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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5580, 15 February 1879, Page 2

THE NEW ZEALAND MAIL is PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. By Post or Coach, 6s. 6d.; Town delivery, (is. quarterly. CONTENTS FOR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15. PAGE. Advertisements .. .. ~ 1,2, 25, 26. 27, 28 Select Poetry The Unseen Preacher—The Last Apple •• 3 Odds akd Ends 3 Ladies' Column— Latest fashions—Wasp-waisted Women—True in our Words 3 The Storyteller The Wonderful Dog—The Fresh Horse—The Morning Call—The Omnibus 4 SciENTinc— A Model Tramcar at the Paris Exhibition .. .. .. ~ .. .. 5 The Politician —Mr. Saunders at Walkari—The member for Mount Ida—"At Last” —The Constitution In Victoria—The Great Charter —Homes for the People—The Grahamstown Railway Job 6 The Pulpit—St. John’s Presbyterian Church.. 8 Telegraphic News : 0 News dy the Mail 11 Law Intellioence 12 Shipping Intelligence 13 The Wellington Markets 13 Commercial News 13 Announcements—Births, Marriages, and Deaths 14 Weekly Bulletin 14 Talk of the Week .. .. 15 Latest Telegrams IS Town News 10 Quarterly Bank Returns—Land Tax Valuation— Rifle Match—New Zealand Rifle Association Civil Service Examination 17 Chess 17 Sporting 18 Country News 19 Hutt County Council—Serious Accident at Horoklwi—Greytown 19 Interprovinctal News 20 The Governor at Christchurch—Big Estates—Our Timber Supply 20 Intercolonial News 21 The Sydney Exhibition 21 General News 22 The Cruise of the Marion Eenny—The Cape— What the World says—Mr. Hussey Vivian In America 22 Correspondence—At Last—The Premier—An Elected Governor—The Chinese Question .. 23 Farm and Garden—Directions for Pruning— Preserving Fruit— Hints to Poultry Raisers— Beware of Rabbits —Germination of Seed— Wheat Sowing—Experiments with Potatoa— British Agriculture 24 COLONIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. FIRE AND MARINE. Capital £2,000,000. HEAD OFFICE—WELLINGTON NOTICE TO INSURERS. At the expiration of the first Financial Period of the Company the Directors will offer to persons who may have Insured with the Company the right of taking up at par one of the unallotted shares for every £1 of premium paid by them, whether for fire or marine risks. GEO. S. GRAHAM, General Manager U’NION INSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS. FIRE AND MARINE RISKS ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT BATES. Offices, In Grey-street, immediately opposite the National Bank of New Zealand. J. NANCARROW, JUN., Manager. Wellington, December 1, 1877. ZEALAND INSURANCE CO. Established 1869, CAPITAL, ONE MILLION. PAID UP, £200,000; RESERVE FUND. £135.000. Local Director : George Hunter, Esq., M.U. It. FIRE AND MARINE RISKS of every description accepted at the lowest current rates. R. M. SIMPSON, Manager. Offices—Corner of Grey-street ami Lambton-quay, Wellington Best Canterbury elour.—The undersigned have FOR SALE the finest old Canterbury Flour of the undermentioned brands;— " Moir,” " Ruddenklau;” price, £9 10s. per ton. McINTYRE & CO. M O N E Y. To Lend, on Mortgage, in largo or small sums. Present rates of Interest rule from 0 to lOpcrcent. on first-class securities ICHAS. POWNALL AND CO, Scriveners, Grey-Street, Wellington. The equitable building and INVESTMENT COMPANY OF WELLINGTON (Limited). Capital, £IOO,OOO, NOTICE TO INTENDING DEPOSITORS. The above Company is prepared to take money on deposit at the following rates: — At call 0? per cent, When deposited for 3 months .. 7 per cent. When deposited for 6 months .. 8 per cent. Special arrangements may he made for large sums for lengthened periods. By order, J, H. OTTO SCHWARTZ, Secretary. Temple Chambers, Wellington, January 10, 1879. The northern land, loan, and BUILDING COMPANY OF WELLINGTON (Limited). The Company is prepared to take money on deposit a the following rates : At call, 6£ per cent.; three months, 7 per cent.; six months, 8 per cent. CHARLES P. POWLES, Secretary. Huntcr-streefc, 2nd January, 1879. jgANK OR NEW SOUTH WALES. This Bank Is prepared to make special arrangements for deposits lodged for fixed periods, and to transact all other Banking business on terms to be ascertained on application. Exchange on London: Buying rate, CO days, J per cent. din.; selling, 1 per cent. prem. Buying rate, 90 days, | per cent, dis.; selling, i per cent- prem. W. ROBERTON PERSTON, Manager Wellington, 13th December, 1878 HE COLONIAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. Paid-Up Capital.. £339,171 Reserve Fund.. £42,000. The DIVIDEND of S per cent, per annum for the Half-year ending 31st December last la now Payable, and Shareholders on the Wellington portion of the Register will receive their Warrants on application. FREDK. COOK, Manager. Wellington, 13th February, 1879. BANK OF AUSTRALIA Established 1837. Paid-up Capital and Reserve. Funds, £2,300,000. NOTICE TO PROPRIETORS. A DIVIDEND of one pound fifteen shillings, together with a BONUS of five shillings per Share, for the Half-year ending December 31st, 1878, equal 16 per centum per annum on the paid up capital of this bank, having been DECLARED at the Meeting of Proprietors held in London on the 13th ult., proprietors registered in Christchurch at the former date will Receive Warrants lor their Dividends and Bonus on application to tiie Manager. JOS. PALMER, Chief Officer for New Zealand. Christehurch, Feb. 5, 1879. IJI KENNEDY MACDONALD AND CO’S. * NEXT GREAT LAND SALE Will be held in tho EXCHANGE LAND MART Grey and Featherston streets ON MONDAY, 24th FEBRUARY, 1879. At 2.30 p.m. Particulars of Properties intended for this Sale should, if possible, bo supplied ten days prior to sale. In order to appear in the firm’s Sale List, which is distributed throughout the Provincial District of Wellington.