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Lyttelton Times, Volume I, Issue 45, 15 November 1851, Page 7

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. Glasgow .... — H. Walker & Co. Newcastle-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 LONDON J%e ants %iit Insurance ffiompane. Established 1836. — Empowered by Acts of Parliament. OFFICES, 8 & 10, WALTER-STREET, LIVERPOOL; 20 & 21, POULTRY, LONDON. Trustees. Sir Thosias 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 Littledale, 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. JamesAspinall Tobin, Esq. Swinton Boult, Esq. Secretary. Directors in London. Chairman. —William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Deputy-Chairman. —George Fred. Young, Esq. William Brown, Esq., M.P. Hon. Frederick Ponsonby. Sir W. P. De Bath, Bart. John Ranking, E«q. Matthew Forster, Esq. M.P. James M. Rosseter, Esq. Frederick Harrison, Esq. Seymour Teuton, Esq. James Hartley, Esq. Swinton Boult, Esq. RossDe Mangles, Esq.,M.P. Benjamin; Henderson,: Esq., Resident Secretary. Auditors. —T. B. Blackburne, Esq., and D. James, JSsq. Bankers. —Bank of Liverpool, Union Bank of London. CAPITAL AND RESOURCES. The Amount of Capital subscribed exceeds 1,500,0007. Capital paid up and in course of payment -£"191,422 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 .£■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 branches, 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, 6001. 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. The Premiums are moderate; the settlement of claims liberal and prompt. Insurances are effected in the British Colonies and in Foreign Countries, as well as throughout the United Kingdom. Farming Stock. —The Stock and Utensils on one Firm may be insured in one sum, if subject to average, at 3s. 6d. per cent., or, free from average, at 4«. 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 4th inst.