THE SOVEREIGN FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA. Register No. 1815. Certificate of Registry No. 1499. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. Directors:-A. H. Hoover, Wm. Dineen, Toronto; Cyrus Birge, Hamilton; Thomas Baker, London; Robert E. Menzie; John T. Hornibrook; John H. Tilden, Hamilton; James Dixon, Hamilton; Wm. M. German, K.C., M.P., Welland; Edmund E. Sheppard, John McClelland; Alexander F. Webster; Josiah B. King; E. Gus Porter, K.C., M.P., Belleville. Officers:-A. H. Hoover, President, Toronto; Wm. Dineen, 1st Vice-President, Toronto; John H. Tilden, 2nd Vice-President, Hamilton; Thomas Baker, 3rd VicePresident, London; H. S. Wilson, General Manager, Toronto. 1. Head Office, Toronto. Suits by or against the Company may be brought in the name of The Sovereign Fire Assurance Company of Canada. 2. The legislative enactments by which the powers, duties, rights and obligations of the Company are now declared, defined or governed are the following: 5 Edw. VII., chap. 159 (D.) See also R. S. C., chap. 124, and R. S. O. 1897, chap. 203. 3. The members are related as shareholders in an incorporated joint stock company, and the liability of the members is limited to the amount remaining unpaid upon the shares held by them. 4. The Company is now authorized by license issued by the Dominion of Canada, bearing date the 11th May, 1906, and expiring on the 31st day of March, 1907, to transact Fire Insurance. 5. Deposited assets.-Assets of the Company are deposited and held in Canada as special security for the policy holders therein as follows: Deposit accepted at $50,671. THAMES AND MERSEY MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED). Certificate No. 1410. 1. Head Office, Liverpool, England. Chief Agent and Attorney for Ontario, George McMurrich, Toronto. Suits by or against the Company may be brought in the name of The Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company (Limited). 2. Company, how constituted or incorporated.-The Company was registered under the Act of 7 and 8 Vict., chap. 110, on 21st June, 1860, in London, and was there incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862, as a limited company on 31st October, 1862, and the documents evidencing the same are filed or deposited in the Companies Registration Office, Somerset House, London. 3. The members are related as shareholders in an incorporated joint stock company, and the liability of the members is limited to the amount remaining unpaid upon the shares held by them. 4. The Company being found within the intent of sec. 3a and 49 (4) of the Insurance Act of Canada, is registered in Ontario for the transaction of Ocean Marine Insurance for the term ending 30th April, 1907, pursuant to R. S. O. 1897, chap. 203. 5. Deposited assets.-In Canada, pursuant to sec. 3a and 49 (4), Insurance Act of Canada, no deposit is required of this Company. BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1905. Profit and Loss Account, 31st December, 1905. Balance, 1st January, 1905 Balance of Underwriting Account, 1904, at 31st December, 1904...... Profit on Sale of Investments Transfer Fees £ s. d. Dividends paid February and July, 1905 Claims, Returns and Re-insurances paid on 1904 Account, from 1st January, 1905, to date, and Underwriters' Commission £ 8. d. 40,000 0 0 207,847 6 11 General Balance Sheet, 31st December, 1905. To Capital Subscribed-100,000 Shares, @ £20 per Share, £2,000,000 "Investment Fluctuation Account, being the difference between Cost and Market Value of Securities at 31st December "Suspense Account "Dividends not yet claimed "Balance of Profit and Loss Account £ s. d. 200,000 0 0 450,000 0 0 11,620 9 1 70,815 0 3 75,726 16 5 76,260 16 4 725 13 0 228,363 6 6 256,492 2 11 £1,370,004 4 6 £ By Investments (at market value on 31st December) and Loans "Debtors for Premiums, etc. S. d. 1,239,087 14 6 92,065 17 9 16,597 6 5 846 10 2 319 4 2 2,579 4 2 £ S. d. 13,000 0 0 5,508 7 4 18,508 7-4 £1,370,004 46 In accordance with the provisions of the Companies' Act, 1900, we certify that all our requirements as Auditors have been complied with. We beg to report that we have each in our respective districts examined the accounts of the Company, and that the above Balance Sheet compiled therefrom is in our opinion properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Company's affairs as shown by the books of the Company. We also report that we have individually satisfied ourselves of the existence of the securities belonging to our respective offices. J. F. CLARKE, London, Auditors. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY. Register No. 2726. Certificate of Registry No. 1409. 1. Head Office, San Francisco, California. Chief Agent and Attorney for Ontario, George McMurrich, Toronto. Suits by or against the Company may be brought in the name of The Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. 2. The legislative enactments by which the powers, duties, rights and obligations of the Company are now declared, defined, limited or governed are the following: Legislature of California, 1872, Civil Code of California,-Public Act still in force. 3. The members are related as shareholders in an incorporated joint stock company, and by the laws of California each stockholder is individually and personally liable for such proportion of its debts and liabilities as the amount of shares owned by him bears to the whole of the subscribed capital stock of the corporation, and for a like proportion only of such debt or claim against the corporation. All the capital has been subscribed, fully paid up and issued. 4. The Company being found within the intent of sec. 3a and 49 (4) of the Insurance Act of Canada, was upon due application, admitted to registry in Ontario for the transaction of Ocean Marine Insurance and the registry has been renewed until the 30th April, 1907, pursuant to the statute of Ontario, R. S. O. 1897, chap. 203. 5. Deposited assets.-In Canada, pursuant to sec. 3a and 49 (4), Insurance Act of Canada, no deposit is required of this Company. FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL STATEMENT, DECEMBER 31ST, 1905. Officers: W. J. Dutton, President; B. Faymonville, Vice-President; J. B. Levison, 2nd Vice-President; L. Weinmann, Secretary. |