APPLETONS' 



GUIDE=BOOKS. 



NEW EDITIONS. 



Appletons' General Guide to 

 the United States. 



Edition of 1899. With numerous Maps 

 and Illustrations. i6mo. Flexible 

 morocco, with tuck, §2.50. (Part I, 

 separately, New England and 

 Middle States and Canada ; 

 cloth, 75 cts. ; Part II, Southern 

 and Western States; cloth, 75 cts.) 



Appletons' 

 Guide=Book to Alaska. 



By Miss E. R. Scidmore. New edition, 

 including an Account of the Klon- 

 dike. With Maps and Illustrations. 

 i2mo, flexible cloth, $1.00. 



Appletons' 

 Canadian Guide=Book. 



By Charles G. D. Roberts. A guide for 

 tourist and sportsman, from New- 

 foundland to the Pacific. With Maps 

 and Illustrations. 12 mo, flexible 

 cloth, $1.25. 

 The Canadian Guide-Book has received a 

 thorough revision this year at the hands of a resi- 

 dent of Canada, who has devoted much time and 

 labor to increasing the usefulness of the book. 



Appletons' 



Dictionary of New York 



and Vicinity. 



With Maps of New York and vicinity. 

 Square i2mo, paper, 30 cents. 



" ' Appletons' General Guide-Book to the Unit- 

 ed States and Canada ' has long been regarded as 

 a standard work, and theie can be no doubt that 

 the new and entirely revised edition will be wel- 

 comed not only by foreigners, but by Americans, 

 who every year show an increasing desire to know 

 more about their own country. ... In the man- 

 ner in which it covers an immense territory with- 

 out the omission of any important characteristic it 

 is entirely without a rival." — Boston Beacon. 



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D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 



72 Fifth Avenue, New York. 



1900=== 36tli ===1900 



Annual Statement 



OF THE 



TRAVELERS 



INSURANCE COMPANY. 



Chartered 1863. (Stock.) Life and Accident Insurance. 

 JAMES Q. BATTERSON, President. 



Hurt ford, Conn , January 1, 1900. 



Paid=up Capital, $1,000,000. 



ASSETS. 

 Real Estate- -------- -$2,049,22272 



Cash on hand and in Bank - - - - 1,810,269 96 



Loans on bond and morte^e. mil estate 5,981,842 52 



Interest accrued but not due - - - - 245,983 39 



Loans on collateral security - - - - 1,497,175 51 



Loans on this Company's Policies - - 1,305,307 27 



Deferred Life Premiums ----- 340,99704 



Premiums due and unreported on Lite 



Policies --------- 259,449 36 



Government Bonds ------- 739 016 96 



County and municipal bonds'- - - - 8,114^97 64 



Railroad stocks and bonds - - - - - 7,819'225 1'." 



Bank stocks --------- I 258' 674 00 



Other stocks and bonds - ----- i;j^s;:;,-,o mj 



Total Assets ----- $27,760,511 56 



LIABILITIES. 

 Reserve, %% per cent, Life Department $20,406,734 00 

 Reserve for lie-insurance, Accident De- 



partment -------__ 1,500,369 22 



Present value Installment Life Policies 783,193 00 

 Reserve for Claims against Employers 586,520 26 

 Losses in process of adjustment - - - 219,833 02 

 Life Premiums paid in advance - - - 33,'l78 11 



Special Reserve fur unpaid taxes, rents, 

 __ etc. - -------__. 110,000 00 



Special Reserve, Liability Department - 100,000 00 



Total Liabilities - - - - $23,739,827 61 



Excess Security to Policy-holders - $4,020,683 95 

 Surplus -------- $3,020,683 95 



STATISTICS TO DATE. 



Life Department. 

 Life Insurance in force - - -$100,334,554 00 

 New Life Insurance written in 1899 17,165,686 00 



Insurance on instill!,,,, nt j>ian at commuted rain, . 

 Returned to Policy-holders in 1899 $ 1 ,522,417 06 

 Returned to Policy-holders since 



1864 -------- - 16,039,380 95 



Accident Department. 

 Number Accident Claims paid in 



1899 --------- 15,386 



Whole number Accident Claims 



paid --------- 339,636 



Returned to Policy-holders in 1899 $1,227,977 34 

 Returned to Policy-holders since 



1864 --------- 23,695,539 94 



Totals. 

 Returned to Policy-holders in 1899 $2,750,394 40 

 Returned to Policy-holders since 



1864 39,734,920 89 



SYLVESTER C. DUNHAM, Vice-President. 

 .InllX E. MORIMS. Secretary. 

 H. J. MESSENGEK. Actuary. 



EDWARD V. PRESTON', Sup't of Agencies. 

 J. B. LEWIS, M.D., Suigeon and Adjuster. 



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