xxviii   DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE—LV',S1RANCE BRANCH.

The total amount of premiums received for all forms of insurance was 818,938,821, of which 87,703,300 was received by Canadian companies, and $11,235,521 by British and American. The following summary shows the distribution of those premiums to the various classes :

PREMIUMS, 1895.

Fire    S 6,943,382

Inland Marine   76.345

Ocean   151,660

Life    10,292,354

Life (assessment)    945,997

Accident    357,S09

Guarantee   76,379

Plate Glass    51,095

Steam Boiler    28.851

Burglary Guarantee    14,949

Total    $18,938,821 Or, dividing them according to the nationalities of the companies :

PREMIU_MS, 1895.

RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE ACCEPTANCE OF SECUR-
ITIES OFFERED FOR DEPOSIT BY INSURANCE COM-
PANIES, &c., 3 c.

The following extracts from Orders in Council, Minutes of the Treasury Board, &c. (all of which have been previously published) are here collected for convenience of reference :

Municipal Securities.—" The Board recommended that municipal bonds, when accepted, may he taken at 90 per cent, and that Montreal Harbour bonds be placed on the same footing." (O.C., 1st April, 1876.)

Particulars od Securities offered for Deposit.--" All applications for the acceptance of bonds or debentures, whether as original deposits or in exchange for securities which the applicants desire to have released, must be accompanied by a statement giving full particulars of the securities offered for acceptance under the following headings, viz.:—

Canadian Companies.

British   American

Companies.   Companies.

S   v

Fire      .   ................................

Inland Marine   

Ocean    

Life   

Lifeiassessment)    

Accident    

Guarantee    

Plate Glass    

Steam Boiler   

Burglary Guarantee   

   Total    

   1,151,126   4,750,290   1,041,966

   43,320   26,589   6,436

   151,660    

   5,702,783   1,137,366   3,452,205

   399,873    046.124

   143,110   100,681   114,018

   31,047   38,928   6,404

   36,581   14,514

   28,851    I   

   14,949    

   7,703,300   6,053,854   5,151,667