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many of those who have put their lives in peril returns of the number of policies altogether 



in the country's service have protected the in- 

 terests of those to whom those lives in some 

 degree helong. In compliance with the re- 

 quest of the Massachusetts commissioner, 21 of 

 the companies doing business made voluntary 



that had been issued by each, the whole 

 amount insured, the receipts of premiums, the 

 payments, losses, surrenders, &c., and ex- 

 penses for all other purposes. The results 

 were as follows : 



Of this vast amount, $409,565,919, that has 

 been insured, it appears that nearly one half 

 is outstanding, and that $25,000,000 has been 

 paid. The greater part have apparently dis- 

 continued through the cessation of the neces- 

 sity for insuring, which may to a greater or 

 less extent be the case in times of prosperity ; 

 there were also, no doubt, numbers who ceased 

 to pay a premium through inability, and others 

 through growing disregard of its utility. It is ap- 

 parent, however, that within 20 years over 60 

 million dollars have been paid over to insurance 

 companies from prudential motives, and these 

 60 millions are savings of earned capital of a 

 nature similar to the deposits in savings banks. 

 The deposits and the life premiums together 

 make an amount equal to 250 millions thus 

 saved within 20 years. 



IOWA, one of the northwestern States, 

 bounded on the east by the Mississippi river, 

 contained in 1860 a population of 674,913, be- 

 ing an increase of 482,699 since 1850. The 

 number of white males was 353,900, do. females 

 319,871. 



The mortality in the State during the year 

 ending May 31, 1860, was 7,260. The most 

 fatal diseases were consumption, croup, fevers, 

 and pneumonia. 



The value of some items of the productive 

 industry of the State during the year ending 

 June 1, 1860, was as follows: iron founding, 

 $187,435; lead, $160,500; coal, $6,500; lum- 

 ber, $2,378,529; flour and meal, $6,950,949; 

 spirituous liquors, 383,320 galls. ; malt liquors, 

 35,588 bbls. ; woollen goods, $167,960; leather, 



$81,760; boots and shoes, $325,296; furniture, 

 $157,491. Total value of industrial products, 

 $14,900,000. 



The value of real and personal property was 

 $247,338,265; lands improved, 3,780,253 acres; 

 do. unimproved, 5,649,136 acres; cash value of 

 farms, $118,741,405. 



Crops produced in 1861, according to the 

 report of the superintendent of agriculture, 

 were as follows: wheat, 18,350,000 bushels, 

 valued at $7,200,000; corn, 60,000,000 bu., 

 value, $7,200,000; oats, 10,000,000 bu., value, 

 $1,500,000; potatoes, 3,000,000 bu., value, 

 $750,000 ; hay, 800,000 tons, value, $1,200,000 ; 

 orchard products, value, $300,000; butter, 

 15,000,000 pounds, value, $1,200,000; cheese, 

 3,000,000 pounds, value, $240,000 ; cattle 200,- 

 000 ; wool, 50,000 pounds ; domestic manufac- 

 tures, $800,000; total of all products, $33,251,- 



000. The number of miles of railroad in this 

 State, in I860, was 679; cost of construction, 

 $19,494,633. 



The governor of the State is Samuel J. 

 Kirkwood, whose term of office expires Jan. 



1, 1864. The secretary of State is James 

 Wright. The judiciary consists of three su- 

 preme court judges, elected by the people for 

 six years, and eleven district judges. The 

 funded debt of the State is $1,192,295. There 

 is one State bank with a capital of $720,800, 

 and fifteen branches. Legislature meets bien- 

 nially, and consists of forty-six senators, and 

 ninety-three members of the house. The 

 former are elected for four years, and the latter 

 for two years. This oody was twice in session 



