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finding it to be farther northwest than appeared 

 by the explorations of Zweifel and Moustirr. in 

 IN?!I. It was found to be at the village Tembi 

 Kundu. at '.' 5 20" north latitude and about in 

 5n w. si longitude. 



(iKOK(ilA. a Southern State, one of the original 

 thirteen, ratified the Constitution Jan. 2. 

 area. 5M.475 sqi.are miles. The population, accord- 

 ing to each decennial census, wa^ *2.54s in 

 Iii2.fivii in 1800; 252.433 in 1810; 340.985 in 16 

 in 1840: HOG, 185 in L( 



1.H57.2.N5 in 1M1": 1.1*4.10!) in I87n : 1.542.180 in 

 aid 1.S57.353 in 1890. Capital. Atlanta. 



(Government. The following were the State offi- 

 cers during the year : Governor, William Y. Atkin- 



'ary of State. Allen D. Candler ; T' 

 urer. Robert U. Hardeman. who retired and was 

 elected to the State Legislature, but died in Decem- 

 ber ; Comptroller General, William A. Wright : At- 

 torney General, Joseph M. Terrell : Adjutant Gen- 

 eral. J. Mclntosh Kell ; Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture. Robert T. Nesbitt : School Commissioner. S. I'. 

 Bradwell all Democrats: Chief Justice of the Su- 

 preme Court. Thomas J. Simmons; Associate Jus- 

 tices, Samuel Lumpkin and Spencer R. Atkinson 

 Democrats. 



Finances. Bonds were issued in the spring to 

 pay oil the part of the public debt due July 1. s2~42.- 

 000. The bonds will fall due in 1920. 



A suit involving the question of the liability of 

 the Central Railroad for certain taxes along the 

 line of the road was decided by the Supreme Court 

 in favor of the State. The court decided that a 

 tax on the property was not a tax on the capital 

 stock of the company and upheld the constitution- 

 ality of the Georgia law. 



Penal Institutions The convicts in the State. 

 of whom there are over 2,000. are worked on the 

 lease system. Charges of mismanagement and ill- 

 treatment having been brought against seme of the 

 lessees, an investigation was held before the Gov- 

 ernor at the Capitol, lasting more than a week. 



AS a result of the investigation. Gov. Atkinson 

 decided that the charges against the camp I. - 

 had been substantiated, and he imposed fines on 

 the companies amounting to about sv. 



When it became evident to the Governor that the 

 Dade Company woulel not pay the fine, he decided 

 to remove the convicts and abolish the lease. The 

 407 convicts who had worked in the mines of the 

 Dade Company were scattereel among other camps. 



Banks. The volume of business done by the 

 banks in the Atlanta Clearing House Association 

 increased 18 per cent, in 1895 over the preceding 

 vear. The total for 1894 was $56,580,228.04; for 

 "..318.254.91. The Merchants' Bank 

 f t Atlanta, after a successful career of nearly 

 twenty-four years, failed in October. The principal 

 reason given for the failure was the fact that the 

 assets of the bank are composed principally of real 

 estate, on which the officers of the institution could 

 not realize sufficient ready money to meet the re- 

 quirements. 



Railroads. A report rendered in October says 

 that most of the Southern lines showed increased 

 earnings from July 1. On the Atlantic seaboard 

 the railroads faileel to make a good showing during 

 July anel August because of the rate war. The 

 losses, however, were in the freight department, 

 where the war raged. Passenger earnings have 

 steadily increased. 



Up to Oct. 1 the passenger earnings of the roads 

 entering Atlanta were larger than for the corre- 

 sponding period of 1895. notwithstanding the fact 

 that they had the exposition travel last year. 



From Jan. 1 to Oct. 1 the Georgia and Alabama 

 increased its earnings $248,000. 



The report of the South Carolina and (' 

 Railroad Company for the year ending Jut. 

 -- earnings $1,077,146, a decrease : - 

 23f> : net earning. s:;5!i.6!ll. a decrease of *!; 

 and surplus. $38,396, a dccn-a>- of si 1.729. 



The Seaboard Air Line is to establish along its 

 line, at intervals of 10 miles. UK) experiment 1". 



Industrie-. By the report of Secn-tary II. 



1, it appears that the year's cotton crop of 

 Georgia amounted to 1,079,000 bales, being second 

 only to that of Texas. 



Knergetic and systematic work is being done in 

 river mining in Georgia. Although this is only 

 experimental work, yet it is en a practical - 

 and the firm operating the dredge find that their 

 expenses are about $18 a day. while the gross re- 

 turns have been from $40 to $120 a day. The na- 

 ture of the beel rock, which is decomposed ami 

 makes it very favorable for dredging, not only in 

 this river, but in others of the State. 



At the beginning of the year rej ort was maele of 

 the discovery, about 10 miles northwest of Canton, 

 on the eastern sle pe of the Oaky mountain, of a 

 large vein of slate and quartz, which is 5 miles 

 Lug and is more than 100 yards wide. Assays of 

 the ore showed an average of about $3.50 the ton. 

 The report says: "Ore here can be milled anel 

 chlorinated for not exceeding one thirel the cost at 

 almost any of the Western mines now being so suc- 

 cessfully worked." 



Textile Manufacturers. A Southern Textile 

 Manufacturers' Association was organized at At- 

 lanta. May 13. In view of the facts that prices are 

 low anel production is greatly in excess of demand 

 s< me factories running half time, anel some run- 

 ning full time anel losing money the following 

 reseilution was adopted : 



" That it is the sense of this association that pro- 

 duction be at once curtailed, and, in order to carry 

 out this idea, that the chair appoint a special com- 

 mittee of 9. whose duty it shall be to at once cor- 

 lesj onel with all Southern mills with that purj ose 

 in view, anel to call a meeting of all Southern mills 

 at 'as early a date as possible to consider and take 

 action. on the curtailment of the production." 



The manufacturers of colored goods met after 

 the adjournment of the association to discuss the 

 question of closing their mills. It was unani- 

 mously resolved that the colored-goods mills of the 

 South curtail production not less than one third 

 during June. July, anel August, anel a committee 

 was appointed to secure the enforcement of the 

 resolution. 



The Exposition. The number of visitors at 

 the Atlanta Exp< sition was 1.286.863. Of this 

 number, there were 817.028 paid admissions, in- 

 cluding adults and children. The total figures 

 include the admissions at the pass gates, paid-ad- 

 mission gates, and wagon gates. The Exposition 

 Company realized from the paid admissions $364.- 

 072.95. The percentage received through the con- 

 n department is figured at si 15.654.32. The 

 expenditures of the Woman's Board amounted to 

 $17.913. the total receipts being $18.495. 



Colonies. At Fitzgerald, a Grand Army colony 

 in Irwin County, permanent building is getting 

 under way. Sites have been selected for hotels, 

 schools, aiid stores. All the shops and living places 

 now are temporary, although s me comfortable 

 homes are in course of erection. There has been 

 very little sickness. 



A Congregational colony is being organized, and 

 will come into Georgia as soon as the land can be 

 secured. 



A Lutheran colony is being worked up in Brook- 

 lyn and New York city. 



A German colony has bought the town Norman- 



