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Otago Daily Times, Issue 159, 20 May 1862, Page 3

Business Notice. R K-0 PEN IN G OF PREMISES, IX RATTRAY-STREET, NISAHLT OI'POBITE TIIK SIIAMKOOK HOTEL. THE Subscriber bc-gs to inform the Public of Dunedin that he has ope Lcd the above pre pises as a TEA, COFFEE, & GENERAL GROCERY WAREHOUSE, And from the fact ot his importing the leading arti«les of his trade direct from London and Galsgow, he feels confident of being able to offer such advantages to purchasers as will ensure the continued patronage of those who may favor him: with a trial. !/ • -.■..•. : ■- - IN TEAS He will open with a splendid stock, imported exHannah from London; Silifctria, Young America, and Colonist, from Glasgow. Hii instructions to his home agents being to send the finest that cculd be procured, withbut limiting a price. ..... .... IN COFFEES He holds a stock of the finest East India and Plantation Ceylon, imported to his order ex Silistria, which will be roasted daily oii his own premises, and supplied warm from the mill, either in a pure state or mixed with chicory. He would recommend families to purchase their coffee in a loose state rather than in ] canisters. Many may not be aware that when they purchase, say a one pound canister of coffee, they receive from 10 to 12 ounces of coffee, the remainder of the 16 ounces being the weight of the tin, so that they seldom have their coffee under 2s. 9d. per lb. Teas 25., 2s. 6d., 35., and 4s, per lb. The Tea at 3.i, is really superior, with full Pekoeflavor. The finest, at 45., will be found to possess everything that is desirable in lea. Coffees Is. 21.,.15. 4J., Is. (3d., Is. Sri., and Is. lOd The above are mixed coffees. Pure Coffees Is; (id. aud 2s. lie respectfully solicits a trial of the above; such coffees as the finest mixed at Is. 10d., and the finest pnro at 2.5., having been hitherto quite unattainable in this Province." Goods carefully packed and forwarded to any part o the Country. EO BERT BANKS, Whoixsale a^d Retail TEA AND COFFEE MERCHANT GENERAL GROCER, R A T T R A V -S T R JE E T, DUNEBIN. ALL Accounts due April 30th, 18U2, to the Citt Company, High-street, Duucdin, are requested to be paid forthwith. GEORGE COLLIE, Manager May 8, 1802. ALL Accounts due April 30th, 18C2, to the New' Zealand Company, corner of Princes and Rut tray streets, Dunedin, are to be paid forthwith. GEORGE COLLIE, Manager. May 8, 1802. mII E COLONIAL LIFE ASSURANCE X COMPANY. Established in 1840. Governor, The Right Honorable the Earl of Eluin and Kincardine, Governor-General of India. EDINBURGH, 5, GEORGE STREET. (head officb). board op directors. Charles Pearson, Esq., C.A. James Robertson, Esq., W.S. .George Ross, Esq., Advocate.Andrew Wood, Esq., M.D. Archibald Home, Esq., C.A. George Patton, Esq., Advocate. H. Maxwell Inglis, .Esq., W.S. Win. James Duncan, Esq., Manager of the National Bank of Scotland. - Win. Stuart Walker, Esq., of Bowland. Thomas Menzies, Esq , Merchant, Leith. James Duncan, Esq., Merchant, Leith. Henry Davidson, Esq., Merchant.Actuary: Will. Tho. Thomson. Skcrktary : D. Clunie Gregor. LONDON—BI, LOMBARD STREET: and 10, ST. JAMES' STREET, S.W. ;- HOARD OFIHR22CTOR3 : S. Walcott, Esq., 17, Lansdowne Crescent, Kensington Park. <3. T. Brooking, Esq., of Thomas H. Brooking and Co., 114, New Broad street. P. P. Blyth, Esq., 53, Wimpole street, Cavendish square. . J. Fleming, Esq., of Messrs Robinson and Fleming, of Austin Friars. Director of the London and County Bank. Colonel James Holland (late Quartermaster General, Bombay), 44, Westboumc Park, W. J. R. Thomson, Esq., of J. R. Thomson and Co., St. Peter's Chambers,' Cornhill Resident Secretary : Samuel R. Fergusson. The Directors of the Colonial Life Assurance Company beg to intimate that they have appointed J. W. Harrop, Esq., Agent for the Company at Auckland, with power to receive-proposals for Assurance on the lives of persons resident in New Zealand. Tho Company have established Branch Offices and Agencies in nil the British Colonies, where premiums may be received and claims paid. Every information regarding the rates of premium for residence in the various parts of the world, and generally as to the Company's terms of Assurance, may be obtained on application to Mr. Harrop, as above. By order of the Board of Directors, WILL. TIIOS. THOMSON, Actuary. D. CLUNIE GREGOR, Secretary. Temporary Offices, at Messrs. S. Cociirane Bros. and Co., Ford street, Auckland. RETIRING FROM;. BUSINESS. IMPORTANT NOTICE; To Town Firms, Storekeepers on the Gold Fields, and Others. rriHE Undersigned, retiring from business, will X dispose" by private contract, of the following Branch Stores :— VICTORIA STORES, WETHERSTONE'S, The finest Iron Stores on this field, and now doing a safe cash trade, with the best assorted stock on the Diggings, and suitable to the place; with every, requisite, such as a Wholesale Spirit License, Chaff and Corn Store attached, baking Oven, extra ground, horse, and spring cart, to carry on and increase the present trade. Will be sold with all or part of present Stocky now about £0,000. ' VICTORIA STORES, WAITAHUNA, Similar to the above, and now doing the best cash trade on this field. This business has a Bottle License, and every requisite for its present and increasing trade. To be sold with all or part of present Stock, now about £2,d00. • . ■ .• VICTORIA STORES, CLARENDON, Waihola Lake, Storage and Forwarding Agency, Iron and wood building, 40 x 60, floored, &c., adjoining the Government Jetty. Stock, £1,500. The above is n Leasehold, 1} years, unexpircd. Full value for all improvements. . clarend.qn'arms hotel, Waihola Lake. A fine Iron Building, floored, lined, and papered, having bar, bar parlor, dining-, sleeping rooms, kitchen, stables, outhouses, &c. Adjoining the Government-wharf, and on the main road to the diggings. The Bar. being now cleared, steamers and vessels are discharging at the wharf direct from Dunedin, and there is, and will, be, a large passenger traffic this way to and from the diggings. • - The above is leasehold for 11 years, and full value given for all improvements. Stock and furniture at cost price. To a married ■couple this is a certain and comfortable independence.1 The Government have voted £1500 to improve the roads in the township. A preference would be given to a purchaser for the above Branches in one lot, and on liberal terms; : or they "will be sold separately and stocks reduced to meet the means of intending purchasers. The above Branches would give a town firm' a safe outlet tor stock, and a certain cash return, and to intending storekeepers a profitable and comfortable business, each storo having a respectable and safe oonnection • ~;. ; :; 'Principals only treated with. > 'For further particulars apply personally, or by letter,J • • I. H. MOSBS, ■ ' . Proprietor, Abbeyleix House, or B. E. NATHAN, ■' - . . , Melbourne House, or AKY OF TDB BRABCHBB,