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TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Bozema, 110 miles, westward to Deer Lodge, 

 55 miles, north to Benton, 140 miles, and south 

 to Corinne, 480 miles. All that is needed to 



give a vigorous impulse to the settlement and 

 development of the Territory is a readier com- 

 munication with the older parts of the country. 



CENSUS OF 1870. 



Included in the census are 183 colored per- 

 sons and 157 Indians. The tribal Indians are 

 officially estimated at 19,300. The true value 

 of property was $15,184,522. The public debt, 

 county, city, town, etc., amounted to $278,719. 

 The aggregate value of farm-products, includ- 

 ing betterments and additions to stock, was 

 $1,676,660. 



NEW MEXICO. The Territory of New 

 Mexico has an area of 115,000 square miles, 

 and a population of 114,000, of whom 86,000 

 are whites, and the rest Indians. The mining 

 products of 1870, mostly gold and silver, were 

 valued at $989,000 ; the agricultural products 

 amounted to $1,575,000; lumber $630,000; 

 manufactures, $535,000; cattle, $425,000; and 

 the revenue receipts were $28,000. Santa F6, 

 the capital and chief city, has about 6,000 in- 

 habitants. The mining district now in course 

 of development comprises only about twenty 

 square miles, and it is believed that rich de- 

 posits of gold, silver, and other valuable min- 

 erals, exist in other parts of the Territory. 

 The present Governor is Marsh Giddings. The 



Legislature consisted of a Council of eight 

 members, and a House of Representatives of 

 fifteen members, and it holds biennial sessions, 

 the last of which commenced on the 4th of 

 December this year. The Republicans con- 

 trolled both branches. The election, which 

 occurred on the 2d of September, was attended 

 with considerable disorder in some sections, 

 and at La Mesilla there was a serious riot. 

 The Moreno & Eio Hondo Railroad Company 

 has been organized, and a road surveyed which 

 is intended to connect Santa F6 with the 

 Denver & Rio Grande road at a point near the 

 Santo Christo Pass. The expenses of the 

 Territorial government, which are defrayed by 

 the United States, are as follows : For salaries 

 of Governor, Chief Justice and two Associate 

 Judges and Secretary, and ex-officio Superin- 

 tendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, $13,- 

 500 ; for compensation and mileage of members 

 of the Legislative Assembly, officers, clerks, and 

 contingent expenses thereof, $21,000 ; for con- 

 tingent expenses, $1,000 ; for interpreter and 

 translator in the executive office, $500. 



CENSUS OF 1870. 





Included in the census are 172 colored per- 

 sons. The tribal Indians are officially esti 



aggregate value of farm-products, including 

 betterments and additions to stock, was $1,- 



mated at 19,429. The true value of property 905,060 ; 684,930 pounds of wool were raised. 



was $31,349,793. The public debt, county, 

 city, town, etc., amounted to $7,560. The 



UTAH. The population of Utah, according 

 to the returns of the last census, is 86,605, of 



