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nations. Matters have lately reached a crisis. 

 The new industry of canning'lobsters was intro- 

 duced on the ' French shore " by British subjects, 

 who erected more than 30 factories. The French 

 resented this and protested against it, and then 

 proceeded to erect factories of their own. They 

 also set up an exclusive claim to the lobster fish- 

 ery, and endeavored to remove the factories of 

 the British from such places as they wish to 

 occupy. The colonists contend that the treaties 

 give the French no right to occupy the shore 

 with such permanent erections as lobster fac- 

 tories, and in this view they are sustained by the 

 British Government. Matters looked so serious 

 in 1889 that the governments of France and 

 England entered into a temporary modus vivendi 

 in the early part of 1890 with the view of settling 

 the whole fishery disputes by a treaty. The 

 terms of the modus vuiendi gave great offense 

 to the colonists. Deputies were sent to England 

 to represent their grievances, both by the local 

 government and by the people assembled in 

 mass meetings. Some of these deputies also 

 visited Canada to awaken sympathy and obtain 

 support. The British Government is moving in 

 the matter, and negotiations are in progress in 

 Paris for the purpose of effecting a settlement of 

 the question. 



The shores of Newfoundland are now of small 

 value to France. The fisheries have declined, 

 and last year only 7 French fishing vessels 

 visited the coast, which is about 450 miles in 

 extent. The main fishing operations of the 

 French are on the banks, and are carried on from 

 the Isles of St. Pierre and Miquelon. at the mouth 

 of Fortune Bay, on the south coast, which were 

 ceded to France by the treaty of Paris, in 1768. 

 A fleet of more than 200 sail of French fishing 

 vessels, from 100 to 400 tons, arrives here every 

 spring from France, and makes it headquarters 

 for the fishing season. The following figures 

 show the quantities and value of codfish shipped 

 from St. Pierre from 1879 to 1888, inclusive : 



The following figures show the distribution of 

 the population along the shores of the island : 

 South coast, from Cape Ray to Cape Race, 33,- 

 752, of whom 10,455 are engaged in catching and 

 curing fish ; east and northeast coast, from 

 Cape Race to Cape John, 147,399, of whom 43,- 

 950 are engaged in catching and curing fish ; on 

 that part of the coast where the French have 

 treaty rights of fishing, from Cape Ray to Cape 

 John, 11,973, of whom 3,217 are engaged in the 

 fisheries; Labrador, 4,211. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE, a New England State, 

 one of the original thirteen, ratified the Consti- 

 tution June 21, 1788; area, 9,305 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial cen- 

 sus, 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 ; 318,800 

 in 1870; 346,991 in 1880; and 376,530 in 1890. 

 Capital, Concord. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, David II. 

 Goodell, Republican (during the illness of Gov. 

 Goodell, from April 22 to July 1, David A. Tag- 

 gart, President of the State Senate, was the act- 

 ing Governor) : Secretary of State, Ai B. Thomp- 

 son, who died on Sept. 13 (for the remainder of 

 the year, Deputy Secretary of State C. B. Rand- 

 lett was the acting Secretary) ; Treasurer, Solon 

 A. Carter ; Attorney-General, Daniel Barnard ; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, James "W. 

 Patterson, Insurance Commissioner, Henry H. 

 Huse, who died on Sept, 7 and was succeeded 

 by John C. Linehan ; Railroad Commissioners, 

 Henry M. Putney, Benjamin F. Prescott, J. M. 

 Mitchell ; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 

 - Charles Doe ; Associate Justices, Isaac W. Smith, 

 William H. H. Allen, Lewis W. Clark. Isaac N. 

 Blodgett, Alonzo P. Carpenter, and George A. 

 Bingham. 



Illness of the Governor. In the early part 

 of the year Gov. Goodell delivered many ad- 

 dresses in the towns and cities of the State to 

 supplement his proclamation of last year regard- 

 ing the illegal sale of liquor and to arouse pub- 

 lic sentiment against violations of the prohibit- 

 ory law. In this work he so far overtaxed his 

 strength as to bring upon himself, early in March, 

 a serious and protracted illness. Early in April 

 the public business had suffered so much from 

 his absence that the Attorney-General began a 

 suit in the State Supreme Court against David 

 A Taggart, President of the State Senate, to ob- 

 tain a legal decision whether that official could 

 legally perform the duties of the Governor during 

 the disability of the latter. Article XLIX of the 

 State Constitution provides that " whenever the 

 chair of the Governor shall become vacant by rea- 

 son of his death, absence from the State, or other- 

 wise," the President of the Senate shall become 

 acting Governor. The court, by a decision ren- 

 dered on April 18, held that under this article the 

 President of the Senate was authorized to act as 

 Governor, under the circumstances shown to ex- 

 ist. Mr. Taggart accordingly, on April 22, as- 

 sumed the duties of the office, and he continued 

 to discharge them until July 1, when Gov. Good- 

 ell had been restored to health. 



Population. The following table shows the 

 population of the State by counties, as deter- 

 mined by the national census of this year, com- 

 pared with the population for 1880 : 



Decrease. 



The cities and leading towns show the follow- 

 ing population in 1890 : Cities Manchester, 44,- 



