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- - - - ■ i x Insurance Companies. VJ E W ZEALAND i j INSURANCE COMPANY, FOB Fire, Marine, and General Insurance. Head Office :— Fraser's Buildings, Auckland. CAPITAL— £2SO,OOO, (with unlimited liability of shareholders.) Established 1850. Incorporated by Act oFthe General Assembly. BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY; This Company undertakes the Assurance of Stores, Shops, and Buildings, m which trades are carried on, Dwellings, Farm Houses, &c. f Merchandise, and goods of every description; Haystacks, Ships m harbor, m dock, and on slip, at rates of Premium as advantageous to the interests of the Assured as those of any other Company. Ships Insured for the Voyage or Time Mer- chandise and goods Insured with and without particular average. Claims for loss and average payable by the Company three months after the settlement of the same, and made payable m London, Sydney, or Melbourne, if required. By effecting Insurance on produce to the United Kingdom m this Company, the British Policy duty of 5 per cent, is saved. The Directors can confidently refer to the well-known character of the Company for liberality and promptitude m the discharge of claims, and would remind Assurers that this being a colonial institution, the whole of the profits are retained and invested m the Colonyr instead of being transmitted to England. Tables of Rates, printed forms of proposal, and all other information may be obtained from HENRY J, LE CREN & CO., Agents for Timani. mHE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LltfE INSURANCE COMPANY Instituted 1836. CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED- £2,000,000. RESERVED FUND— £215,596 ll& lid. Liability of Company unlimited. Amount of Claims paid for losses by fire, 1859 — £201,985 7s 18cl Amount of Premiums received on Fire Policies. 1839— £127,415 14s. 2d. DIRECTORS : Joseph Willis, Esq., Chairman. Hon. George K. L. Holden, M.L.C. Benjamin Buchanan, Esq. Hon. E. Deas Thompson, C.8., M.L.C. Hon. John B. Watt, Esq., M.L.C. Edward Knox, Esq. MEDICAL OFFICERS FOR CANTERBURY i For Lyttelton — :Dr. Donald, tfor Christchurch:— Dr. Coward. This Company presents unusual facilities for Life Assurance. Policies issued without the delay attendant upon referring to London of Sydney. Fire Insurance m all its branches. Premiums varying according to risk. Insurance may be effected against Fire on Buildings, Stock m Trade, Furniture, Wool m Sheds, &c. Losses arising from Fire or on Death, promptly paid by the undersigned immediately upon proof of the same. 