum assured for a policy'of five years’ standing to £l5O per cent, for one of twenty-five years’ duration. Bonuses become vested additions to policies when they have been full five years in force. The profits realised during the - last ..five years will be ascertained and divided as,at. 31st December next, and all policies issued on or before that date will bo entitled, to participate in the profits of quinquennium.,. Prospectuses, forms of proposals, and all information. may be obtained from the Branch Office, Wellington, or from any of the. Society’s agents. , EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. HE EQUITABLE BUILDING AND INVESTMENT COMPANY OF 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, 6 j do do For 6 or 12 months, 7 do do By order of the Board of Directors. J. H. OTTO SCHWARTZ, ■ 1 Secretary. NEW ZEALAND Loan & mercantile agency co. (LIMITED). Capital ’ ... ... £3,000,000. The Company makes advances on stations, on stock, on growing clips ‘of wool, and on other produce ; and receives consignments of wool, hemp, grain, tallow, preserved meats, leather, horns, &c., for sale in London on commission at rates which may be learned on application at the company’s office. W. H. TRAPP, Pro Agent. Offices. , and Stores: . Custom House-quay, , (Next Plimmer’s Wharf). IVTATIONAIi MORTGAGE AND J3I 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 anticipation of next - clip, may obtain them on liberal terms. EDWARD PEARCE, Agent for Wellington and Hawke’s Bay. eLOBE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (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. LEVIN & CO., Agents. ; HE SCOTTISH AND NEW ZEALAND INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED. ; ■ ' " Capital—£soo,ooo. : : ■ This Company is prepared to make Advances' to farmers and others on freehold. or leasehold properties at the Lowest Current Rates of Interest, and to arrange for repayment by instalments if desired. Forms and particulars may be obtained at ■the Company’s Head. Office, Esk-street, Invercargill, or by application to the undersigned. MURRAY, COMMON, & CO., ' ■ ■ Agents in Wellington, ■y'ICTORIA INSURANCE COMPANY, FIRE AND MARINE. 1 1 Established 1819. , .■ ,i CAPITAL ..I .... ... ... £200,000 Head Office ; ■ Melbourne. Insurance of every description effected, at lowest current rates, and claims promptly met. Losses can bo made payable in any part of New Zealand or the Australian colonies. 1 ( 1 LEVIN & CO., Agents. RANS ATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG;' 1 ■ [. THE above Company is prepared to accept risks in town and country at lowest current WHITTEM, NICHOLSON, & CO., i Agents. INSURANCE COMPANY. : All classes cf FIRE RISKS in. town or country taken at current rates, i i, EDWARD PEARCE,: Agent. HE UNITED INSURANCE COMPANY, Established a.d. 1862. Incorporated'by Act of Parliament of New South Wales, ' ‘ ; Capital • ... ... £500,000 'With tho'Unlimited Liability of a LAIIGE COLONIAL PROPRIETARY. Head Office—--275, GEORGE-STREET, SYDNEY. MARINE BUSINESS. i 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 iu London, Melbourne, Adelaide, or New Zealand. , ’ ■' ' : , FIRE BUSINESS.^ Buildings of all description^' in town and country, and their ’ contents'(including Woolt sheds and Who! therein or in transit to ship* ping port), also Rents, arc insured. The Rates of Pbeuium charged will, bo found to bo as low as those of any Office offering equal security to Policy Holders. . i Losses are settled with promptitude and liberality.,. ~ ' i ' • Security.—This Company offers to persons seeking Insurances a Security unsurpassed by any other Office doing a similar business iu the Colony ; as, in addition to the ample Capital and Invested Funds, thaLiability of the Shareholders is unlimited. .... , JOSEPH NATHAN & CO., , Agents, Wellington.' A GRANDE MARQUE.