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Cattle Insurance in Bavaria. 



326,214 animalb. The total number of cattle and goats in 

 Bavaria is given as 3,630,088 at the end of 1900, so that the 

 number insured represents 8*99 per cent of the whole. The 

 total sum for which the animals were insured wa$ £ 1,974,900 

 in 1896-7, and £3,402,000 in 1900-01. The losses of stock rose 

 from 4,614 to 10,080 head (the total number in the five years 

 being 38,254). The compensation paid has risen from £32,809 

 to £73,680, or £271,787 altogether in five years. Against 

 the sum, however, there is to be set £88,900, or not quite a 

 third of the amount, which represents the proceeds of the 

 dead or slaughtered animals, so that the net amount paid by the 

 insurance office was £182,900. It may be noted further that 

 the annual losses rose from 2*37 to 3*09 per cent, of the number 

 of animals insured. 



