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tho individuals thereof, that Kellogg and his
troops will have olly ha1f rations. GAru.
THE BOSTON FIRE,
Summing UD tho Insurance Losses
They Amount to Over Eifsy-six R1i:l-
ions--A Hong Array OF Suffering.
Companies -- HecoverJ-. iron, tho

! They Amount to Over Eifty-si& N1i:l
f. ions--A~ -H1os3E Array Of SuIserisst
Companies - Recovery. from tls
Wreck.
Ccstos. Gun. 1o Despatch to tt= ,se1e To- 7f16u1t.
| In compliance will . resolution OF the last
| Legislature, tho Insurance Commissioner pre-
eonted, this afternoon, to the present Legfsla.
ture His report showing q the standing and con.
t1ition CT tho fro insurance corporations in the
| Commonwealth, inso}yent or Otherwise" In
ncdiate1y altar the sffre, the Commissioner,
| Julius Z. Clarke, undertook special report on
! data furnished by sevsral statements ct co1-
| r1niea. After the Legislative ac!ion m oppo1-
tunity was given to companies to revise their re-
ports, and the present tabuletion is based On the
| latest iuforznation though full returns have not
been received from the California and foreign
companies, and their Boston Losses sn15accorlipg-
| ~ derived from their local agencies. OF the 81
mutual fire companies in Massachusetts, q sur
fered from the fire, while tho joint stool, compe-
MES, numbering 81. we're ALL save one, involved
The report shows tho condition OF the 1877 com
panles doing business iu Massachusetts, Of
which LAT reported losses ranging from $500 to
s,0o0, 900, tie Dodham Mutual being the small
est and the Merchants OF Boston the largest
loser, tho latter's loss being ST, 81 600. Tho
whole amount Of property insured withiR the
burnt districts Is not reported, and probably
cannot be fully ascertained. though the actual
losses adjusted or nearly adjusted for payment
show close approximation. These, after
deductiop,s sof salVages represent III aggregate
amounting to nearly 556, ,500.0 0Qo. What per-
centage OF this large amount will be finally re-
allied by the property losers cannot now be de-
termined. They will DO fortunate if the maxi
mum should reach 10 per cent Mr. Clarke
thinks it is likely to be less.
The report Of courso gives officially only the
losses sustained BY theinsurance companies, the
mated st from $50, ,090, goo to $50 10000 GOO. The
estimate is about IS 900 600 in excess Of the As
sessors estimate, S75, ,0oo, ,0oo accepted by the
Secretary Of the Board Of Trade in his report
fallon include four Hutuais and ali but eleven
State. Tho Faneun Hall, Of tho
latter class, was placed under tenn
porary in junction, which will soon be removed,
prompt settlement of the losses snd the restora. rs
ton Of its capital. The- New England, e1so
heavy loser, has been relieved by special act OF
tho Legislature authorizing the Issue Of pre-
terred stock: all Of which has been promptly
taken up. OF the 115 companies which survive
their losses, more than 80 hayo been compelled
to adopt measures for tue restoration Of their
capital or assets, IN most cases By assessments
ranging from 20 to Is per cent, and in a fow
ethera e n ey reduction Of capital The Onion, Of
risas in the Liverpool London i |
tHooo. the latter promptly paying the |
Losses Of the former. Among the losses BY the !
wore not authorized in massachusetts,, their |
losses amounting to s537, 900. This insur- |
cnce Tas in aome cases effected outside the linn |
it's OF the State, and III others ciandestire1y Sc
cured within it. Thirty-one Of the insurance
tAa lands OF Recoivara. OF these, 26 ere Mas |
Eachusetts companies. The total Losses of Mas |
sachusatta companies rs previously given in the |
Tribune arc 1885, 100 900, Of which the joint stock
loao about s3o, ,000, 900. Tho only nu-
incl inn Y.au j1.1