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Colonist, Volume XIII, Issue 1278, 24 December 1869, Page 2

TRAFALGAR HOUSE, Next the Bank of New Zealand. JUST OPENED, EX H X R A , FIRST SHIPMENT OF General Drapery A very CHOICE ASSORTMENT of the Most Fashionjlbxe 3tyies in DRESS MATERIALS; .'.... . consisting of ; MOHAIRS, (12 yards for 3 S . 9d.) PLAIN POPLINETTS, BROCHE POPLINETTS, BROCHE GRENADINES, LUSTRES. BLACK, WHITE, & COLORED GLACES, COSTUMES (made up) in all materials, from 12s. 6d.; CHILDREN'S COSTUMES, equally cheap. PRINTED MUSLINS, FRENCH CAMBRICS, FANCY GINGHAMS, PRINTS. HORROCKSES' LONG CLOTHS, all numbers, SHIRTING CALICOES, from 4£d,, GREY „ 1 yard wide, from sid. LINEN SHEETINGS, TWILLED COTTON SHEETINGS, WIGAN DITTO. COUNTERPANES, TOILET QUILTS, MARSELLA QUILTS, LINEN, UNION, and COTTON TICKING. TABLE LINEN, Large assortment. HUCKABACK, FORFAR, GLASS CLOTH, and all materials for domestic purposes. CAUPJBTS, Ac., BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY, from 2s. 10d. slightly damaged KIDDERMINSTER, and FELT CARPETS. FELT SQUARES, HEARTH RUGS, STAIR CARPETS, MATTINGS, FLOOR CLOTHS, &c, &c. EVERY DESCRIPTION OF Haberdashery & Lace Goods CHEMISETTS, COLLARETTS, (new styles) LACE FALLS, (new shapes) I I PARASOLS, in SILK and COTTON. Also, JUST RECEIVED, EX CLAUD HAMILTON, via MELBOURNE, A NEW ASSORTMENT OF

EOYAL INSUBANCE COMPANY. SECURITY Should be the First Consideration in Insurance Transactions. THE Directors of the ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY have the pleasure of; supplying the following information to the public, as evidence of the ample security they ailord to their assurers:— THE CAPITAL Jof the Company, available for the purpose of meeting any unusual calamity happening to the Assured, is I TWO MILLIONS STERLING. The amount actually paid up is JE288.495- This, with the Accumulated Funds in Hand) makes the invested resources of the Company upwards of ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND FOUNDS, which amount is invested as follows:— . INVESTED FUNDS OF THE ROYAL INSUBANCE COMPANY, 30th Junk, 1869. ! Real Property owned by the Company £219,57111 3 Mortgages on Freehold Property 33,500 0 0 £30,000 Reduced 3 per Cent. C0n5015..... 28,085 1 3 India Government 5 per Cent. Debentures 100,000 0 0 English Railway Debenture Bonds 59,090 17 7 First-class English Railway Preference and Guaranteed Stocks 335,476 11 11 Loans to Local Authorities of various Towns in Great Britain, who have obtained the sanction of the Secretary of State to borrow the amouffterftT^liS.SeO 12 6 Bonds of the Mersey Docks and Harbor E0ard....:....*.'... ../...... 62,341 14 8 n Bonds of the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company 10,000 0 0 Bonds of the Liverpool Corporation;..... ................: 5,160 0 0 United States Government Stocks , 101,330 7 10 Canada Bonds and Canada Dominion Stock. 31,106 11 6 Short Loans on first-class English Dividend-paying Stocks with margins, from 20 to 50 per Cent, on market values 477,195 0 0 Loans on Security of Life Policies 63,938 8 5 £1,672,356 16 11 The above is a complete list of the Investments of the Company at the date specified, in addition to which the Funds are still further increased, by amounts constantly varying, at differenteperiods, in the hands of the Bankers and the Company's Agents, At 31et Dec, 1868, these stood' at.... £168,089 2 0 For the satisfaction of the Public, the whole of the securities^ belonging to the Company are annually submitted to the carefnl scrutiny of two independent Auditors, and the following is an Extract from their Report to the last Annual meeting:— w :-,.."' ; ;:j w " The whole of your Books have been Audited—every Document, every Account, every Voucher, your Bank Book, and every Security—all have been most carefully kept, and there is not one doubtful Security in the whole." ; ■ ! . THE ACCUMULATIONS OF THE LIFE DEPARTMENT, j Afterpayment of Losses, Annuities, and Expenses of every description, have been as follows:— Funds in hand at the last Quinquennial Valuation, 31st December, 1864, £621,434 15 5 Added to 31st December, 1865 . . ..... 103,146 73 „ „ 1866 . . . . . . .124,165 7 5 „ „ „ 1867 . . . . ..'.■ . 128,583 510 „ „ „ 1868 . • . . . ... 144,945 12 2 Total Accumulation of the Life Department on 31st December, 1868j ———— exclusive of Shareholders 1 Capital . . . . . £1,122,275 8 1 THE DIRECTORS ALSO THINK IT DESIRABLE TO STATE THAT THE BUSINESS OF THE ROYAL HAS NEVER BEEN AMALGAMATED WITH THAT OF ANY OTHER COMPANY, And that the LIABILITY of its Shareholders ia UNLIMITED. JOHNB. MABIN, \ IWB Agent for Nelton.