3. AMERICAN.

*C. C. HINE, Editor and Proprietor. The Insurance Monitor and Wall street Review. Established in 1853: Solely devoted to life, fire and marine insurance. Issued in monthly numbers, 4°. Nos. 14 & 16 Wall-street, New-York, 185367, et seq. Insurance Department Library.

*G. E. CURRIE. The United States

Insurance Gazette, and Magazine of useful knowledge. New Series, commenced in 1855, issued in monthly numbers of 48 pages, and forming an annual volume of over 600 pages 8° (including advertisements). No. 153 Broadway, New-York, 1855-67, et seq. Insurance Department Library.

*G. E. CURRIE. The United States Insurance Almanac. Commenced in 1856. 8°. New-York, 1856-67, et seq.

Insurance Department Library.

*JOSEPH B. ECCLESINE. The Wall-street Underwriter and General Joint-stock Register. Commenced in 1859; devoted almost entirely to the various departments of underwriting. Issued in monthly numbers, folio. Grierson & Ecclesine, Publishers, No. 18 Wall-street, New-York, 1860-67, et seq. Insurance Department Library.

*GRIERSON & ECCLESINE. The Underwriter's Weekly Circular, and mining and general stock register. Principally devoted to reports of Fire losses, Marine and general Insurance news. New-York, 1862-67, et seq.

Insurance Department Library.

*T. &. J. SLATOR. Insurance and Real Estate Journal. Established in 1862; weekly and continued folio size. Published by T. & J. Slater, No. 97 Nassau-street, New Insurance Department Library.

York.

*STEPHEN ENGLISH & ZAVARR WILMSHURST. Insurance Times, commenced January, 1868. Published monthly. Office No. 137 Broadway, New-York.

Insurance Department Library.

*WILLIAM HADDEN, Editor and Proprietor. New-England Insurance Gazette, and Monthly Financial Record. 4'. Office No. 33 School-street, Boston. Commenced in 1862,

and continued.

Assem. No. 50.

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Insurance Department Library.

*J. A. FOWLER. The American Exchange and Review. A Journal of finance, insurance, manufactures, etc., and in expositor of social and economic science. Commenced in 1862, issued in monthly numbers of 80 pages each, and forming 2 volumes 8° annually of nearly 500 pages each (including advertisements). Fowler & Moon, Publishers, No. 521 Chestnut-street, Philadelphia. Philadelphia, 1862-67, et seq. Insurance Department Library.

*ORRIN ROGERS. Philadelphia Intelligencer; Insurance, Finance, Commerce, &c. Commenced in January, 1857. Published quarterly and continued. Orrin Rogers, Publisher, No. 323 Walnut-street, Philadelphia, Penn.

Insurance Department Library.

*C. C. BOMBAUGH, The Baltimore Underwriter. Commenced July, 1865. Published monthly and continued Office No. 57 Second-street, Baltimore, Md.

Insurance Department Library.

*WILLIAM T. TILLINGHAST & Co. The Insurance Chronicle: Devoted to the interests of insurance. Published monthly; commenced in April 1867, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Insurance Department Library.

*JOHN J. W. O'DONOGHUE. Insurance Chronicle: Devoted to the Interests of insurance and real estate. Published weekly; commenced January, 1866. Office Tribune Buildings, Chicago, Ill. Insurance Department Library.

*JAMES H. GOODSELL. The Spectator; an American

Review of Insurance.

Published monthly; commenced

January 1868. Office No. 71 Dearborn-street, Chicago, Ill.

Insurance Department Library.

*J. P. THOMPSON. Western Insurance Review. Monthly; comme nced September, 1867. Published by John P. Thompson & Co. Office corner Seventh and Olive-streets, St. Louis, Mo. Insurance Department Library.

After acquiring all the facts and information obtainable from the works of our predecessors, it is our province and duty to develop new theories, discover new facts, suggest new improvements, and invent new adaptations of the

science of Life Contingencies to the civilization and somewhat modified circumstances of the present times. It is useless to spend years in re-discovering mathematical truths which the De Wits, De Moivres, Bernouillis and Prices of the past centuries have already elaborated and given to the world. It must be confessed that many of our modern discoveries and developments are new only to ourselves, and that very few scientific improvements have been recorded since the early days of Dr. Price and Joshua Milne. Although leading the whole world in the practice and adaptation of Life Insurance to the wants and necessities of the people, yet it must be confessed that we Americans have not hitherto given to the nations a single scientific work on the subject. Strange as this may seem, it is entirely natural and consistent with our situation. Americans, one and all, have so much positive and exigent labor to perform which must be done and done instantly, that we have as yet developed but few trained scholars in any department of Science or Art. When a half dozen generations more shall have passed away, our era of development in this direction will really commence in earnest. Now, ordinarily an American must in the first place earn the money, or a portion of it, with which to educate himself and pay his own academic or collegiate expenses; then he has a name, reputation and competency to make for himself in his chosen pursuit or profession, and a new family follows in quick succession, with the same or a slightly improved career. In this way the grave claims our great men and incipient scholars before their labors are half completed.

CASUALTY INSURANCE.

NEW YORK STATE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANIES. The following Casualty Insurance Companies being all the Companies hitherto organized in this State have discontinued issuing new policies and have given notice of their intentions to withdraw their securities on deposit in this Department:

The New York Accidental Insurance Company was changed by a special Act of the Legislature into a Fire Insurance Company, and after a few months experience in its new business resolved to discontinue and to dissolve the corporation. Its annual Statement will be found in the abstracts of the Fire Companies.

The United States Accident Insurance Company of Syracuse, not meeting with the success anticipated, decided to discontinue business and return the capital, ་ somewhat impaired, to the stockholders.

The Fidelity Insurance Company, without fairly tes ting the business of Guarantee and Fidelity Insurance, decided to retire from the field and to return its capital slightly impaired to the stockholders.

The National Travelers was changed to a Life Insurance Company under a special Act of the Legislature.

This leaves not a single New York State Company of this nature now organized and doing business; but the following is a list of the six charters in file of Companies which have not made the required deposit, and are therefore still unincorporated:

Casualty Charters of Companies not yet organized, on file April 1, 1868..

No new Casualty Insurance Company has been organized in this State during the past year.

CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANIES OF OTHER STATES.

The following Table exhibits the names, locations and capitals of the Casualty Insurance Companies of other States which have been admitted to do business in this State:

The usual renewal Certificates of authority have been

issued to the Agents of these Companies in the State of New York.