New Zealand fire & Marine Insurance Company THEPREiyiIERCofiiAL COMPANY. Established .... 185° Capital. £1,000,00 MARLBOROUGH BRANCH. ! Good Risks Taken at as LOW BATES as any Office j, m Blenheim. THIS being a Local Insti- tution, Colonists havo au interest m preferring it A o an English Ofißce, as ii* fund are not withdrawn from but vested m the Colony. JOHN M. HUTCHESON, Agent, Blenheim. Sub-Agents ; Geeensill <fe Co Picton A. B. Litchfield Renwick G-.D.Lockhart&Co CHRISTOHURCH, GENERAL COMMISSION AGENI FINANCIERS, Stock, Share, Wool, and Pro- duce Brokers, ARBITRATORS, VALUATORS, AND AUCTIONEERS. MONEYS ADVANCED ON FREE- HOLD SECURITIES At the Lowest Rate of 'lnterest Cutren HAVE "oFsALE : Many aesirabble STATION PROPER TIES m Canterbury, and m the Pro- vinoes of Wellington, Napier, Auck- land, Otago, and near Invercargill. Numerous FAR.vIS m Canterbury, near proved and unimproved; likewise oon Invercargill and m the an sisting of rich deep soil, fenced m Comfortable Buildings thsreon. also : Sundry GENTLEMEN'S RESIDENCES with land and ornamental grounds at- tached; and SMALL COTTAGES, situated on i and J Acre Sections ; together with many BUILDING SITES, fronting on the River Avon one mile from the centre of Christ- church ; and Building Sites m the most business parts of the city, on Most. Liberal Terms, and at a Lower Rate of Interest than hitherto known. For further information apply per n. ally or by letter to the undersigned. GEORGE D. LOCKHART & Co., Gloucester-street, G. D. LOOKHART & Co. HAVE received instructions from Messrs Robber & Co,, of Vienna the well-known Banking and Money Brokers, to DISPOSE OF SHARES IN THE GRAND IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN STATE LOAN, Of 40,000,0000 Florins, equal to £4,000,000 Sterling ; THE IMPERIAL AND ROYAL HUN GARIAN STATE LOAN, Of 30.000,000 Florins, equal to £3,000,000 Sterling ; THE NEW GRAND LOAtf OF THtf CITY OF VIENNA, Of 30,000,000 Florins, equal to £3,000,00 Sterling ; THE AUSTRIAN CREDIT BANK LOAN, Of 40,000,000 Florins, equal to £4,000,000 Sterling. Shares may be purchased m thcs*! Loans at ONE POUND EACH. ' One Share may obtain 200,000 FLORINS equal to £20,000 Sterling. The prizes of one of the quarterly draw- ings are as follows : — lPrizeof .. 200,000 norms .. £20,000 1 „ .. 20,000 „ .. 2,000 1 „ .. 15,000 „ .. 1,500 1 „ .. 10,000 „ .. 500 2 „ 5,000 10,000 „ .. 