NEW ZEALAND LAND COMPANY. Governor : The Earl of Durham. Deputy Governor : Joseph Somes, Esq. Directors : Lord Petre, Hon. Francis Baring, M.P., John Ellorker Boulcott, Esq., John William Buckle, Esq., Russell Ellice, Esq., . i James Brodie Gordon, Esq., Thomas Alcrs Hankey, Esq., William Hutt, Esq., M.P., Stewart Majoribanks, Esq., Sir W. Molesworth, Bart, M.P., Alexander Nairn, Esq., John Pirie, Esq., Alderman, Sir George Sinclair, Bart., M.P., John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., Wm. Thompson, Esq., Alderman, M.P., Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Arthur Willis, Esq., George Frederick Young, Esq. Bankers: Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, and Messrs. Wright. mHE Directors of the New Zealand Land JL Company hereby give notice, that they have EFFECTED AN ARRANGEMENT with tllO Union Bank of Australia, No. 38, Old Broad-street, London, for the establishment of a BRANCH BA.NK IN NEW ZEALAND, through which the business of the New Zealand Land Company will be transacted. The Directors therefore recommend to Colonists the Union Bank of Australia as an establishment possessing their entire confidence, and able to provide effectually for the financial wants of the first settlement. By order of the Board, JOHN WARD, Secretary. New Zealand Land Company's Office, : ** 1, Adam-street, Adclphi, 27th Aug., 1839. Union Bank, of Australia, London Office, No. 38, Old Broad-street. Directors : George Fife Angas, Esq., 1 Robert Brooks, Esq., James John Cummins, Esq., Robert Gardner, Esq., Manchester, John Gore, Esq., Charles Hindley. Esq., M.P., Benjamin E. Lmdo, Esq., Charles Edward Mangles, Esq., Christopher Rawson, Esq., Halifax, Thomas Sands, Esq., Liverpool, James Bogle Smith, Esq., ; James Ruddell Todd, Esq. 1 Trustees: George Carr Glyn, Esq., John Gore, Esq., and James J. Cummins, Esq. i Bankers: Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, j and Co. ; Secretary : Samuel Jackson, Esq. [ Colonial Inspector : J. C. M'Laren, Esq. r New Zealand Branch. Local Directors : Geo. S. Evans, Esq., D.C.L. 3 Edward Betts Hopper, Esq., and George L Hunter, Esq. ' Manager : John Smith, Esq., late of the Com 7 mercial Bank of England, Manchester. ! Arrangements having been made for thi opening of a Branch in New Zealand, notice i , liereby given, that Bills on Sydney, at thirty p days' sight, will be issued at this office to tin , Settlers, for such sums as may be required, at i ' charge of two per cent., redeemable v* JNev Zealand, in the notes of this Bank, with a re .. turn of the two per cent., thus enabling tin , colonists to transmit their funds without deduc r The Directors likewise continue to grant let r tors of credit, payable at sight, for any sum no j exceeding £300, and bills at thirty days sight i for larger amounts, on their Branches atbydn ey 3 Kobart Town, Launceston, and Melbourne t Tort Philip, on the usual terms. i By order of the Board, 1 SAMUEL JACKSON, Secretary. a The business of the Branch Bank commence s at Port Nicholson, New Zealand, 24th March f 1840; B THE FIRST SHOP OPENED IN POX 3 NICHOLSON. The Britannia Hotel and Stores. s T PIERCE begs to inform his friends ail s J • the public, that his Stores are now openet - and that by attention and diligence he hopes t i merit their patronage. . [i J. Pierce begs to submit the following list c i, goods : — a Groceries of all kinds, c Bread, flour, and biscuit. a Spirits, wines, ale and porter, in cask an it bottle. " ... York and Westphalia hams, in good conditioi y Haberdashery of all kinds. ;o Ironmongery and cutlery, n Nails direct from the Britannia works. J J. Pierce hopes that the competitive systei l " of puffing, so much practised in the old worl^ will never .be introduced in this Colony ; li ;j; j therefore refrains from introducing prices, an n merely invites a trial. Port Nicholson, April 13, 1840. LS . is WANTED, SEVERAL SAWYERS. Apply to T. N Partridge and Co. if April 11, 1840. STORAGE to be had. Apply to T. M. Pari ridgl and Co.
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New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Issue 5, 9 May 1840, Page 1
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