NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3717, 17 June 1869, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY.

SEVENTEENTH HALF-YEARLY MEETING. The seTenteenth half-yearly meeting of the New Zealand Insurance Company wm held yesterday at the offices of the Company, Shortland-ttreet, to receive the half-yearly report of the director*, and to elect two auditors. The following gentlemen were present ;— Messrs. T. Russell, C. J. Stone, S. Browning, G. B. Owen, W. Tisdall, Vf. 0. Wilson, D. L. Murdoch, Gardiner, J, S. Maofarlane, C. J. Taylor, Heather, and Major Tisdall. Mr. S. Browning occupied the chair. The M»nager,Mr. G.P. Pierce, read the advertiamtQt convening the meeting, and also the Minutes of the last half-yearly meeting, which were con» firmed, The Manager alio read the following report : — Retort. "The directors now present to the shareholder! the accounts and balance-sheet of the Company for the half-year ending May 31, 1869, duly verified by tko auditors. " From the continued lostei whioh have attended insurance operations generally during the past aix months, the directors are gratified in bting able to preseot »o satisfactory a report. " The receipts, including the balance brought for* ward from last h«lf*jear, amount to £61,929 17s. 5d. ; the payments for claims and the turni appropriated for losses, expenses, Jfco., have been £52,607 Os. lid., leaving a balanen of £9,322 16». 6d., from which your director* reooramend the pay* raent of a dividend at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, carrying the sum of £6,572 16s. 6d. forward to the account of profit and lon. "The dividend will be payable at the head office on the 17th mat., and at the agencies on receipt of ad* vice. 11 Samuel Browkinq, " Deputy'Ckairman.' 1