44 INFORMATION RELATING TO INSURANCE AND THRIFT 



3. Insurance against Fire. 



1912 1913 1914 1915 



Number of policies . . . . 342 t,o86 1,192 i>495 



francs francs francs francs 



Insured value 5,488,043 19,112,523 23,899,851 37,364,682 



Net assessments 45.59^ 146,788 174,262 281,419 



Indemnities paid .... 31,938 83,147 83-454 120,245 

 Percentage of assessments 



constituted by indem.- 



nities 70 % 57 % 48 % 43 % 



FRANCE. 



THE MUTUAI, AGRICUIvTURAI, FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE EAST ON i 

 JANUARY igi6. — Annular dc la Miitualitr. ct de la Cooperation agricolcs., Paris, sini^ 

 issue of 1916. 



On I January' 1916 the Mutual Agricultural Fire Insurance Society o^ 

 the East reinsured 849 communal fuiids, distributed among the funds of 

 the district as follows : 



Haute-Marne 438 



Vosges 131 



Jtira 76 



Haute-Saone 73 



Meurthe-et-Moselle 62 



Doubs 52 



Saone-et-Iyoire 17 



The number of these communal societies increased progressively, in- 

 fluenced b}'' the great advantages they afford to agricultural labourers. 

 The following table shows this development, of which the regularity is wor- 

 thy of emphasis : 



On I December 1905 10 societies 



On I January 1906 115 » 



» 1907 425 » 



» 1908 502 » 



)) 1909 560 » 



>) 1910 637 » 



« 1911 762 » 



» 1912 778 » 



» 1913 815 



» 1914 848 » 



» 1915 849 1) 



» 1916 849 » 



