Such will bo the story as to by far the larger proportion of the goods ; for there was an objection on the part of several of tho agents to listen to a proposal touching goods in any store, free or bond, near tho top of Staf ford street or Hope street. The close vi cinity of cheap lodging houses and the conse quent danger has been the primary cause of tne objection; but another has been found in the distance from that best source of water supply, the Bay. ' The British Dining Rooms, Hope street, belonged to Mr W. Hooper, whose loss: amounted to £1200, including cottages ; but he was insured for £300 in the New Zealand office. The loss and insurances of Messrs. Hart were stated about correctly yesterday. Mr Mills was insured for £700 in the Now Zealand Office, and it is to be hoped that bis loss will not greatly exceed that sum. Messrs. Royse, Mudie & Co estimate the value of their stock and building at about £3000, which is much, less than was feared. They are insured to the extent of £1200 : and of the remainder a considerable portion will not fall upon them but upon snippers of the destroyed goods. There were 300 bags of wheat in the place ; tho remaining stock being miscellaneous. Messrs. Mills and Dick, as stated yesterday, saved their type and presses, and they are insured for £1000 by the Mercantile Office. Messrs .Colcman & Co have an insurance of £1000 for goods in Casper's ; and Mr E. Coleman, grocer, had his buildings insured in the same office for £400. What is the amount of his estimated loss on stock we have not been able to learn ; and the same remark applies to Mr -Moran. As to the amount insured in the different offices we can speak with more certainty. The following are the results of enquiry from; the agonts: — Mercantile, £2400 ; Liverpool ] and London, £5000; Royal, £3000; New Zealand £2000 ; Otago, under £500 ; and Australasian (we believe) about £1500. 