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and horticulture were described as very com- 

 plete, while in Machinery Hall this was not the 

 case. The fine-arts exhibition was considered 

 also of but little account, the greater part of 

 the paintings being crude attempts, interesting 

 as attempts rather than as professional work. 

 Some of the screens, porcelain, and lacquer 

 work were greatly admired. In the Eastern 



Hall, the Department of Education had an in- 

 teresting collection of books, school appliances, 

 philosophical apparatus, and other matter illus- 

 trating the progress of the country in Western 

 learning; but the main part of this collection 

 was in a separate and permanent educational 

 museum. The Western Hall was filled with 

 manufactured articles. 



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KANSAS. The population of the State of 

 Kansas is estimated at 650,000, that shown by 

 the census of 1875 being 531, 15& The as- 

 sessed value of property for this year was $137,- 

 480,000 ; amount of taxes for State purposes, 

 $756,137; State debt, $1,235,900. The total 



number of acres of land in the State is 33,- 

 599,600, of which 5,595,304.99 were under cul- 

 tivation and 28,004,295.01 uncultivated. The 

 following are the statistics of farm products 

 for the year, together with the average yield 

 per acre, price, etc. : 



ACREAGE OF PRODUCT. 



YIELD AND PRICES. 



