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Flint Elvers, was $5,787,140, against $4,398,- 

 000 for the previous year, which is a gain of 

 $1,389,140, or an increase of 31 per cent. In 

 1879 it was only $3,760,000. The river 

 freights aggregate for the year $265,960, 

 against $196,800 the year before, a gain of 

 $69,160, or an increase of 30 per cent. In 

 1879 the river freights were $156,558. 



The items of appropriation for Florida, as 

 contained in the Eiver and Harbor Bill of the 

 last Congress, are as follows : 



Improving Appalachicola Bay, Florida. ... $10,000 



Appalachicola River 1,500 



Tampa Bay, bar, and channel 10,000 



Choctawhatchee River 10,000 



Entrance to Cumberland Sound 100,000 



Escambia River 5,000 



St. John's River 100,000 



PeaseCreek 7,000 



Withlacoochee River 7.500 



Suwannee River 8.000 



Volusia bar 5,500 



Pensacola Harbor 20,000 



Total $279,500 



In addition an appropriation was made for 

 Pensacola Harbor of $75,000. The Eiver and 

 Harbor Bill also provides for surveys of Dog 

 Island Harbor, harbor of Key West, Crystal 

 Eiver, La Grange Bayou up to Freeport, Mana- 

 tee Eiver, Crooked Eiver, Indian Eiver at 

 north end, in view of opening a passage into 

 the lagoon one half mile east ; also, for a sur- 

 vey and estimate for a canal connecting St. 

 John's Eiver, Matanzas Eiver, and the In- 

 dian Eiver, and for opening and deepening 

 channels so as to make steamboat communica- 

 tion to Jupiter Inlet. 



The following table from the census reports, 

 based on the crop of 1879, gives the acreage 

 and yield of cotton in this State : 



According to the census of 1880, Florida 

 produced, of corn, on 360,294 acres, 3,174,234 

 bushels, an average of 8'81 bushels per acre. 

 This is the lowest average production per acre, 

 Iowa standing at the head, with an average of 

 41*56 bushels per acre. The yield by counties 

 is given as follows : 



A State Immigration Convention was held, 

 which was well attended, and after discussion 

 adopted the following resolutions : 



Whereas, It is the sense of this convention that each 

 county is a constituent part of the whole State, and is 

 profited by the prosperity of all other counties ; there- 

 fore, 



Resolved, That each county can best serve both her- 

 self and sister counties by collecting and placing be- 

 fore the public all the facts which will invite labor 

 and capital. 



Resolved, That county associations for the collection 

 . of data that will furnish truthful information are earn- 

 estly invited, and that all counties who have not 

 formed associations are earnestly urged to do so. 



Resolved, That we extend a cordial welcome to all 

 foreigners who may come to settle among us, and that 

 the Commissioner of Immigration take measures to 

 disseminate information in regard to the great natural 

 resources of the State among that class of people. 



Resolved, That all steamboat and railroad lines en- 

 tering into and traversing the State of Florida, or any 

 part thereof, be and they are hereby earnestly re- 

 quested by this convention to pass all immigrants 

 with their household chattels over their respective 

 lines at liberally reduced rates. 



Resolved, That this con vend on considers the im- 

 portance of a proper display of the various products, 

 woods, minerals, and other evidences of Florida re- 

 sources at the exposition at Atlanta as one that com- 

 mands a duty on the part of her citizens to make such 

 arrangements as will secure a display that will truly 

 represent the great resources that we are blessed with, 



