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3. 30 per cent, of the territory of New Hampshire. 



4. 32 per cent, of the territory of I*J^orth Carolina. 



5. 33 per cent, of the territory of Vermont. 



6. 36 per cent, of the territory of Alabama. 



7. 45 per cent, of the territory of Virginia. 



8. 40 per cent, of the territory of Maine. 



9. 46 per cent, of the territory of Georgia. 



10. 48 per cent, of the territory of South Carolina. 



11. 50 per cent, of the territory of jMaryland. 



12. 51 per cent, of the territory of Florida. 



13. 58 per cent, of the territory of Kew Jersey. 



14. 60 per cent, of the territory of Massachusetts. 



15. 60 per cent, of the territory of Delaware. 



16. 79 per cent, of the territory of Connecticut. 



17. 86 per cent, of the territory of Ehode Island. 



Taking up each of these States by the nine sections into which they 

 have been divided by the Post-Ofiflce Department, and specifying the 

 number of counties in which this fertilizer is used, the percentage of 

 territory on which it is reported would be exhibited by the following 

 tables : 



1. — Pennsylvania. 



Fish guano is used in 58 of its 67 counties and on 18 per cent, of its 

 territory : 



NORTHWESTERN, WESTERN, AND SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES. 



Per cent. 



In 4 of the 5 nortliwesteru counties 13 



In the 8 •western counties 9 



In the 6 southwestern counties 8 



10 



NORTHERN, CENTRAL, AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES. 



Per cent. 



In 5 of the 7 northern counties 11 



In 12 of the 16 central counties 12 



In 5 of the six southern counties 22 



15 



NORTHEASTERN, EASTERN, AND SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. 



Per cent. 



In the 3 northeastern counties 8 



In 7 of the 8 eastern counties 16 



In the 8 southeastern counties 40 



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