NETHERLANDS, THE. 



NEVADA. 



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At tlie beginning of the year, the Dutch au- 

 thorities of Java deemed it necessary to send 

 an expedition against the Sultan of Acheen, in 

 Sumatra. In February the minister, Fransen 

 van de Putte, stated in'the Second Chamber, in 

 reply to an interpellation of the deputy Blussee 

 regarding the state of affairs in that island, 

 that the Government would find it necessary 

 to protect its authority, and that it had sent two 

 men-of-war to the East Indian possessions. As 

 the negotiutions with the Sultan (tee ACHEEX), 

 remained fruitless, war was formally declared 

 airair.st him on March 26th. The first expe- 

 dition proved an entire failure, the commander- 

 in-chief himself being killed, and the reem- 

 barkation of his troops being effected with 

 great difficulty. Toward the close of the year 

 a second expedition was fitted out, under 

 the chief command of General Van Swieten, 

 which promised to be more successful. (The 

 history of this second expedition will be given 

 in the ANNUAL CYCLOPEDIA of 1874.) 



In July, the Minister of War resigned be- 

 cause the Second Chamber refused to abolish 

 the right of substitution in the army, as pro- 

 posed by the ministry. The other members 

 remained, find the colonial minister declared 

 his determination to stay until the second ex- 

 pedition should be concluded. The ministerial 

 crisis, however, continued, as the Liberals had 

 only a small majority, and the Conservatives 

 and Catholics made an attempt several times 

 to overthrow it by means of a coalition. They 

 found it, however, impossible to form a new 

 cabinet. On September 13th the Chamber 

 was closed, and, on the 15th the new session 

 was opened by the King. The speech from 

 the throne represented the foreign and do- 

 mestic relations of the kingdom as satisfac- 

 tory, and promised an energetic continuation 

 of the war against Acheen. The resignation 

 of the Minister of War, Count Limburg-Stirnm, 

 was accepted, and the Minister of the Navy 

 provisionally intrusted with the affairs of the 

 war ministry. The budget for the East India 

 colonies, for the year 1873-'74, appeared again 

 to be favorable, the revenue being estimated 

 at 123,000,000 florins; the expenditures at 

 110,000,000 florins ; the surplus, notwithstand- 

 ing the Achineese War, at 10,000,000 florins. 



On December 14th the Second Chamber re- 

 jected the budget of the navy, in consequence 

 of a speech made by Vice-Admiral Fabius, dep- 

 nty for Amsterdam, who represented the con- 

 dition of the Dutch navy as utterly wretched, 

 and as probably insufficient to bring the war 

 to a successful close. 



NEVADA. The State government of Neva- 

 da, in 1873, was as follows: 



Governor, L. R. Bradley, Democrat; Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, Frank Denver, Democrat; 

 Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court, B. C. 

 Whitman, Republican; Secretary of State, 

 James D. Miner, Republican ; Treasurer, J. 

 Schooling, Democrat : Controller, W. W. Ho- 

 bart, Republican; Attorney-General, L. A. 

 Buckner, Democrat. The following is the 

 composition of the State Legislature : 



The leading interest of Nevada is mining, 

 in which respect it is in the front rank of the 

 States and Territories on the Pacific slope, 

 that produce the precious metals. Within its 

 borders is the famous Comstock Lode, one 

 of the richest silver-veins known. About one 

 third, however, of the production of this vein 

 is gold. According to the report of the Gen- 

 eral Superintendent of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s 

 Express, the value of the precious metals 

 produced in Nevada exceeds that of all the 

 other States and Territories west of the Mis- 

 souri River, as is shown by the statement on 

 page 805. 



The aggregate production in those States 

 and Territories exceeds that of 1872 by about 

 $10,000,000; the total yield for 1872, accord- 

 ing to the same authority, having been $62,- 

 236,913. Nearly the whole of this increase 

 has been in Nevada, except a small amount in 

 the production of Utah and Colorado. A de- 

 crease, however, is manifest in Arizona, Cali- 

 fornia, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington, 

 Idaho, and Montana. 



The figures given do not furnish a correct 

 basis for estimating the product of Arizona, 

 but it is inappreciable as compared with the 

 others. Mexico is represented in silver only, 

 and the amount named will not give a correct 

 idea of the product of the Pacific or West 

 Mexican coast, as the Pacific Mail Steamship 

 Company cnrry, independent of Wells, Fargo 

 & Co., in addition to which large amounts are 

 conveyed by British war-vessels to Panama, 

 or San Francisco, of which no record is made. 



The aggregate yield of the Corastock mines 

 from July 1, 1872, to September 1, 1873, is 

 stated at $22,122,666. 



According to the report of the Director of 

 the United States Mint, the total amount of 

 the precious metals from Nevada, deposited at 

 the various mints and assay-offices to the close 

 of the year ending June 30, 1873, was $10,401,- 

 717, of which $9,261,649 was gold and $1,140,- 

 067 silver. The deposits for 1873 were $129,- 

 787 gold and $1.727,031 silver. 



High authorities assert with confidence, 

 that Nevada is to become the leading stock- 

 range upon the Pacific coast ; though it pre- 



