a Prior to 1892 dividends were paid from accident branch; for the years 1892 to 1896 they were paid from life branch; $73,000 was paid from accident branch in 1897, $50,000 in 1898 and $100,000 in 1899; dividends since 1899 paid from accident branch.

The following shows the capital stock and amount paid for dividends to stockholders by stock companies reporting to the New York Insurance Department since 1859:

INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1876 To 1903 INCLUSIVE.

The following table shows the four principal items of the business of the companies transacting industrial insurance, year by year, since this
class of business was commenced. The Baltimore, the Colonial, the Metropolitan, the Prudential, the John Hancock, the Life Insurance
Company of Virginia and the Western & Southern also transact ordinary life insurance business, and the columns of premiums received and losses
paid include those branches, while the columns of insurance written and in force include only their industrial business:

1898.

4,451,355

76,974 4,251,905

421,496

39,879

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA, RICHMOND, Va.

WESTERN AND SOUTHERN, CINCINNATI, O.-Continued.

INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE IN THE UNITED STATES-Continued.

Number.

Amount.

Number.

Amount

INSURANCE IN FORCE.

The following table gives the number and amount of the kinds of policies in force in the companies reporting to the New York Insurance Department for the thirty-one years ending January 1, 1904:

1903 42

2,824,552 6,032,060,374 1,319,720 2,424,602,853 284,255 784,610,204 4.428,637 9.241,273,431 2,084 1902 39 2,55,610 5.568,866,603 1,116,094 2,135.182,000 272,489 736,664,749 3.95+ 193 8,440,713.352 2,135 1901 38 2.304.173 5,096,706,152 941,098 1,868,476,064 213,193 607,620,589 3.458,464 7,572,802,805 2,190 1900 40 2,076,264 4.706,763,418 792.952 1,649,201,930 202,037 591,131,261 3,071,253 6,947,096,609 2,262 1809 37 1 862,438 4,303,939.941 673,419 1,451,121,609 164.693 510,846,528 2,700,550 6,265.908,078 2 319 1898 36 1,663,445 3.944.919,851 584,172 1,298,862,521 111,980 386,279,939 2,364,597 5,630,053,311 2,381 1997 35 1.529.901 3,706,985,506 532,926 1,215,644.261 92,414 333,095.778 2,155,241 5,255,725,545 2,439 1890 35 1.404,859 3.517.032,780 483,882 1,135,706,300 87,006 269.755.151 1,975.747 4,967,576,418 2,514 1895 34 1,334.519 3.417,113,025 461,947 1,102,507,832 81,342 298,550,088 1,877.808 4,818,170,945 2.566 1994 32 1,268,408 3,304, 199, 199 434,320 1,045.117,786 77,579 308,266,061 1,780,307 4,657,583,046 2,616 1893 31 1,194,008 3.252,513,668 409,033 1,006,981,181 78,470 263,983,434 1,681,511 4,523,478,283 2,690

1892 30 1,086,386 3,010,157,613, 381,498 950,882,647 73,048 247,935,213 1,540.932 4,208,975.473 2,732 982.905 2,784.335.945 349.563 884,210,126 73,216 199.839.747 1,405,684 3,868.385,818 2.752 888,105 2.547,046,672 323.537 818,161,548 64,525 181,826,697 1,276,167 3,547.034,907 2,783 795,894 2 271,769,698 295,544 735,888,575 50,295 139,347,900 1,141,733 3,147.006,173 2,759 714,180 2,003,815.715 266,236 647,425.705 41,21 110,335,708 1,021,631 2,761,577,128 2,703

1891 30 1800 31 1389 31 1588 29

1836. 29 1885. 29 1884 29 1883. 29 1882 29 1881 29 1880

1887 29 652,417 1,802,750.478 240,589 574.390,206 36,847 97,366,436
601,816 1,636,117,662 215,406 506,646,594 31,259 79,648,795
594,141 1,517,053.856 194,186 442,209,921 26,364 63,253,710
553,944 1,426,692,966 174,479 394,435.074 22,144
527,169 1,371,873,073 156,538 345,872,270 21,952

49,600,019

45.984,672

929,853 2,474,507, 120 2.661 848,481 2,222,413,050 2,619 814,691 2,023,517,488 2,484 750,567 1,870,728,059 2,492 705,659 1,763,730,015 2,499

1879 31

1878.

505,252 1,284,035,608 136,979 287.055,694 19,227 66,557.570
486,864 1,252,837,272 121,400 247,535.428 19,001 39,475,881
477.290 1,215,082,831 112,846 216,574,461 18,545 44,337,380
468,335 1,191,642,091 109,244 202,767,920 17,907 45.551,154
479,073 1,218,084,463 114,775 210,530,819 18,995 52,305,941

661,458 1,637.648,872 2,476 627,265 1,539,848,581 2,455 608,681 1,475 994,672 2,425 595,486, 1,439,961,165 2,401 612,843 1,480 921,223 2,417