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NETHERLANDS, THE. 



The total population in 1875 was 247,280 ; 

 1870, 122,993; 1860, 28,841; 1855, 4,494. 



The following are the principal cities, with 

 their population in 1885 : 



CITIES. Population. 



Hastings 7,980 



Kearney 3.601 



Plattsmouth 5.796 



Fremont 4,014 



Omaha. 61,835 



Beatrice 5,211 



Grand Island 5,040 



Lincoln 20,004 



North Platte 2,540 



CITIES. Population. 



Nebraska City 5,597 



Columbus 2,573 



Falls City .' 2,070 



Crete 2,258 



Wahoo 2,059 



Seward 2,032 



Blair 2,132 



York 2,085 



The population of Omaha in 1880 was 30,- 

 518; of Lincoln, 13,003. 



Election. On the 3d of November a Justice 

 of the Supreme Court and two Regents of the 

 State University were chosen. The Republi- 

 can candidates, Chief-Justice Amasa Cobb, and 

 for Regents, 0. H. Gere and Leavitt Burnham, 

 were elected. The vote for Judge was as fol- 

 lows : Republican, 72,818 ; Democratic, 49,- 

 389 ; Prohibition, 4,445 ; scattering, 137 ; total, 

 126,789. 



Agriculture. The crop - yield of 1884 is given 

 as follows : Corn, 169,000,000 bushels ; wheat, 

 48,000,000; oats, 31,000,000; barley, 18.000,- 

 000; rye, 20,000,000; millet, 100,000; Hun- 

 garian, 25,000 ; flax, 250,000. 



Since the first settlements, in 1854, there 

 have been planted with forest-trees, in Nebras- 

 ka, 244,356 acres, or 605,514,168 trees, all of 

 which are in a prosperous condition. 



The orchards in the State show 12,033,112 

 fruit-trees, and 2,906,734 grape-vines. Ne- 

 braska shipped in 1884 over 300,000 bushels of 

 apples, and grapes by the hundred tons. 



There are now in the State horses, 432,335 ; 

 cattle, 1,814,642 ; hogs, 1,958,226 ; sheep, 1,- 

 214,065 ; mules and asses, 65,234. These are 

 valued at $78,324,604. 



Liquor Laws. A system of high licenses pre- 

 vails in the State. Treating in saloons and 

 other public places is unlawful. The license 

 law was the past summer declared constitution- 

 al by the State Supreme Court, in an action by 

 a St. Louis liquor firm against D. L. McGueken, 

 of Omaha, to whom they had sold liquors 

 without license. The case has been carried to 

 the Supreme Court of the United States. 



NETHERLANDS, THE, a constitutional mon- 

 archy in western Europe. The Constitution, 

 proclaimed Nov. 3, 1848, vests the legislative 

 authority in the States-General, composed of 

 two chambers. The upper consists of 39 mem- 

 bers, chosen by the provincial councils from 

 among the highest class of tax -payers; the 

 lower, of 86 members, is elected by citizens 

 paying from 20 to 160 guilders of direct taxes. 



The Government. The reigning King is Will- 

 iam III, born Feb. 19, 1817, who succeeded 

 his father, William II, March 17, 1849. The 

 ministry is composed of the following mem- 

 bers: Minister of Foreign Affairs, A. P. G. 

 van Karnbeek, appointed Oct. 28,1885; Min- 

 ister of the Interior, Dr. J. Heemskerk Az : 

 Minister of Justice, Dr. Baron M. W. du Tour 



van Bellinchave; Minister of Finance, J. C. 

 Bloem ; Minister of the Colonies, J. P. Spren- 

 ger van Eyk ; Minister of the Waterstaat, Com- 

 merce, and Industry, J. G. van den Bergh; 

 Minister of War, Maj.-Gen. A. W. P. Weitzel; 

 Minister of Marine, Capt. W. L. A. Gericke. 



Area and Population. The area of the Nether- 

 lands is 12,648 square miles, or 32,999 square 

 kilometres. The population at the end of 1884 

 was 4,278,272, of which number 2,117,513 

 were males and 2,160,759 females. There were 

 2,469,814 Protestants, 1,439,137 Catholics, 81,- 

 693 Israelites, and 22,049 of other creeds in 

 1879. 



Commerce. The total value of imports in 

 1883 was 1,072,474,000 guilders; of exports, 

 684,409,000, inclusive of precious metals but 

 not of re-exports. Of the special imports, 

 Germany furnished 301,653,000 guilders ; Great 

 Britain, 258,302,000; Belgium, 141,409,000; 

 Russia, 89,801,000 ; and the whole of Europe, 

 875,780,000. Of the exports, Germany took 

 319,363,000 guilders ; Great Britain, 132,227,- 

 000; Belgium, 114,542,000; and the whole of 

 Europe, '624,361,000. The imports from the 

 Dutch colonial possessions amounted to 81,182,- 

 000 guilders ; the exports to the colonies were 

 38,362,000 guilders in amount. The value of 

 the imports from the United States was 60,- 

 960,000 guilders ; of the exports to the United 

 States, 19,891,000 guilders. 



Navigation. The sailing-vessels that entered 

 Dutch ports in 1884 were 2,788 in number, of 

 the aggregate burden of 2,155,936 cubic me- 

 tres; with cargoes, 2,600 vessels, of 2,091,288 

 cubic metres; the number that cleared was 

 2,788, of 2,155,936 cubic metres capacity ; with 

 cargoes, 1,266 vessels, of 740,080 cubic metres 

 capacity. The number of steamers that entered 

 with cargoes was 5,478 ; capacity, 9.515,750 cu- 

 bic metres ; the total number that entered was 

 5,605; capacity, 9,695,800 cubic metres; the 

 total number that cleared, 5,543 ; capacity, 

 9,675,164 cubic metres; cleared with cargoes, 

 3,638 steamers; capacity, 5,835,287 cubic me- 

 tres. The sailing-vessels entered under the 

 Dutch flag numbered 1,047; capacity, 691,349 

 cubic metres; the steamers 1,195; capacity, 

 2,547,918 cubic metres. 



Railroads, Posts, and Telegraphs. There were 

 in operation on Jan. 1, 1884, 2,189 kilometres 

 of railroads, of which 1,230 kilometres be- 

 longed to the state. 



The number of domestic letters forwarded 

 in 1884 was 48,931,340 ; foreign letters, 14,- 

 464,080; post-cards, 21,126,950; journals, 47,- 

 275,573. The receipts of the post-office were 

 5,160,557 guilders; the expenses, 3,896,185. 



The length of the state telegraph lines on 

 Jan. 1, 1885, was 4,541 kilometres; of wires, 

 16,509 kilometres. The number of messages 

 in 1884 was 3,350,818, of which 1,297,869 were 

 international, and 29,949 official. The receipts 

 were 1,041,510 guilders; the expenses, 1,636,- 

 779 guilders, not including 149,347 guilders of 

 extraordinary expenditure. 



