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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5457, 23 September 1878, Page 1

Public Companies THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND . MERCANTILE AGENCY CO. (Limited), WELLINGTON, Are prepared to make advances on the mos favorable terms upon the ENSUING CLIP OF 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 Heuse-qaay. Every lot submitted will be carefully valued prior to the sale, thus affording the owners the satisfaction of knowing that no lots wjll 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. The 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 , On wool offered for sale and withdrawn the nominal charge is Is.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, 1-Sth of Id. per lb. Repacking sample bales (when required), ss. per bale. Insurance.—2s. fid. per cent, on market value. This 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 T 500,11 per cent.; under that sum, 2J per cent. Charges on Produce.—On sheepskins and hides, 21 per cent, commission only. On tallow, a receiving and delivering charge of fid. per owt, in addition to commission of 2J- per cent., will be charged. All wool for sale or shipment should ho consigned to the COMPANY’S OFFICE & STORES, Custom House-quay, WELLINGTON. W. H. TRAPP, Pro. Agent.

Abridged prospectus 01' THE RAVENSCLIFF MINING COMPANY (LIMITED). 1 Registered and Incorporated under the Companies Acta, 1862 and' 1867, with the liability of shareholders limited to the amount of the shares held by them. Capital ... ... ... £60,000 In 60,000 Shares of £1 Each. First issue, 40,000 Shores, 2000 of which hare been reserved for sale in the colony. Deposit, ss. per share ; 2s. to be paid on application, and 3s. on allotment. Calls, if and when required, to bo made at intervals of not less than three months. Representative iu New Zealand: CHARLES HENRY TURNER, Esq., Picton, Marlborough. This company, formed in London for the purpose of working the property at Capo Jackson, Queen Charlotte Sound, formerly owned by the Turner Goldmining 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 Jacl&on 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 stone in the adit or present lowest level is one which cannot be too highly estimated, proving 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 bo obtained of Messrs. Ledger and Hickson, Custom House-quay, Wellington, who are authorised to receive deposits, where also samples of stone lately broken out, plans of the different properties, and articles of association may be inspected. C. H. TURNER. LEDGER AND HICKSON, Agents. eLOBE MARINE INSURANCE COM. PANY (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. '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 anypartof New Zealand or the Australian colonies. LEVIN & CO., Agents. HE NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND AGENCY COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND (Limited). CAPITAL ... .. £1,000,000 (In 100,000 shares of £lO each,) Trustees : Charles Maoniac, Esq., 3 Lombard-street, London. Archibald Orr Ewino, Esq., M.P., of Ballikinrain, N.B. Chairman : Henry B. Grenfell, Beq., 27 Upper Thamesstreet, London. HEAD OFFICE : 37 Lombard-street, London. Tho Company advances on wool and all other produce consigned for sale In the colonies or London, 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 BISKS in town or country taken at current rates, EDWARD PEARCE, Agent. The 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 Ratos of Interest, and to arrange for repayment by instalments if desired, Forms and particulars, may be obtained at tho Company’s Head Office, Esk-straet, Invercargill, or by application to tho undersigned. MURRAY, COMMON, & CO., Agents in Wellington. Transatlantic firbinsuranob COMPANY OF. HAMBURG. THE above Company is prepared to accept risks in town and country at lowest current rft WHITTEM, N'XCHOLSON, & CO., , Agents. ■