xviii   DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE—INSURANCE BRANCH.

The following tables will enable the progress of the total business to be traced during the past twenty-one years, both as regards the amounts of insurances effected from year to year, and the total amounts in force :

AMouNTS of Insurance effected during the respective Years 1875-1895.

Canadian   British   American

Companies.   Companies.   Companies.

8   8   8   8

1875    5.077,601   1,689,833   8,306,824   15,074,258

1876   5,465,966   1,683,357   6,740,804   13,890,127

1877    5,724,648   2,142,702   0,667,317   13,ii31,66'

1878   o , 508, 556   2,789,201   3,871,998   12,169, 7:15

1879   6,112,706   1,877,918   3,363,600   11,354,224

1880   7,547,876   2,302,011   4,057,000   13,906,887

1881   11.158.479 I   2,536,120   3,923,412   17,618,011

1882   11,855,545   2,833,250   5,423,960   20112 700

1883    11,883,317   3,278,008   6,411,635   21,572,960

1884    12,926.265   3,167,910   7,323,737   23,417,912

1585    3,900,647   8,332,64),   27,164,983

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1886    19,289,694   4,054,279   11,827,375   35,171,348

1887   23,000.549   3,067,040   11,435,721   38,008 31)

1888   24,876,259   3,985,787   12.364,483   41,226,529

1889   "26,438,3558   3,399,313   14,719,266   44,556,937

1890   23,541,404   3,390,972   13,591,080   40,523,456

1891   2L904,302   2,947,246   13,014,739   37,866,287

1892   25, 585, 534   3,625,213   15, 409, 266   44, 620, 013

1893    28,089,437   2,967,855 !   14,143,555   45,202,847

1894   28.670, 364   3,214,216 i   17, 640, 677   49, 525, 257

1895..   27.909,672   3,337,638   13,093,888   44,341,198

   347,953,227   62,240,516   200,664,983 1   610,858,726

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Including 20 months' business of the Canada Life.

AMOUNTS of Insurance in Force, 1S75-1895.

Year.

Total.

Totals...

Year.

Canadian Companies.

British
Companies.

American Companies.

Total.

8   8   8   e

1875    21,957,296   19,455,607   43,596,361

1876   24,649,284   18,873,173   40,728,461

1877   26,870,224   19,349,204   39,468,475

1878   r    28,656,556   20,078,533   36,016,848

1879   33.246, 543   19, 410.829   33, 616, 330

1880   37,838,518   19,789,863   33,643,745

1831   46,041,591   20,983,092   36,266,249

   53,855,051   22,329,368   38,857,629

1883   59,213,609   23,511,712   41,471,554

1884    66,519,958   24,317,172   44,616,596

1885    74,591,139   25,930,272   49,440,735

1886   88,181, 859   27, 225, 607   55,908, 230

1887   101,796,754   28,163,329   61,734,187

1888   114,034,279   30,003,210   67,724,094

1889   120,125, 692   30, 488,618   76,348,392

1890   135,218,990   31,613,730   81,599,847

1891    143,368,817   32,407,937   85,698,475

1892    154,709,077   33,692,706   90,708,482

1893    167,470.872   33,543,884   94,602,966

1894   177,511,846   5 I   96,737,705 ,

1895    ~   188,326,037   34,041,180_2   96,590,352

85,009,264 84, 250, 918 85,687,903 84,751,937 86,273,702 91,272,126 103,290,932 115,042,048 124,196,875 135,453,726 149, 962,146 171, 315, 696 191,694,270 211,761,583 231,963,702 248, 424, 567 261,475,229 279,110,265 295,622,722 308,161,436 319,257,581