FIRE INSURANCE BY STATES.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANIES.

The following tables show the transactions of the various fire insurance companies in the different States and Territories in 1889. Premium receipts
and losses incurred, with the ratio of one to the other, are the material points regarding fire insurance that all persons interested in the business are most
anxious to compare. The tables present these features in the most condensed form possible. Following the tables of individual States is presented a
recapitulation of the entire business of the United States and Canada in 1889, in comparison with transactions of the previous four years, giving the
totals for five years and the average ratio for the five years. The returns were, in a majority of instances, furnished us directly from the offices of the
State officers having charge of insurance matters, and are believed to be as nearly correct as it is possible to make them. Under the head "Supplemental
Report," in a few States, will be found reports received after the remainder had been electrotyped.