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BEI,GIUM - INSURANCE AND THRIFT 



frs. 



Horned Cattle . . 72,926.50 



Horses 20,777.50 



Sheep 637.95 



Mtiles 621.60 



Asses 61.65 



Total 



95,025.20 



Amount of Premiums. 



at the rate of 0.25 fr. per head, three months old or over. 



" " " 0.50 fr. per head, one year old or over. 



" " " 0.03 fr. per head, three months old or over 



(minimum 0.15 fr.). 



" " " 0.30 fr. per head, one year old or over. 



" " " 0.15 fr. per head, one year old or over. 



Amount of Claims Paid in 1911. 



frs. 



For 488 horses (maximum 60 fr.) 28,996.50 



For 1,753 head of horned cattle (ordinary cases) 135,307.58 



For I " " " " (tuberculosis, supplementary compensation) . 9.35 

 For 63 " " " " (anthrax, supplementary compensation) . . 1,789.12 

 For 170 " " " " (aphthous fever, supplementary compens- 

 ation) 2,749.88 



For 20 mules (maximum 20 fr.) 395-00 



For 7 asses (maximum 20 fr.) 140.00 



For 155 sheep 1,396.25 



For 2,657 head of livestock in all 170,783.68 



On January ist., 1912, the fund amounted to 1,554,575.94 frs. 



§ 2. Mutual uvestock insurance. 



In the Province of Antwerp there is a Voluntary Livestock Insurance 

 Fund, to which 4,252 farmers belonged in 1911, who had insured 12,208 

 head of horned cattle for 5,206,225 frs. The amount paid in claims was 

 143,448 fr. 



In the other provinces Hvestock are insured by local mutual societies, 

 generally paying compensation to the amount of two thirds of the value of 

 the animals lost. 



In West Flanders and the province of Antwerp such societies form 

 a useful supplement to the above funds. 



We shall now give some information in regard to the insurance of the 

 various kinds of animals. 



