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NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



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number of primary schools, 62; whole num- 

 ber of intermediate pchools, 7 ; whole number 

 of undussitir.l schools, 82; whole number of 

 grammar-schools, 16; whole number of high- 

 schools, 8; total number of schools, 120; to- 

 tal numlii-r of school-districts, 80; number of 

 school-houses built of brick, 4; number of 

 school-houses built of wood, 79; number of 

 school-houses built of adobe, 5 ; number of 

 school-houses built of stone, 2 ; number of 

 school-houses rented, 19; number of school- 

 houses unfit for use, 20; number of new 

 school-houses erected, 11 ; number of teachers 

 male, 86; female, 77 total, 113; average 

 monthly wages paid male teachers, $112.63f ; 

 average monthly wages paid female teachers, 

 $85.20 ; number of schools maintained less 

 than three months. 2; number of schools main- 

 tained only three months, 14; number of 



schools maintained more than three and less 

 than six months, 10; number of schools main- 

 tained more than six and leas than nine month.-, 

 82 ; number of schools maintained nine months 

 and over, 43; average number of months of 

 all schools in the State, 7 months 15 days; av- 

 erage rate of county school-tax, 27 per cent. 

 Total income, $195,535.44, including a balance 

 of $26,808.45, $44,246.77 from State appor- 

 tionment, $91,221.84 from county taxes, and 

 $24,091.19 from district taxes; total expendi- 

 ture, $162,760.94, including $101,015.64 for 

 teachers' wages; balance, $32,774.50. The 

 State University was opened at Elko in 1874. 

 A preparatory department is in operation, hav- 

 ing 30 pupils in 1876. The permanent State 

 school-fund amounts to $300,000. 



The transactions of the State Treasury for 

 the year were as follows : 



The total bonded debt of the State December 

 81, 1876, was $540,400 ; sinking-fund securities, 

 $250,000; net debt, $290,400. The total fund- 

 ing and floating debt of the counties was $1,- 

 118,879.13; cash in county treasuries, $323.- 

 468.75. The following tables show the valua- 

 tion of property and the mineral yield for a 

 series of years : 



REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY. 



PROCEEDS OF THE MIXES. 



* Of the second and third quarters of 1876, the sum of 

 $207,033.18 ii in litigation and unpaid. 



Of the valuation in 1876, $16,820,383.87 rep- 

 resented real estate, and $12,744,289.36 per- 

 sonal property. The State tax amounted to 

 $265,753.70; the county tax to $497,046.57. 

 The value of mines in the State is estimated 

 by the Governor at. $150,000,000. These are 

 not taxed, but a tax is levied on their net pro- 

 ceeds. The number of acres of agricultural 

 land inclosed is 131,084; acres cultivated in 

 1876, 53,498 ; bushels of wheat raised, 89,393 ; 

 of barley, 542,009; oats, 198,197; corn, 10,- 

 653; potatoes, 328,693; tons of hay, 70,397; 

 pounds of butter, 251,810; of wool, 534,127; 

 number of horses, 27,698; cattle, 143,088; 

 sheep, 153,387; feet of lumber sawed, 2!>,870,- 

 000; number of quartz-mills, 133; tons of 

 borax produced, 1,514; acres of land irrigated, 

 128,235; length of railroads, 645.66 miles. 

 The State-prison is at Carson City ; a new 

 State-prison is in course of erection at Reno. 

 The State Orphans' Home is also at Carson 

 City. 



At the election in November, 10,388 votes 

 were cast for the Hayes electors, and 9,808 

 for the Tilden electors; 10,241 for Thomas 

 Wren (Republican) for Congress, and 9,380 for 

 his opponent. O. R. Leonard (Republican) 

 was elected Supreme Court Judge by 581 ma- 

 jority. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. The Republican par- 

 ty of this State met in State Convention at 

 Concord, on January 5, 1876. for the purpose 

 of nominating their candidates for Governor 



