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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 8964, 31 January 1888, Page 7

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THE NEW ZEALAND ALMANAC, COMMERCIAL HANDBOOK, AND DIRECTORY FOR 1888, IS NOW READY.—Contents Postal Department (including Rates, Post Offices, Money Orders, Savings Bank, Ac.), Telegraph De partment, Telephones, Cable Rates, Passengei ; Fares on New Zealand Railways, Calendar Diary 01 32 pages, New Zealand Customs Tariff, Land De partment, Law Department, Stamp Duties, Regis tration of Deeds, Religious Divisions of the World Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Government am Parliament of New Zealand, List of Candidates ant Number of Votes Polled at last General Election Eclipses, Civil Service Directory, Courses and Dis tanres, Commission and Discount Tables, Cost o War in time of Peace, Quantity of Manure to th< A re, Size of Land Holdings in Great Britain am New Zealand, National Debts and Taxation 0 Europe, Annuities to Royal Family, Population o Provincial Districts, Sovereigns of Europe, Import: and Exports, Jewish and Mahommedan Calendars Special Holidays (New Zealand and Australia) Commercial Directory of New Zealand, Agricultura • Information, Weather Warnings, and many othe interesting articles, Statistics, etc. Price Om Shilling. May be obtained at any Bookseller's. * Public Companies. ■\TORTHERN ASSURANCI J3I COMPANY. Capital £3,000,000. STATEMENT SHEWING THE PROGRESS OF THI NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, ) Since its establishment in 1830, to the present timi (1S78). ' ,_. , v- *1 ~ I Revenue Ac j"™i' P Year 1 Net Fire Net Life , from j t , V - a 1 et "" | Revenue. Revenue, s interest. ' 1 unds in I I ' I hand. I££j £ ! £ „ 1536 I 000 700 : 1,-00 ! 35,200 a ISSB 1,900 2,000 | 2,500 1841 3,200 | O,SOO 2,400 j 63,000 1844 4,000 : 14,000 j 4,000 j 95,500 1847 0,800 ; 15,200 j fi.SOO 134,600 1850 27,900 i 26,000 I 0,500 162,800 1853 62,900 ! 37,400 j 8,600 225,500 law 108,400 I 50,500 i 13,200 , 342,500 „ 1857 120,300 I 62,600 I 18,000 \ 452,600 1858 167,800 i 75,300 24,200 , 502,400 1859 183,900 87,400 | 34,700 505,700 1860 1 232,500 i 113,700 i 41,100 940,900 1561 i 310,400 119,900 | 57,700 1,241,600 1562 | 403,300 133,0 M I 78,400 1,778,100 1563 307,000 157,500 i 2,215,800 . 1 1 I LIFE DEPARTMENT. It is worse than useless to possess a Life Polic unless there is the certainty that the sum assure 3 will bo paid at death. A man may for years tins to it as the support of his family, and ultimatel find that it is of no value. The sums assured by t!i - "NORTHERN "are guaranteed by the Shareholder 1 capital of Three Millions Sterling, and by it >. Accumulated Funds, all safely invested, amountin already (December, 1577) to more than T\v Millions Two Hundred Thousand Pounds, an continually increasing. In the Participation Branch, the whole of til ASCERTAINED SURPLUS at each valuation belongs t the assured. The undersigned, Agent for the above Compan; is prepared to accept Risks against Fire on Building and Contents in the City and Province of Aucklam at the LOWEST CURRENT RATES. THOMAS MACKY. al \TORWICH UNION FIR! . INSURANCE SOCIETY, riESTABLISHED 1797. ,y Amount Insured, £200,000,000. I ».*l* it !; ill ' . ' j This Office is distinguished by its LIBERALIT and PROMPTNESS in the Settlement of CLAIMS. The Policies of the Society cover TOTAL LOSS O PARTIAL DAMAGE arising from LIGIITNINC and EXPLOSION OF GAS. WILLIAM T. J. BELL, Chief Agent for Auckland and Taranaki, 81, Queen-street, Auckland. - BRITISH & MERCANTIL 3, INSURANCE COMPANY LONDON AND EDINBURGH. ESTABLISHED ISOO. cc G O § INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. tr. S" q Subscribed Capital .. .. .. £2,500,000 Paid Up 625,000 Fire Reserve Fund, 1885 .. ... 1,680, 4oS Net Firo Premiums, ISSS.. .. 1,145,510 :5 > Total Losses, ISSS 015,22S of LOWEST CURRENT RATES AND PROMP SETTLEMENT ON THE SPOT. ist ARTHUR HADDKI.KV, Chief Agent for the Province of Auckland,