The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]
The Government Life Insurance Branch Office
The Government Life Insurance Branch Office, Napier, was opened in the year 1886, in Hastings Street, in a building situated between the Union Steamship Company's office, and the Clarendon Hotel. Mr. J. H. Dean is Resident Agent for the district, page 371 which extends from East Cape to Woodville, with fourteen subbranches.