ORDER OF THE GOLDEN CHAIN,
BALTIMORE, MD.

WILLIAM H. O'CONNELL,

Supreme Commander.

JOHN C. SIMERING,
Supreme Secretary.

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:
Cash balance January 1, 1898...........

Receipts from Jan. 1, 1898, to July 16, 1898:
From mortuary assessments, "W. &

O. fund".

$2,413 3

From sick benefit assessments, “sick
fund".

$130,476 74

From general fund assessments,

9,920 60

"general fund”.

From special fund, transferred from
general fund...

6,892 07

830 00

ORDER OF THE GOLDEN CHAIN, BALTIMORE, MD.-Continued.

PERIOD FROM JULY 16, 1898, TO SEPT. 14, 1898.

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:

SIR:--Acting under your appointment of March 2, 1899 I beg to state I have completed an examination of the Baltimore 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: