NEW YOKK. 



The total number of manufacturing estab- 

 lishments was 36,206, using 4,664 steam-en- 

 gines of 126,107 horse-power, and 9,011 water- 

 wheels of 208,256 horse-power, and employing 

 351,806 hands, of whom 267,378 were males 

 above sixteen, 63,795 females above fifteen, 

 and 20,627 youth. The total amount of capi- 

 tal invested was $366,994,320; wages paid 

 during the year, $142,466,758 ; value of ma- 

 terials consumed, $452,065,452 ; of products, 

 $785,194,651. 



The whole number of newspapers and peri- 

 odicals was 835, having an aggregate circula- 

 tion of 7,561,497, and issuing annually 471,- 

 741,744 copies, There were 87 daily, with a 

 circulation of 780,470; 5 tri-weekly, circula- 

 tion 5,800 ; 22 semi-weekly, circulation 114,- 

 500; 518 weekly, circulation 3,388,497; 21 

 semi-monthly, circulation 216,300; 163 

 monthly, circulation 2,920,810 ; 19 quarterly, 

 circulation 135,120. 



These were further classified as follows : 



The total number of libraries of all classes 

 was 20,929, containing 6,310,352 volumes. 

 Of these, 7,158, with 2,785,483 volumes, were 

 I private, and 13,771, with 3,524,869 volumes, 

 I were other than private. The latter were dis- 

 tributed as follows : 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 5,625, having 5,472, and 2,280,876 sittings, 

 and property valued at $66,055,755. The lead- 

 ing denominations were : 



NICARAGUA. 



Total population 



Number of persons receiving support during 



the year ending June 1, 1870 



Cost of annual support 



Total number receiving support, June 1, 1870. 



Native 



White 



Colored 



Foreign.. 



Number of persons convicted during the year. 



Total number of persons in prison, June 1, 



1870 



Native 



White 



Colored -. 



Foreign 



593 



4,382,759 



26,152 



$2,661.385 



14,100 



5,953 



8,147 

 5,473 

 4',704 



2,046 



NICARAGUA, an independent state of Cen- 

 tral America, extending from latitude 10 48' 

 to 15 north, and from longitude 83 30' to 87 

 35' west. It is bounded on the north by Hon- 

 duras, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, on 

 the south by Costa Rica, and on the west by 

 the Pacific Ocean. The area of the republic 

 is 47,090 square miles ; and it has a popula- 

 tion of about 400,000 ; that of Managua, the 

 capital, being 10,000; and that of Leon, the 

 former capital, 25,000. President of the Re- 

 public, Vicente Quadra (February 1, 1871) ; 

 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anselmo II. Rivas ; 

 Minister of Public Instruction, Fr. Barbarens ; 

 Minister of War and the Interior, Antonio 

 Salla; Minister of Finance, T. Miguel Car- 

 denas. President of the Senate, S. Cha- 

 morro ; President of the Chamber of Depu- 

 ties, J. E. Quadra. Consul-General of Nica- 

 ragua in New York, Alexander J. Cotheal. 

 Bishop of Nicaragua, M. Ulloa y Calio. 



The articles most extensively exported from 

 Nicaragua are gold-dust, indigo, cedar and 

 Brazil-wood, cheese, coffee, cotton, sugar, 

 India-rubber, hides, and deer-skins. Accord- 

 ing to official returns, the value of the exports 

 and imports of the republic in the year ending 

 November 30, 1871, was as follows: 



IMPORTS. 



Port of Corinto ...................... $368,337 05 



Port of Tempisque .................. 4,320 30 



Port of San Juan del Sur ............. 108,162 29 



Port of San Juan del Norte .......... 434,223 67 



The condition of pauperism and crime is 

 shown by the following statistics : 



VOL. XII. 38 A 



Total $915,043 31 



EXPORTS. 



Port of Corinto $433,492 95 



Port of Tempisque 37,975 80 



Port of San Juan del Sur 152,619 15 



Port of San Juan del Norte 562,610 89 



Total $1,186,698 79 



These figures show an increase of $162,- 

 667.89 in the exports as compared with the 

 year 1870 ; and a decrease of $8,803.69 in the 

 imports. The amount of the imports and ex- 

 ports by the custom-house of Corinto, during 

 the third quarter of the fiscal year of 1872, is 

 $125,074.55. That by the port of San Juan 

 del Sur, from 1st of March to the 31st of May 

 last, was $45,457.54. San Juan del Norte for 

 the months of June, July, and August, pro- 

 duced, as the state of its imports and exports, 

 $93,066.74. 



A marked increase has also been observed 

 for the last few years in the production of 

 coffee, sugar, cotton, and indigo ; indeed, cof- 



