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NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



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this country dangerous and inimical to the deserved 

 success and prosperity of American laborers. 



That gold and silver have co-existed, and formed 

 the monetary circulation of the world since the origin 

 of human society ; that the agitation against silver, 

 threatening to destroy its value and use as money, is 

 a blunder and a crime, which can only result in a 

 destruction of values without any compensation. 



That we demand of Congress the exercise of all its 

 constitutional power for the speedy suppression ot 

 polygamy in the Territory of Utah. 



That we renew our demand for the establishment by 

 theGeneral Government of a postal-telegraphic service. 



Another Republican State Convention, held 

 in Carson City on September 4, nominated 

 candidates for Presidential Electors, William 

 Wood burn for Congress, and Thomas P. Haw- 

 ley for re-election as Justice of the Supreme 

 Court. The platform, confined to State affairs, 

 declared against the calling of a constitutional 

 convention, and in favor of the reduction of the 

 number of members of the Legislature, and 

 officers and employes of both houses thereof. 



The convention also resolved : 



That it is the imperative duty of our next Legisla- 

 ture to devote its early and constant attention to re- 

 form legislation, that such laws may be passed as will 

 bring aoout a marked reduction in the present ex- 

 pense of running our State and county governments, 

 and by a reduction of the number of existing judicial 

 districts, consolidation of county governments, State 

 and county offices, and reduction ot salaries of not less 

 than thirty per cent. 



That we are in favor of amending the State Consti- 

 tution, and pledge the Eepublican party to that 

 method of constitutional reform, so as to limit the 

 regular sessions of the Legislature to forty instead of 

 sixty days as at present. 



The Democrats renominated George W. Cas- 

 sidy for Congress, and presented W. M. Sea- 

 well as candidate for the Supreme Bench. 

 They declared in favor of a constitutional con- 

 vention. At the election, Nov. 4, the Republi- 

 cans were successful. The vote was as follows : 



The vote on calling a constitutional conven- 

 tion was 3,571 against, and 2,810 for. The 

 Legislature of 1885 consists of 15 Republicans 

 and 5 Democrats in the Senate, and 32 Repub- 

 licans and 8 Democrats in the House. 



Miscellaneous. The cost of maintaining the 

 State Prison for 1883 and 1884 was $80,803.59 ; 

 number of prisoners Dec. 31, 1884, 115. 



The number of children of school age (six 

 to eighteen years) by counties is as follows : 

 Churchill, 84; Douglas, 318; Elko,933; Esme- 

 ralda, 267; Eureka, 840; Humboldt, 500; Lan- 

 der, 603; Lincoln, 451; Lyon, 511; Nye, 160; 

 Onnsby, 1,142; Storey, 2,445; Washoe, 1,029; 

 White Pine, 310 ; total, 9,593. 



The bullion product of the State (gold, sil- 

 ver, copper, and lead) has been given as fol- 

 lows: 1882, $10,363,376; 1883, $8,771,621; 

 1884, $8,888,939. The product of the Corn- 

 stock lode was about $2,000,000 more in 1884 

 than in 1882 ; of Eureka county, $1,500,000 less. 



NEW BRUNSWICK. For the latest informa- 

 tion, see the article in the "Annual Cyclo- 

 paedia" for 1883. That article was written 

 after the adjournment of the Legislature, which 

 has not since convened, and there are no new 

 transactions or statistics for the current year. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. Statistics. The State is be- 

 tween latitude 42 41' and 45 and 11' N., 

 and longitude 70 40 ; and 72 28' W. Length, 

 168 miles; width, 20 to 90 miles; area, land 

 surfaces, 9,005 square miles ; lakes and ponds, 

 220 square miles ; rivers and smaller streams, 

 80 square miles; total, according to Census 

 Bureau, 9,305 square miles. This territory in- 

 cludes all of Connecticut river along its west- 

 ern border, and half of Piscataqua river on the 

 east. Population, in 1880, 346,991 ; increase 

 from 1870, 28,691, or 9 per cent. ; males, 170,- 

 526; females, 176,465; native-born, 300,697; 

 foreign - born, 46,294 (increase of nearly 50 

 per cent.). Males of military age (eighteen 

 to forty-four, both inclusive), 70,410; males 

 of voting-age (twenty-one and over), 105,138. 

 Number of dwellings in the State, 68,381; 

 families, 80,286; minors, 130,837, or 1$ to 

 a family; persons to square mile, 38'53; 

 dwellings, 7'59 ; families, 8*92 ; persons to a 

 dwelling, 5-07; to a family, 4'32; acres to 

 each person, 16'61; to a family, 71'78; num- 

 ber of farms in the State, 32,181 ; acres of im- 

 proved land, 2,308,112; value of farms and 

 buildings, $75,834,389; farm -implements, $3,- 

 069,244; live-stock, $9,812,064; value of all 

 farm products, $13,474,330. Acreage and 

 amount of farm products, 1880 barley, 3,460 

 acres, 77,877 bushels; buckwheat, 4,533 acres, 

 94,090 bushels; Indian corn, 36,533 acres, 1,- 

 358,625 bushels; oats, 29.485 acres, 1,017,620 

 bushels; rye, 3,217 acres, 34,638 bushels; 

 wheat, 11,245 acres, 169,316 bushels; hay, 

 583,069 tons; hops, 23,955 pounds; orchard 

 products, $972,291 ; potatoes, 3.358,828 bush- 

 els; wool, 1,060,589 pounds; milk, 5,739,128 

 gallons; butter, 7,247,272 pounds; cheese, 

 807,076 pounds. Number of horses reported, 

 46,773 ; working-oxen, 29,152 ; milcli - cows, 

 90,564; other cattle, 112,689 ; sheep, 211,825; 

 swine, 53,437. 



Capital invested in manufactures, in 1880, 

 $51,112,263; average number of males, above 

 sixteen years old, employed, 29,356; females, 

 above fifteen years, 16,184 ; children and youth, 

 3,291 ; total wages paid, $14,814,793 ; value of 

 materials used, $43,552,462 ; value of products, 

 $73,978,028. Specific cotton manufactories, 

 36; capital invested, $19,877,084; spindles 

 run, 944,053 ; looms, 24,209 ; officers and op 

 eratives employed, 16,529 ; pounds of cotton 

 consumed, 76,386,499, which cost $8,629,063; 

 goods manufactured, 244,145,553 yards of 

 cloth, and 63,881,540 pounds yarn and thread; 

 wages of operatives, $4,290,960; value of ma- 

 terials, $10,146,904; value of products, $17,- 

 953,403. Iron and steel manufactured, 7,978 

 tons; capital invested, $650,000; hands em- 

 ployed, 290 ; wages, $127,690; value of mate- 



