UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (Xi;u 



leading mining town of Nevada in the output of 

 gold and silver. James L. Butler, the discoverer, 

 brought no money into the desert to make a 

 mine. He paid for his first assays by a deed 

 to a twelfth interest in what he had found. The 

 men who took first lessons from him were work- 

 ing miners, with no capital but knowledge, 

 strength, and skill. The last returns received 

 were of Nov. 2, IDOL For the first five days pre- 

 ceding the net returns amounted to $40,562.14. 

 The gold and silver product for this year is esti- 

 mated at nearly $4,000,000. The amount of gold, 

 copper, lead, and antimony was greater than in 

 any previous year. 



Political. The Republican State Central Com- 

 mittee met Dec. 27 and selected Aug. 14, 1902, 

 as the day for the next State convention to be 

 held at Reno. 



The Legislature convened in Carson City on 

 Jan. 21, 1901, and was in session fifty-five days, 

 adjourning March 16. The Senate was presided 

 over by Lieutenant-Governor James R. Judge and 

 Senator J. H. Martin, president pro tern. The 

 House elected C. D. Van Duzer, of Humboldt 

 County, Speaker, and H. H. Coryell, of Elko Coun- 

 ty, Speaker pro tern. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE, a New England State, 

 one of the original thirteen, ratified the Constitu- 

 tion June 21, 1788; area, 9,305 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, 

 was 141,885 in 1790; 183,858 in 1800; 214,460 in 

 1810; 244,022 in 1820; 269,328 in 1830; 284,574 in 

 1840; 317,976 in 1850; 326,073 in 1860; 318,300 in 

 1870; 346,991 in 1880; 376,530 in 1890; and 411,- 

 588 in 1900. Capital, Concord. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Chester B. 

 Jordan; Secretary of State, Edward N. Pearson; 

 Treasurer, Solon A. Carter; Adjutant-General, 

 Augustus D. Ayling; Insurance Commissioner, 

 John C. Linehan; Labor Commissioner, Lysander 

 H. Carroll; Superintendent of Public Instruction, 

 Channing Folsom; Bank Commissioners, Alpheus 

 W. Baker, John Hatch, George W. Cummings; 

 Railroad Commissioners, Henry M. Putney, Fran- 

 cis C. Faulkner, E. B. S. Sanborn; State Libra- 

 rian, Arthur H. Chase; Chief Justice of the Su- 

 preme Court, Isaac N. Blodgett; Associate Jus- 

 tices, William M. Chase, Frank N. Parsons, 

 Reuben E. Walker, James W. Remick ; Chief Jus- 

 tice of the Superior Court, Robert M. Wallace; 

 Associate Justices, Robert J. Peaslee, Robert G. 

 Pike, John E. Young, Charles F. Stone; Attor- 

 ney-General, Edwin G. Eastman. 



The State elections are held biennially in No- 

 vember of even-numbered years. The Legislature 

 meets in January of odd-numbered years. 



Finances. The cash in the treasury June 1, 



1900, was $456,527.32; receipts during the year, 

 $1,273,657.35; total, $1,730,184.67. The disburse- 

 ments during the year ending June 1, 1901, were 

 $1,282,277.65; cash on hand at same date, $447;- 

 907.02; total, $1,730,184.67. The liabilities June 

 1, 1900, were $1,912,792.99'; assets same date, 

 $793,994.05; net indebtedness June 1, 1900, $1,- 

 118,798.94. Liabilities June 1, 1901, $1,793,795.- 

 36; assets, $785,162.45; net indebtedness June 1, 



1901, $1,008,632.91. The reduction of debt during 

 the year was $110,166.03. 



Banks. Under the supervision of the Bank 

 Commissioners are 77 savings-banks, 11 banking 

 and trust companies, 2 State banks, and 18 build- 

 ing and loan associations. The savings-banks and 

 savings departments of the trust and banking 

 companies in active operation show aggregate 

 resources, June 30, 1901, to the amount of $66,- 

 899,698.45. Due depositors, $57,128,616.76, show- 



ing an increase ! , ;II f( f $:j f 2.'Jl,00.".97; 



the guarantee; fun i i > 1, 17 1 ,<>JO. 12, an 



increase (luring lh: , i-iV.S.V; "tin? pre- 



mium on bonds and -to "V !''>! ..>7.' The ag- 



gregate of interest divi'!> i.m/ ii,. v-ar was 



$1,650,983.39, the averse i,,i ',., ,.,. nt 



The number of depositor.- ; j- ) \-> jfjo 



an increase during tho year <., 



Railroads. The combined I- n ...i ,,;[ the 

 steam railroads in Now llamji-lii, < l.i^).:n 

 miles, of which the Boston and M.iii;. 

 1,037.15, the Maine Central 100.1:5, und the 'ir.m.l 

 Trunk 52.06. The addition during the ye;ir ;vai 

 the Manchester and Milford branch, IH.'.VI mile,. 

 The tracks of these roads have an aggregate 

 length of 1,708 miles. 



In 1901 the earnings of the Boston and Maine 

 and the Fitchburg roads (the latter now in pos- 

 session of the Boston and Maine) were $30,800,- 

 914.84, a gain of $427,710.19 over 1900; and the 

 operating expenses of the combined roads were 

 $21,522,187.38. The Maine Central's transporta 

 tion earnings in 1901 were $5,896,346.61, a gain of 

 $255,622.93 over 1900; and its operating expenses 

 were $3,962,338.90. The Atlantic and St. Law- 

 rence earned $1,457,632.96 in 1901, a gain of $178,- 

 571.57; and its operating expenses were $1,319, 

 613.63. 



In 1901 the Boston and Maine and Fitchburg 

 roads carried 38,496,814 passengers an average 

 of 16i miles each, and 17,516,571 tons of freight 

 an average of 87.82 miles per ton; the Atlantic 

 and St. Lawrence carried 295,774 passengers and 

 1,708,897 tons of freight; and the Maine Central 

 carried 2,633,331 passengers, and 3,740,709 tons ot 

 freight. The New Hampshire business over these 

 roads was substantially the same as in 1900. 



There are 185 miles of street-railway in the 

 State with a total capitalization of $4,288,934. 



Insurance. The report for 1900, issued May 

 1, 1901, shows the withdrawal of 5 companies 

 from the State, and the admission of 7, all but 1 

 conducted on the stock plan. The number of 

 companies now doing business in New Hampshire 

 is 119 89 stock companies and 30 mutual com- 

 panies. 



The total business of all authorized companies 

 in New Hampshire for the year is as follows: 

 Risks written, $102,949,565.76; premiums re- 

 ceived, $1,297,844.40; losses paid, $831,675.33. In 

 comparison with the business of 1899, there has 

 been a decrease in risks written of $724,615.30; 

 a decrease in premiums received of $70,344.53; 

 and an increase in losses paid of $84,346.43. 



Agriculture. The State grange held its twen- 

 ty-eighth annual session in Concord, Dec. 17 and 

 18, with an attendance of nearly 300 voting mem- 

 bers and delegates, and with State Master N. J. 

 Batchelder in the chair. In his address he said: 

 " Contrary to the quite common belief outside 

 the State, there has been no decline in agricul- 

 ture. The changed methods of farming have 

 caused a moderate decline in acreage of improved 

 land, that not adapted to the use of machinery 

 being turned to pasturage, or devoted to growing 

 wood or timber, but the cash value of the annual 

 farm-products was never equal to that of the 

 present time." 



The census returns recently issued give the 

 number of farms as 29,324, with a cash value of 

 $70,124,360, about equally divided between the 

 value of buildings and the value of lands and im- 

 provements other than on building. Live stock 

 and machinery swell the total value of farm prop- 

 erty to $85,842,096. 



The present membership of the grange is 

 of whom 12,045 are men and 12, 163 women, a net 



