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THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE 



^TNA LIFE INSURANCE CO. 



OF HARTFORD, CONN., JANUARY 1, 1888. 



ASSETS, January i, 1887, at cost, 



RECEIPTS. 



in 1887, 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



and 



Death (Jla 

 Matured e 

 Dividends to Policy-holders and for Sun 



dered Policies, 



Re-Insurance 



Commissions, .... 



Agency Expenses, Medical Ex 



all other expenses, . . . . 



Dividends on Stock, earned in Stock Depart- 



Taxes, 



Premiums on bonds 



Real Estate Profit a 



Assets, T 



; cost to par value, 



Real Estate, ._ . . . 



Cash on hand and in Banks, 



U.S. Bonds 



Railroad and other Stocks and Bonds, 

 Bank Stocks, . . . . 



State, County, City, and Town Bonds, 



6,451,' 



$4,842,632.03 

 $35,128,304.37 



Mortgages secured by Real Estate, valuec 



Loans on Collaterals (Market Value $9: 

 363-00), . . . . ■ 



Loans on Personal Security, 

 Loans on existing Policies, the present valu 



which exceeds 85,260.000 00, 

 Balances Due from Agents, 



Assets. Dec. 31. 1887, at cost. 

 Interest due and accrued, Dec. 31, 1887, 

 Premiums in course of collection. 

 Quarterly and Semi-Annual Premiums, 

 Market value of Securities over cost, . 



),320.36 

 ',596.98 



1,840, 



«5S*6, 

 57- 

 169, 

 63^ 



.726.55 

 ,297.46 

 ,837-97 



Gross Assets, Ja 



LIABILITIES. 



Losses and claims awaiting further proof, and 

 not yet due, ..... 



Dividends to Policy-holders, not due. . 



Premiums paid in advance. 



Reserve for Re-In 

 Actua 



alue Polic 



47.' 



Surplus as Regards Poi-ICV-Holders : 

 By Conn, Mass., and New York Standard, . 

 By Standard of many other States, . 

 Policies in force Jan. i, 1888, 65,48s, insuring, 

 Policies issued in 1887, 7,4o6, i 



$181,329.00 



13g.194.13 



9,274.13 



26,806,500. 1( 

 56,756.01 



5,427,633.40 

 7,319,000.00 

 97,372.334-44 

 14,380,449.00 



MORGAN G. BULKELEY, President. 

 J. C. WEBSTER, Vice-President. H. W. ST. JOHN, Actuary. 



J. L. ENGLISH, Secretary. GURDON W. RUSSELL, .M.D., Consulting Physician. 



T. J. MUMFORD, Manager, 165 & 167 Broadway, New York. 



