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West Coast Times, Issue 10341, 3 August 1896, Page 1

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INSURANCE CO.tll'A v I KS. 60i/ERNMEJST INSURANCE DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED 1870. LOW PREMIUMS. LARGE BONUSES. Surpluses declared— In 1875 £12,000 In 1880 £74,000 In ISBS £233,000 In 1890 £233,000 la 1893 (three years only) £190,000 J. H. aiGHARDSON, '3 Commissions; | MPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Subscribed Capital... ... £1,20C,000'. Rdd up Capital £300,00G[ Invested Funds Exceed ... £1,600,000" Risk" accepted and Policies issued b the undersigned US. A. BONAB Agent, Wharf Street Uojritika S ! orth Queensland IjIIRE and MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. CAPITAL £250,000. HEAD OFFICE. CORNER OF PITT AND BRIDGE STREETS, SYDNEY. FIRE RISKS TAKEN IN HOKITIKA AND DISTRICT MARINE INSURANCE RIbKS TAKEN TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. • VERY LOWEST RATES JAMES CiiEoNfiY & CO.. Agents, liokiiika. . - _ . _ HTHE PALATINE INSURANCE X COMPANY, Limiteo. Head Oki-iuk • Manchester. Capital 1,500.000 We hc\e this day appoint" l Messrs James Choaney and Co. ago u is foi Hokitika. Fire risks accepted at the lowest «m runt rates. ARTHUR BADDELY Manager for New Zealui.'l. ! Ohristnturch, 19th July. IP.. I „_ JJ II IE iS IX F [R E OFV Hi E OF LONDON. Established over One Hundred i'eara. Amounts paid foi losses by Fire over £14.000,000 »^rU ng . [Established 1782], ; Aunaal Income, £800,000. Accumulated | Funds Exceed £1,000. - The UNDERSIGNED having been appointed AGENTS for WESTLAND 3 are prepared to take TIRE RISKS on a , every description oi Property on the most Favorable terms. „ I POLLOCK & BEVAN, Agents. t ~ BOOKBINDING of every description JL> exeouted at xhe Wfisx Coast Tjjuiss Otfice

Shipping. UNION -STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, LIMITED STEAM ,TO ALu EW ZEALAND PORTS, MELBOURNE, HOBART & SYDNEY BOOKING PASSENGERS AT THBOUaH BATES. PROBABLE SAILINGS— FOR LYTTELTON DIRECT. S.S. JANET NICJOLL (leaves Grey) TO-DAY FOR DUNEDLN DIRECT. S.S. HERALD (leaves Greymouth) WEDNESDAY " FOR NELSON & WELLINGTON .S. MAWHERA, (leavea Greymouth) ON THURSDAY at 6 a.m. FOR WESTPORT, NELSON AND WELLINGTON. 8. S GRAFTON, (leaves Grey mouth ) ON MONDAY ai noon. 8. S. WAIN UI, (leaves Grey mouth) ON ± itiDAY at 11 a.m. FOR SYDNEY, VIA AUCKLAND S.S. TAR AAV ERA (leaves Wellington) FKIDAX, AUGUST 14. FOR SYDNEY DIRECT. S S WAKATIPU ( leaves Wellington) i SATURDAY, AUGUST 6. ' FOR MELBOURNE, VIA bbUFFi S.S. MARAROA (leaves Wellington) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12. SOUTH SEA ISLANDo EXCURSION S.S. Taviuui will leave Auckland about. Wednesday, 29 July tor Tonga, JSawoa, Fiji and Sydney. j FOR TAHITI AND RARaTO^GaJ S.S. Corinna leaves Auckland about Wednesday, sth August. BS. ALAMEDA leaves Auckland | FOR SAN FRANCISCO, I SATURDAY, AUGUST 8. J Passengers booked through to Western Australia. • _ PASSENGERS BOOKED. TO AND FROM LONDON BY THE ORIENT LINE OF STEAMERS, Leaving Melbourne and Sydney every fortnight. Passengers booked lo Honolulu fi'rancisco, Liverpool and London. .For Freight or Passage apply to fche Agent, JAMES A. BONAR Whari 3tre« Hokitika.

SHIPPING. | NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY'S ROYAL MAIL LINE OF STEAMERS. i FOR LON DON, Via Monti 1 Video. Rio Janiero, Teneriffe, and Plymouth :—: — Ton Port of , Steamer, Beg. Departure, j Date. 1896 Rirautaka ... '4515 Lytteltou Aug. 6 Ruapehu .. i4202| Lyttelton. Sept. 3. Kaikoura ... 45071 — Oct. 1 Ruahine ... 6127J — Oct 29. Tonganro ... 41631 — - Nov. 26 1 Warrants issued here for passengers from the United Kingdom. Round the World (first class) through Oanacta or United States, returning by N. '/j. R. Coy. or vice versa, £125. FARES BETWEEN N.Z. AND LONDON (Homewards or Outwards)' Bingle Return First Ciass £58 £100 Second Class £36 Us £65 Third Class Passage Rates :—: — • single, £15 15s to £19 1S&. Return, £28 to £36 For freight or pr...sage, apply to JAS. A. BONAR. Agent, Wharf Street INSDKANCfi COMPANIES. r|IHE VJOTORXA INSURANCE X COMPANY (Limited.; [Established 1849 ] CAPITAL ... ' ... £1.000,000 FIRE. MAELSE, AND FII'ELITY GUARANTEE RISKS accepted at. LOWEST CURRENT RATKS. I Wm. DUNCAN, Agent. Hokitika. _ I \rBW ZEALAND IN»JTHAN(:K ' -^ COMPANY, FJBE AND M ARI NIV Capita , .. i' 1,000,000 Capital Paict up 7.00.000 Ro-Judurancf Fund find 11^serve 200,000 Unlimited Liability of Shareholdorp. Hkai» Ohkice ; New Zeaxand Insurance BuiMiugs, Auckland. Fire aud Marne i-'jsks taken .it Lowest Current Rates. PA.TERSON, MICHEL & CO., Agents. Hokitika. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY.. Total Funds Excej- « Ten Million rpFJE Net In vested Funds of tW Fire JL Department «lone (Including Paidup Capital) amount to £5,870,126. The Net lu vested Funds of the Life and Annuity Department amount to £6,693,426. Acjstualian Branch 1 (Fikb); '4l Queen STBBErr'/MElrßOUtfNl!}. x '* • '" ' 1 Risks undertaken' aL Lowest" Cn r rent /BatQsby JcnESNEy &co> Agents, Hokitiku,