NEWFOUNDLAND. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



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Grace, on Dec. 26, 1883, when five persons 

 were killed and fifteen wounded. On Jan. 5, 

 1885, the Redemptorist Fathers of New York, 

 who were holding a mission at Bay Roberts, 

 were besieged in their houses by hundreds of 

 armed Orangemen, and an Orange arch was 

 built near the Roman Catholic church. The 

 United States consul at St. John's called upon 

 the Governor and demanded protection for the 

 American citizens. An extraordinary meeting 

 of the Executive Council was called ; a strong 

 detachment of police and her Majesty's cor- 

 vette "Tenedos" were ordered to Bay Rob- 

 erts. On the following day the Orangemen 

 raised the siege and hauled down their flags. 

 On Jan. 22 nineteen Catholics, charged at St. 

 John's with the murder of an Orangeman on 

 Dec. 19, 1883, were acquitted; but they were 

 immediately recommitted, charged with the 

 murder at the same time of three other Or- 

 angemen. The second trial also resulted in 

 acquittal. The Governor, in his speech on the 

 opening of the Legislature, urged that every 

 effort should be made to allay the anger now 

 prevailing, and the speech was approved by all 

 the members of the Government. Mr. Penry, 

 an Orangeman, moved an amendment to the 

 address in reply, declaring that the deplorable 

 feeling complained of was the result of " the 

 disgraceful failure of justice at the recent 

 trials," and that it was impossible that har- 

 mony could be restored until justice had been 

 satisfied. The amendment was opposed by all 

 the Catholic members, and was defeated by a 

 vote of 19 to 11. The Premier, Sir William 

 Whiteway (a Protestant), then moved another 

 amendment, expressing the opinion that it was 

 owing in a great measure to the wide-spread 

 conviction that there had been a failure of 

 justice in the result of the trials. This also 

 was opposed by the Catholic members, and 

 when it was carried by a vote of 18 to 12, the 

 Hon. R. J. Kent, Speaker of the House, and 

 the Hon. J. W. Donnelly, Minister of Customs 

 (Catholics), resigned. A split in the Protest- 

 ant party followed; the Orangemen, led by 

 their Grand Master, Mr. J. S. Winter, nearly 

 all deserted Sir William Whiteway, who had 

 been Premier since 1878, and demanded the 

 formation of a strong Protestant Government. 

 They were joined by some of the merchants, 

 and the conflict between the two sections of 

 the Protestant party threatened to strengthen 

 immensely the object of their mutual aversion, 

 the Catholic party. As the date of the general 

 elections (Oct. 31) approached, fears of Catho- 

 lic supremacy brought about a compromise 

 between the two sections of the Protestants. 

 On the eve of the elections the following com- 

 promise was arrived at : Sir William Whiteway 

 to resign the premiership, with the understand- 

 ing that he is to be appointed Chief-Justice 

 when that office becomes vacant, and in the 

 mean time to have a seat in the Legislative 

 Council; Hon. Robert Thorburn to be Pre- 

 mier, and Mr. Winter to be Attorney-General. 



A redistribution bill introduced by the White- 

 way Government divided Newfoundland into 

 thirty-six constituencies. Twenty-two Prot- 

 estants and fourteen Catholics were elected. 



NEW GUINEA. See PAPUA. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. (For statistics of popula- 

 tion, area, etc., see "Annual Cyclopaedia" for 

 1884.) 



State Government. (To June, 1887.) Elections 

 occur biennally in November of even years; 

 legislative sessions biennially in June of odd 

 years. Seat of government, Concord, since 1 808, 

 where officers may be addressed, except when 

 otherwise given. Governor, June, 1885, to June, 

 1887, Moody Currier, Republican, Manchester ; 

 Ai B. Thompson, Secretary ; Isaac W. Ham- 

 mond, Deputy-Secretary, and editor of State 

 Papers; Solon A. Carter, Treasurer; John B. 

 Clarke (Manchester), Public Printer; Oliver 

 Pillsbury, Insurance Commissioner; William' 

 H. Kimball, Librarian ; James W. Patterson, 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction; Augustus 

 D. Ayling, Adjutant-General; Irving A. W T at- 

 son, Secretary of Board of Health ; James O. 

 Adams, Secretary of Board of Agriculture ; 

 Charles A. Dole, Secretary of Board of Equal- 

 ization of Taxes ; Orrin C. Moore, Edwin B. 

 S. Sanborn, Edward J. Tenney, Railroad Com- 

 missioners; Buel C. Carter and George E. 

 Page, Bank Commissioners. Supreme Court : 

 Charles Doe (Dover), Chief-Justice ; Isaac W. 

 Smith (Manchester), William H. H. Allen (Clare- 

 mont), Lewis W. Clark (Manchester), Isaac N. 

 Blodgett (Franklin), Alonzo P. Carpenter (Con- 

 cord), and George A. Bingham (Littleton), As- 

 sociates; Mason W. Tappan (Bradford), Attor- 

 ney-General. 



Finances. Cash on hand, May 31, 1884, and 

 receipts from all sources for the fiscal year, 

 June, 1884, to June, 1885, amounted to $1,336,- 

 293.82; disbursements, $1,266,302.35; leaving 

 cash on hand, June 1, 1885, $69,991.47. Debt, 

 June 1, 1884, $3,176,609.20. Net indebted- 

 ness, June 1, 1885, $3,023,748.40; decrease of 

 debt for 1884-'85, $152,860.80. State tax au- 

 thorized by Legislature for 1886 and 1887, each 

 $400,000. Sources of revenue, 1884-'85, State 

 tax, $400,000 ; railroad-tax, $95,496.35 ; insur- 

 ance-tax, $10,081.59; interest, $3,100.47; 

 premium on bonds sold, $3,925; telephone 

 and telegraph tax, $4,420.16; license-fees and 

 miscellaneous, $1,823.66; total, $518,847.23. 

 Expenses, 1884-'85, ordinary, $150,752.04; ex- 

 traordinary, $21,438.52; interest, $193,795.87; 

 total, $365,986.43. Excess of revenue over ex- 

 penses, $152,860.80. Chief items of ordinary 

 expense salaries, $48,562.08 ; pay of Council, 

 $2,313.60 ; public printing, $9,726.45 ; support 

 of indigent and convict insane, $9,438.40 ; Na- 

 tional Guard, $24,997.14; bounty on wild ani- 

 mals, $14,756.10 ; Fish Commission, $2,411.13 ; 

 State-House, $2,583.62 ; Industrial School, $6,- 

 000 ; Board of Agriculture, $1,017.36 ; New 

 Hampshire Law Reports, $2,100; Board of 

 Health, $1,023.15; Bank Commission, $ 6,405.- 

 49; education of deaf and dumb, $4,296.11; edu- 



