NEWFOUNDLAND. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



towns, inquiring into the condition and Avants of 

 the population, and in his public addresses pomt- 

 in" out various improvements and suggesting 

 new industries. He specially urged the young 

 fishermen to take advantage of the Naval Re- 

 serve. the organization of which lias been ex- 

 tended to the colony, dwelling on the advantages 

 thev would derive from it. He is also endeavor- 



ing to promote the formation of a volunteer force. 



The beneficial effects of the Reid contract of 

 1H1I8 were fully apparent last year. One good 

 result to the working classes has been the em- 

 ployment of more than 2.500 men in connection 

 with the various operations of this contract at 

 good wages. Indirectly, too. the contract has 

 awakened among the people a spirit of' hopeful- 

 ness and enterprise. The operation of the rail- 

 way was thoroughly efficient and satisfactory. 

 Mails were carried regularly three times a week 

 lift ween Canada and the island, thus greatly in- 

 creasing the facilities of business men. At Grand 

 lake coal mining was carried on. In the same 

 ngion. on one of Mr. Reid's land concessions, 

 preparations are made for the erection of a great 

 pulp factory, which will give a large amount of 

 employment. A joint-stock company with a capi- 

 tal of $2.500,000 has been formed, and in con- 

 nection with the pulp works a fine mine of iron 

 pyrites at the Hay of Islands will be worked. 

 The first of Mr. Reid's fine fleet of seven steam- 

 ers, build under the contract, has arrived. This 

 is the Glencoe, intended to ply in summer be- 

 tween St. John's and Labrador, going as far 

 north as Nain. Meantime during the winter 

 months she will run between St. John's and Hali- 

 fax. She is a splendid vessel, and beautifully 

 fitted up for passengers. The other steamers built 

 by Mr. Reid will arrive in May and June, and 

 will ply on the great bays. The scenery of these 

 bays is very fine, and hitherto almost unknown. 



The influx of tourists, sportsmen, and health 

 and pleasure seekers in 1899 was very great. One 

 of the chief attractions to sportsmen is caribou 

 shooting. The deer are in immense numbers in 

 the interior, and their haunts can now be readily 

 reached by the railway. Newfoundland is by 

 far the finest deer-stalking country in the world, 

 and is attracting sportsmen from all quarters. 

 There is also ptarmigan shooting and salmon fish- 

 ing. Mr. Reid is about to erect a fine hotel in 

 St. John's for the accommodation of tourists and 

 travelers, and along the line of railway several 

 comfortable hotels are in course of erection. 



Another notable event of the year was the 

 visit of Sir William Van Horn, accompanied by 

 Kfveral capitalists from the United States and 

 Canada. The main object of their visit was to 

 examine the great iron mine lately opened in 

 lielle isle. Conception Bay, about a dozen miles 

 from St. John's. The Whitney Syndicate recently 

 purchased this mine for $1,000,000. The ore, 

 which in red hematite, yielding from 48 to 56 

 |>er cent, of iron, lies in "horizontal strata a few 

 feet under the surface, and can be put on board 

 for 25 to 30 cents a ton. No shafts are needed; 

 it is worked like an open quarry. Experts esti- 

 mate the quantity of ore in sight at 80,000,000 

 tons, and the probability is that the beds run 

 out under the sea. Two thousand men will be 

 employed here next summer, and the ore will be 

 shipped at the rate of 3,000 tons a day. The bulk 

 of it will go to Sydney, Cape Breton, where the 

 Whitney Syndicate are erecting enormous steel 

 works. 



In St. John's the year 1899 will be memorable 

 for the introduction of the electric street railway. 

 The power house is at Petty Harbor, 7 miles from 



St. John's, where there is a fine water power 

 capable of generating sufficient electricity to op- 

 erate the street railway, to light the streets and 

 houses, and to drive all the machinery in the 

 city. The work was approaching completion at 

 the close of the year. 



A deputation of Finlanders visited the colony 

 in August, with the view of ascertaining whether 

 the unoccupied lands would be suitable for the 

 settlement of Finnish immigrants. Owning to the 

 oppressive measures of the Russian Government, 

 there is likely to be a large emigration from Fin- 

 land, and the attention of the people had been 

 directed to this island as likely to afford them 

 desirable lands for colonization. The plan 

 adopted by the leaders of this movement is to 

 settle the immigrants in large groups of 1,000 or 

 2,000 families each, so 'that they can carry with 

 'them their language and customs. The deputies 

 visited various parts of the island, but were un- 

 able to find sufficiently large spaces of good lands 

 for their purpose. The fertile lands lie in belts 

 along the principal rivers, but none were found 

 to be sufficiently spacious. They then went to 

 British Columbia. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE, a New England State, 

 one of the original thirteen, ratified the Constitu- 

 tion June 21, 1788; area, 9,305 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, 

 was 141,885 in 1790; 183,858 in 1800; 214,460 in 

 1810; 244,022 in 1820; 269,328 in 1830; 284,574 in 

 1840; 317,916 in 1850; 326,073 in 1860; 318,300 in 

 1870: 346,991 in 1880; and 376,530 in 1890. Capi- 

 tal, 'Concord. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Frank W. 

 Rollins; Secretary of State, Edward N. Pearson; 

 Treasurer, Solon A. Carter; Attorney-General, 

 Edwin G. Eastman; Adjutant General, Augustus 

 D. Ayling; Insurance Commissioner, John C. 

 Linehan; Bank Commissioners, John Hatch, Al- 

 pheus W. Baker, and George W. Cummings; Su- 

 perintendent of Public Instruction, Channing 

 Folsom; Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, 

 N. J. Bachelder: Labor Commissioner, Lysander 

 H. Carroll; Public Printer, Arthur E. Clarke; 

 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Isaac N. 

 Blodgett; Associate Justices, William M. Chase, 

 Robert M. Wallace, Frank N. Parsons. Robert 

 G. Pike, Robert J. Peaslee, John E. Young; Law 

 Reporter, John H. Riedell. 



Finances. The cash in the treasury June 1, 

 1898, was $414,515.86; the receipts during the 

 year were $1,260,239.07; total, $1,674,754.93. The 

 disbursements during the year amounted to $1,- 

 333,168.05, and the cash on hand June 1, 1899, 

 was $341,586.88. The revenue was from the fol- 

 lowing-named sources: State tax, $425,000; rail- 

 road tax, $135,619.40; insurance tax, $28,277.03; 

 interest on deposits, $3,843.11; license fees (ped- 

 dlers), $2,050; license fees (fertilizers), $1,200; 

 telegraph tax, $3.283.50; telephone tax, $4,202.55; 

 charter fees, $1,932.50; fees (insurance depart- 

 ment), $10,197.20; Lura S. Craig refunds part 

 of the asylum charges, account of the Commis- 

 sioner of Lunacy, $10; Benjamin Thompson 

 estate, income for the year ending Jan. 30, 1899, 

 $14,968.90; fees (Secretary of State) $100.50; 

 fines and forfeitures, $110. 



The ordinary expenses were $344,616.57; ex- 

 traordinary expenses, $145,828.68; interest, $107,- 

 759.88; total expenses, $598,205.13; excess of reve- 

 nue over expenses, $32,589.56. 



The disbursements by departments were: Exec- 

 utive. $6,871.41; Secretary, $5,351.33; Treasurer, 

 $5,050.95; Adjutant General, $3,008.18; Public In- 

 struction, $5,942.28; Insurance, $5,565.24; Su- 



