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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5359, 31 May 1878, Page 1

Public Companies npHU SCOTTISH AND NEW ZEA--1 .LAND INVESTMENT'COMPANY, -LIMITED. , .y’ 'Capital— £soo,oo.o, ‘ Tins Company'is prepared to' make Advances to farmers- 1 and others on freehold or leasehold properties at the Lowest Current Kates' of Interest, and to arrange for repayment by instalments if desired..; .Forms and:particulars may bo'obtained at the Company’s Head Office; Esk-street, Invercargill, or by application to the undersigned. , MURRAY, COMMON, & CO., - ;i rii. ■ Agents in Wellington. -A USTRALIAN . MUTUAL PRO VIDENT SOCIE'J'Y. ’-''EsTABLiSIIEb IS THE YbAlt 1849.'‘ For Life Assurance on- the Mutual Principle. ■ - New' Zealand Branch : Head Office Wellington.Local Board op Director* - - ; The Hon. C. J.-Pharasvn, M.L.C., Chairman, The Hon. Sir W. Fitzuerhert, .K.C.M.O. ’ and M.H.R., Deputy-chairman, A de B. Brandon, Esq.', AI.H.R., George Honteb, Esq., M.H.K., and The Hon. Morgan S. Grace, M.D.' and m;l.o. Invested Funds Annual Income Amount Assured Claims Paid ... Policies in Force 412,300,000 ■ ' 550,000 12,000,000 .850,000 31,000 LAST YEAR OF THE QUINQUENNIUM. ; Sixth'Division of Profits. ! The whole of the profits arc divided amongst the assured, and bonuses to the.amount of £910,000 have already been allotted. ’The last division of profits took place iu 1874, and the cash surplus then' divided amounted to £235,000, giving additions to policies averaging £3 per cent, per annum'on the sum, assured. , The bonuses paid on policies becoming claims have varied from £ls per cent, ou the sum assured for a policy of five years’ standing to £l3O per cent, for one of twenty-five years’ duration. Bonuses become vested additions to policies when they have been full five years iu force. ' The profits realised during the last five years will bo ascertained and divided as at 31at December next, and all-policies issued ou or before that date, will be Entitled to participate . iu 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. L' NEW ZEALAND OAN & MERCANTILE AGENCY CO. (LIMITED). Capital ,£3,000,000. The Company makes advances ou stations, 1 ou slock, on growing clips "of wool, ami ou | other produce ; and receives consignments of wool,- hump, grain, tallow, - preserved meals, j. leather, horns, &c., for ‘sale iu Loudon on commission at rates which may be,learned on | application at the company’s office. >i , ! W. H. TRAPP, Pro Agent. i Offices and Skirls : 1 Custom House-quay, . i; , (Next Plimmer’s-Wharf). AT.ION AL MORTGAGE AND 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 v against I-shipments iof wool or ot]jer produce. : . - 1 Wool-growers requiring advances in auticii pation of - next clip, -may obtain : them on - liberal terms. , - ■ EDWARD PEARCE, ' i ’ Agent for Wellington and Hawke’s Bay. - LOBE MARINE INSURANCE DOM- ■: - PANY (LIMITED.!' . CAPITAI £500,000. - i Head Office: Loudon. : . Risks'on merchandise and steamers to all i parts of. the world taken at lowest, current rates.; , ..-."-.i.r-. .Losses promptly paid iu Wellington, Loudon, or any of the numerous agenoies. . LEVIN & CO., Agents. ICTORI'A INSURANCE COMPANY. V 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 can be made payable in any part of New Zealand or the Australian colonics. ’ LEVIN & C0.,-Agents. Transatlantic fire insurance COMPANY OF HAMBURG. •' THE above Company is prepared to accept risks -in town and country at lowest current rates. WHITTEM, NICHOLSON, & CO., ■ , -i r. ■;■ ,-1 .--.j Agents. j | ;i , INSURANCE COMPANY. I All- classes, ef; FIRE RISES in town or I country , taken at current rates, 1 u . EDWARD PEARCE, Agent, 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 OFFIOF.— • .. 275, GEORGE-STBEET, 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 iu London, Melbourne, Adelaide, or New Zealand. i ‘ FIRE BUSINESS. : Buildings of all descriptions in' town and : country, and their contents (including Woolsheds and Wool therein or in transit to shipping port), also Rents, are insured. 1 The Rates OF PREMIUM 'charged will be ‘ found to be as low as those of any Office offering equal security to Policy Holders. - j Bosses are' settled with promptitude and; liberality. ■ ■ - SEOumi'y.-e-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 tbo Shareholders is unlimited., ■ , l JOSEPH NATHAN & CO., j , , Agents, Wellington, Fellmongers ALFRED T Y E B, iX ■ NOAUAURANGA STEAM WOOL SCOUPvING WORKS. Cash buyer of Wool, Hideß, Sheepskins, and tallow. Also a largo assortment of first-class basils always on hand. Wool, locks,, and pieces . sorted, scoured, taken delivery of in Wellington, and returned to agents in town for Id. per lb. scoured weight. HE N ! R Y WAL T O N’B STEAM WOOLBOOGRINO ESTABLISHMENT & „ FELLMONGERY, Glenoragie, - Ngubauranga. Line, Wellington. Cash Buyer irf Wool, Hides, Tallow, and • Sheepskins. - 1 ’ '