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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 718, 5 July 1878, Page 1

PUBLIC COMPANIES NORTH OTAGO FERMANEFT BUILDING SOCIETY. TftSSEDEjrr: Mr. A. J. S. HemdlftaiL TBcarns: Mr. X. W. Roxby | Mr. Jmo. MwaUad COBMITTM 07 WKiSMEW : Mr. H. Aitkea M. W. C. Baudi»» Mr. John Thomsom Mr. D. Miller Mr. Robert W«st Mr. Kob«rt Thompson Mr. T. Fairley Mr. Joi.b Barclay Mr. Robert Wilson. TKItAStrREB : Mr. W. G. Fill* 9ICXETABT : M». G. Srlmpter. SOLICITORS : Messrs. Jnliva and Bfclmsr. The abov« Soci«ty ia prepared to iaww £25 Debentures, at Eight p«r ceafc. p«» aaniim, «payabl« ai any tin* o» thraa aioabba notice. For further particular and information, apply to GEORGE BUMPTBS, gog Secretary. AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. Established in the Tear IS4S). For Life Assurance on the Mutual Principle. Nett Zealand Branch : Head Otfice ... Wellington. 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 Ditisio.s or Promts. The whole of the profits are divided amongst the aasurcd, and bonuses to the amount of £910,000 have already been allotted. The last division of profits took place in IS7-4, and the cash surplus then divided amounted to £235,000, giving additions lo policies averaging £3 per cent, per annum on the sum assured. The bonuae* paid on policies becoming claims hare Taried from £ls per cent, on the anm assured for a policy of five yeara' standing to £!aO per cent, for one ot 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 hva y«ars will be ascertained and divided as at 31st December next, and all policies issued on or before that date will be entitled to participate in the profits of quinquennium. Prospectuses, forms of proposal, and all information may be obtained from the Branch Office, Wellington, or from any of the Society's agents. EDWARD .W. LOWE, Resident Secretary.

Ajrent for Oamaru : GEORGE SUMPTER. 683 BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE O INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital * - • £1,000,000. The undersigned having been appointed AGENT of this well-known Company for Oamaru and surrounding District, is prepared to undertake Fire and Marine Insurance Business at LOWEST CURRENT RATES, Fir*.—Buildings of every description and | their contents insured. Makikjc.—Hulls, Freight, Gold, Grain. Wool, and Cargoes Generally Insured to and from New Zealand, United Kingdom, Australia, America, China, Mauritius, etc., etc. Orncs : Colonial Bank Buildings, Thames-street, Oamaru. W. J. SMITH, Agent. IMarch 1, IS7B. 7 STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY. VTRE AND MARINE. Cape al, Ojje Million Sterling. Head Office Princes-sfcnxjt, Duncdin. LOSSES BY FIRE INSURED AGAINST ON STORES, DWELLING-HOUSES WAREHOUSES, ic, AT CUERXNI RATES. The Company will also take risks on *Vcol •and all kinds of Merchandise, on land or '. sea; and either on valued or oDen nolicies on the most reasonable terms. Particular attention is drawn to the that by provision in the articles of association i insurers will participate in the profits of the j Company. I Agest tor Oamartt I HENRY AITKEN. PROTECTION FROM LOSSES I BY FIRE. j • ETTLERS and others will find it to | their interest to secure their premises ! against Fire in the NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, it Which, moreover, is deserving of their | support as a Colonial Institution having a |! resident proprietary, and from ita enti i Capital and Profits being invested in New Zealand. JOHN LEMON. AamX. O