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, director Josiah Firth, with Thomas Russell embarked on a series of large banking and company promotions Henry Goulstone, 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, Queensland Rockhampton, Queensland 538 Collins Street (1883) and King Street(1909), Melbourne, VictoriaNew Zealand Loan Mercantile Agency (Former), Australian National Trust Register New Zealand Corner of Fryatt and Thomas Burns Streets, Dunedin Durham Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
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 Rockhampton 1893–95: The Bank of New Zealand, the Colonial Bank of New Zealand and New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company were involved with a financial crisis causing a national slowdown in private investment. 1894 – Company reconstructed. 1952 – Became NZL Properties (Australia) Pty Ltd 1961 – Merged with Dalgety & New Zealand Loan Ltd Dalgety went on to be replaced by the contemporary PGG Wrightson
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References
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand Otago & Southland Provincial Districts