New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company

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

• No. 1, Victoria-street, Mansion House, London.

• Eagle Street, Brisbane, Queensland
• Rockhampton, Queensland
• 538 Collins Street & King_Street, Melbourne, Victoria –

• Corner of Fryatt Street and Thomas Burns Street through to Willis Street, Dunedin
• Durham Street Sydenham, New Zealand

  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 Pty Ltd
• 1961 – Merged with Dalgety & New Zealand Loan Ltd