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NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



4. "We recognize the gentlemen this day nominated 

 bv the Liberal Democracy and the Liberal Republi- 

 cans of New Hampshire for electors, as every way 

 worthy of confidence, and we will give them our 

 hearty support at the polls in November next. 



The total vote for President, in November, 

 was 68,592, of which General Grant received 

 37,168, and Mr. Greeley 31,424. The total 

 vote in 1868 was 69,415. The O'Oonor ticket, 

 in 1872, received 100 votes, and the Temper- 

 ance ticket 200 votes. 



According to the census of 1870, of the total 

 population (260,426) ten years old and over, 

 there were engaged in all classes of occupa- 

 tions, 120,168 persons, of whom 96,033 were 

 males and 24,135 females. There were en- 

 gaged in agriculture, 46,573, including 46,562 

 males and 11 females; in professional and per- 

 sonal services, 18,528, including 8,821 males 

 and 9,707 females; in trade and transporta- 

 tion, 8,514, including 8,126 males and 388 fe- 

 males; in manufactures and mechanical and 

 mining industries, 46,553, including 32,524 

 males and 14,029 females. 



The State contained 2,334,487 acres of im- 

 proved land, 1,047,090 of woodland, and 224,- 

 417 of other unimproved land. The cash 

 value of farms was $80,589,313 ; of farming- 

 implements and machinery, $3,459,943 ; total 

 amount of wages paid during the year, includ- 

 ing value of board, $2,319,164; total (esti- 

 mated) value of all farm-productions, including 

 betterments and additions to stock, $22,473,- 

 547; orchard-products, $743,552; produce of 

 market - gardens, $110,997; forest - products, 

 $1,743,944 ; value of home manufactures, 

 $234,062 ; value of animals slaughtered or sold 

 for slaughter, $3,720,243; of all live-stock, 

 $15,246,545. There were 39,095 horses, 37 

 mules and asses, 90,583 milch-cows, 40,513 

 working- oxen, 91,705 other cattle, 248,760 

 sheep, and 33,127 swine. The chief produc- 

 tions were: 189,222 bushels of spring, and 

 4,399 of winter, wheat, 47,420 of rye, 1,277,- 

 768 of Indian-corn, 1,146,451 of oats, 105,822 

 of barley, 100,034 of buckwheat, 155,334 

 pounds of tobacco, 1,129,442 of wool, 58,375 

 bushels of peas and beans, 4,515,419 of Irish, 

 and 160 of sweet, potatoes; 2,446 gallons of 

 wine, 5,965,080 pounds of butter, 849,118 of 

 cheese, 2,352,884 gallons of milk sold, 612,648 

 tons of hay, 99,469 pounds of hops, 1,800,704 

 of maple-sugar, 16,884 gallons of maple mo- 

 lasses, 56,944 pounds of honey, and 2,668 of 

 wax. 



The total number of manufacturing estab- 

 lishments was 3,342, using 280 steam-engines 

 of 8,787 horse-power, and 2,312 water-wheels 

 of 68,291 horse-power, and employing 40,783 

 hands, of whom 25,829 were males above six- 

 teen, 12,775 females above fifteen, and 2,179 

 youth. 



The total amount of capital invested was 

 $36,023,743; wages paid during the year, 

 $13,823,091; value of materials consumed, 

 $44,577,967; of products, $71,038,249. 



NEW JERSEY. 



The whole number of newspapers and peri- 

 odicals was 51, having an aggregate circulation 

 of 173,919, and issuing annually 7,237,588 cop- 

 ies. There were 7 daily, with a circulation of 

 6,100; 37 weekly, circulation 75,819; 1 semi- 

 monthly, circulation 25,000 ; 6 monthly, circu- 

 lation 67,000. 



There were 1,526 libraries, having 704,269 

 volumes. Of these, 856, with 379,876 volumes, 

 were private, and 670, with 324,393 volumes, 

 were other than private, including 29 circulat- 

 ing libraries, with 47,217 volumes. 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 633, having 624 edifices, with 210,090 sit- 

 tings, and property valued at $3,303,780. The 

 leading denominations were : 



The condition of pauperism and crime is 

 shown by the following statistics : 



Total population. 318,300 



Number of person's receiving support during the 



year ending June 1, 1870 2,636 



Cost of annual support $235,126 



Total number receiving support, June 1, 1870. . . 2,129 



Native 1,754 



White 1,739 



Colored 



Foreign 



Number of persons convicted duringthe year. . . 



Total number of persons in prison, June 1, 1870. 267 



Native 201 



White 199 



Colored 



Foreign 



NEW JERSEY. The Legislature, which 

 was strongly Republican in both branches, was 

 in session from January 7th to April 4th, with- 

 out passing any important measures of public 

 interest, with one or two exceptions. A meas- 

 ure, exciting much local attention,was the local 

 option law, which provided for elections every 

 year in every town, city, borough, and town- 

 ship, in the State, at which it should be de- 

 termined by popular vote whether licenses 

 should be granted to sell certain liquors in the 

 town, etc.; and, in case such license should not 

 be granted it was made unlawful to sell such 

 liquors, and any person so offending was made 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and liable to a fine of 

 from $50 to $100 for the first and not less than 

 $100 for any subsequent offence. This measure 

 was pronounced unconstitutional by the At- 

 torney-General of the State, and failed to be- 

 come a law. Bills were passed consolidating 

 the several railroads leased to the Pennsyl- 

 vania Central Railroad Company (see ANNUAL 

 CYCLOPAEDIA, 1871), and reducing the number 

 of directors to thirteen, and giving the State 

 one instead of two directors ; also consolidat- 

 ing the branch lines, ferries, turnpikes, etc., 

 owned by the Pennsylvania Central Railroad 

 Company in New Jersey, into a subordinate 



