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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[March, 
28th Annual Report 
OF THE 
NEW YORK 
UPS » 
OFFICE, 
Nos, 346 & 348 Broadway, 
JANUARY 1, 1873. 
Amount of NET CASH ASSETS, Jan. 
1, 1872. $18,689,747 36 
Income. 
Premiums and annuities. $6,308,900 63 
Interest received and accrued. 1,206,506 13 
- 7,515,107 05 
$30,305,154 41 
Disbursements. 
Losses bv Death. $1,408,519 87 
Dividends, and Return Premiums 
on Canceled Policies. 2,263,392 07 
Life Annuities, Matured, Endow¬ 
ments, and Reinsurance. 50,606 56 
Commissions, Brokerages, and 
Agency Expenses. 510,975 95 
Advertising and Physicians’ 
Fees. 111,631 71 
Taxes, Office and Law Expenses, 
Salaries, Printing, Revenue 
Stamps, etc. 255,185 19 
—- 4,630,311 65 
$31,574,843 76 
Assets. 
Ca 3 li in Trust Co., in Bank, and on 
hand. $2,242,746 61 
Invested in United States, New 
York State, and other stocks 
(market value $4,227,397 E3), 
cost. 1,110,518 95 
Invested in New York City Bank 
Stocks (market value $16,827 50) 
cost. 41,549 00 
Real Estate. 1,768,174 14 
Bonds and Mortgages (secured by 
real estate valued at $26,000,- 
000 00 , buildings thereon insured 
for over $ 11 , 000,000 00 , and the 
policies assigned to the Com¬ 
pany as additional collateral 
security). 11,590,531 28 
Loans on existing policies (the re¬ 
serve held by the Company on 
these policies amounts to $4,069,- 
991 51). 9S6.214 08 
Quarterly and Semi-annual pre¬ 
miums, due subsequent to Jan. 
1,1873 . 591,405 51 
Premiums on existing policies in 
course of transmission and col¬ 
lection (estimated reserve on 
these policies, $800,000, included 
in Liabilities). 272,4S4 75 
Amounts due from Agents. 29,033 08 
Interest accrued to Jan. 1,1873_ 112,152 33 
- 21,574,842 70 
ADD 
Excess of market value of securities over cost 92,157 38 
Cash Assets, Jan. 1,1813, 
21,667 000 14 
APPROPRIATED AS FOLLOWS: 
Amount of Adjusted Losses due 
subsequent to .Tan. 1.1873. $281,542 00 
Amount of Reported Losses 
awaiting proof, etc.. 192,670 00 
Amount reserved for Reinsurance 
on existing policies, insuring 
$117,021,753 21 participating in¬ 
surance a; -4 per cent Carlisle 
net premium), $,1,000,852 65, non¬ 
participating (at 5 per cent, Car¬ 
lisle net premium). 19,418,926 45 
Balance oi Return Premium of 
1872,. payable during the year 
1873.'. 131,436 76 
20,024,575 22 
DM®le Stnilns, $1,642,424 92 
From the undivided surplus of $1,642,124 92 the Board of 
Trustees lias declared a reversionary Dividend, available on 
settlement of next annual premium, to participating poli¬ 
cies proportioned to their Contribution to Surplus. The 
cash value of such reversion may be used on settlement of 
premiums, if the policy-holder so elect. 
During the year 8,910 Policies have been issued, insuring 
$27,096,273 61. 
TRUSTEES. 
MORRIS FRANKLIN... .President of the New York Life 
DAVID DOWS....(David Dows & Co^FlouTsierSiants) 
Toa .„ r, ... . 20 South Street. 
ISAAC C. KENDALL.^Merchant) Union Buildings, 
n»TUTT?i c „ corner William and Pine. 
DANIEL fa. MILLBR..(Late Dater, Miller & Co., Grocers.) 
(Continued in next column.) 
{Continued from preceding column .) 
HENRY K. BOGERT....(Bogert & Kneeland) 49 William 
Street.. 
JOHN MAIF.S.(Merchant) 20 South Street. 
WM. II. APPLETON....(Appleton & Co., Publishers) 519 
and 551 Broadway. 
ROBERT B. COLLINS....(Collins & Brothers, Stationers) 
370 Broadw’ay. 
WILLIAM BARTON.(Banker) 31 Wall Street. 
WM. A. BOOTH.(Booth & Edgar) 100 Wall Street. 
GEORGE A. OSGOOD.(Banker) 35 Broad Street. 
HENRY BOWERS.(Banker) 36 Broad Street. 
CHAS. L. ANTHONY_(Anthony & Hall, Dry Goods) 61 
Leonard Street. 
SANFORD COBB_President Eagle Fire Insurance Com¬ 
pany, 71 Wall Street. 
EDWARD MARTIN_(Cragin & Co., Provisions) 400 West 
Twelfth Street. 
EDWIN HOYT _ (Hoyt, Spragues & Co., Dry Goods) 100 
Franklin Street. 
H. B. CLAFLIN_(H. B. Claflin & Co., Dry Goods) corner 
Church and Worth Streets. 
J. F. SEYMOUR..(J. F. Seymour & Co.) 78 Warren Street. 
CORNELIUS R. BOGERT. M.D. 8 St. Mark’s Place. 
WILLIAM II. BEERS....Vice-President of the New York 
Life Insurance Company. 
MORRIS FRANKLIN, President. 
WILLIAM H. BEERS, Vice-President and Actuary. 
THEODORE M. BANTA, Cashier. 
D. O’DELL, Superintendent of Agencies. 
MJ>; | Medical Examiners. 
CHARLES WRIGHT, M.D., Assistant Medical Examiner. 
AMERICAN WASHER. 
PRICE, $5.50. 
The AMERICAN WASHER is the most perfect, com¬ 
plete, and successful Washer ever offered to the public. 
For sale by 
A. II. FRANCISCUS & €0., 
518 Market St .9 Philadelphia, Pa. 
are offered in Elegant New Styles, with important 
improvements; their already brilliant reputation will be 
enhanced only by trial of their merits and not by publishing 
testimonials. Lovers of whatever is reflned and progressive 
in music will he charmed by the beautiful orchestral effects 
of their 
COMBINATION SOLO STOPS, 
Purity of Tone, Elegance of Design, and 
Thorough Construction. CIRCULARS WITH 
flIUSIC PEEE. B3?”Agents wanted in every 
Town. Address 
GEO. WOODS & CO., Cambridgeport, Mass. 
You ask WHY we can sell First 
Class 7 Octavo Pianos for $220 ? 
We answer—It costs less than 
$300 to make any $SOO Tiano 
sold through Agents, all of whom 
make IOO per Ct. profit. We 
have no Agents, but ship direct to 
_ „ families at Factory price, and war¬ 
rant 5 Years. Send for illustrated circular, in which wc 
refer to over 500 Bankers, Merchants, Ac. (some of 
whom you may know), using our Pianos, in 44 States and 
territories. 3 , pi an o Co., 360 Broadway, E 6 .Y. 
A Great Offer for March f! 
HORACE WATERS & SON, 481 Broadway, New York, 
will dispose of IOO PIANOS and ORGANS of first-class 
makers, including Waters's, at extremely low puices 
foe OAsn THIS MONTH. New 7-octave PIANOS, modern 
improvements, for $275 cash. THE WATERS CONCERTO 
1ARLOR ORGANS are the most beautiful in style and per¬ 
fect in tone ever made. Prices at bargains, for cash. Monthly 
installments received, running from one to three years. 
Illustrated Catalogue mailed. 
CTENCII, 1*E,AH'lES.— The best, method 
"pfor marking clothing, etc. Plain name,50c.; Ornamented, 
foe.—including Indelible Ink, Brush, etc. Sent free bv mail 
on receipt of price. W. H. BERRY, Portsmouth, N. H. 
ABY CHAIR .-In which 
a baby can walk, run, jump, 
and swing long before it can 
stand alone. This is pro- 
- nounced by all to he the most 
novel, amusing, mystifying, 
and enjoyable invention for 
the little ones ever intro¬ 
duced. It is tlie best baby 
tender in llie world. Every 
child, from 4 months to 3% 
years old, should have one". 
Splendid Exercise. The chair 
is of black-walnut, nicely fin¬ 
ished with blue, crimson, or 
green cord, and may he at¬ 
tached to a door or window, 
a post or shade tree. 
Agents wanted. SendP.O. 
order or registered letter for 
sample chair, $ 6 . 
Colvin Baby Cliair Co., 480 Broadway, N. Y. 
THIRST Premiums awarded by Amer. Inst., 1870. 
MICROSCOPES. 
Illustrated Price-List sent free on application. 
MAGIC LANTERNS. 
Catalogue, priced and illustrated, sent free. 
T, H, McALLISTER, Optician, 49 Nassau-st., N. Y. 
Sewing Machine 
Is the BEST IN THE WORLD. 
Agents wanted. Send for Circular. Address 
“DOMESTIC” SEWING MACHINE CO., N. Y. 
eCSEMCE FOK THE S»E©l»I Jl E 
at POPULAR PRICES. Four American Institute 
Lectures, complete, with illustrations, on one sheet, for 3 
cents. TRIBUNE LECTURE EXTRA, No. 3, now ready. 
Contains: Brain and Mind, by Prof. B. G. Wilder; Chemical 
Discoveries of the Spectroscope, by Prof. G. F. Barker; As¬ 
tronomical Conquests of the Spectroscope, by Prof. C. F. 
Young; Our Present Knowledge of the Sun, also h.v Prof. 
Young; 3 cents per copy, by mall, 5 cents. TRIBUNE LEC¬ 
TURE EXTRA, No. 2 (same price), Contains four complete 
Popular Lectures, and two Mark Twain Letters. TRIBUNE 
LECTURE EXTRA, No. 1, Contains Prof. Tyndall’s Six Sci¬ 
entific Lectures on Light, complete, with illustrations; 3cts. 
per sheet, by mail 5 cents. Address 
NEW YORK TRIBUNE. 
Church and Parlor Music. 
d»-| /t 74 cash for Double Reed, six stops, powerful- 
vf U toned Organs. Warranted the very best. 1 
O (T FZ cash for 7-octave, Rosewood, carved leg, fully 
t tj warranted Pianos. 
WM. A. POND & CO., 
No. 547 Broadway, N ew York City. 
SEYMOUR’S SHEARS & SCISSORS. 
“The Rest are the Cheapest.’ 
Extra Quality. Crocus Polish. 
Family Size, - - $1.5C 
Ladies’ Scissors, - 1.00 _ 
By mail, prepaid. Send P. O. Order or Draft. != 03 ps 
It is a long time since anything 
has appeared in religious art so 
lovely and so exquisite in design 
THE 
CHRISTIAN 
QKACES. and execution as" this large and 
elegant line and stipple steel engraving, which iB sent 
free to every subscriber to 
Arthur’s Illustrated Home Magazine, 
soiong a favorite with the people. Price of magazine, with 
picture, $2.50 a year, or for 6 months with picture $1.50. In 
clubs,3 copies one year for $ 6 ,7 copies $12. Sample numbers 
15 cents. Agents wanted everywhere. Large commissions. 
T. S. ARTHUR & SON, Philadelphia, Pa. 
What 
STest? 
W©Ba<it©i”iPsBl J! 
The Great Juvenile Magazine. Only SO cents a year—168 
large pages of choicest reading—a splendid § 1.00 Chromo to 
every subscriber, by first mail. A marvel of cheapness, 
worth, and beauty combined ! Specimen, 3 cents, liaise a 
club! Say where you saw this. 
JOHN B. ALDEN, Publisher, Chicago, Ill. 
$io® t© 250 K’r'isrss , 4 
where selling our new seven-strand White Platina 
Clothes-Lines. Sells readily at every house. Samples 
free. Address the Girard Wire Mills, Philadelphia, Pa. 
AGENTS WANTED — 
In every town, city, and county, to sell REED'S PATENT 
IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE. It gives entire satis¬ 
faction. PROFITS I.ARGE. Territory for sale. Send for 
Circular to REED WASHING MACHINE CO.. 
07 and 69 Fifth Avc., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Si WAT) INI DAD 417 ATQ earmek and gardenew, 
0.1 VYUiliil I'Ult 10 CIO. Lancaster, Pa. ItCVntaajear 
10 Cents in Clubs. Furnishes ns much vnluablo reading matter aa many $1 
Specimen numbers nnd premium list sent free. 
-—— —- - 
A GENTS, LOOK !— S12 a day made selling Scis¬ 
sors Sharpener and other wares. Sample 25 cts. Cata¬ 
logue free. T. J. HASTINGS & CO., Worcester, Mass. 
w 
ANTED, AGENTS to soil household articles 
needed by every one. PLUMB & CO., Phi'la.. Pa. 
