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PBOVE1>lelerT OF STOCK.
To the farmer whet has his land
in geed condition to furnish what
is necessary for the proper care of
Iive stock, and has become .convinced.
that it would be to his advantage to
make a start iu the work, the next
question is, how shall 1 begin? This
looks like an easy question to an -
ewer, but it is not, as it must be
settled with due regard to his financi-
al standing and other circumstances
connected with his surroundings: If
he does not have capital to buy
good stock, he at least has time to
grow it, so that he must determine
which he shall depend upon most in
his work. If he decides in favor of
time bo will, as a rule, find it the
safest plan, as very few siren can go
into the market with a sum of mon-
ey, purchase freely in any line of
stock, and feel entirely satisfied with
the result. We hays sees- a good
many herds and flocks started .in that
manner, and" many proved failures.
Those that did not were saved by
changing their breeding stock after
they had learned to buy what they
wanted and not what the other man
wanted to sell, To the man who
starts in slowly, and studies the busi-
ness carefully, there is little clanger
of less and good opportunities for
doing
A PROFITABLE BUSINESS.
If the farmer has some ordinary
native, or unimproved female stock
on h nd, progress is comparatively
easy and not at all expensive when
tho returns are consihored. He pur-
chases or uses the improved sires
owned by his neighbors of the par-
ticular breed he thinks niost suitable
for his purposes. Having made the
first cross he should stick to the
same breed, selecting each time some
of the beat females to add to his
flock or herd, and replace others that
are not up to his standard. If sires
are carefully chosen each succeeding
cross will show an improvement, and cases t e amqunt o pan oo er e?<ertions. He got a lob as clergy
by the time he has females with four that is..actually lost in the soil is in to a well-known bookmaker, and
straight crosses of an improved excess of what is used by the plants,
breed, he has animals that are 1 recti- and in maintaining .this fertility we
spent every penny of his earnings. in
p the furtherance of his pet scheme.
catty as useful to the farmer as if want to be able in the first place to In the• course of his _business, too,
they wore pure bred. His added cost hold and save from loss this large i1••
and aeon beeoznes worthless. Tho
kind of stock a Fanner keeps is there-
fore a pretty good habil of the kind
of farming he is doing.
FERTILITY (?le ORCHARDS.
From an article on fruit growing.
by ,a correspondent, we take the fol-
lowing reznaz:ks qn the necessity of
keeping Itp the fertility of the soil in
orchards:
"We have often heard the question
asked as to what would be the best
fertilizer for orchards, and I know
many cases the answer has been
brains. .Now in the use of braina
as a. fertilizer I think we would find
something more expensive than coin-
znercial fertilizer, as we call it. One
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Gold Robbery
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One. lovely night in June, just up-
on half a century ago..an out et
elbow betting -tout, "13i11" Pierce by
name, was lounging listlessly about
leondor Bridge Railway' Station,
"Stand back, there!" shouted a
porter, who was wheeling 'something'
bulky end heavy towards the -barrier.
Fierce "stood back," and at that
moment his eye caught sight of the
cannot make a free use of their brains object the man had iii charge,; It wa
a huge bax, iron -bound and very
massive.
The tout's quick curiosity was
aroused, and, turning to another of
the company's employes, ho inquired
the nature of the contents.
"Gold," replied the individual ad-
dressed,
`Gare," answered Pierce: "Who're
crops. The soil where we grow our ye gotten' at?"
trees has been mostly der'ibod from Whereupon the other, indignant at
the breaking down of the rocks, and his word being doubted, proceeded to
although there is an immense amount explain that the box ,did really, con
thin the precious metal.in question,
and that it was being sent from: Lou-
don to Paris.
'lie` often carry as much as' £100, -
thing for us to do is to learn how 000 and £150.000 at a time," ho.
to get the most food out Of this soil concluded, "and never a penny• of it's
and how to have at all times an been lost in transit yet. ' We're ton
ample supply. You have many times careful."
been told what kind of food our "Ohl'" said Pierce; and •he walked
plants noel, Chemists have told us away, But from that moment his
we,want some potash, phosphoric ac- .mina was made up. Soxne day ho
id and nitrogen, and of course all would have some of that gold,
of thews are required. We find, how- Ho brooded over the matter for
ever, something more than this zn , several months,. -and eventually, red-
the snit, and the fruit grower calls lining that he could do nothing sing -
it humus. le-lianded, he went to a friend, of his
THE NAME HUMUS named Agar, a professional thief.
>int the latter laughed long and
has been applied to decaying plants. loudl ,
either plants grown upon the soil "Get out, you looney; the thing
that have died ,and been allowed to oy' d
remain there, qr where we have au- can't atbe done. If h could me and
plied manure to the soil, and in many my mates would ha' done it long
cases you will find. it is the lack of ago' Ro knew all about it."
And Agar left him, and soon after
humus that reduces the yield of our went to America where he was due
tress. This humus tends to make the to engineer a big bank robbery.
soil spongy -like and prevents loss This rebuff, so far from discourag-
of plant food. I presume that in ing Pierce, only spurred him to great-
mosth f plant food
in studying out what they shall use.
The soil and the, plant food it con-
tains are something like a bank. So
long as your deposit is good your
checks aro honored, and the larger
your deposit the better your credit.
We can ace from this that, the soil is
a kind of storehouse for plant food
to be taken up and used by our
train slowed up outside Folkstone, ho
was apperently as far frofl his old•.
jest aa over,
Several threes this. was repeated,
Agar . ineauwhile filing at the keys
both at. his own house and during the
journey. He Made, too, several dup-
licate keys, and filed these also in
varying fashion under e. powerful
magnifying glass.
And at last there came a time when
his piste:mos and industry were re-
warded. '
Forewarned, as usual, by Tester
that bullion was travelling by a
particular train, and by Burgess that.
it would beplaced in 'this van, Agar
slipped itt olio again.
Tho first key he tried failed, the
second likewise, but tho third, a new
s
one only finished the evening before,
fitted beautifully. The massive door
swung back, and the gold-filled boxes
were ready at his hand.
, With the aid of a jemmy and Wedg-
es he had brought with him, he
quickly, had them open, and that
without_ leaving any external mark
or injury upon them. Gold Gold to
what he judged to be the weight of.
the shot was abstracted. The boxes
were thee refastened and resealed,
the safe relocked, and tho great rob-
bery that . had been maturing for so
many years was an accomplished
fact.
At Boulogne the theft was discover-
ed-. •
The boxes were 'found not to .weigh
exactly what • they ought tohave
done. The French authorities, 'con-
sequently, refused to sign them, And,
on being opened, the whole business.
came to light.
Instantly the telegraph was set
working frantically. But in vain.
Tho two principal conspirators were
by that time safely back in London
with their plunder.
The first division was made the
next day. According. to Agar, he
had secured about £2,500 in .coined
gold; and of this, he, Pierce and Tes-
ter. tools ' &300 apiece, the remaining
£700 going to Burgess. The rest of
the booty was in the form of bar
gold, and this Pierce and Agar start-
ed to melt down, taking a house for
the purpose at ICilburn.
Now, Agar bad a sweetheart, nam-
ed Fanny ',lcalr, who frequently visit-
ed him. She found herself free of
every room in the house, save ono
and this not unnaturally roused to
the highest pitch her woman's curl-
osity.
She pried and cried and fusseds and
fumed, until at last, in sheer despera-
tion, Agar :• told her' all. Thu girl
kept her knowledge to herself at that
time, but in the end it was through
her that the whole nefarious plot
came to light.
It happened in 'this way: Agar, who
could never rest quite even although
not in immediate need of money, had
embarked on another criminal ven-
ture, and prior to setting out .had
handed to Pierce £2,500. This sum
if ,anything happened to him (Agar).
Pierce was to invest. in Consols for
the benefit of Fanny Kay.
Something did happen. Agar was
arrested, tried, arid sentenced to a
term of penal servitude. 'Pierce visi-
ted him iu prison, and assured hint
that his sweetheart should be well
looked after while he was "away."
This assurance satisfied Agar, and
heagreed to seek no remission of his
sentence by "rounding" on his ac-
complices in the by this time well-
nigh forgotten gold robbery.
But Pierce, who was a thorough
scoundrel, failed to keep his part in
the contract. Ho made Fanny ICay
three- or four payments, and then
"skipped otit" to another part of
London. The girl was naturally fur-
ious at this shabby treatment, and
of plant food there, very few soils
contain in available form food more
that enough to last 'Lego or three
years and give maximum crops. Tho
to secure such animals, compared
w'th the unimproved stock would
have cost him, would be in a little
better feeding, the cost for use of im-
proved sires, and better shelter than
.xianageu to scrape acquaintance
amount of plant food. It is really a with one Burgess, a guard on the
matter of dollars and cents. The line, .who occasionally had a • "bit
chrinist figures out what these ma- on" a horse, and to whom ho gave
serials are worth and will say: If one or two good "tips. Bullion,
you can save a pound of potash it ]'tette had revs
is worth five tensa, and eve p ousty .discovore d, not
is usually given scrub stock. This ry pecan infrequently travelled by Burgess'
would only be a small part of tho of nitrogen you can WINO fs worth train• .
twelve cents, and five cents more for After a while Burgessintroduced
the phosphoric acid. The first thing, bine to a fellow -employee of the coin
then, is to carry out the idea of. pany, William George Tester, then
Prof. Waite in keeping up this supply a goodsclerk at London Bridge, but
of humus by growing cover crops and formerly employed a.t Fel:
benefit he would roceive •from the im-
provement
mprovement he had made, Whether the
improvement had been made in cat-
tle, sheep or hogs the results would
be equally good. Meanwhile he had
learned the business of caringfor the turning them under, or applying ma- was n-
port where the bullion was tran-
stock, making the .best selections for aures. The best soils will run out shipped
carrying on the work of improve- a''tnr long periods of cultivation. The from train to •steamer.
Y g p These three plotted and Planned—
ground and at a minimum of cost. ground is, during the greater part of
planned and lotted
This is the safest plan for the new the year, bare and exposed to the p. It was a for
rains and the rains have washed out midable task Pierce had set ltiiz4yelf;
beginner, and substitutes time, which how formidable he only realized Villy
he has. for money that he does not ;this plant food. The best crop ree- after Tester had explained the . exact
have. Ho does not run in debt and I omniendod for this cover 'crop is oats,
have to pay interest. The danger is !sown about the first of August and :arrangements in force for the safe
th-t b' will not persistently follow plowed under early in the spring. Tho custody of the gold consignments.
Tl,o boxes containin the recioti
the course
FIRST MARICED OUT
next best is Crunsan clover, sown I g p s
about the same time, but the seed notal, were, it appeared, sealed,
is expensive, and in our country it `clamped and carefully weighed be-
+ 2 . tel d f L'
and will shift from one breed to an -starts too late in the spring and •"g is pa it rem on on,
ey wore again -
other so that his stock becomes mon- hardly gets growth enough in the I weighed the rondtl three �seharate occasions
gerlized, and no bettor for practical fall �_ a P
purposes than when he first began its Now, we better not spend so much at Folkstone, Boulogne, and Paris.
improvement. Or he may get a half- time watching the tops of our trees • They travelled between London In male that looks so good that for a crop of apples, but watch and ;Bridge ,the Foikstin in the guards
he decides to breed to him, and a sturdy to find out what is required :van of the mail train; but .not loose
greater mistake could not be made, around the bottoms, and then the among the o•
ther luggage. On the
as the progeny is nearlycertain to fruit will appear in due time in the ,massive
they were inclosed in a
p g y pB massive steel sato, only three twee
tops.' of which were in -existence. These
EARL P.OBERTS' HONORS. the
in the custody respectively of
the Trp,flic Superintendent in London,'
Earl Roberts is the only member , of the Chief Clerk at Folkstone, and.
who has gained that highest of Brit- of the Captain of the Boulogne pack
been neglected, and nature, which nee- ish honors, the most noble Order of et, Obviously 'the first active step
he makes mistakes, adapts them for the Garter, with his sword; and the . to bo taken was to obtain impres-
erreirsurroundings. The more they only Knight of the Order ever known ; sions of one or' all of these keys.
tare neglected the more awmoress they who has also possessed the Victoria I At this juncture Agar returned from
areame to man, and better Cross. The latter he won in his first I America with several thousand
become
become n,to andstathed hardships fitted, and campaign, the Indian Mutiny, and the :pounds in his pockets, and Pierce,
thformer in his last, the South African as soon as he heard of his arrival,.
privations. Thus the improved hog,
show more of the scrub dam than
of the half-blood size.
It should always be borne in mind
that unimproved animals, or scrubs,
are strongly bred, as they are the re-
sult of their environment. They have
if turned loose in the woods, in a
few gonerntions becomes a razon-
back, the Shorthorn or Flereford as
lean, gaunt and muscular as a Texan
tong horn, end the mutton sheep
gains in speed and activity at the
oxpenee of fleece and mutton. The ten-
dency of all live stock is to revert
to its natural condition when left to
care for itself, and the Holstein or
Jersey that gave milk nine or ten
months in the year, in a few genera-
tions dries up as soon as its cald is
weaned. It has been the slain of the
breeder, added to shelter and gener-
ous feeding that has • given us the im-
proved breeds of live stock, and made
them so valuable as producers of
FOOD AND CLOTHING.
As soot as trio feed becomes scanty
and no shelter is provided, the ani-
mal reverts to its natural form, and
while 'enabled to maintain itself is
unable to do any more. The condi-
tions that produced the improvement
in the first place must be continued
`or all that liars been gained will bo
thrown away. It is therefore import-
ant that the farmer arranges to pro-
vide food and; shelter before starting
to improve his stock, for if he• does
not he will never realize much benefit
from his work,
Good live stock on a farm has a
moral influence that should not be
Ignored. Its ' tendency is to make
butter farmers, and to interest the
farmer and his family in improving
their surroundings. It also de-
velops sociability, for good cattle,
or sheep, or hogs, will always draw
the attention of neighbors. It also
acts as et strong incentive for : their,
to improve their stock also. Good
stock, therefore, Is always doing sols-
rsionazy work in it neighborhood and
le a benefit to the entire conimubity.
A good farmer will not Icing be con-
tent with scrub stock, nor• wilt a
serub farmer ever keepp imprevod
stock. 11 ho starts in, oiie. or. two
things will happens -either the fernier
improves or the stock 'deteriorates,
war. hurried to him, and told him how
affairs were progressing
This time that astute scoundrel did
Several large forests of ce:'•ar trees not laugh or pooh-pooh the scheme.
in Europe have been. totally • con- On the contrary, he entered into it
sumed by the lead pencil industry, heart and soul. `Xis thief's training
and the supply of wood for the man- told him there was now "something
in it."
First lie did > several day's hard
thinking. • Then- ho handed over to
Pierce three ` hundred sovereigns,
age of the Japanese, is distilled from which the latter. was to despatch to
rice and resembles whisky in tiros Folkstone per mail train,- consigned
to a mythical "W. Archer." •
Agar, meanwhile, travelled down to
Folkstone, • and when the gold arrived
he was there to claim it—of course as.
"Mr. Archer." This enabled him to
be present when the bullion safe • was
opened; and, needless to say, he took
careful note where the key was kept.
A little later the clerk left the of-
fice for a few seconds. Agar slipped
in, took the key from the drawer,
pressed the wax he had ready upon
it, and the trick was done.
An impression of one of the other
keys was afterwards obtained
through Tester, who found out that
it was to•be sent to the maker's for
repair, and- managed by an adriot
piece of manoeuvring to obtain pos-
session of it for a brief period., Hav-
ing done this, he hurried with it 'to
a beer shop in Tooley Street, where
he met Agar, who took two separate
impressions at his leisure, thus mak-
ing assurance doubly sure.
It took seine weeks to cut and file
the keys, but at length everything
Was ready. Agar slipped unperceived
into Burgess' van one ,day when bul-
lion was being carried, and hid, be-
hind the piles of luggage. Inside the
van the conspira.tori had previously
placed a couple of portieantcaux fill-
ed with. shot, in weight ekttotly cars
responding with that of twelve thou-
sand sovnreigtee • .
But the result on this occasion was
disappointing. The keys would hot
open the lock.,. Agar triad again and
again,. filing' InisiIy at thein all the
Way don'ts. Butt in 'vain, ` Whoa the
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EUROPE'S CEDAR FORESTS.
ufacture of lead pencils is now prac-
tically exhausted in the old world.
SAFE DISTILLERIES. e
Sake, the favorite alcoholic, bever-
Z het a are about 18,000 sake distil-
lers in Japan, and these produce be-
tween then nearly 150,000,000 gel -
bons annually.
'.Cly
A PARADOX, '
"Upon the wagon seat I stay,"
Tho coal I'nan said, "and every day
the bosh wi11 scolds -
But still 'I hold
My place because I'ia itr the weigh,"
hurried oft to the South -Eastern Rail-
way elempany'a Chios of Police, to
whom elle told all site know,
Pierce was quickly laid by the
hogs. Tester, who had meanwhile
Sweden, s also tr Cod and
to weds wa a a ,a and
extradited, Burgess gave himself up,
And ere many weeks had elapsed the
entire gang were placed .upon , their
trial at the Old Bailey,
The result was somethingof a tra-
vesty of justice; for Burgess and. Tes-
ter, who had had nothing to do with
the original inception of the crime,
got fourteen years.. apiece, while
Pierce, who had so cunningly and
successfully plotted to turn them
front honest men into rogues, and
who had grossly betrayed his friend
Agar's confidence into the bargain,
received the merely nominal sentence
of two years' imprisonment —Pear
son's Weekly,
CHRISTENING BABY.
It is a compliment to a great man
to name the baby after him. But
what about the baby? Even those
parents who insist that their chil-
dren owe everything to them will
at least concede that they owe it
to the child to give it a name that
will not be a handicap should it ever
make its way or have a business that
must be advertised. And to give a
child a name that bas already been
clapped upon the tiptop pinnacle of
fame is to make it the victim of ri-
diculous contrasts all its life. , Tho
baby's name is most .important. It
should be short, simple, sensible -fit
to become the nucleus around which
an individuality may crystalize. We
cannot have too many Johns and
Marys, or too few Julius Caesar
Jonses and Roberts Buller Kitchener
Browns.
CAUGHT ON THE SIDE.
Camphor has the reputation of,
keeping away moths, but should
never bo used pear sealskins, as it
causes this particular fur to change
color, producing streaks of gray and
yellow.
Pie crust made of rich 'cream in-
stead of lard will not hurt anybody's
'digestion.
A good many people would use
milk more freely if it was not gener-
ally skimmed before it comes to the
table.
Rice is one of the best foods for
people with impaired digestion. Few
care for it the way it is usually
served, a sodden, blue -tinged mess.
Cooked quickly, without stiff. ring, it
should be white, light, each grain
separate, and forms a basis for a
good many toothsome dishes.
Instead of putties. the plates > that
are covered with egg into hot dish-
water, thus cooking it on, ,rinse it
ofd' with cold or tepid water first.
A wornout pan inverted over the
flatirons while heating liclds the
heat and expedites matters.
A 7 -weeks -old puppy made .a nuis-
ance crying for its mother every
night until some one, thought to
warm a brick, wrap it in a cloth and
put it inthe basket. The dog cud-
dled up to it and went to sleep
quietly.
If a "gas mantle" is smoky, sprin-
kle salt over it aiid hold it in the
gasffame and it will be as goad as
new.
Salt will remove soot from a rug
or carpet if used plentifully, and
brushed well
The following good story is told of
tho secretary of a musical society: A
gentleman rang his door -bell one ev-
combustion. Iron and steel filings
and turnings, when mixed with oil,
will ignite spontaneously after be-
coming carbonized
Rice and Eggs -Heat cold boiled
rice, add little water, beat in 2 soft,
boiled eggs, and sere° hot, with
grated cheese over the top.
c i ten+
Chicken Pie,—Cook a h c,ken,
ides ; rortzovo the large, bones and
place it in a baking dish or a small
milk pan, 'Thicken the gravy with
flour, season with salt tied pepper,
pour QVer the chickens and sot aside
till cold. IUake some baking powder,
biscuit and droll the biscuits close
together upon the chicken. Bake
till the biscuits are dope and send to
the table piping hot.
Baiting Powder 13iseuit.—Take a
quart of flour and sift . it; mix te or-
oughly with the flour one teaspoon-
ful of salt and two very heaping
teaspoonfuls of baking powder; add
a little over ono -half teacupful o1
butter until the butter is reduced to
grains as fine as oatmeal. Stir into
these ingredients enough cold milk
to make a soft dough; add enough
flour to enable you to roll out and
cut into biscuits. Handle the mat
erial as little and as quickly as pos-
sible, and bake in a quick oven..
Savory Stow. -Out salt pork into
rather small pieces and cook in wa-
ter till done. Thicken, with flour'
anti season' with poppe, takipg care
it Is not too salt, and add a little
milk. Have ready Pomo baking pow-
der biscuit arranged on a large plat-
ter' and pour the 'stew over them.
Garnish with hard-boiled eggs and
sprigs of parsley.
Ginger: Doughnuts.—Two eggs, one
cup molasses, half cup brown sugar,
4 tablespoons meltedbutter, flour
enough ' to make e soft dough, ' one
sa.ltspoon each of ginger, cloves, cin-
namon and salt, 1 teaspoon baking'
soda. Roll the dough one inch thick
and cut into..small circles or rings.
Drop .the cakes into smoking hot fat
and fry to light brown; drain" and
roll them in powdered sugar while
shill warm.
BOILED COFFEE.
When one will have boiled coffee,
let, it at least possess the redeeming
trait of being as good as the method
permits, Let such persons try the
following recipe c Put the usual al-
lowance of finely ground intro a
coffee pot that is clean and sweet
(the condition of the pot has much
to do with the flavor of the coffee
no matter by which method it is
made), mix with the white of an
ogg, unless clarified at the time of
roasting, moisten well with cold
water, and if the spout has no cap,
stop up with a cork. Place on a hot
part of alio range, add half the
quantity of boiling water needed
(which .should always be 1 pt. less
than there aro largo . tablespoon, of
coffee), ' boil fast for five minutes,
transfer to a. cooler part of the
range, let simmer ten minutes, add
the remainder of the water,which
must boiling, and servo at oncr
Persons
be of weak digestive 'powers'
should not use cream or milk in cot-
fee. There is something in the com-
bination, so physicians tell us, tl at
impairs digestion. Such being the
case, even the well should, for
health's sake, drink clear coffee, hut
most of us hesitate to forego the
delights of the palate when no hurt-
ful, effects, . aPParon tly, result from
indulgence. In lieu of cream, the
housewife will find a welcome sub
stitute in hot milk. T"
EVERY LUXURY PROVIDED.
;A dog's tailor exists in Paris. The
tai'or is a woman and in her• recept-
ion rooms the dog: has rugs, watt
and eoen biscuits to refresh him a
ing the trying on process., Here a.
the daintiest water .color, pattern •
books to choose from, and anything
from sealskin to chamois is provid-
ed.
The
a ufacturers
Insurance Company.
SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
ife
The seventeenth annual meeting of the shareholders and policyholders of the Manufacturers Life Insurance.
Company was held in the Company's offices, Toronto, on Thursday, February 4te, at 2.30 p.m. The' report
submitted was eminently satisfactory to all interested.
A detailed report of the proceedings will bo mailed to all policyholders, but webelieve that the average
busy reader will get a clearer conception of the progress the Company is making by having, as it were, a bird's-
eye view of its affairs.
• Below will be found the figures pertaining to the main features of the business for 1902 and 1903 and the
increases; also a comparative statement of the Company's growth since its organization.
The growth made in 1903 is well shown by the following table
Net Premium Income
Interest, Rents, etc
Total Cash Income
Payments to Policyholders
Policy Reserves
Total Assets . , ., . , •••••
Applications for New Insurance
New Policies Issued
Insurance in Force
1909, 1908.
$ 1,054,815.72 $ 1;219,435.91
186,074.11 215,852.67.
1,240,889.83 1,435,288.58
316,556.63 366,533.04
3,753,892.00 4,461,800.00
4,406,329.19 5,136,668.52
6,542,336.00 7,764,542.00
6,082,336.00 7,294,050.00
30,152,883,00 34,392,303.00
Increase,
$ ,164, 620.19
29,778.58
194,398.75
49,9 76.41
707,908.00
730, 339.33 '
1,222,200.00
1,211,714.00
4,239,420.00
The Manufacturers Life began business in 1887, and the following figures for four
year periods taken from its returns to the Dominion Government will illustrate its
remarkable growth and steady progress :—
Year.
Income
From Interest
Rents, etc..
Net
Premium
Income.
Total Premium
and Interest
Income.
Assets.
New
Policies
Issued.
Assurance
in Force
December 31st.
1887
, 1891
1895
1899
1903
$ 778.
13,236
89,245
72,018
215,852
$ 27,184
184,106
324,449
510,660
1,219,435
$ 27,963 ,
197,342 '
363,694
582,578
1,435,288
$ 165,732
431,610 '
1,012,569
1,809,505 -
5,136,668
$2,564,500
2,111,100
3,017,760
3,570,109
7,294,050
$ 2,342,000
7,413,761
10,645,021
. 14,368,286
34,392,303
OF' INTEREST TO TOTAL ABSTAINERS.
The death ratio in the Manufacturers Life has always been favorable in both
sections, but exceedingly so in the Abstainers' Section. The past year shows a
continuance of this favorable experience. The death losses in,the General Section
were 75.7% of the expectancy, and In the Abstainers' Section only 41.3% of the -
expectancy. The saving this year from low mortality in this 'section is therefore
58.7% as against a saving of 24.3°/° in the General Section, which means much
larger dividends for Abstainers. Correspondence is : invited.
HON. G. W. RO,OS, President. d. F. c1UNKIN, Managing Director.