550 



Ni:\\ H. \MPSI11KK. 



stores, etc., at Port-au-Basque are not 



midland has now a sviniwrvklv mail, instead 

 of a fortnightly one as formerly. The rail" 

 equipped with the finest palace cars, and hotels will 



be erected at the m-I d-iraK. t 



A coal field has been discoreml at lirand lake. 

 The good lands along the line will be mild t. 

 tiers. When all i complete a passenger will U> 

 be able to leave St, John*.- and in fifty hours a 

 at Mont real. 



Karlv in 1898 the contractor who built this line 

 entered in- "ith the .. \. rnment t 



Operate all the railways . f th 

 been consolidated und. r his management for fifty 

 rear*. II- ha- rt u,, |,nn-ha-<-d the dry : 

 John** for $888,000 and e.-nlraeted to work it on a 

 large scale; also he is to build eight st< 

 local senrioe on the bays. He has leased th. 

 areas, and undertak. : hem and |iay a roy- 



alty on the output. He is to complete and oj 



sh.-rt branch lines of railway. At the expira- 

 tion of fifty years the reversion "f the railway will 

 belong to him, and for this he pays to the oolony 

 now $1,000,000. 



general election was held Oct. >. The re- 

 sult was. that the {K.litical party, led by Sir William 

 Whiteway. who had held the reins of power for 

 eight rears, was majority. 



- r. lames Winter became Premier, his principal 

 Colleagues being the Ib-n. A. H. Mnrine. Receiver 



General, and t he Hon. A. Kobinv.n. Colonial > 

 tarr. 



The y in 1897 was observed 



with fervid loyalty throughout the island. In the 

 capital an immense procession marched to the sum- 

 mit of Signal Hill, overlooking the harbor and com- 

 manding a view of the Atlantic in order to witn. 

 the laying of the foundation stone of a tower to be 

 erected in memory of .l"hn < 'alxrt, the discover 

 th. island in 1499. This memorial tower will be 

 used as a signal station and meteorological !.- 

 tory. On the same day was laid, as ; memorial of 

 the" Queen'* jubilee, the foundation stone of a mo- 

 wing to the 1'ublic Hospital, to be called the Vic- 

 toria Wing, and to IK; set apart for the exclusive 

 use of women and children. The funds were raised 

 bv public subscription. 



M:W HAMl'MIIKI. a New England State, 



one of the original thirteen, ratified the Const it u- 



Jnne '-'1. 1788; area, 9,305 square miles. The 



population, according to each decennial census, was 



141,*- o : 214,460 in 1810; 



244,022 in 1820: 269,328 in 1830; 284,574 in 1*10 : 



in 1850: 826,073 in 1860; 318,300 in 1S70 : 



346,991 in 1880; and ^T'vV'.O in IHJM). Capital, 







,ot. Miment. ; ' . ring wen the state, ,tij. 

 cers during the year: Governor, George A. I; 

 dell : Secretary of State, I - Stearns; Treas- 

 un-r. Solon A. Carter y-General, 1 Id win .1. 



Eastman; Adjutant General, Augustus I). \\- 



iiisiirance Commissi 



John C. Linehan : Hank Comm .lohn 



Hat* h. Alph'ns W. p.jik.-r. and Th- iker: 



Super of Public Instruct: n. !>, 



Gowing : Secretary of the Board of Agri< ultn. 

 J. Bachelder: Labor Commissioner. Julia 

 Tra^k: Sut- I'r.nr. r. Anhur K. Clarke; Chief Jus- 

 tice of the Supreme Court, Alon/. p. ( ; , r ., enter, 

 Republican : AM late Justices William M. Chase, 

 Prank N. Parsons. Republican, Robert 

 G. Pike, Republican. K. M. Wallace, Republican, 

 Isaac N. Diode rat. and Lewis w. ( 



Democrat: Clerk. A. .T. Mnirtleff. Hepubi 



linanee. The State is remarkable this vear 

 for having a large surplus to apply upon its debt. 

 The Treasurer's report for the year ending June 1 



shows that the debt has been reduced about $160.- 

 000. xatedebt is $1,867,767.64, more than 



$1,000,00(1 aid <>iT since iv.rj ..f the r- 



per-cont. bonds authon/cd l.v the Le-iislati. 

 l-Tl. 



for tin- ' .' me i. 



1888, is $500,000. After that (lie reduction author- 



OEOKOE A. RAM8DKLL, GOVERNOR or NEW HAMP8HIRE. 



i/cd by the last Legislature gi.es into effect, and it 

 willle $425,00i The valuji taxa- 



tion in 1M' ; . aluation by inventories, $203,- 



_-s-bank deposits taxable, $50,859,- 

 365 ; insurance capital, $1.375,000 ; railroads, $21,- 

 0; telegraphs, $203,100; telephones, $218,600. 

 I. duration. The ('(.liege of Agriculture and 

 Meehanir Arts, at I hirhain. held its twenty-seventh 

 commencement exercises June 9, and graduated a 

 class (.f 17. the largest in its history. The summer 

 : held a t hree weeks' session in August. 

 I art mouth commencement. June :><>. degrees 

 were conferred on .V> candidates for th> 

 bachelor of arts. 15 for that of bachelor of |. 

 and 11) for that of bachelor of - 



{hint will be increased wit hint he next four years by 

 four new buildings, the .lames |j. Richardson dor- 

 mitory, the Char,.- T. Wilder ph\>iral 

 a chemical laboratory and heat in:: plant in conm-c- 

 hon, and a new alumni memorial hall. 



Industrial >H l.-The report ..f the State In- 



:al School, at Manchester, rendered in 

 shows that the number in the -ehonl Se| 



was 135. The annual appropriation J S $<;.IMMI. The 

 receipts for the year were $23,605.04, and the pay- 

 ments $2i.;-j.vi^.' 



Hank-. The annual report of the Tiank Com- 

 missir,ners is summarised as follows: Since the, last 

 report made by the commissioners two new savings 

 banks have been organized and opened for business, 

 one at Laconia and one at Kcenc. The number of 

 savings banks has thus been increased to 77, of 

 which 17 are in liquidation, under the management 

 of their own officers, and !> by assignees appointed 

 by the court. There are anks and 



companies. 9 of which hare savings departments; 

 and 18 building and loan associations. One build- 



