1868 .] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
151 
TWENTY-FIFTH 
ANNUAL STATEMENT 
of 
THE MUTUAL LIFE 
INSURANCE COMPANY 
of New York. 
F. S. WINSTON’, President. 
FEBRUARY 1st, 1868. 
Net Assets, January 31,1S67. 
RECEIPTS. 
For Premiums, Annuities, Interest, 
and Rents.••. 
DISBURSEMENTS. 
$17,639,296 97 
10,173,017 61 
$27,812,314 58 
Claims by deatli. 
Claims on Endowments matured.. 
914,537 ' 
36,300 
Cash Dividends to Policies. 2,517,114 05 
Surrendered Policies. 
Annuities. 
Commissions and commutations 
of future commissions. 
Exchange, Postage, Advertising, 
Printing, Stationery, Medi¬ 
cal Examiners, Salaries and 
Law Expenses. 
Taxes and sundry Office Expenses 
Office Rent Sinking Fund. 
256,687 35 
14,678 06 
925,037 32 
358,616 01 
106,921 87 
20,000 
Net Assets February 1st, 186S. 
Invested as follows: 
Cash on hand and in Bank. 1,504,770 92 
Bonds and Mortgages. 15,176,945 63 
Government Stocks. 5,003.108 75 
Real Estate. 937,835 12 
Balances due from Agents. 39,791 72 
Add: 
Interest, accrued hut not due. 
Interest due and unpaid. 
Value of future Commissions com¬ 
muted as above. 547,255 14 
Premiums deferred semi-annual 
and quarterly. 1,015,568 53 
Premiums due (principally for 
Policies issued in December 
and January). 
Market value of Stocks in excess 
of cost. 
5,149,892 44 
$22,662,452 14 
$22,662,452 14 
173,113 
4,252 45 
386,735 63 
499,942 69 
Gross Assets February 1st, 1868_ 
Increase in net cash assets for the 
year. 
2,656,867 41 
25,319,319 55 
5,023,155 17 
THE ASSETS ARE THUS APPROPRIATED : 
Net Reserve at 4 per cent. Interest 
for Re-insurance. 
Claims by death, including addi¬ 
tions unpaid (not yet due)... 
Premiums paid in advance. 
Dividend of 1868, Cash value. 
Undivided surplus on basis of four 
per cent. 
Total Number of Policies issued 
during the year.. 
Amount insured thereon. 
Number of deaths during the year 
Amount insured thereon. 
Total number and amount of Pol¬ 
icies in force. 
RICHARD A. McCURDY, Vice-President. 
SHEPPARD HOMANS, Actuary. 
LEWIS C. LAWTON, Assistant Actuary. 
JOHN M. STUART, Secretary. 
FRED’K SCHROEDER, Ass’t Secretary. 
22,012,285 67 
123,955 81 
45,095 22 
2,370,317 86 
* 
767,661 99 
25,319,319 55 
19,460 
$62,252,606 
301 
$871,200 
52,384 
194,321,889 36 
WILLIAM BETTS, LL.D., 
HON. LUCIUS ROBINSON. 
HON. HENRY E. DAVIES. 
’ ) 
IN, l 
SS, 
Counsel. 
AWARDED THE 
PRIZE SILVER MEDAL AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION, 
1867. 
AWARDED THE 
PRIZE GOLD MEDAL AT THE GREAT NATIONAL TRIAL OF PLOWS, 
At UTICA, September, 1867. 
COLLINS & CO.’S 
CELEBRATED SOLID CAST STEEL PLOWS. 
These plows are made of a superior quality of Cast Steel, recast in molds into 1 lie exact shape required for the mold- 
hoards and other parts. These parts are then highly tempered, ground and polished. Every plow is warranted to 
“scour” in the most sticky soils. Any section can at any time he replaced by a duplicate or if the share is worn, it 
is easily repaired by welding on a nexo steel point. 
Consumers who have tried Sheet Steel Plows, will readily perceive the superiority of the Cast Steel Plow. 
Circulars giving full particulars sent upon application to 
COLLINS Sc CO., 
No. 212 WATER STREET, NEW YORK CITY. 
MINTURN POST, M.D., 
ISAAC L. KIP, M.D., 
Medical Examiners. 
American Waltham Watches, 
THE BEST ! THE CHEAPEST! 
Recommended by Railroad Conductors, Engineers, and 
Expressmen, as superior to all others lor steadiness, strength, 
accuracy, and durability. 
Unscrupulous Dealers occasionally sell a worthless Swiss 
imitation. To avoid imposition , buyers should always de¬ 
mand a certificate of genuineness. 
For sale by all respectable dealers. 
Ask for a Waltham Watch, and take no other. 
IT IS THE BEST. IT IS THE CHEAPEST.. 
Send Stamp for priced Catalogue of new books on 
ARCHITECTURES 
GEO. E. WOODWARD, 191 Broadway, New-York. 
JPire Engine Cor* Every 
Household. 
A superior Green-house Syringe, light Force Pump and 
Garden Engine in one, for $5. "In our opinion excels any¬ 
thing of the kind heretofore invented.”—Ed. N. E. Farmer. 
“ Superior to any other instrument of which I have any 
knowledge for Green-house use, destroying insects on trees 
and plants, and all the purposes for which Garden Pumps or 
Syringes are wanted.”—.1. Kxox, Pittsburgh, Pa. “ Some¬ 
thing no household should be without, , and indispensable 
for Green-house use.”— F. K. Pikexix, Bloomington, Ill. 
For Circulars and Price List send two-cent stamp to 
IV. E. PORTABLE PUMP CO., 
Danvers, Mass. 
Wilsom Early and Kittatmny 
Blackberry Boot Cuttings. 
FRANKLIjj 
BmcKMACHiNE 
Justly celebrated for perfect simplicity, great strength, 
and immense compressing power, is guaranteed, with 
Waterman’s Patent Past Iron Roll Pans 
For baking: French Rolls, Gems, Fop Overs, Corn Bread , 
etc. The best article in use; see editorial notice page 25 in 
Jan. No. of Agriculturist. Manufactured and for sale by the 
owners of said patent, IiUSSELL & ERAV1N NIANTG CO., 
New Britain, Conn, and at their warehouses in New York, 
Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, and San Francisco. 
Inquire for Waterman’s Patent Bake Pans. Recipes fur¬ 
nished with the pans. 
Dealers please send for Illustrated Circulars. 
Raise your own 
each lot sold. T 
VERY LOW. 1st 
Wilson Early_ 
Kittatinnv. 
Extra Offer: 
tion having seen 
over $5 each, we 
ordered. J. H. 
plants from cuttings. Full instructions with 
he best two Blackberries known. Plants 
class cuttings per 100 250 500 1,000 
.T.$3.00 $7.00 $12.00 $20.00 
.$1.75 $4.25 $8.00 $15.00 
: To the 1st ten orders received which men- 
this advertisement, and which amount to 
will send double the number of cuttings 
FOSTER, Jr., White Horse P. O., 
Camden Co., New Jersey. 
Farmers’ Annual and Rural Companion 
FOR 1868. An original and highly interesting year¬ 
book for the Farmer, Gardener, and Fruit-grower. 64 pages, 
well illustrated, and neatly hound, price 25 cts. Preferring 
to give the profits to the consumer, we will send single 
copies, post-paid, for 15 cts., (wholesale price.) "It is well 
worth nfty cents." Cincinnati Times. 
Address PUBLISHER NORTH-WESTERN FARMER, 
Indianapolis, Iud. 
Ladies: Show your 64 Magic Ash Sifter ” 
to the neighbors, or if you have not bought one yet. send for 
circulars to 
44 THE MAGIC SIFTER CO.,” 
NO. 254 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, 
They save their price in 3 tuns of coal. 
COLGATE <& CO.’S 
Fragrant Toilet 
Soaps are prepared 
J»y sleillcd workmen 
IVona the best materi. 
ills, and are know n as 
the STANOdKl) By 
drillers and consum¬ 
ers. Sold everywhere. 
T HE EARLY ROSE POTATO, pronounced by 
the American Agriculturist “the best of all.” See 
Jan No., p. 10—also GEO. W. BEST’S advertisement, on p. 153. 
