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The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company provided investments and loans for trade and commerce in New Zealand and Australia.

Notable people

* James Beard, the 1889 New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Building architect *

John Logan Campbell Sir John Logan Campbell (3 November 1817 – 22 June 1912) was a prominent Scottish-born New Zealand public figure. He was described by his contemporaries as "the father of Auckland". Early life John Logan Campbell was born in Edinburgh, Sco ...

, director * Josiah Firth, with Thomas Russell embarked on a series of large banking and company promotions *

Henry Goulstone Henry Goulstone (22 October 1836 – 20 March 1914) was an early European immigrant to New Zealand, where he was a financier and magistrate. Biography Goulstone was born on 22 October 1836 in Long Ashton, England, as one of 12 children, and ba ...

, colonial accountant * Thomas Henderson, helped establish the company * Thomas Russell, company founder and Minister of Colonial Defence * James Williamson, company founder and director

Location of former offices

England * 1, Queen Victoria Street, Mansion House, London Australia * Eagle Street,

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

Rockhampton Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the ...

* 538 Collins Street (1883) and King Street(1909),

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

New Zealand * Corner of Fryatt and Thomas Burns Streets,

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

* Durham Street,

Sydenham Sydenham may refer to: Places Australia * Sydenham, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney ** Sydenham railway station, Sydney * Sydenham, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne ** Sydenham railway line, the name of the Sunbury railway line, Melbourne ...

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...

Timeline

* 1865 – Incorporated in England. * 1874 – Started business in some Australia States * 1881 – Net Profit £6154 * 1889 – The Australian business formed their own board. Offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Rockhampto

* 1893–95: The

Bank of New Zealand Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) is one of New Zealand's Big Four (banking), big four banks and has been operating in the country since the first office was opened in Auckland in October 1861 followed shortly after by the first branch in Dunedin in D ...

, the

Colonial Bank of New Zealand The Colonial Bank of New Zealand was a trading bank headquartered in Dunedin, New Zealand which operated independently for more than 20 years. A public company listed on the local stock exchanges it was owned and controlled by New Zealand entrep ...

and New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company were involved with a financial crisis causing a national slowdown in private investmen

* 1894 – Company reconstructed. * 1952 – Became ''NZL Properties (Australia) Pty Ltd'' * 1961 – Merged with Dalgety plc, Dalgety & New Zealand Loan Ltd Dalgety went on to be replaced by the contemporary

PGG Wrightson PGG Wrightson Limited is an agricultural supply business based in New Zealand. It was created in 2005 through the merger of Pyne Gould Guinness Ltd and Wrightson Limited and has its roots in a number of stock and station agencies dating back to ...

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References

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand ''The Cyclopedia of New Zealand: industrial, descriptive, historical, biographical facts, figures, illustrations'' was an encyclopaedia published in New Zealand between 1897 and 1908 by the Cyclopedia Company Ltd. Arthur McKee was one of the orig ...

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