Also the Anderson Patent Pipe Safety Boilers, 2 to 100 
120 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
March.] 
GREAT DEDUCTION. 
TEAS and COFFEES 
At Wholesale Prices. 
Increased Facilities to Club Organizers, 
Send for New Price-List. 
THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY, 
(P. O. Box 5643.) 31 and 33 Vesey St., New York. 
THE 
Tlie cheapest and best Portable 
Engine ofl'ered to the Public. 
PP.ICE— 4 Horse-Power..$300. 
“ 6 “ “ 400. 
“ 7 “ “ 475. 
“ 8% “ “ . 540. 
“ 12 “ “ 72o. 
“ 15 “ “ 800. 
Price of Stationary Engines 
without Boilers: 
4 Horse-Power.$150. 
6 “ “ . 175. 
7 to 8K Horse-Power.:... 225. 
12 to 25 “ “ . 300. 
Send for illustrated Circular and 
Price List. 
II. B. BIGELOW & CO., 
New Haven, Conn. 
Fuel Reduced to a mini mum. 
Whitman 8cBurrill;Little Falls, NY 
ft 
g 
8 
If 
is 
Small Portable Boiler, with Kipp’s new Engine combined, 
and complete for all purposes—full 2-horse power, $275.00. 
The best and most durable Boiler and Engine of this size 
e-ver sold. Price is low. Send for special Circulars. 
BOOKWALTER ENGINE, 
Compact, Substantial, Economical, and 
Easily managed. Guaranteed to work 
well and give full power claimed. En¬ 
gine and Boiler complete, including 
Governor. Pump, &c., (and boxing), at 
the low price of 
3 Horse-Power.$‘152.00 
i'A “ “ . 303.50 
BTT" Put on Cars at Springfield, Ohio. 
JAi¥5£S LEFFEL & CO., 
Springfield, Ohio, 
or 109 Liberty St., New York City. 
THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
New York Life 
Insurance Company, 
OFFICE: 
Mos. S46 si si el S48 Broadway, 
JANUARY 1, 1876. 
Amount of Net lash As¬ 
sets, Jau. 1, 1815, - $27,145,777 51 
REVENUE ACCOUNT. 
Premiums and annuities .$6,069,002 81 
Interest received and accrued. I,s70,658 34—7,939,661 15 
$35^085,438 66 
DISBURSEMENT ACCOUNT. 
Losses by death. $1,524,814 82 
Dividends and returned premiums 
on canceled policies. 2,481,696 96 
Life annuities, matured endow¬ 
ments, and reinsurances. 182,400 83 
Commissions, brokerages, and 
agency expenses. 361,918 06 
Advertising and physician’s fees .. 87,591 26 
Taxes, office, and law expenses, sal¬ 
aries, printing, etc. .. . 2S0,114 03— 4,918,535 97 
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unsurpassed and at cheaper prices than can be 
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descriptive pamphlet witli maps and location of our 1,260- 
060 acres of E. K. land in Iowa, all adjacent to lines run¬ 
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Ji. K. time and terms. Half fare tickets from Chicago to the 
land and return. Cost allowed to purchasers. Call on or 
address IOWA R. R. LAND CO., Offices 92 Randolph 
Street, Chicago, 111., or Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
prairie; lands. 
Send'your address on POSTAL CARD to Land Com’r 
B.sX: M.R.R., Burlington, Iowa, ami receive Free, 
Copy of Iowa & Neb. Farmer, with-CHART of LANDS. 
Wolcott Bros., 
REAL ESTATE BROKERS, 
TOLEDO, O. 
Farms in Ohio and Michigan a specialty. 
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 
BURR STONE MILLS. 
Fast grinding. Small 
power. 20 patents for 
grinding and bolting. 30 
years a specialty. Grinds 
with hand, horse, wind, 
) water or steam power, 
any vegetable or mineral. 
IK Send stamp for cuts and 
te prices. 
EDWARD HARRISON, New Haven, Conn. 
ASSETS. 
Cash in Trust Company, in bank, 
and on hand.$1,76S,291 26 
Invested in United States, New 
York City, and. other stocks 
(market value, $7,633,244). 7,154,191 05 
Ileal estate... 1,820,240 53 
Bonds and mortgages (secured by 
real estate valued at more than 
double the amount loaned, 
buildings thereon insured for 
$15,717,000, and the policies as¬ 
signed to the Company as addi¬ 
tional collateral security)....17,0S5,597 50 
Loans on existing policies ((he re¬ 
serve held by the Company on 
these policies amounts to $4,090,- 
586 >. 
Quarterly and semi-annual pre¬ 
miums on existing policies, due 
subsequent to Jan. 1,1S7G. 
Premiums on existing policies in 
course of transmission and collec¬ 
tion (estimated reserve on these 
policies $320,000, included in lia¬ 
bilities).. 
Agents’ balances. 
Accrued interest to Jan. 1,1876, on 
investments. 
Excess of market value of securities over cost. 479,052 95 
Cash Assets, Jan. 1,1876, $3®,645,955 64 
APPROPRIATED AS FOLLOWS: 
Adjusted losses, due subsequent to 
Jan. 1,1876 . 303,165 00 
Reported losses awaiting proof, 
etc. 144,598 66 
Reserved for reinsurance on exist¬ 
ing policies; participating insur¬ 
ance at four per cent Carlisle net 
premium; non-participating at 
iivepercentCarlislen,et premium 27,390,396 41 
Reserved for contingent liabilities 
to Tontine Dividend Fund over 
and above a four per cent reserve 
on existing policies of that class.. 30S.13S 81—28,146,298 91 
Divisible Surplus, - - 2,499,656 73 
From the undivided surplus of $2,499,656 73 the Board of 
885,728 82 
463,269 64 
105,341 54 
27,111 49 
257,130 85-30,166,902 69 
Importer to Consumer Direct. 
FIVE PROFITS SAVED. 
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Address letters to P. O. Box 4049. 
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T HE BEST LAND and Climate in America—Valua¬ 
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DURING THE YEAR, 7,029 POLICIES HAVE BEEN 
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