OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE,
OTTAWA, 10th July, 1882.
Sir LEONARD TILLEY, K.C.M.G., C.B.,
SIR,-I have the honor herewith to submit the detailed statements of Insurance Companies for the year 1881. An abstract of these was submitted to you and laid before Parliament on 25th March, and is now included in this Report, with such revision and corrections as were found necessary on my subsequent visits to the head offices in Canada, pursuant to the Statute. Such further details and tables have been added as appeared proper to exhibit the progress of the business and the condition of the companies.
At the present time there are sixty-nine (69) companies under the supervision of this office, not including several which are in process of liquidation, the nature of business transacted by them being as follows:
Number of companies doing Life Insurance..
The deposits for the protection of policy-holders, held by the Honorable the Receiver-General in trust for these companies, at 30th June, ult., amounted to $7,032,377.53, in securities as follows: