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Lyttelton Times, Volume I, Issue 39, 4 October 1851, Page 8

Lyttelton, Sept. 20th, 1851. MESSRS. COOKSON, BOWLER, & Co., beg to intimate that they have commenced Business, in Lyttelton as Merchants, Custom-House and General Commission Agents. REFERENCES. London .... Messrs. Matheson & Co. Glasgoiv .... — H. Walker & Co. Ncwcastle-on-Tyne — W. I. Cookson & Co. Sydney .... — Thacker & Co. AGENTS. London .... Messrs. F. Young & Co. „ .... — F. Mangles & Co. CORRESPONDENTS. Wellington . . . Messrs. W.Bowler, Son & Co. Place of Business at present, on the Esplanade, opposite the Custom-House. . THE LIVERPOOL AND LONOOti jFtre antt TLiic Insurance ©otttpang. Established 1536. — Empowered by Acts of Parliament. OFFICES, 8 & 10, WALTER-STREET, LIVERPOOL; 20 & 21, POULTRY, LONDON. Trustees. Sib Thomas Bebnard Birch, Bart., M.P. Adam Hodgson, Esq. | S. H. Thompson, Esq. Directors in Liverpool. Chairman. —William Nicol, Esq. Deputy-Chairmen. —J. C. Ewart, Esq., J. Hornby, Esq. Thomas Brocklebank, Esq. John Hore, Esq. William Dixon, Esq. George H. Lawrence, Esq. William Earle, Esq. Harold Little dale, Esq. T. Steuart Gladstone, Esq. John Marriott, Esq. George Grant, Esq. Edward Moon, Esq. Francis A. Hamilton, Esq. Charles Saunders, Esq. Francis Haywood, Esq. H. Stolterfoht, Esq. Robert Higgin, Esq. John Swainson, Esq. George Holt, Esq. James A spinall Tobin, Esq. Swinton Boult, Ksq. Secretary. Directors in London. Chairman. —William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Deputy-Chairman. —George Fred. Young, Esq. William Brown, Esq., M.P. 1 Hon. Frederick Ponsonby. Sir W. P. De Bath, Bart. John Ranking, Esq. Matthew Forster, Esq. M.P. James M. Rosseter, Esq. Frederick Harrison, Esq. Seymour Tenlon, Esq. James Hartley, Esq. Swinton Boult, Esq. Ross De Mangles, Esq.,M.P. Benjamin Henderson, Esq., Resident Secretary. Auditors. —T. B. Blackburne, Esq., and D. James, Esq. Bankers. —Bans, of Liverpool, Union Bank op London. CAPITAL AND RESOURCES. The Amount of Capital subscribed exceeds 1,500,000*. Capital paid up and in course of payment 10 0 Reserved Surplus Fund . 131,452 10 0 Investment Fluctuation do. 40,000 0 0 Fire Insurance Guarantee do. 29,568 18 11 Life do. Accumulation do. 67,581 19 3 268,603 8 2 j?460,025 18 2 The Liability of the Proprietors is declared by the Company's Acts of Parliament to be unlimited. BUSINESS. Insurance against Loss by Fire of Property of every description, both at home and abroad. Life Insurance in all its tranches, including the Endowment of Children and Adults ; and the sale and'purchase of Annuities, Reversions, and contingent Interests. Insurance of Leases for Years, by which the value of Property so held is made equal to freehold. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Since its establishment in 1836, the Company has paid, for Losses by Fire, the sum of 241,600*. This fact is the best evidence of the service it has rendered the public, and the strongest ground on which to rest its claims to public favour. Tte Premiums are moderate ; the settlement of claims liberal and prompt. Insurances are effected in the British Colonies and in Foreign Countries, as (veil as throughout the United Kingdom. ; Farming Stock.—The Stock aud Utensils on one Firm may be insured in one sum, if subject to average, at 3s. 6d. per cent., or, free from average, at 4s. per cent.; in either case it is not chargeable with Duty. No Charge for Policy, however small the Amount of Insurance. Agents at Wellington, Messrs. William Bowler, Son & Co. At Lyttelton, Messrs. Cookson, Bowler, & Co., who are now prepared to effect Policies commencing on the 14th inst. npiMBER; viz., Scantling, Joists, &c, at ■*■ 16s. 6d. Nails — Spikes, Weatherboard, Flooring, Shingling. &re. Locks, Bolts, Hinges, Screws, &c. White Lead, Oil Paint, Paints, Turps, &c. RICHARD BEAMISH.