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NEVADA. 



August the Government declared the coasting 

 trade of Acheen and the east coast of Sumatra 

 free for English vessels. In the spring the offi- 

 cers of the " Nisero," recently delivered from 

 captivity in Acheen, were tried in Holland on 

 the charge of culpable negligence, and were con- 

 victed, but sentence was suspended on account 

 of their sufferings. In August the blockading 

 squadron succeeded in stopping an English ship 

 from Penang with a quantity of rifles and car- 

 tridges concealed in her cargo. 



NEVADA. State Government. The following 

 were the State officers during the year: Gov- 

 ernor, Jewett W. Adams, Democrat ; Lieuten- 

 ant-Governor, Charles E. Laughton ; Secretary 

 of State, John M. Dormer; Comptroller, J. F. 

 Halleck ; Treasurer, George Tufly ; Surveyor- 

 General, 0. S. Preble ; Superintendent of Pub- 

 lic Instruction, C. S. Young; Attorney-General, 

 William H. Davenport ; Fish Commissioner, H. 

 G. Parker. Judiciary, Supreme Court : Chief- 

 Justice, 0. H. Belknap ; Associate Justices, O. 

 K. Leonard and Thomas P. Hawley. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature met on 

 Jan. 5, and adjourned early in March. Among 

 the acts passed were the following : 



Appropriating $5,000 for the relief of White Pine 

 County. 



To authorize Lander and White Pino counties to 

 issue 6 per cent, bonds for redeeming outstanding 10 

 per cent, bonds. 



To create a legislative fund. 



For the protection of jewelers. 



Extending the criminal laws to and over the In- 

 dians. 



Authorizing the appointment of State detectives. 



To provide for the better preservation of public 

 roads and highways. 



To provide for the proper care of live-stock by 

 transportation companies. 



To provide for the preservation of the mining rec- 

 ords of the State. 



Providing for the adoption of children. 



For the licensing of traveling merchants and mer- 

 chants doing business through soliciting agents. 



To prohibit the sale of ardent spirits to Indians. 



To provide for the selection and sale of lands that 

 have been or may hereafter be granted by the United 

 States to the State of Nevada. 



To provide for the purchase of grounds at Carson 

 City, Nevada, and the erection of a State building to 

 be used for a State printing-office, armory, etc. 



To promote the propagation of Bob White quail. 



To promote habits of temperance and to prohibit 

 the practice of treating. 



To form agricultural districts, to provide for the 

 organization of agricultural associations therein, and 

 for the management and control of the same by the 

 State. 



To provide for the management and control of the 

 State Agricultural Society by the State. 



Providing for the removal of the State University 

 from Elko to Keno, upon making compensation to 

 Elko County. 



John P. Jones, Republican, was re-elected 

 United States Senator. Amendments to the 

 Constitution of the State were proposed, 

 which go to the next Legislature. 



Financial. The receipts into the State treas- 

 ury for 1884 were as follow: From tax on 

 property, $210,702.62; tax on proceeds of 

 mines, $11,715.71; poll-tax, $10,690.92; sales 



of lands, $96,618.29 ; receipts of State Prison, 

 $23,524.03; miscellaneous, $79,817.30; total' 

 $433,068.87. The estimated receipts for State 

 purposes for the years 1885-'86 are $496,788; 

 to the school funds, $280,400. The estimated 

 expenses, for the same two years, of the State 

 government are $430,600 ; interest on and re- 

 demption of State bonds, $100,500 ; disburse- 

 ments for schools and investments for school 

 funds, partly included above, $351,000. 



On Dec. 31, 1884, the State held in trust for 

 the educational funds, bonds and cash to the 

 amount of $849,293.14, including an irredeem- 

 able 5 per cent. State bond of $380,000; ac- 

 crued interest, $14,440 ; less $932 outstanding 

 warrants; net aggregate, $862,801.14. 



The indebtedness of the State on that date, 

 not reckoning the $380,000 bond, consisted of 

 4 per cent, bonds held by the educational 

 funds to the amount of $147,000, outstanding 

 warrants amounting to $5,809.37, and $15,380 

 accrued interest; total, $168,189.37; cash in 

 treasury applicable to payment, $240,216.48. 

 The assessed value of property in 1884 was 

 $26,597,299.03. In 1885 it was $26,247,038.21. 



Mines. The yield of the Comstock mines 

 was as follows for the first nine months of the 

 year: 



The product of the Consolidated California 

 and Virginia mines includes that raised under 

 the lease to Senator Jones. The gross yield 

 for each quarter of the year was as follows: 



During the same period the Douglas and 

 Mariposa mills were run on tailings with the 

 following results : 



It will be noticed that the ore raised from 

 the Comstock mines this year shows a v< 

 low average assay, scarcely sufficient to co\ 

 the cost of extraction and milling. It is oye 

 five years since the Consolidated Virginia mine 

 ceased paying dividends. It is six years since 



