Evening journal., 1899-02-25

/ HtflAnNns
etc 49,. .............s 6,4sO.2O
The ~ per cent. tax on
gross premiums collected
I'm the state .............. 13,45774
Total receipts $19, ,94794
Paid for postage, EXPRESS
charges, etc ..............S 43.6l
| Teal Payments ............ 43.OI
Excess Of receipts over pay
ments ...... ....... ..s19.9CL27
For the six months ending October
/. 1898:
Fees for fling anlual state
merits. chaIrers. issuing
Ger eifcates ami licenBes, eec. $ 1.082.19
Total receipts ....... 1OS219
FaLd IN Foliage, afiidayits,
etc. in Re-Comlmercial
Fire Insurance Company =. 1850
| Total payments .......... 4250
Excess of receipts over pay
ments ...... .............. l,OSS.b5
The Receipts for the year ending
April l, 1898, show an increase of 81
s9S.72 over the preceding year. Settle-
ments have been made and approved
by the state auditor ard the amount
paid over to the state treasurer as re
qu!red by law. I wish to particularly
cal attention to the healthy increase
CT RECEIPTS and the corresponding low
rate of expenditures OF the department.
for the period covered by report. In
lcomparison with the receipts as ab1ve
3 stated, the total expenres incurred by
the department, anc.udrng the printing
/ cf blanks, advertising. stationery, etc.
will no exceed $500. While this amount
isnot accurate, being unable at present
TO obtain a complete list Of bills ap-
proved, feel confident that this ie
considerable in access OF the exact
amount.
FlRE BU6INESl5 CT 1S97-9S.
The year 1897, as compared with for
mer years, eeenls to have been a profit.
able cne to fire insurance companies
doing business in the state. showing
an average Of 9ceses to premiums o
cnly twenlty-eeven and five-teuths
which, believe, is the smallest ratio o
losses to premiums that has occurred
since the establishment Of the depart
ment. During the year 1897 the com
y panles incorporated by this state col
lected premiums in the state to th'
amount Of s95,15S.25, and inlcurre'
losses to the amount OF $36, 472 &c, ans
other states and foreign untries hag
" .nlz authority to transact business n
this state received premiums amount
. anly to s199, ,6s645 and ircurrAng losse
to the amount Of $44,754.15, show.u
the total premium receipts for the yea
TO have BEEN 1924, 4,S4470; total lOsse
> incurred, sS1, ,226.41, and, as aforesaid
!. an average Of 1csses of twenty
and ive-temths.
During the year 1898 the c-mpanie
incorporated by either states and fol
e.g1 countries having authority
v traruact business in This state, collec
ed premiums an THE state amoumtfn
to s2O1, ,533,s2, and incurred losses
he amount CT $lO9, 1928, showing a
n average Of losses to premiums CT firt!
four and three-tenth per cent. a
some of the companies incorporated I
this state have not yet rendered the
report, it is impossible TO give the
Oe totals fer '9S.
LIFE INSURANCE 1UEINBSS
1S97-9S.
l. AIMING the pleasing results of the Ii
lnsuranee business in this state duriI
IS the past two years has been the lar
'nlcrease CT Insurance written by Il
", companies doing what as teumed L
'iniuoniaT or weekly payment" 4
IL suranbe. There were in foncs in th
state at the close Of the year 1896 i
dus;rial policies amounting 10 $500
of $50, and ON December 81, 1897, polici
OF the same kind to the amount Of 5
ny. 939, ,C55, eihCwing an increase during t
zoe year of $S47.179. The close of t
year 1898 sh.ws the tota, amount
said policies i'm force in the state
-, be s6,399,974, an incnease of $46O,S
over the year 1897. This form of
-, suranre is part.bu,ar.y adapted to I
laIbcrsng classes. enabling them to p
q. cure Insurance. in easy and c1nvenG'
payments, and, as THE companies dol
this lime Of insurance in the state
among tlhe meet solvent amid tru
49, worthy in the country, affords prot
t,cn to those who otherwise could q
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