1881.] [For Advertising Kates see Page 182.] AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
16B 
THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL RETORT 
OF THE 
New-York Life Insurance Co. 
OFFICE, Nos. 346 and 343 BROADWAY. 
JANUARY I, 1881. 
.38,185,431.68 
Amount of Net Cash Assets, January 1, 1880. 
REVENUE ACCOUNT. 
Premiums......$7,014,819.59 
less deferred premiums Jan. 1, 1880. 367,989.02—$6,646,830.57 
Interest and rents, (including realized gains on real estate 
sold). ..... 2,635,877.95 
less interest accrued Jan. i, 1880.. 317,989.11— 2,317,888.84—$8,964,719.41 
DISBURSEMENT ACCOUNT. 
$47,150,151.09 
losses by death, including Reversionary additions to same.$1,731,721.37 
Endowments matured and discounted, including Reversionary additions 
to same. 564,579.85 
Annuities, dividends, and returned premiums on cancelled policies. 2,203,590.02 
Taxes and re-insurances. 212,424.06 
Commissions, brokerages, agency expenses and physicians’ fees. 770,804.30 
•Office and law expenses, salaries, advertising, printing, &c. 32 2,910.64—$5,806,030.24 
^41,344,120.85 
ASSETS. 
Cash in bank, on hand, and in transit (since received). $852,028.10 
Invested in United States, New York City, and other stocks, (market value 
$16,764,988.05).-. 1 £’“5,174.09 
Bonds and mortgages, first lien on real estate, (buildings thereon insured 
for $15,365,000.00 and the policies assigned to the Company as 
additional collateral security)... ... ... .16,464,922.23 
Temporary loans, (secured by stocks, market value, $3,184,840.00). 2,491,000.00 
* Loans on existing policies, (the reserve held by the Company on these 
policies amounts to $2*975,000)... 597,451.12 
* Quarterly and semi-annual premiums on existing policies, due subse- 
quent to Jan. 1, 1881... .••• •• 387,972.13 
* Premiums on existing policies in course of transmission and collection 
(estimated reserve on these policies $440,500. included in liabilities) 204,852.99 
Aoents 5 balances ...... ................. ....... 34,228.23 
Accrued interest on investments Jan. 1, 1881. 357,167.37—$41,344,120.85 
Excess of market value of securities over cost. $1,839,813.96 
* A detailed schedule of these items will accompany the usual annual 
report filed with the Insurance Department of the State of New Yorh. _ 
CASH ASSETS, Jan. 1, 1881... $43,183,934.81 
Appropriated as follows : 
Adjusted losses, due subsequent to Jan. 1,1881. $335,195.40 
Reported losses, awaiting proof, Ac. 198,761.98 
Matured endowments, due and unpaid, (claims not presented). 109,643.96 
Annuities, due and unpaid. . ...•••.•■••— . 5,294.25 
Reserved for re-insurance on existing policies; participating insurance 
at 4 per cent Carlisle net premium ; non-participating at 5 per cent. 
Carlisle net premium. . . .36,473,691.79 
Reserved for contingent liabilities to Tontine Dividend Fund, over and 
above a 4 per cent, reserve on existing policies of that class. 1,752,165.82 
Reserved for premiums paid in advance. 14,084.62 _ 
$38,886,837.82 
Divisible Surplus at 4 per cent.$4,295,096.99 
Estimated Surplus by the New York State Standard at 4^ per cent., over $9,000,000.00 
ie undivided surplus of $4,295,096 the Board of Trustees has declared a Reversionary 
participating policies in proportion to their contribution to surplus, available on settle- 
t annual premium. 
During the year 6,946 policies have been issued, insuring $22,229,979, 
t Jan. 1, 1877, 45,421. 
Jan. 1, 1878, 45,605. Amount 
Jan. 1,1879, 45,005. 
Jan. 1, 1880, 45,705. at risk 
Jan. 1,1881,48,548. 
Income / 1876, $1,906,950. Divisible 
\ 1877, 1,867,457. 
from J. 1878, 1,948,665. Surplus at 
I 1879, 2,033,650. 
Interest ( 1880, 2.317,889. 4 per cent. 
From the 
dividend to 
zaent of nex 
Number of 
Policies in force 
Jan. 1, 1877, $127,748,473. 
Jan. 1,1878, 127,901,887. 
Jan. 1,1879, 125,232,144. 
Jan. 1,1880, 127,417,763. 
Jan. 1,1881, 135,726,916. 
Death- 
1876, $1,547,648. 
1877, 1,638,128. 
claims •{ 1878, 1,687,676. 
I 1879] 1,569,854. 
paid l 1880, 1,731,721. 
Jan. 1, 1877, $2,626,816. 
Jan. 1,1978, 2,664,144. 
Jan. 1,1879, 2,811,436. 
Jan. 1, 1880, 3,120,371. 
Jan. 1,1881, 4,295,096. 
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