The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-16


The returns Of the insurance companies of Massa-
chusetts present the following aggregates for the
year ssding Dec. l, 1906
Insurance COMPANIES OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1856
Tie aggregate capital OF the "a companies
with specific caIAl ID 81, $780, 100 win Boston 19
The amount of their marine rfks IL $40 OFT 6 Of which
the Boston Offices have $76,956 49, Am ,unt Of FIRE
Isxs ss5s.37, OF which the Boston Off es have ST.
54e,A Amount OF hre losses PAID last year, S469 SOB
Of which The Boston Offices paid 1884 $40. Amount Of
marine osses paid last year 81 ss4scs, of which shs
There fifteen mutual marine and Ere aud marine
insurance companies which exhibit their aggregate
OF assets ST S9S 3S9 Losses paid during the
year marine risks 81 26S az FIRE risks Sl45 104
Amount OF expenses paid $lO4, 673. Ac,Oun insured
durg the year marine risks 500 1el 1914 prsnutas
thereon, 81 o23 Amount Of liapiity Of parties insured
TO Over ane above the amount paid for pre-
denis within five years, $4,000.
3. There are sixty me mutual ERE insurance ccnpa
mes. Amount insured by existing policies 5000 0sa 6s7
Asset othe1 than premium ard deposit notes. 5000
s6s Liability o. pc; e- insu ed &c aGoi-
tiou to the amour. already collec cd IS loa95l Poll
the past year SIS 7ee So5 premium and dc
poss the son 1921 las Lostes Paid the last
year, sjosss6 Amount insured on real estate, SIG
9a1, Jq5. Expenses o. the year, $156, 78l.
4. 1here Eve life insu1ane companies: two in fsos
ton, one IN Wcrccsteri one in Springfield and one in
rittsfeld Amount Injured by exi,titg policies sl2
past Jear, sl2 s6' for interest, SCOOPS Paid f,r sx
peDses the past yesr, s3 ,33l Tor sgents 500 64s
losses, SlZ',oun. Guaranty funds, S1gl Ill
The Boston 4dveyls,T Of tne 14th inst. SAYS
The stock ma1ket only moderately active We ter
and without material change 10 qrotatiops the de-
mand exceeded tie supply, however, ioc The leading
bonds ard shares There less activity at the md
board, ana in sellers free. Money
R grow ing easter gradually and thie has influence to
sustain prices and nfu.e spirit OF speculation
TIE market.
Boston and Maine advanced 4 yesterday Worcester
Al Boston ard Proydvn e 81 per snare closed heavy
O. asked, RISE however, OF 81 from Tie lowett ooin,
touched recently Fitcnburg e, of IS GA Colony a
s3L being asked; Western sold 81 Afterwards
81 bid Northern holds steady a. the sal being
mostly by one party. The seller cannot realize much
profit ut TIE present rates.
Wilmington advanced to %, small scale and there
is present very little floating stock in the
was the closing price, without mush disposition TO OPP.
rate either way Ogdensburg Is steady at yern ,at
Central 90 to IS cents Coppers generally dull Aed
fat the demand for other # the fances seeming dsw
of attention from this usually lively class OF stocks
Nal Sandstone hos again sprung into life, and sd
shsres.
Railway bonds fruer, at improving pri,es, and
neorly all descriptions marked up from q 70 per
cent For Rutland lat mortgage 45 is offered with ut
no bidders Grand Junction Isl mortgage 6s 10 to Mad
River ard lake Erie I'd mortgage rs 10 10 80 Vermont
and massachusetts 6s 65 bid Michigan Cen trail convert
bles 1850 and os 100 10 l0 and iacon 90
81.
The annexed statement exhibits the quantity and
value of foreign dry goods entered at this port for
consumption, for warehouse, ard also the with.
drawals from warehouse, during the week ending
and including Thursday, February Ia, 1866
MOVEMENTS IN FOREIGN DRY ICONS
for C,uy