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the California mine paid its last dividend. These 

 two bonanza mines gave their stockholders 

 $74,250,000 in dividends, and then stopped. 



The total bullion yield of the State for the 

 year ending June 30, 1885, has been estimated 

 at nearly $10,000,000, a gain over the previous 

 year. 



Public Institntions. The sum of $24,617.58 was 

 expended for the State Orphans' Home for the 

 years 1883-'84. The average number of in- 

 mates was 48. The amount expended for the 

 transportation, care, and support of the indi- 

 gent insane was $80,021.32, and for repairs 

 and improvements in and about the asylum, 

 $10,000. The average number of patients was 

 156. For the support of the State Prison 

 83,469.87 was expended. The average num- 

 ber of prisoners was 115. For carrying on the 

 manufacture of boots and shoes at the prison 

 $44,582.53 was expended, and the net profit 

 for the two years was $2,152.49. The num- 

 ber of prisoners at the close of 1885 was 137. 



Educational. The number of children be- 

 tween six and eighteen years of age in 1883 

 was 10,483 ; in 1884, 9,813. In 1884, 6,810 chil- 

 dren attended public schools, and 554 private 

 schools. Value of school property, $223,014.25. 



Indians. There are more than 8,000 Indians 

 scattered through the sage-brush. Compara- 

 tively few of them are settled upon the Pyra- 

 mid reservation. No schools of any kind are 

 provided for them. There is a Federal ap- 

 propriation of $400,000 for Indian education. 

 These Indians are peaceably disposed, honest, 

 and intelligent. The few children who have 

 attended the public schools have shown them- 

 selves ready pupils. 



Railroads. The following shows the mileage 

 of railroads, and the valuation of their prop- 

 erty in the State : 



Grazing. Wonderful progress has been made 

 in the stock-raising business. The counties of 

 Elko, Humboldt, and "Washoe are the favored 

 grazing sections, but there are almost equal at- 

 tractions in Churchill, Lander, Eureka, Esrne- 

 ralda, Nye, White Pine, and Lincoln counties. 

 Nevada shipped 40,000 head to California last 

 year, but is now turning her attention east- 

 ward. The amount of capital invested in this 

 industry is estimated at $15,000,000. The 

 State land-sales are mostly for grazing. There 

 are 500,000 sheep on the ranges. The average 



annual increase is 80 per cent. The wool-clip 

 averages six pounds. 

 NEW BRUNSWICK. See "Annual Cyclopedia " 



for 1883. 



NEW CHURCH. The General Convention of 

 the New Church is composed of 10 associa- 

 tions, 8 societies not connected with associa- 

 tions, and 4 individual members by election. 

 The associations are : The Canada Association, 

 5 societies; Illinois Association, 12 societies; 

 Maine Association, 6 societies; Maryland As-. 

 sociation, 4 societies ; Massachusetts Associa- 

 tion, 21 societies; Michigan Association, 5 so- 

 cieties ; Minnesota Association, 2 societies ; 

 New York Association, 12 societies ; Ohio 

 Association, 13 societies; and Pennsylvania 

 Association, 12 societies; in all, including the 

 unconnected societies, 99 societies. The min- 

 isters of the General Convention include 8 

 ''general pastors," 93 pastors and ministers, 

 and 11 authorized candidates and preachers. 

 The " Directory of the Societies " includes 

 116 societies in the United States and Canada ; 

 67 in England and Scotland; 1 in Austria; 

 4 in Denmark ; 11 in France ; 8 in Germany; 

 1 in Hungary; 9 in Italy; 2 in Norway; 13 

 in Sweden ; 5 in Switzerland ; 12 in Australia ; 

 1 in Trinidad, West Indies ; 1 at Graaf Reinet, 

 South Africa ; and 1 at Port Louis, Mauritius. 



The sixty- fifth annual session of the General 

 Convention of the New Jerusalem of the Unit- 

 ed States was held in Cincinnati, Ohio, begin- 

 ning May 28. Thirty -two ministers and forty- 

 six lay delegates were in attendance. The Rev. 

 Chauncey Giles presided. The Treasurer re- 

 ported upon the receipt and expenditure of 

 $1,420 on account of the general fund ; $120 

 of the Wilkins fund; $3,265 of the Wales 

 fund ; $40 of the Richards fund ; $4,934 of the 

 Emily S. White fund ; and $100 of the Jenkins 

 fund ; with an aggregate cash balance of $2,- 

 802 ; and that he had in his hands property of 

 the Convention to the value of $16,802. The 

 New Church Board of Publication reported 

 the amount of the net assets of the establish- 

 ment to be $6,255. Its income had been 

 $1,471, and its expenditures $3,093, showing 

 a net loss for the year of $1,622. The endow- 

 ment fund of the New Church Theological 

 School was returned at $25,820 ; the expendi- 

 ture account for the year was balanced at 

 $4,475. The school, which is situated in Bos- 

 ton, Mass., had been attended by ten students. 

 A correspondence school had been conducted 

 in connection with the institution for the ben- 

 efit of ministers who are approaching the New 

 Church and desire assistance in their studies. 

 The theological course of study includes a 

 department of Homiletics ; instruction in the 

 " three sacred languages " (Latin, Greek, and 

 Hebrew) ; theology, in which are especially 

 taught the works of Swedenborg ; and Church 

 History. The Committee on Foreign Corre- 

 spondence reported concerning the movements 

 of the agents of the Church in Italy, where 

 considerable work had been done in translating 



