ORDER OF THE GOLDEN CHAIN, WILLIAM H. O'CONNELL, Supreme Commander. JOHN C. SIMERING, BALTIMORE, MD., September 20, 1898. To the Honorable F. Albert Kurtz, Insurance Commissioner, Annapolis, Md. SIR:-Acting under your appointment of July 26, 1898, I beg to state that I have completed an examination of the Order of the Golden Chain. The examination gives the condition of the Order to date of September 14, 1898, and shows the condition of the Order on that date to be as follows: PERIOD FROM JAN. 1, 1898, TO JULY 16, 1898: Receipts from Jan. 1, 1898, to July 16, 1898: O. fund". $2,413 3 From sick benefit assessments, “sick $130,476 74 From general fund assessments, 9,920 60 "general fund”. From special fund, transferred from 6,892 07 830 00 SIR:--Acting under your appointment of October 19, 1898, I beg to state I have completed an examination of the Maryland Fire Iusurance Company of Baltimore, Md. The examination gives the condition of the Company to date of September 30, 1898, and shows the condition of the Company on that date to be as follows: I have verified the stocks and bonds and the cash balance. $17,672 10 $122,368 72 100,000 00 $22,368 72 (Signed,) Respectfully submitted, FRANK BLACKLOCK, Examiner. To the Honorable F. Albert Kurtz, Insurance Commissioner, Annapolis, Md. SIR-Acting under your appointment of February 20, 1899, I beg to state I have completed an examination of the Peabody Fire Insurance Company of Baltimore, Md. The examination gives the condition of the Company to date of January 1, 1899, and shows the condition on that date to be as follows: |