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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 747, 2 September 1878, Page 1

PUBLIC COMPANIES COLONIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. FLTM] AND MARINE. Capital ... £2,000,000. HEAD 01'FIOK-WELLINGTON. Dllsi:iTOaS : The Hon. C. J. Phru-awn. Chairman. The' Hoi". O. Johnson, Vice("Uiairmiui. The Hon. Ur. M. S. Grace. A. De B. Brandon, Esq. Walter J. Nathan, Esq. E. W. Mills. Esq. Jacob Joseph, Esq. General Manager: G. S. Graham, Esq. THE MUTUAL PRINCIPLE. This Company being compelled by its Articles of Association to reserve 100,000 Shares (half the capital) to be allotted from i time to time to actual insurers only in proportion to the amount of premiums paid, offers to the public generally, and particularly to men of Bmall means, the twofold advantage, which no Fire Insurance Company in New Zealand has hitherto offered, that of security against loss from five, combined with participation in the profits of one of the safest and most lucrative kinds of investment >n the world. An insurer with this Company, being a shareholder, in effect reduces the rate charged on his own property in proportion to the amount of premimum he pays and the influence lie exerts to induce others to insure with the Company. NOTICE TO INSURERS. At the expiration of the first financial period of the Company, the Directors will offer to persons who may have insured the Company the right of taking up at par one of the unallotted shares for every £1 of premium paid by them, whether for Fire or Marino ri.>ka. The undersigned having been appointed Agent for the County of Waitaki, is prepared to accept Fire or Marine Risks at at Current Rates. „„,,., JOSEPH BOOTH. Offices : Tyne-street, Oamaru. 930 BUSINESS NOTICES. EID AND GRAY, \> AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT MANUFACTURERS, Millwrights, Iron Founders, Waggon Builders, Horse Shoers, General Blacksmiths, and Importers of Every Description of Agricultural Implements and Machinery, Dunedin, Oamaru, and Timaru. Manufacturers of the Celebrated REAPING MACHINES (Universally acknowledged to be the best made), with Patent Double Steel-lined Fingers, &f- Also on hand, a limited number of new PATENT SELF-BINDERS FARM DRAYS "Manufactured on the Premises by the aid of Improved Machinery, from the most durable materials. PORTABLE ENGINES, Either with Horizontal or Upwright Boilers, made on the Premises. These laboursaving Engines are made at reasonable prices, and will be found most useful to farmers. All kinds of Farming Implements Repaired by Experienced Workmen. FENCING WIRE AND STANDARDS. We are now Landing No. 6, 7, and 8 Wire of the Best Brands, and a large consignment of Standard Iron, direct from the manufacturers, at Greatly Reduced Prices. REID AND GRAY, Otago Implement and Machine Works, DtJNKDIN, OAMARU. TtMAP.IT AND LEIGH rv 3 are now offering their large and varied stock of FRUIT AND FOREST TREES, CALIFORNIAN PINEs, AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS, &c, &c. The above Trees have been carefully transplanted, and include all the varieties most suitable for this district. Apple Trees warranted free from American blight. Prices on application. Special low quotations where large quantities are required. Thamks-stkeet. 880 MONUMENTAL WORK. THE undersigned having betn appointed agents in Oamaru for some of the largest Monumental Firms, are now in a position to undertake the execution of all descriptions of the above. Orders are respectfully solicited for the following, viz.: — Tombstones in Granite ~ ~ Marble ~ ~ Oamaru Stone Cast Iron Railings (choice patterns Kerbing, in BlueSLone and Oamaru Stone Experienced Worumen sent to any distance required. A very large and choice assortment of the Newest Designs open for inspection. Gilded Lettering done. Inspection invited. ADAM AND KING, Next Presbyterian Church, Coquet and Humber streets. 975 " fcAY ZKALAKD INSURANCE COM- ±-% P.-vNY. The above Company is prepared to INSURE GRAIN IN FIELD, STACK, OR STORE; Or, if required, from Field to Store, and to take Risks on Thrashing Mills for Time or Season, at LOWEST CURRENT RATES. GEORGE SUMPTER, 610 Agent.