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NEW JERSEY. 



NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH. 



The number of children of school age in the 

 State is 349,242, and there are 211,905 pupils 

 enrolled in the several public schools, and 48,- 

 707 attend private schools. The school prop- 

 erty of the State is valued at $6,515,620, and 

 affords accommodation for 194,456 pupils ; the 

 cost of each pupil, on a basis of the average 

 attendance, is $15.14 a year. 



The managers of the Normal School report 

 213 pupils enrolled during the year ; the num- 

 ber of pupils graduated was 39. 



The Agricultural College is supported entire- 

 ly by the proceeds of the land given by the 

 General Government, and by the liberality of 

 Rutgers College, to which it is attached ; the 

 State is under no expense in regard to it, and, 

 of the 60 students in attendance, 38 are enjoy- 

 ing State scholarships. 



Statistics. In 1880 there were 7,167 estab- 

 lishments whose total capital was $112,421,593, 

 employing 87,145 persons, whose wages aggre- 

 gate $46,403,045. The total value of products 

 was $255,925,236. 



The leading industries are as follow (the 

 first column of figures shows the number of 

 establishments of each, the second gives the 

 capital employed, and the third the value of 

 the products) : 



Under the various " bounty laws " there 

 have been paid upon " flax-stalks " $5,000 for 

 358 bunches, and upon "flax-fiber " $4,000 for 

 155 bunches. The bounty paid upon 5,595 

 tons of sorghum-cane grown was $5,595, and 

 for 319,944 pounds of sugar made from sor- 

 ghum, $3,199.45. 



Northern Boundary. The commissioners ap- 

 pointed by the States of New York and New 

 Jersey, to locate the northern boundary line of 

 this State, have concluded their labors. Their 

 work was limited to a remarking of the line 

 that was run in 1774, by the restoration of 

 such of .the monuments as had been destroyed 

 or injured. This work has been thoroughly 

 done, and in a manner to insure stability. 



Party Conventions. The Democratic State 

 Convention met in Trenton, September 13th, 

 and nominated Leon Abbett, of Jersey City, for 

 Governor. The platform declares in favor of 

 a tariff for revenue " so adjusted as to give pro- 

 tection and encouragement to home produc- 

 tive industry and labor, without producing or 

 fostering^ monopolies " ; and demands " the 

 equalization of taxes on all properties within 

 the State, whether that of individuals or cor- 

 porations." 



The Republican State Convention met also 

 in Trenton, on September 18th, and nominated 

 Judge Jonathan Dixon for Governor. The plat- 

 form commends President Arthur's administra- 

 tion, declares for a protective tariff, and de- 

 mands " such a prudent and economical ad- 

 ministration of the affairs of the State as will 

 make needless any direct State tax." 



Nominations were also made by the Green- 

 backers and Prohibitionists. 



Election Returns. The vote in November was 

 as follows: Democratic, 103,856; Republican, 

 97,047; Prohibition, 4,153 ; Greenback, 2,960. 

 The Legislature, to meet in 1884, will consist 

 of 12 Republicans and 9 Democrats in the Sen- 

 ate, and 34 Democrats and 26 Republicans in 

 the House. 



NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH. The General Con- 

 vention of the New Jerusalem Church in the 

 United States met in its sixty-third session in 

 Boston, Mass., June 1st. The Rev. Chauncey 

 Giles was chosen President. Reports were 

 made from the local associations, as follows : 

 Canada Association, five societies; Maine Asso- 

 ciation, five societies ; Maryland Association, 

 four societies; Massachusetts Association, twen- 

 ty-one societies, 1,497 members ; Michigan As- 

 sociation, 124 members; Minnesota Association, 

 Missouri Association, New York Association, 

 664 members ; Ohio Association, eleven socie- 

 ties, 556 members; General Church of Penn- 

 sylvania, seven societies, 359 members ; Illinois 

 Association, and from a number of single socie- 

 ties, besides which several evangelists and mis- 

 sionaries reported upon the progress of their 

 labors. The endowment fund of the Theologi- 

 cal School was reported to be now $21,780. 

 The receipts of the Board of Missions had ex- 

 ceeded those of the previous year by $349. 

 A single missionary was actually employed by 

 the board, in Middle Tennessee, but other mis- 

 sionaries were aided by it, in different parts of 

 the United States and in Italy and Sweden. 

 The trustees of the " lungerich fund " for the 

 publication and distribution of the works of 

 Swedenborg reported that their income for the 

 year had been $1,439, and their expenditure 

 $2,626, and that a balance remained in their 

 hands of $33,322. Sixty-seven thousand books 

 had been distributed to the date of making 

 the report. The German Missionary Union had 

 supplied books and tracts to fifteen societies. 

 Reports were presented by the Committee of 

 Correspondence from the Italian mission (where 

 considerable success had been gained in Sicily, 

 and twenty volumes of new church books had 

 been published in Italian), from East Prussia, 

 Denmark, Sweden, and Switzerland. An ad- 

 dress was read from the Australasian Confer- 

 ence, which consists of four societies, " and 

 hopes to meet once in three or four years." 

 Stress was laid in the discussions of the Con- 

 ference upon the importance of the publication 

 of the works of Swedenborg in Latin, for which 

 a fund, called the "Latin fund,'' had been set 

 apart. This fund was intrusted to the Ameri- 



