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onuc for the same year amounted to *!,**::, 7!'ii; 



Uli' public expenditure was ifcl.liliS, rj<l ; tin- pub- 

 lic ill-lit was sti. :{!):{, HiiT; tin- interest on tin- pub- 

 lic debt, funded and Hunting, was $257,908; the 

 expenditure on the relief of the poor was $205,- 

 <>(; on steam coiiiinuuieat ion (subsidies), ocean 

 and coastal. Si 1 I,:ili5 : on education. $137,076. 



Close Time. The close tune for willow 

 rouse or partridge is from .Ian. 12 till Sept. 15; 

 for caribou or deer, from Feb. 15 till Sept. 15: 

 for otters and beavers, April 1 to Oct. 2 ; for 

 salmon, from Sept. 10 to April 30. The license 

 to kill deer, for nonresidents of the colony is 

 $100. not more than 5 stags and 3 doe to be 

 killed in one season. 



Mining. The export of minerals in 1892 

 were as follow: Copper in ingots, 899 tons, val- 

 ue $213,288; copper regulus, 5,744 tons, value 

 $342,720; green ore (copper), 20,000 tons, value 

 $i:U.(KK); iron pyrites, 35,176 tons, value 

 $3115,584. 



Railways. The Northern and Western New- 

 foundland Railway, in course of construction, is 

 to run from Placentia Junction to the Exploits 

 valley, thence westward to Bay of Islands, then 

 south via St. George's Bay to Port-au-Basques. 

 It is now completed and operated to the Ex- 

 ploits river, a distance of 200 miles. It will be 

 completed by the close of 1895, or early in 1896. 

 The total distance is over 500 miles. It will 

 open up the fertile lands, forests, and mining 

 regions, as well as the coal fields of Grand lake 

 and Bay St. George. 



. St. John's. More than half the city of St. 

 John's was destroyed by fire in July, 1892. At 

 the close of 1893 more than 1,300 dwellings were 

 erected. Most of the larger public buildings 

 and stores will be rebuilt in another year or two. 

 The Cathedral (Church of England) and the 

 Presbyterian and Methodist churches, which 

 perished in the flames, are in course of recon- 

 struction. The new portion of the city will be 

 a great improvement on the old. A new fire 

 brigade, having an equipment embracing all the 

 modern improvements, has been organized. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE, a New England State, 

 one of the original thirteen, ratified the Con- 

 stitution June 21, 1788 ; area, 9,305 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial 

 census, was 141.885 in 1790 ; 183,858 in 1800 ; 

 Jll.ltiO in 1810; 244,022 in 1820; 269,328 in 

 1830: 284,574 in 1840; 317,976 in 1850; 326,073 

 in I860; 318,300 in 1870; 346,991 in 1880; and 

 :!76..->:JO in 1890. Capital, Concord. 



(iovernmeiit. The following were the State 

 officers during the year : Governor, John B. 

 Smith; Secretary of State, Ezra S. Stearns: 

 Treasurer, Solon A. Carter; Adjutant-General, 

 Augustus D. Ayling ; Attorney-General, Edwin 

 J. Eastman all Republicans: Commissioner of 

 Insurance, John C. Linehan ; Commissioners of 

 Banking, Messrs. Lyford, Baker, and Heard ; 

 Mr. Heard resigned, having been appointed re- 

 ceiver of a bank, and was succeeded by Mr. 

 Hatch ; Commissioner of Labor, John W. Bour- 

 let ; Railroad Commissioners, Henry W. Pult- 

 ney. Benjamin W. Prescott, Thomas Cogswell ; 

 Cattle Commissioners, Irving A. Watson, N. J. 

 Bachelder. The Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction. James W. Patterson, died during the 

 year. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 



Charles Doc; Associate Justices, William M. 

 chase, Isaac N. Blodgett, and Lewis W. Clark, 

 Democrats, and Isaac W. Smith, Alnnzo P. Car- 

 penter, and 11. M. Wallace, Republicans. Judge 

 William II. II. Allen resigned March 10. Jra 

 Colby WHS nominated to succeed him. and on his 

 declination Robert M. Wallace, who was ap- 

 pointed. Judge Allen died before the close of 

 the year. 



Finances. The Treasurer's report for the 

 fiscal year ending May 81, 1893, gives the fol- 

 lowing statements : Cash on hand June 1, 1H92. 

 *:!15,:>l!.l 1 ; total receipts during the year, $1,- 

 718,461.74; total disbursements, $1,956,307.82; 

 cash on hand June 1, 1893. $107,373.03. The 

 debt June 1, 1892, amounted to $2,859,033.86, 

 and the assets to $707,129.97, so that the net in- 

 debtedness at that date was $2,151,903.89; the 

 liabilities June 1, 1893, amounted to $2,600,861.- 

 77, and the assets to $469,999.17, making the net 

 indebtedness $2,131,762.60, the debt having been 

 reduced during the year by $20,141.29. 



Of the sources of revenue the State tax yielded 

 $500,000 ; the State's share of the railroad tax, 

 $128,809.85 ; the insurance tax, $16.585.64 ; the 

 telegraph tax, $2,891.92 ; the telephone tax, $2.- 

 088.28; escheated estates, $5,486.30; charter 

 fees, $4,592.50 ; fees (insurance department), $5,- 

 687.40; peddlers' license fees, $2.025; interest 

 on deposits, $3,354.43 ; income of the Benjamin 

 Thompson trust fund, $18,010.85. 



Of the expenditures, $81,986.10 was for the 

 Legislature; $62,574.54 for salaries; $31,958.67 

 for State printing; $30,000 for the National 

 Guard ; $13,567.90 for the Commissioners of 

 Lunacy ; and $14,512.32 for the Australian bal- 

 lot. 'The removal of the Agricultural College 

 cost $75.000 ; improvements of White moun- 

 tain roods, $6,180.79; the exhibit at Chicago, 

 $16,359.83 ; the State Library building, $52,263.- 

 50 ; the commission for revising laws, $2,000 ; 

 legislative resolves, $16,456.13 ; the Soldiers' 

 Home (net expenses), $8,866.13 ; and the publica- 

 tion of military records, $2,061.87. 



The amount paid on account of interest, or 

 credited to the several trust funds, was $155.- 

 892.63 ; the total interest receipts were $21,365.- 

 28. State bonds amounting to $277,400 and 

 State notes (temporary loan) amounting to $100.- 

 000 have been paid. The total of trust funds is 

 $593,311.34. The sum of $78,426.88, derived 

 from the nonresident savings-bank tax, was 

 divided among the towns for school money, 

 $1.28 to each pupil. 



Mortgage Indebtedness. From a tabulated 

 statement in a census bulletin it appears that 

 the incumbrance of debt resting on real estate 

 amounts in New Hampshire to an average of $50 

 to the bead of population. The amount of debt 

 is 11-68 per cent, of the assessed value of real 

 property. About one third of the families live 

 on farms, and 78 out of every hundred of the 

 farms are free from incumbrance. 



Charities. The State Insane Asylum had 

 368 patients at the end of 1893. Inaring the 

 year 166 were admitted and 154 discharged. 

 The asylum has received by legacy $15.000. 



A terrible catastrophe occurred at Dover on 

 the night of Feb. 9. The insane asylum of the 

 Strafford County almshouse took fire shortly 

 after ten o'clock, and only 4 of the inmates 



