National Insurance Company.

This is a fire and marine insurance company, established in 1873. It has a capital of £2,000,000, the amount paid up being £98,037, and the reserve fund £117,252. The total dividends paid amount to £158,975. The head office is in Dunedin, with branches in Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland, and numerous agencies in Australia and Europe. The Board of directors are:—Messrs. J. page 26 M. Ritchie (chairman), Keith Ramsay (vice-chairman), Robert Wilson, Edmund Smith, Alex. Burt, R. Glendining, Hon. W. J. M. Larnach (C.M.G, M.H.R.), Bendix Hallenstein, and Thos. W. Kempthorne. The general manager is Mr. A. Hill Jack, and the manager of the Auckland branch, Mr. William Tait.