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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5367, 10 June 1878, Page 1

Public Companies npHU SCOTTISH AND NEW ZBAX LAND INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED. Capital—£soo/000. This Company is prepared to make Advances to farmers and others on freehold or leasehold properties at the Lowest Current Bates 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. Australian mutual provident society. Established in the Year 1819. For Life Assurance ou the Mutual Principle. New Zealand Branch : Head Office Wellington; Local Board of Directors ; i The Hon; C. J. Pharazyn, M.L.C., Chairman, The Hon. Sir W. Fitzherbert, K.C.M.G. and M.H.R., Deputy-chairman, A de B. Bbandon, Esq., M.H.8., George Hcntek, Esq., M.H.R., and The Hon. Mohgah S. Grace, M.D. and M.L.C. ■: Invested Funds Annual Income Amount Assured Claims Paid ... Policies in Force ... £2,300,000 550.000 ... 12,000,000 850.000 31,000 LAST YEAR OF THE QUINQUENNIUM. Sixth Division op 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 averaging £3 per cent, per annum on the sum, 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 Slat December next, and all policies issued on or before that date will be entitled to participate hi 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. N ATIONAL 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 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. LOBE MARINE INSURANCE COMPAN 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. LEVIN & CO., Agents. 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 can be made payable in any part of New Zealand or the Australian colonies. 'LEVIN & CO., Agents. rriRANS ATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE X . COMPANY OF. HAMBURG! THE abovo Company is prepared to accept risks in town and country at lowest current WHITTEM, NICHOLSON, ft CO., Agents. yPYERPOOL ft LONDON ft GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. All classes ct FIRE RISKS in town or country taken at current rates. ; : ; 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 Office---: - . ■ 276, GEORGE-STREET, SYDNEY. MARINE BUSINESS.- . ■ .. Insurances effected ou 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 Now Zealand. ■ ' , , FIRE BUSINESS. ’ “ / Buildings "of all descriptions, in town and country, and their contents (including Woolsheds and Wool therein or in transit to shipping port), alsoTtents, are 1 insured. ■ The Rates op Premium charged will he found to be as low as those of any Office offering equal security to Policy Holders. Losses are settled with promptitude and liberality. . Security.—This, Company offers te 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 ft CO., . , Agents, Wellington. IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1803. ,‘ t •. CAPITAL £1,000,000. Fire risks of all classes in town and. country accepted at Lowest Current Rates.. Prompt and liberal settlement of claim. KRULL ft CO., Agents. ■ EeUmongera ’ ALFBED T Y E R, XX ' NOAHAOTIANOA STEAM WOOL SCOURING WORKS. Cash buyer of Wool, Hides, Sheepskins, and tallow. Also a largo assortment of first-class basils always on band. - , ■ 1 Wool, - looks, and pieces sorted,- scoured, taken delivery of in Wellington, and returned to agents in town for Id. per lb. scoured weight. ’ B N B Y WALTON'S :j, • steau: wool acounuA ’ ’ • ESTABLISHMENT ft JTELLMONGERY, Glencragio, Ngahauranga Line, Wellington; > Cosh Buyer of Wool, Hides, Tallow, and Sheepskins,