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AMEElOAl^ AG-RICULTIiBIST. 
MARCHi] 
STATEMENT 
OF 
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. 
F. S. WIIfSTOK’, President. 
'For the year ending December 31st, 1883. 
ASSETS.*101,148,248.25. 
.A.nnu.ity 
.A.ccou.nt. 
No. 
Ann. Pay’ts. 
No. 
Ann. Pay’ts. 
Annuities in force. Tan. 1 st, 1884 . 45 
§ 19,200 91 
Annuities in force, Jan. ist, 1884 . 61 
$ 23,134 31 
Premium Annuities. 
3i7i2 44 
Premium Annuities. 
3.674 96 
Annuities Issued. 7 
4t433 40 
Annuities Terminated. i 
537 48 
62 
$ 17,346 75 
62 
$ 27,346 75 
Insurance 
.A-cconnt. 
No. 
Amount. 
No. 
Amount. 
Policies in force, Jan. ist, 1883 . 106,214 
$ 329 , 554,174 
Policies in force, Jan. ist, 1884 . 110,990 
$ 342 , 946,032 
Risks Assumed... 
37 , 810,597 
Risks Terminated. 6,755 
24 , 418,739 
117.745 
$ 367 , 364,771 
-i7i745 
$ 367 , 364,771 
Dr. 
Revenne 
TVcconnt. 
Cr. 
To Balance from last account. 
§ 92 , 782,986 08 
By paid Death Claims. 
$ 5 , 095,795 00 
“ Premiums received. 
13 . 457,928 44 
’* “ Matured Endowments. 
2 , 866,261 73 
"■ Interest and Rents. 
5 , 042,964 45 
Total claims— 
$ 7 , 962,056 73 
“ “ Annuities. 
27,661 38 
“ “ Dividends. 
3 . 138 ,/gi 69 
“ “ Surrendered Policies and Ad 
ditions. 
2 . 8 '?t.i‘;o 71 
Total paid Policy-holders— 
$i3-959i36o 51 
* Commissions, (payment of 
current and extinguishment 
of future,). 
886.126 90 
“ Premium charged off on Se 
curities Purchased. 
405,472 22 
“ “ Taxes and Assessments. 
226,057 ^9 
“ Expenses. 
834.752 79 
“ “ Balance to New Account... 
94 , 972,108 86 
$ 111 , 283,878 97 
^ 111 , 283,878 97 
Dr. 
Balance Sheet. 
Cr. 
To Reserve at four per cent. 
$ 95 , 571,877 00 
By Bonds Secured by Mortgages on 
“ Claims by death not yet due. 
qo 8 , 6 ^^ 00 
Real Estate. 
.$ 46 , 303,472 34 
“ Premiums paid in advance. 
22.794 35 
“ United States and other Bonds.. 
2 ^, 270,040 00 
Agents’ Balances. 
8,479 56 
“ Loans on Collaterals. 
15 , 037,910 00 
“ Surplus and Contingent Guarantee 
“ Real Estate. 
8 , 633.971 89 
Fund. 
4 , 636,462 34 
“ Cash in Banks and Trust Com- 
panics at interest. 
3 , 403,249 63 
“ Interest accrued. 
2 ^ 
“ Premiums deferred, quarterlyand 
semi annual. 
I,O-5Q,220 68 
“ Premiums in transit, principally 
for December. 
140,786 48 
§ 101 , 148,248 25 
§ 101 , 148,248 25 
NOTE.—If the New York Standard of four and a half per cent Interest be used, the Surplus is over 
$ 12 , 000 , 000 . 
From the Surplus, as appears in the Balance Sheet, a dividend will be apportioned to each participating 
Policy which shall be in force at its anniversary in 1884 . 
THE PREMIUM RATES CHARGED FOR INSURANCE IN THIS COMPANY WERE REDUCED IN 1879 ABOUT 15 PER CENT 
ON ORDINARY LIFE POLICIES. 
Assets.$101,148,248 25 
New York, January 18 , r 884 . 
BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
Fredericks. Winston, 
Samuel E. Sproulls, 
Lucius Robinson, 
Samuel D. Babcock, 
Henry A. Smythe, 
George S. Coe, 
John E. Develin, 
Seymour L. Husted, 
Oliver H. Palmer, 
Richard A. McCurdy, 
James C. Holden. 
Hermann C. von Post, 
George C. Richardson, 
Alexander H. Rice, 
William F. Babcock, 
F. Ratchford Starr, 
Frederick H. Cossitt, 
Lewis May, 
Oliver Harriman, 
Thomas Dickson, 
Henry W. Smith, 
John H. Sherwood, 
George H. Andrews, 
Robert Olyphant, 
George F. Baker, 
Benj. B. Sherman, 
Jos. Thompson, 
Applications of Insurance may be made at the office of the Company, 
GENERAL AGENTS. 
Dudley Olcott, 
Anson Stager, 
Frederic Cromwell, 
JuLiEN T. Davies, 
Robert Sewell, 
Wm. Bayard Cutting, 
S. Van Rensselaer Cruger, 
Charles R. Henderson, 
George Bliss. 
or to any of its Agents. 
H. B. MERRELL, General Agent for Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. Address 
Merrell & Ferguson, Detroit, Mich. „ 
O. F. BRESEE, General Agent for Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, East Tennessee, 
Interior of the Carolinas, Interior of Georgia, Northern and Eastern Florida, and the Cities of Charleston, 
S. C , Wilmington, N. C., and Savannah, Ga. Address O. F. Bresee & Sons, American Building, Baltimore, Md. 
JOHN W. NICHOLA General Agent for Connecticut, New Haven, Ct. 
FAYETTE P. BROVTO, General Agent for Vermont, and the Counties of Dutchess, Ulster, Orange, Putnam, 
Westchester, Rockland, Sullivan, Delaware, Broome. Tioga, and Chemung, in State of New York.Tonkers, N.T. 
DERICK L. BOARDMAN, General Agent for Northern and Western New York. Address D. L. Boardman & 
Son/l'rov, N. Y. 
A. B. FORBES. General Agent for the Pacific Coast, San Francisco, Cal. „ 
BYRON SHERMAN, General Agent for Missouri, Kansas, Western Arkansas, and Interior of Texas, 300 Fourth 
Street, St. Louis, Mo. 
C. A. HOPKINS, General Agent for Rhode Island. Address Hopkins & Scott, Providence, R. I. 
CHARLES H. RAYMOND, General Agent for New York City, Long Island, and Staten Island, 141 Broadway. 
New York. 
GEORGE B. RAYMOND, General Agent for New Jersey, 711 Broad Street, Newark. 
C. M. GIGNOUX, General Agent for Maine and New Hampshire, Portsmouth, N. H. 
C. G. ATTWOOD, General Agent lor Massachusetts, Company’s Building, Boston, Mass. 
E. P. BATES, General Agent for Pennsylvania and Delaware. Address Bates & Lambert, Company’s Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
L. C. LAWTON, General Agent lor Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
W. F. ALLEN. General Agent for Cv,,oiado, Utah, Nebraska, Dakota, and Wyoming Territories, Omaha, Neb. 
GOOD NEWS 
HL ADIES! 
No-w’8 your time to gret 
up Orders for our CELEBRA¬ 
TED TEAS and COFFEES, and 
secure a beautiful MOSS 
KOSE or GOLD-BAND CHINA TEA-SET 
(44 pieces), our own importation. One of these beauti¬ 
ful china sets given away to the party sending an order 
for $25. This Is the greatest inducement ever offered. 
Send in your orders and enjoy a cup of GOOD TEA 
or COFFEE, and at the same time procure a HAND¬ 
SOME CHINA TEA-SET. No humbug. Good Teas, 
30c., 35., andtOc. per lb. Excellent Teas, 50c. and 60c., 
and verv best from 65c. to 90c. We are the oldest and 
largest Tea Company in the business. The reputation 
of our house requires no comment. We have mstim- 
ported .some very line WHITE GRANITE DINNER 
SETS, (115 pieces), which we give away with Tea and 
Coffee orders of $40 and upwards. J'or full particulars. 
Address THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA GO. 
GIVEN AWAY 
Ladies canvassing for Tea will 
do well to send for our Premiuia 
List. We have premiums for or¬ 
ders from $5 to $ 60 . including Geld 
Band Tea Sets, Waitham Watches* 
etc. We send thousands of these 
orders every year, and have yet 
to hear of any dissatisfaction fron^ 
those receiving them. I f any lady 
reader of this paper wishes for a 
beautiful Gold Band Tea Set, they 
will find it to their advantage to 
send us a postal for further infor* 
— mation. 
“DRINK FAIR, BETSEY, WOTEVER YOU DO.” 
Martin Chuzzlewit. 
TEA CLUB ORDERS. 
We have made a specialty for six years of giving 
away as Premiums, to those who get up clubs for our 
goods. Dinner and Tea Sets, Gold Sand Sets, Silver- 
ware, etc. Teas of all kinds, from 30 to 75 cents per 
pound. We do a very large Tea and Coffee business, 
besides sending out from 60 to 90 CLUB ORDEBa 
each day. SILVER - PRATED CASTERS as 
Premiums with *5, *7 and *10 orders. WHITE 
TEA SETS with SIO orders. DECORATED TEA 
SETS with *15. GOLD BAND or MOSS ROSE 
SETS of 44 pieces, or DINNER SETS of 106 
pieces with *20 orders, and a Host of other Prem* 
lums. Send us postal and mention this paper, and we 
will send you full Price and Premium List. Freight 
charges average 75 cents per 100 lbs. to points West. 
GREAT LONDON TEA CO., 
801 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. 
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