New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company

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 Australia New Zealand
 * 1, Queen Victoria Street, Mansion House, London
 * Eagle Street, Brisbane, Queensland
 * Rockhampton, Queensland
 * 538 Collins Street (1883) and King Street(1909), Melbourne, Victoria
 * Corner of Fryatt and Thomas Burns Streets, Dunedin
 * Durham Street, Sydenham, Christchurch

Timeline
Dalgety went on to be replaced by the contemporary PGG Wrightson
 * 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