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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5454, 19 September 1878, Page 1

Public Companies rg-UIE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND JL MERCANTILE AGENCY CO. (Limited), WELLINGTON, Ai'o prepared to make advances on the most favorable terms upon the ENSUING CLIP OE WOOL, Whether for shipment to London or for sale in Wellington. At the request of a large number of growers, ESPECIALLY THE PRODUCERS OF SMALL LOTS, The Company will, during’the ensuing season, hold ’ WEEKLY AUCTION SALES'OF WOOL, SHEEPSKINS, HIDES, & TALLOW, At their new and commodious premises, Custom House-quay. Every lot submitted will be carefully valued prior to the sale,- thus affording the owners the satisfaction of knowing that no lots will be sacrificed, but that full market rates will be obtained. The Company acting strictly as SELLING BROKERS ONLY Is a further guarantee that all produce will realise its HIGHEST VALUE. Tho charges will be moderate. On wool offered for sale and withdrawn the nominal charge is Is. per bale. On wool sold the following is the scale : Receiving, weighing, warehousing, and store, l-Bth of Id.,pen lb. Repacking sample bales (when required), ss. per bale. Insurance.—2s! 6d. per cent, on market value. Tins' charge protects the goods from the time they enter the warehouse, and is made in all cases, unless specially instructed to the contrary. Advertising for sale and cataloguing, 3d. per bale. Commission on sales over £500,11 per cent.; under that sum, 2i per cent. Charges on Produce.—On sheepskins and hides, 2'i per cent, commission only. On tallow, a receiving and delivering charge of fid. per cwt., in addition to commission of 2J per cent., will be charged. All wool for sale or shipment should be consigned to the COMPANY'S OFFICE & STORES, Custom House-quay, •WELLINGTON. W. 11. TRAPP, Pro. Agent. Abridged prospectus Or' THE RAVENSCLIFF MINING COMPANY (LIMITED). Registered and Incorporated under tho Companies Acts, 1802 and 1867, with the liability of shareholders limited to the amount of the shares held by them. „ Capital ... ... ... £OO,OOO In 60,000 Shares of £1 Each. First issue, -10,000 Shares, 2000 of which have been reserved for sale in the colony. Deposit, ss. per share ; -i. to bo paid on application, and 3s. on allotment. Calls, if and when required, to he made at intervals of not less than three months. Representative in New Zealand : CHARLES HENRY TURNER, Esq., Picton, Marlborough. This company, formed in Loudon for the purpose of working tho property at Cape Jackson, Queen Charlotte Sound, formerly owned by the Turner Goldmiuing Company, in conjunction with the Duryea Copper Mine, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, having reserved two thousand shares for sale in this colony, out of the first issue of 40,000, the undersigned, as representative of the company here, is prepared to receive early application for the said shares. Work at the mine at Cape Jackson has been resumed some months past, and auriferous stone of a highly payable character is now available from three different levels. The recent discovery of rich atone in the adit or present lowest level is one which cannot be too highly estimated, proviog as it does that the auriferous deposit is not confined to the shallow ground. This level, when driven sufficiently far, will command 400 feet of backs. .Prospectuses and forms of applications for shares may ho obtained of Messrs. Ledger and Hickson, Custom House-quay, Welliugton, who are authorised to receive deposits, where also samples of stone lately broken out, plana of the different properties, and articles of association may be inspected. C. H. TURNER. LEDGER AND HICKSON, Agents. LOBE MARINE INSURANCE COM\JT • PANY* (LIMITED.) CAPITAL ... ... £500,000. Head Office : London. Risks on merchandise, and steamers to all parts of tho world taken at lowest current rates. Losses promptly paid in Wellington", London, or any of the numerous agencies. LEVIN & CO., Agents. ■y'IOTORIA 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 Now Zealand or tho Australian colonies. LEVIN & CO., Agents. riHHE NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND JL AGENCY COMPANY OB’ NEW ZEALAND (Limited). CAPITAL £1,000,000 (In 100,000 shares of £lO each.) Trustees : Charles Maqniao, Esq., 3 Lombard-street, London. AiiOHiDALD Orr Ewino, Esq., M.P., of Ballikinrain, N.B. Chairman ; Henry R. Grenfell? Esq., 27 Upper Thamesstroet, London. HEAD OFFICE : 37 Lombard-street, London. Tho Company advances on wool and all other produce consigned for sale in the colonies or Loodou, transacts every kind of mercantile business, and lends money on reasonable terms on freehold and other approved securities. EDWARD PEARCE, Agent, Wellington. INSURANCE- COMPANY. AU classes cf FIRE RISKS In town or country taken at current rates. EDWARD PEARCE, Agent. HE SCOTTISH AND NEW ZEALAND INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED. Capital —£soo,ooo. This Company is prepared to make Advances to fanners 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 he obtained at tho. Company’s -Head Office, Eak-street, Invercargill, or by application to tho undersigned. MURRAY, COMMON, & CO., Agents in Wellington. . RANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG. THE above Company is prepared to accept risks in town and coflntry ht lowest current rates. - . ■ 1 WHITTEM, NICHOLSON, & CO.. ■ Agents,