INSURANCE AND LOSSES
DAMAGE .ROUGHLY ..250,0()<) A meeting of tho Underwriters' Association was held this morning, at which it was discovered that Die total amount insured was £120,350, (chile the estimated losses beyond insurance were roughly estimated at about £100,000, possibly more, so that tho damage caused I iv last night's record coullagratiou was in the neighbourhood of a quarter of a million sterling. The following is a complete list of all promises upon which claims for damage slight or otherwise are likely to arise, aud the amounts for which premises or contents were insured:— -\C.ti n Print Exchange (building), in the Royal Exchange Office, £32,000. Thompson Bros., Ltd. (contents and stock, £12,000; lift and fittings, £2500), iv the New Zealand Office; (stock), £0000, in the Alliance Office; (stock), £0000, in the-North . British and Mercantile Office; total, £32,500. Lnery and Co., Ltd. (stock), in the Royal Exchange Office, £10,50 U. Tolan Printing Company (contents), £1200, iv the Australian Provident Office, and (contents), £750, " in tho New Zealand Oliice; total, £1050.. George Thomas and Co., in the Ocean Office, £0000. Brown Bros, and Corliss (stock), in the South British Office, £2000. Johnson and Eglin, £3200, in tho Phoenix Office, £700, in the National Office, £3000. Griffin, Savage, and Co., £0200, in the Southern Union Office, £1000 (stock), in the United Office, £7200. Open Warehouse, £500, in the London and Lancashire Office, £2500 in flic Standard Office, £3000. Toop and Neilson, £.1500 in tlio Standard Office, £1500 in tlio New Zealand Office; total £3000."
Harrisons and Ramsay, Ltd., £.1500 in the London and Lancashire Office, £500 iv the Commercial Union Office; total £2000. Biickland and Co., in the National Office, £100. Iveane, Ltd., in the South British Office, j" £300. |M'Leod and Co., in tho Guardian Of- • iice, £400. ! Welton and Co., in the Royal Office, £150. 1 Duiishe.lh and Co., in the United Oliice, £050. flown fo this point the Josses arc believed to be total. The extent of loss in the following is not definite:— Goldiugham and Beckett, Ltd. (building) £5000, in Northern Office, and £.000 in Royal Exchange Ot'lice, (contents) £8000 in the Northern Office; total £10,000. AY. Hurbidg- and Co. (buildings) £2000 in the State Office (contents) in Victoria Office, £100; total £-100. New Zealand I'laters, Ltd. (stock and plant) in the South British Office £1000, Union Clothing Company, in the National Office, £100. Post and Telegraph Department (material) in the National Oi'iiee, £ 150. W. 11. Bray, £750 in the National Office, £300 in tiie Sun Office, £150 iv the State Office; total, £1200. J. Bowrio (1). Bowie had moved) (contents) in the Prudential Office, £500. Teagle, Smith, and Sons, Ltd., wero insured in Lloyd's Office, but the amount is not yet available.
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