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SUMMARY. 



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MAINE, a New England State, admitted to 

 the Union, March 15, 1820 ; area, 33,040 square 

 miles. The population, according to each de- 

 cennial census since admission, was 298,269 in 

 1820 ; 399,455 in 1830 ; 501,793 in 1840 ; 583.169 in 

 1850 ; 628,279 in 1860 ; 626,915 in 1870 ; 648,936 in 

 1880 ; and 661,086 in 1890. Capital, Augusta. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year : Governor, Edwin C. 

 Burleigh, Republican ; Secretary of State, Ora- 

 mandal Smith ; Treasurer, George L. Beal ; At- 

 torney-General, Charles E. Littlefield ; Com- 

 missioner of Industrial and Labor Statistics, 

 Samuel W. Matthews ; Superintendent of Com- 

 mon Schools, Nelson A. Luce ; Railroad Com- 

 missioners, Asa W. Wildes, Roscoe L. Bowers, 

 and David N. Mortland ; Chief Justice of the 

 Supreme Court, John A. Peters ; Associate Jus- 

 tices: Charles W. Walton, Charles Danforth, 

 who died March 30 and was succeeded by Will- 

 iam P. Whitehouse, William W. Virgin, Arte- 

 mus Libbey, Lucilius A. Emery, Enoch Foster, 

 and Thomas H. Haskell. 



Finances. The total bonded debt of the 

 State on Dec. 30 was $2,602,300. Of this amount 

 $118,300 is drawing interest at 5 percent., $150,- 

 000 at 4 per cent., and $2,334,000 at 3 per cent, 

 per annum. During the year the sum of $50,000 

 has been paid on the principal of the debt. 



The Legislature of 1889 reduced the total 

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State tax rate for 1890 to 2-25 mills, and at the 

 .same session made extraordinary appropriations 

 of $150,000 for enlarging the State House and 

 of $100,000 for additions to the Insane Hospital. 

 As a result, the Treasurer found it necessary to 

 make a temporary loan. 



Population. The following figures show the 

 population of the State by counties, as ascer- 

 tained by the national census of this year, com- 

 pared with similar figures for 1880 : 



* Decrease. 



County Debts. The bonded debt of Maine 

 counties for 1890 was $277,100, and the floating 



