598 



NEW JERSEY. 



NEW YORK. 



divided as follows : Essex, 328 ; Hudson, 222 ; 

 Camden, 79 ; Burlington, 64 ; Passaic, 36 ; 

 Cumberland, 10; and Salem, 7. For these the 

 State pays $1 per week, and the amount paid 

 from the State Treasury during the year was 

 $37,640.40. 



The number of pupils either wholly or partly 

 supported by this State in institutions located 

 in other States, at the close of the year, was 

 232. Of these, 139 were deaf and dumb, 44 

 were blind, and 49 were feeble-minded. 



FISHEEIES. It appears, from a census report 

 of the commercial fisheries of the United States, 

 that New Jersey produced in 1880 $3,176,- 

 589 worth of fishery products, taking the sixth 

 place in the list of fish-producing States. In 

 some of the special fisheries it takes a higher 

 rank. Its oyster products, valued at $2,030,- 

 625, are exceeded only by those of Maryland 

 and of Virginia. Its crab - fisheries, from 

 which the fishermen realize $162,612, are 

 more extensive than those of any other State, 

 while its quahaug (hard - clam) fisheries are 

 second only to those of New York. In the 

 menhaden-fisheries it stands fifth on the list, 

 the oil, scrap, and compost produced in 1880 

 being valued at $146,286. Its river-fisheries 

 are of minor importance, the total yield being 

 only 2,752,000 pounds, netting the fishermen 

 $91,435. 



EDUCATION. The report of the State Su- 

 perintendent shows a steady improvement in 

 school matters. The school-tax produced very 

 considerably more than in the previous year ; 

 the surplus revenue over $3,000 more; and 

 the amount raised by district tax for teachers' 

 salaries and maintaining the schools is over 

 $23,000 more. 



ELECTION RETTJENS. Members of Congress 

 and of the Legislature were elected in Novem- 

 ber. Republicans were elected in the second, 

 third, fourth, and fifth congressional districts, 

 and Democrats in the first, sixth, and seventh. 

 The following list shows the composition of 

 the districts and the vote : 



FIRST DISTRICT. 



THIRD DISTRICT. 



SECOND DISTRICT. 



FOURTH DISTRICT. 



FIFTH DISTRICT. 



SIXTH DISTRICT. 



SEVENTH DISTRICT. 



The total vote was as follows : Democratic, 

 99,962 ; Republican, 97,869 ; Labor and Green- 

 back, 6,032; Prohibition, 1,971; Democratic 

 plurality, 2,093. The Legislature, to meet in 

 January, 1883, will be constituted as follows: 



NEW YORK. When the New York Legisla- 

 ture met on the 3d of January, it was composed 

 of 17 Democrats and 15 Republicans in the Sen- 

 ate, and 67 Democrats and 61 Republicans in 

 the Assembly, but the political control was 

 neutralized by a division among the Democrats. 

 Three of the Senators and six of the Assembly- 

 men from New York city had been elected as 

 Tammany candidates against the so-called " reg- 

 ular " or " County Democracy " nominees. Two 

 other Assemblymen, also allied with Tammany, 

 acted with the six " straight" Tammany men. 

 In the State canvass of 1881 the Tammany dele- 

 gates from New York city had been ruled out 

 of the State Convention, and that association 



