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 Quide=Book. 



By Charles G. D. Roberts. A guide for 

 tourist and sportsman, from New- 

 foundland to the Pacific. With Maps 

 and Illustrations. i2mo, flexible 

 cloth, lr.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 there 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 G. BATTERSON, President. 



Hartford, Conn , Jimuary 1, 1900. 



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



ASSETS. 



Keal E.state ------.-.. $2,049,222 72 



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



Loans on bond and niortfrage. real t-statc 5,981,842 52 



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



Loans on collateral security - - - - l",497j75 51 



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



Deferred Life Premiums ----- 340,997 04 



Premiums due and unreported on Life 



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



Government Bonds -------- 789 016 96 



County and municipal bonds - - - - 3,114,997 64 



Kailroad stocks and bonds - - - - - 7,819^225 19 



Bank stocks ------.'-.■ i',258!674 00 



Other stocks and bonds- - - - _ _ 1,288,350 00 



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



LIABILITIES. 



Reserve, 2,}4 per cent, Life Department $20,406,734 00 

 Eeserve for Ke-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 - - - 33^178 11 



Special Eeserve for unpaid ta.xes, 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 installment plan at cminnded calm. 

 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 Policv-holders since 



1864 --------- 39,734,920 89 



SYLVESTER C. Dr~KHAM. Vice-President. 

 JOHN E. MORRIS. Secretary. 

 H. J. MESSENGER. Actuary. 



EDWARD V. PRFSTON". Sup't of Acencies 

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



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