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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1363, 21 February 1865, Page 6

irew Ac3Lvortißera.eri.tH. IN RE BARRETT BROTHERS. A SPECIAL MEETING of the CREDITORS in the above Estate will be held at the offices nrf Messrs. M'Lean, Thiel.and Mytton, Tuam street, on FRIDAY, the 24th INST., at 2 p.m., on important business. EIC HARD WALTON, FREDK. W. THIEL, 3497 TrUßtees - THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES ALMANAC is NOW pXJ B L I S H ED, THE ALMANAC contains Maps of Christchurch and Lyttelton. Ephemeris, General Directory, Garden Calendar, Port Regulations, Light Dues, Narrative of Events, Custom Tariff (new), Useful Tables, Mercantile Charges, Postage Rates and Regulations, Canterbury Directory, Trades Directory for Christchurch, Lyttelton, Kaiapoi, Rangiora, and Leithfield, besides a mass of other useful information. PRICE THREE SHILLINGS. To be obtained at the Times Offices, Christchurck and Lyttelton, and of the agents of the paper else▼here. k USTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT (LIFE ASSURANCE) SOCIETY. Established 1849. Incorporated 1857. New Premiums in 1864 exceeded £24.000. Annual Revenue now Exceeds £95,000. The Invested Funds exceed £280,000. PRINCIPAL OFFICES : SYDNEY—New Pitt-street. Directors: The Hon. James Mitchel, Esq., M.L.C., Chairman. S. A. Joseph, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John Fairfax, Esq. I Robert Gilfillan, Esq. John Smith, Esq., M.D. | Samuel Thompson, Esq, Consulting Actuary. M. B. PELL, ESQ., Professor of Mathematics, Sydney Uuiversity. MELBOURNE—IO7, Collins-street, west. Directors: The Hon. T. T. a'Beckett, Esq., M.L.C., Chairman. The Hon. M. Hervey, fcsq., M.L.C., Deputy-Chairman James Callender, Esq. | Robert Macdougall.Es*. The Hon. Archibald Michie, Esq., M.L.A. BUSINESS OF THE SOCIETY. r,ifo Assurances of all kinds. Granting Annuities on lives, present, deferred and reversionary. Granting Endowments for children and old age ADVANTAGES OF THE SOCIETY. TfiE Entire Profits of the business belong to the Members. N.B.—No other office allows any share of profits to Endowment or Annuity Policies. The Bonuses accruing to Policies of the Assurance Branch may be applied to a reduction of future premiums or their value in cash paid to the member at his option. Claims settled as soon as the Executors or Administrators of deceased members are legally empowered to discharge their Policies. Assurances on ont life granted to the extent of £4000. Conditions as to voyaging, residence abroad, &c. more than usually favourable. Premiums payable yearly, or. by half-yearly or quarterly instalments. Surrenders accepted on more favourable terms than those allowed by any other office. At.t. the Rates are calculated on the lowest terms compatible with perfect safety. Loans on Policies granted to tke full extent of their value. Medical Referee for Christchurch. W. DEAMER, Esq., M.D. For prospectuses and all information, forms of proposals, &c., apply to JOHN LEWIS, Cookham House, Christchurch, 2484 Agent for Canterbury. NEW GOVERNMENT EIGHT PER CENT. DEBENTURES. BY ACT of the General Assembly of New Zealand, the Colonial Treasurer is authorised to raise TEMPORARY LOANS on Debentures (to be repaid out of money to be borrowed under the New Zealand Loan Act, 1863) with a Currency of from One to Three Years, bearing Interest at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum, on the Ist day of July, in every year. The Principal and Interest will be made payable at the Treasury, in Wellington, New Zealand; at the Oriental Bank in Sydney or Melbourne; or at the Bank of New Zealand, in London, at the option of the purchasers. Tenders will be received until 12 o'clock, uoon on WEDNESDAY, the 22nd day of February, 1865 at the Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, for the purchase of £25,000 of these Debentures, specifying the total amount of Debentures required, and the rate per cent, which will be given for the same—to be addressed to the " Manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, with the words " Tender for New Zealand General Government 8 per Cent. Debentures " written on the outside. Tenders will be opened in the presence of all persons interested, at one o'clock p.m., at the Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, on Wednesday, 22nd February, 1865. The highest bidders Bhall be deemed the purchasers, provided the prices are not lower than the minimum placed in a sealed paper on the table before the Tenders are opened. Where Tenders are made upon the same terms, a pro rata, distribution upon such Tenders will be made. Debentures will be issued in such sums from Twenty pounds to One Thousand pounds, and of such currency, from One to Three years, as the successful Tenderers may elect,—when those receiving allocation of Debentures, or their Agents, will be required to state at which of. the above places their principal and interest are to-be payable. The Debentures contracted for will be delivered at the Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, on Wednesday the Ist day of March next, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., upon payment of the amount due thereon. Copy of the Act of the Assembly, authorising the issue of these Debentures, and of theOrderin Council under the hand of his Excellency the Governor, providing for the sale of the same, may be seen °n application to the Managers of the Bank of Nevf Zealand at Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and the Secretary of the Bank at Auckland. ALEX. KENNEDY, For the Government of New Zealand. . Bank of New Zealand, na .„ Auckland, 14th Jam., 1865. 285 **- . .——- END OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.