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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
March.] 
STATEMENT 
OP 
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK, 
F. S. WINSTON, President. 
For the year ending December 31st, 1883. 
ASSETS.* 97 , 961 , 317 . 73 . 
Annuity Account. 
No. 
Annuities in force, Jan. ist, 1882. 58 
Premium Annuities. 
Annuities Issued. 2 
60 
Ann. Pay’ts, 
$21,139 81 
4,338 20 
480 68 
$25,958 69 
No. 
Annuities in force, Jan. ist, 1883. 55 
Premium Annuities. 
Annuities Terminated. 5 
60 
Ann. Pat’ts. 
$19,200 91 
3,712 44 
3,045 34 
$25,958 69 
Insurance Account. 
No. 
Policies Inforce, Jan. ist, 1882.101,490 
Risks Assumed.. 11,416 
Amount. 
$315,900,137 
37,234,458 
No. 
Policies in force, Jan. ist, 1883.106,214 
Risks Terminated. 6,692 
Amount. 
$3 2 9,554» I 74 
23,580,421 
112,906 $ 353 ,' 34,595 
112,906 $353,134,595 
Dr. Revenue 
Account. Cr. 
To Balance from last account.$89,618,413 97 
“ Preminms received. 12,845,592 86 
“ Interest and Rents. 5,078,765 79 
By paid Death Claims. $4,743,153 40 
“ “ Matured Endowments. 1,288,759 80 
Total claims— 
$6,031,913 20 
“ “ Annuities. 24,046 55 
41 u Dividends. 3*i39»32o 83 
“ “ Surrendered Policies and Ad¬ 
ditions . 3,653,554 66 
Total paid Policy-holders— 
$12,848,835 24 
■“ “ Commissions (payment of cur¬ 
rent and extinguishment of 
future). 842,322 91 
/ 
“ “ Contingent Guarantee Acc’t. 29,703 77 
“ “ Taxes and Assessments. 243,05906 
“ “ Expenses. 790,865 56 
“ “ Balance to New Account..92,782,98608 
$107,542,772 62 
$ 107 , 542,772 62 
Dr. Balance Sheet. Cr. 
To Reserve at four percent.$92,469,059 00 
“ Claims by death not yet due. 850,120 00 
“ Premiums paid in advance_.... >9,795 55 
“ Agents’ Balances. 10,928 31 
“ Surplus and Contingent Guarantee 
Fund ,.,,,,. 4,611,414 86 
By Bonds Secured by Mortgages on 
Real Estate.$47i35°»3 I 7 82 
“ United States and other Bonds.... 20,618,635 00 
“ Loans on Collaterals. 17,099,960 00 
“ Real Estate. 7,851,516 39 
“ Cash in Banks and Trust Com¬ 
panies at interest. 2,729,386 87 
“ Interest accrued. 1,236,731 63 
u Premiums deferred, quarterly and 
semi-annual. 959,242 61 
“ Premiums in transit, principally 
for December. 115,527 40 
§97,96!,317 7 2 
$97,961,317 72 
NOTE.—If the New York Standard of four and a half per cent Interest be used, the Surplus is over 
tin2,000,000. 
From the Surplus, a6 appears in the Balance Sheet, a dividend will be apportioned to each participating 
Policy which shall be in force at its anniversary in 1883. 
THE PREMIUM RATES CHARGED FOR INSURANCE IN THIS COMPANY WERE REDUCED IN 1879 ABOUT 15 PER CENT 
ON ORDINARY LIFE POLICIES. 
Assets... 
New York, January i8, 1883. 
.$97,961,317.72 
BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
Frederick S. Winston, 
Samuel E. Sproulls, 
Lucius Robinson, 
Samuel D. Babcock, 
William Smith Brown, 
Henry A. Smythe, 
William E. Dodge, 
George S. Coe, 
John E. Devklin, 
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, 
Dudley Olcott, 
Anson Stager, 
Frederic Cromwell, 
Julien T. Davies, 
Robert Sewell. 
Applications of Insurance may be made at the office of the Company, or to any of its Agents. 
GENERAL AGENTS. 
H. B. MERRELL, General Agent for Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. Address 
O. F?\tItESEE, l 'GeiK‘ra’lArteut^or 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, 
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York 
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C. M. GIGNOUX, General Agent for Maine and New Hampshire, Portsmouth, N. H. 
C. G. ATTWOOD, General Agent for Massachusetts. Company s Building, Boston,.,lass. „ ... 
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