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IOWA. 



mitted into the Union December 28, 1846. Its 

 permanent settlement began about 1830. The 

 increase in population since its organization as 

 a, separate Territory is exhibited in the follow- 

 ing table : 



The following is shown by the Federal 

 census of 1870 to be the population of the 

 principal cities of the State : 



Davenport 20,141 



Dnbuque 18,432 



Burlington 15,178 



Keokuk 12,769 



Des Homes 12 380 



Council Bluffs lo',021 



Iowa City 7.099 



Cedar Eapids 6,085 



The following table gives the Federal census 

 of the State by counties : 



The development of the resources of the 

 State has been no less rapid than the growth 

 in population. Already it is the fourth in the 

 Union in the production of corn, the fifth in 

 wheat, and the sixth in live-stock. The largest 

 share of attention thus far has been given to 

 agriculture, and in no part of the country have 

 greater intelligence and enterprise been shown 

 in this important department of industry. So- 

 cieties have been very generally formed to 

 gather and distribute information and give en- 

 couragement in its various branches, and the 

 State and county fairs of Iowa show the most 

 satisfactory results of the industrial efforts of 

 the people. 



Much encouragement has been given at all 

 times to immigration into the State, both from 

 the older portions of the country and from 

 Europe. The Legislature at its last session 

 passed an act creating a Board of Immigration, 

 to consist of seven members, appointed by the 

 Governor, one from each congressional district, 

 the Governor himself acting as president ex 

 officio. It is the duty of this Board to do every 

 thing which may well enhance immigration 

 into the State. Its secretary, in the language 

 of the act, " shall act as Commissioner of Im- 



migration. He shall be a person who is famil- 

 iar with the argicultural, mineral, and other 

 resources of this State, and it shall be his duty 

 to prepare, publish, and distribute pamphlets 

 and documents, setting forth facts and statis- 

 tics, illustrating the advantages and material 

 resources of the State, and containing correct 

 information for immigrants in relation to its 

 climate, soil, production, schools, railroads, 

 and all other matters of interest to said im- 

 migrants. It shall further be the duty of said 

 Commissioner to maintain correspondence 

 with associations and parties generally inter- 

 ested in immigration, and may publish or cause 

 to be published, in Eastern journals, essays and 

 articles, treating on, and describing truly, the 

 agricultural, mineral,, commercial, social, and 

 other characteristics of the State." 



The Board is authorized to send agents to 

 the Eastern States, and to Europe, " for the 

 purpose of aiding and advising immigration, 

 and is required to cooperate with the Board 

 of Immigration at Washington City, and to 

 make regular reports of their labor and pro- 

 ceedings to the General Assembly of the State, 

 accompanied by such references, suggestions, 

 and statistics, as may furnish good and reliable 



