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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 721, 1 August 1878, Page 1

PUBLIC COMPANIES North otago permanent BUILDING SOCIETY. PRESIDENT : Mr. A. J. S. Headland. TRUSTEES : Mr. E. W. Roxby | Mr. Jno. Mainland COMMITTKE or MANAGEMENT : Mr. H. Aitken M. W. C. Baudint Mr. John Thomson Mr. O. Miller Mr. Robert West Mr. v.obert Thompson Mr. T. Fairley Mr. »o.n Barclay Mr. Robert Wilson. TREASURER : Mr. W. G. Fille SECRETARY : Mr. G. Snmpter. soi.u.itors : Messrs. Julius and Balmer. The above Society is prepared to ißsue £25 Debentures, at Eight per cent, per annum, « payable at any time on three months notice. For further particular and information, apply to GEORGE SUMPTER, g2S Secretary. Australian mutual provident SOCIETY. Established in the Year 1549. For Life Assurance on the Mutual Principle. 2s ew Zealand Branch : Head Office ... Wellington. Invested Funds Annual Income Amount Assured Claims Paid Policies in Force LAST YEAR OF THE QUINQUENNIUM. Sixth Division of Profits. The whole of the profits are divided amongst the assured, and bonuses to the .amount of £910,000 have already been allotted. The last division of protits took place in 1574, and the cash surplus then divided amounted to £235,000, giving additions to policies averaging £3 per cent, per annum on the sura assured. The bonuses paid on policies becoming claims have varied from £ls per cent, on the sum assured for a policy of five years standing to £l5O per cent, for one ot twenty-live years duration. Bonuses become vested additions to policies when they have been lull live years in force. The protits realised during the last five years will be ascertained and divided as at ;Ust December next, and ail policies issued ~u or before that date will be entitled to participate in the protits of quinquennium. Prospectuses, forms of proposal, and all information may be obtained from the Branch Office, Wellington, or from any of the Society's agents. EDWARD W. LOWE, Resident Secretary. Agent for Oamaru : GEORGE SLMPTER. &10UTH BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE 5 INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Capital - - - £1,000,000. The undersigned having been appointed AUKNT of this well-known Company for 'Oamaru and surrounding District, is prejinred to undertake Fire and Marine Insurance Business at LOWEST CURRENT RATES. Fire.—Buildings of every description and tcheir contents insured. Marine.—Hulls, Freight, Gold, Grain, Wool, and Cargoes Generally Insured to and from New Zealand, United Kingdom, Australia, America, China, Mauritius, etc.. etc. Office : Colonial Bank Buildings, Thames-street, Oamaru. W. J. SMITH, Agent. Mamh I, IS7S. 7 STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY. ik* VfRE AND MARINE. Capi jl, One Million Sterling. Head Office Princes-str°et, Dunedin. LOSSES BY FIRE INSURED AGAINST ON STORES, DWELLING-HOUSES WAREHOUSES, Ac., AT CURRiSNI RATES. The Company will also take risks on vVcol and all kinds of Merchandise, on land or sea ; and eithei on valued or open noliciea on the most reasonable terms. Particular attention is drawn to the "that by provision in the articles of association insurers will participate in the profits of the Company, Agent job Oamaru HENRY AITKEN PROTECTION FROM LOSSES BY FIRE. SETTLERS and other* irill find it to their interest to secure their premises against Fire in the NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Which, moreover, is deserving of their support as a Colonial institution having a resident proprietary, and from its enti Capital and Profits being invested in New Zealand. ... £2,300,000 550,000 ... 12,000,000 550.000 31,04)0 LEMON, JLgent, Owm. 374