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Otago Witness, Issue 1346, 15 September 1877, Page 22

PBOSPEOTUS. xf orth british and mercantile Jli insurance company, london and edinburgh. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Subscribed Capitalt— £2,ooo,ooo Stkbxtxg. Fir* Reskbve Fuhds (1876)— £1,082,768. BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN LONDON. Chairman — John White Cater, Esq. (Messrs J. W. Gate?, Sons and Co.) DKPUTjr-CHAIRMAN — Charles Morrison, Esq. (late Messrs Morrison, Dillon, and Co.) Richard Baring, Esq., (Messrs James Cook and Co.) Richard Brandt, Esq., Merchant. Alexander H. Campbell, Esq. (Messrs Fin* lay, Campbell, and Co.) Edward Cohen. Esq. (Messrs Kleinwort, Cohen, and Co.) John Fleming, Esq. (Messrs Smith, Fleming, and Co) Pascoe Dn Pre Grenfell, Esq. (Messrs Morton, Rose, aod Co.) The Right Honourable Lord Lawrence, of thePonjaub, G.C.8., G.C.S.L Hon. Hugh M'Culloch (Messrs M'Culloch and Co.) Joaius Spencer Morgan, Esq. (Messrs J. S. Morgan and Co.) George Garden Nicol, Esq. (Chairman of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China ) John Sanderson, Esq. (Messrs Sanderson, Murray, and Co.) Baron John Henry William Schroder Messrs J. H. Schroder and Co.) George Young, Esq., Merchant. Fire Manager — G. H. Burnett. Foreign Sub-Manager — Philip Winsor. Life Manager — Henry Cockburn. Secretary— F. W. Lance. General Manager— David Smith. London Otficb • 31 Threadneedle street. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Tbe Company insures against fire nearly every description of property in all parts of the world, at the lowest rates of premium corresponding to the risk. Insurances effected for seven years by prepayment are charged for cix only. Losses settled with promptitude and liberality. As an instance of the standing of the Company, it may be mentioned that daring the yean 1867 to 1876 the Fire Premiums, after deducting re-insurances, amounted to £6,571,106, while losses to the extent of £3,879,614 were indemnified. The undersigned have been appointed tbe Company* Agents, and are authorised to insire against lire on favourable terms. MURRAY, ROBERTS, & CO., 25aa Stafford street, Dunedin. BUSINESS NOTICES. T7»XHIBITION OF MERINO WOOL ill at GOLDSBROUGH'S WOOL WAREHOUSES, MELBOURNE, ON THURSDAY, 14th FEBRUARY, 1878. j R. Goldsbroagh. and C>. beg to announco that they will hold an Exhibition of Merino Wool, at their Warehouses, Bourke and William streets, on Thursday, the 14th February, 1878, and invite the competition of the Woolgrowers of Victorii, New South Wales, Queensland. South Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, for the prizes, 0 insisting of FOUR GOLD CUPS, Of the value of 25 guineas each, to bo given by the firm on that occasion for tbe beat exhibits of Merino Wool. Conditions, &o , cf Competition, as follows :—: — One Gold Cup. for the most valuable , Bale of 50 Fleeces of Washed Wool, not skirted, , grown either in Victoria, Riverina, South Australia, Tasmania, or New Zealand. One Gold Cup, for the most valuable Bale of 50 Fleeces of Greasy Wool, not Bkirted, grown either ia Victoria, Riveripa, South Australia, Tasmania, or New Zealand. One Gold Ccp. tor the most valuable Bale of 50 Fleeces of Washed Wool, not skirted, grown either in New South Wales or Queensland. < One Gold Cup. for the most valuable Bale of 50 Fleeces of Greasy Wool, not skirted, grown either in New South Wales or Queensland. Rains' Wool excluded from competition. The number of days' growth of the wool, the time when shorn, and whether from ewes wethers, or hoggets, to be stated. The exhibitois are also required to brand their bales with three letters, different from the station brand, which latter will be put on the bales after the award is made. R. Goldsbroagh and Co 's agents at the different shipping ports will take charge of all exhibits consigned to them, and pay all charges and expenses thereon. As it has betn decided by the Government that Victoria shall be represented at the International Exhibition to be held at Paris, Ist May, 1878, growers desirous of sending duplicat a «i f their Melbourne exhibits to that Exhihitiun should forward same not later thin Lt January, 1878, to R GOLDSBROUGH and CO , who, if requested, will be s[iad to ship them to London or Paris. To facilitate t v :e necessary arrangements, intending exhibit. ra are iequested ti communicate with R. Goldibroug aud Co as soon a? pogsib'M. Goldsbrouuh's Wool Warehouse, Bourke and William streets, Melbourne, August 8, 1877. Is THB YOUNG LADIES' JOURNAL APRIL PART contains the commencement of Two New Strries, entitled, "MY LADY JANET," and "A PRETTY PIE JE ,OF REVENGE ;" also, a Sheet of Elegant Coloured Designs in Crewel Work : AN EXTRA SUPPLEMENT GRATIS, With Instructions for Crewel Work.