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Excursions UNION STEAMSHIP COSII’ANV OF NEW ZEALAND (Limited!. SOUNDS EXCURSIONS. Jll IE Sounds Excur-i 1535 will be made T Favorite steamer ■ns for by tl.e which will leave Port Chalmers on the first trip on SATURDAY, 17th JANUARY, and in the course of an eujht to ten days* trip \Mt Preservation Inlet, Dinky, Brcaksca, George, HJigh, Milford, and other Sounds oil the West Coast. Special facilities will be offered for sporting, Hshiug, and sketching excursions. The Tarawora will arrive hack at Port Chalmers early on th« morning of Monday, January 26, and will leave fur the Sounds the same afternoon. Fare from Wellington ... £ls 4s Full particulars cau be obtained at the Company’s office, 937 CHRISTMAS AND NK\V YEAR HOLIDAYS. N ami after Monday, 220 d December, Return Tickets will be issued for Pic* k** ton, Blenheim, and Nelson, available for return up to 3rd January, ISSS, at SINGLE FAXtES. UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF NEW 106 ZEALAND (Limited.) Public Companies The south sea islands fruit AND GENERAL TRADING COM PANY OF NEW ZEALAND is prepared to receive and forward trial consignments for sale through their various agencies. Special attention given to the Fiji Markets, where the Company also purchase on commission. Head Office Auckland. Agents in Wellington 101 A. MEIKLEJON & CO. The mutual assurance so- CIETY OF VICTORIA (Limited), Foe Life Assurance, Endowments, a id Annuities, Bonds Year, 1885, Principal Office ... 79, Collins.street West, Melbourne. New Zealand Head Offices : Dunedin South Island. Auckland ... ... North Island. Directors.—Dunedin—Hon. W. H. Rey nolds, M.L.C., Juo. M. Ritchie, Jno. Roberts, Auckland—R. C. Barstow, E. Mitcbeison, M.U.R., D. B. Cruickshank. Bankets—Bank of New South Wales. Medical Referee—Dr. G. Gore Gillon, M. 8., O.M. Branches and Agencies throughout the Australasian Colonies, The Quinquennial In vestigation takes place after the close of the year 1885. All policies issued now will parti oipate in the profits. Foi further particulars apply to J. 11. WALLACE & CO., Ageuts ; or, to U. WRAGGF, Travelling Representa tive, 3 T. D. EDMUNDS, Resident Secretary. MANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1824. Chief Offices—9B, King-street, Manchester, 96, Cheapside, London, Agents for New Zealand— Misuses W. McArthur & Co, Auckland. THE Undersigned is prepared to accept Risks at lowest current rates. All losses promptly settled in the colony, S. CARROLL, Agent for Wellington, 918 Lambtonquay. 