CITY OF NEW YORK. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. Bureau of the Receiver of Taxes, TO TAXPAYERS: COURT HOUSE, PARK, 32 CHAMBERS ST., Dec. 6, 1869. Notice is hereby given that an additional one per cent. will be added on the 15th inst. to all taxes unpaid previous to that day. On 'the 1st of January following, interest at the rate of twelve per cent. will be added, to be calculated from the 7th day of October, 1869, to the date of payment. BERNARD SMYTH, Rec. ETNA INSURANCE CO., INCORPORATED 1819. CHARTER PERPETUAL. Bank Stock.. $592,629 57 894,700 00 United States, State, and City Stock, and other Public Securities 2,102,953 00 The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, NEWARK, N. J. ORGANIZED 1845. ASSET'S OVER $16,500,000. : Charter Perpetual. Strictly Mutual. LEWIS C. GROVER, President. Life Policies of every class issued on the most favorable terms. Purely mutual; no Stockholders control its business or share its profits. It is conducted exclusively by the insured members to whom it belongs. All the Directors attend regular meetings of the Board and supervise the business. Each one is member of an acting Committee, meeting often for the same purpose. No Director or Officer is allowed to receive commissions on business or loans. Careful in selecting risks, the Company guards the lives of its members. It does not encourage exposures known to be hazardous to health or life. It does not knowingly give permits to violate the laws of God or man. Conducted with prudence and care, it loses nothing on its investments. Its expenses are less than those of any other American Company. All receipts beyond losses, expenses, and obligations are annually returned. Dividends for the surplus are made to the members on the percentage plan. They are large as the largest, and very favorable to new members. They are so made that all can understand how their business is conducted. The Directors earnestly seek the best interests of the insured members. All who desire to insure in and become members of a Company thus conducted, are invited to do so. Application can be made to the Company, or its agents, who will furnish Publications and Statements without charge. EDWARD A. STRONG, Secretary. WM. F. DAY, Vice-President. SAMUEL H. LLOYD, State Ag't Eastern District of New York. 137 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Hours for Medical Examinaton at the Office, daily, from 11 A. M. till 2% o'clock P. M. LIFE INSURANCE. EAGLE INSURANCE CO., OF CHICACO. Office, Tribune Building, Corner Madison and Dearborn Streets. HENRY W. BLODGETT, of Blodgett & Winston, President Milwaukee Railway Co. T. B. BLACKSTONE, President Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. SAMUEL HALE, of Hale, Ayer & Co., Iron Merchants, 74, 76 and 78 Michigan Avenue. JOHN T. LINDSAY, Attorney at Law, Peoria, Illinois, H. E. SARGENT, General Superintendent Michigan Central Railroad. IRA Y MUNN, of Munn & Scott, Commission Merchants and Elevator Proprietors. MATTHEW LAFLIN, Capitalist, 42 and 44 State Street, DANIEL THOMPSON, of Flint, Thompson & Co., Commission Merchants, 163 S. Water St., and Gen'l Superintendent City Railway. CHARLES HOLLAND, Secretary. WILLIAM H. PERRY, Vice President Commercial National Bank, and Managing Director Chida go & Northwestern Railway. WILLIAM H. RAND, of Chicago Tribune Company. Life Insurance Exclusively. Office of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Co., No. 35 WALL STREET, NEW-YORK, January 23, 1869. The following statement of the affairs of the Company on the 31st December, 1868, is submitted in accordance with the provisions of the charter : Amount of Premiums not marked off December 31st, 1867.. . $361,858,56 66 on Policies issued from January 1st to December 31st, 1868.. 1,151,421 90 Total Premiums...... Amount of Premiums marked off as earned December 31st, 1868.... Less Returns of Premium... $1,513,280 46 $1,171,596 63 98,678 23 Net Earned Premiums.. Paid during same period: $1,072,918 40 Losses, (less salvages,) Reinsurance, and Expenses, including estimate of Earnings for the Year.. 754,624 47 $318,293 93 Cash paid to Stockholders for Interest in July. $40,426 45 Cash paid to dealers as an equivalent for the Scrip Dividend of Mutual Companies..... .116,125 83 Interest and Dividends due and not collected. 6,748 83 the same manner as Capital Stock.. ARCH. G. MONTGOMERY, Jr., Vice Pres. Security Notes, not to be used in payment of Premiums, but liable for Losses in Bills Receivable and Premiums due in Cash or Notes... Scrip, Salvages, and Sundry Claims due the Company. $1,539,422 36 The Board of Trustees have resolved to pay to the Stockholders an interest dividend of Three and a half per cent., free of Government Tax, on and after Monday, February 1st. ELLWOOD WALTER, President. ALANSON W. HEGEMAN, 2d Vice-President. 300,000 00 613,355 40 67,011 70 KNICKERBOCKER LIFE INSURANCE CO., ERASTUS LYMAN, President. HOME DISTRICT, COMPRISING THE STATES OF NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, RHODE ISLAND and CONNECTICUT. H. LASSING, Sup't of Agencies No. 161 Broadway, N. Y. MANHATTAN Life Insurance Company OF NEW-YORK. OFFICES, NOS. 156 & 158 BROADWAY. RECEIPTS DURING THE YEAR 1868. For premiums, extra premiums, etc...... For Interest... For interest and rents accrued. .$1,874,796 40 Paid Claims by Death on Policies and Bonus, and Payment of 481,835 00 Paid Expenses, Salaries, Taxes, Revenue Stamps, Medical Examiners' 311,895 12 Paid Dividends, Return Premiums, Purchased Policies, and Bonus (The actuarial estimates of the value of the Policies which secure these notes is about $2,500,000.) United States and New York State Stocks.... 712,605 00 Quarterly and Semi-annual Premiums deferred, and Premiums and GEORGE E. FRENCH, Manchester, N. H., for Maine and New-Hampshire, B. J. BALL, Buffalo, N. Y., for Western New York. J. B. CARR, Philadelphia, Pa., for Philadelphia and Delaware. J. ADAIR PLEASANTS, Richmond, Va., for Virginia, North and South Carolina, etc. LEWIS, SPENCER & CO., Cleveland, Ohio, for Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, etc. GEO. N. REYNOLDS, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Wisconsin. LANDERS & Co., San Francisco, for the Pacific Coast. W. NISBET & Co., St. Louis, for Missouri. CITY OF NEW YORK. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. BUREAU OF THE RECEIVER OF TAXES, COURT HOUSE, PARK, No. 32 CHAMBERS ST., Dec. 16, 1869. Notice is hereby given to all persons who may have omitted to pay their taxes to pay the same at this office before the 1st day of January, 1870. On and after that date interest at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum, calculated from October 7, 1869, to day of payment will be added. On the 15th day of January prox., warrants will be issued for the collection of all personal taxes remaining unpaid at that date. BERNARD SMYTH, Receiver. |