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Value manufactured cotton goods, ,057,257; iron and steel, ,347,177; iron pipe, wrought, ,000,000; leather, dressed skins, ,886,597; shipbuilding, ,162,503. Products of all manufacturing and mechanical industries, ,514,438.

Pop., 146,608: male, 74,108; female, 72,500; native, 137,140; foreign, 9,468; white, 120,166; colored, 26,442; slaves, 1860, 1,798.

State, congressional and presidential elections, Tuesday after first Monday in November; number Senators, 9; Representatives, 21; sessions of legislature biennial, in odd-numbered years, meeting first Tuesday in January; limit of session, 21 days; term of Senators, 4 years; of Representatives, 2 years. Number electoral votes, 3; number voters, 38,298. Idiots, insane, paupers and criminals excluded from voting.

Colleges at Newark and Wilmington; school age: 6-21.

Legal interest rate, 6; usury forfeits the principal.

MARYLAND. M?re-land.

Area, 12,210 square miles; greatest length, east and west, 196 miles; seacoast, 83 miles, or, including the tidewater region of Chesapeake Bay, 411 miles, and, with shores of islands, 509 miles. Number counties, 23. Temperature at Baltimore: winter, 33? to 41?; summer, 73? to 79?; rainfall, 41 inches.

Baltimore, the metropolis; laid out 1730; port of entry and commercial centre; has regular lines European steamers; pop., 332,313. Annapolis, capital; contains United States Naval Academy; pop. 5,744. Cumberland, depot of western mining region; pop., 10,693.

Number farms, 1860, 25,494; 1880, 40,517. Average value per acre cleared land, .65; woodland, .50.

Value principal orchard products,--peaches, pears, plums and apples,--nearly ,000,000; canned and preserved fruits and vegetables, over ,000,000; oyster fisheries, nearly ,000,000.

Wheat crop, 1884, 8,260,000 bu.; corn, 15,237,000 bu.; oats, 1,980,000 bu.; buckwheat, 1883, 117,800 bu.; tobacco, 31,570,793 lbs.

Salaries of State Officers.

Governor ,500 Sec'y of State 2,000 Treasurer 2,500 Comptroller 2,500 Attorney Gen. 3,000 Chief Justice 3,500 7 Asso. Justices 3,500 District Judge 4,000 Senators, } pr. day Repres'ntatives } and mileage. 2 Colls. Int. Revenue 2,625 to 4,500 Col. of Customs 7,000 2 Colls. 250 and 1,200 fees. Auditor 2,500 Naval Officer 5,000 Surveyor 4,500

Presidential P. O.

Annapolis ,400 Baltimore 5,000 Bel Air 1,200 Cambridge 1,400 Centreville 1,300 Chestertown 1,300 Cumberland 2,300 Easton 1,700 Elkton 1,500 Ellicott City 1,300 Emmittsburgh 1,300 Frederick 2,200 Frostburgh 1,300 Hagerstown 2,300 Havre de Grace 1,300 Port Deposit 1,100 Salisbury 1,400 Towson 1,100 Westminster 1,500

Number manufacturing establishments, 6,787; capital invested ,742,384; hands employed, 74,945; bales cotton used, 46,947; pig iron produced, 61,437 tons; flour and grist mills, 546; tons coal mined, 2,227,844.

Ranks fourth in coal, seventh in tobacco, eighth in copper, ninth in iron ore. Copper is found in Frederick and Carroll counties; iron ore, in Alleghany, Anne Arundel, Carroll, Baltimore, Frederick and Prince George's counties.

Population, 934,943: male, 462,187; female, 472,756; native, 852,137; foreign, 82,806 white, 724,693; colored, 210,230; Chinese, 5; Indians, 15. Slaves, 1860, 87,189.

State, congressional and presidential elections, Tuesday after first Monday in November; number Senators, 26; Representatives, 91; sessions biennial, in even-numbered years; meeting of legislature, first Wednesday in January; limit of session, 90 days; term of Senators, 4 years; of Representatives, 2 years.

Number electoral votes, 8; number voters, 232,106; native white, 144,586; foreign white, 38,936; colored, 48,584. Insane, convicts and bribers excluded from voting.

Number colleges, 11; school population, 319,201; school age, 5-20.

Legal interest rate, 6; usury forfeits excess of interest.

VIRGINIA. Ver-jin?e-ah. "OLD DOMINION."

Named in honor of Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen. One of the thirteen original States. Settled by English at Jamestown, 1607. Slavery introduced 1619. Seceded May, 1861; re-admitted Jan., 1870.

Area, 42,450 square miles; greatest length, east and west, 440 miles; greatest breadth, 190 miles. Coast line, about 120 miles, or tidal frontage, 1,500 miles. Number counties, 100. Temperature at Norfolk: winter, 40? to 48?; summer, 75? to 80?. Rainfall at White Sulphur Spring, 38 inches.

Richmond, capital and metropolis; pop., 63,600. Pop. of Norfolk 21,966; of Petersburg, 21,656. Hampton Roads is one of the best harbors on Atlantic coast. Seven ports of entry.

Number farms, 118,517; 51 per cent. of laborers are engaged in agriculture. Average value per acre, cleared lands, .42; woodland, .48.

Marble quarried on Potomac. Number sandstone quarries, 10; shipbuilding establishments, 65; saw-mills, 907; sawed lumber, ,434,163; flour and grist mills, 1,385; value products, ,210,272; foundry and machine-shop, ,361,231; iron and steel, ,585,999; cotton goods, ,040,962; leather tanned, ,011,830; slaughtering and meat packing, ,054,500. Total number industries, 5,710; capital invested, ,968,990; value products, ,780,992.

Salaries of State Officers.

Governor ,000 Lieut. Gov. 900 Sec'y of State 2,000 Treasurer 2,000 Auditor 3,000 Sec. Auditor 2,000 Attorney Gen. 2,500 Supt. Pub. Ins. 2,500 Adjutant. Gen. 600 Com'r of Agr. 1,500 Supt. of Land O. 1,300 Pres. Sup. Ct. 3,250 4 J'dg's Sup. Ct. 3,000 2 Dist. Judges 3,500 Senators, Representatives 0 per year. 5 Colls. Int. Revenue 3,000 to 4,500

Presidential P. O.

Abingdon ,500 Alexandria 2,400 Charlottesville 1,900 Danville 2,400 Freder'cksb'gh 1,800 Hampton 1,600 Harrisonbu'gh 1,600 Lexington 1,600 Liberty 1,600 Lynchburgh 2,800 Norfolk 3,100 Petersburgh 2,600 Portsmouth 1,900 Richmond 3,400 Roanoke 2,100 Staunton 2,400 Winchester 1,900 5 Post Offices 1,500 10 P.O. ,400 to 1,000

Gold produced, 1882, ,000; latest reported iron ore product, 182,326 tons; zinc, 10,448 tons; lead, 11,200 tons.

Ranks first in peanuts, second in tobacco, eighth in salt and iron ore.

Population, 1,512,565; male, 745,589; female, 766,976; native, 1,497,869; foreign, 14,696; white, 880,858; colored, 631,616; Chinese, 6; Indians, 85; slaves, 1860, 490,865.

State, congressional and presidential elections, Tuesday after first Monday in November; number Senators, 40; Representatives, 100; sessions of legislature biennial, in odd-numbered years, meeting first Wednesday in December; limit of session, 90 days; term of Senators, 4 years; of Representatives, 2 years.

Number electoral votes, 12; number voters, 334,505; colored, 128,257; native white, 198,277; foreign white, 7,971. Lunatics, idiots, convicts, duelists, United States army, and non-taxpayers of capitation tax excluded from voting.

Number colleges, 7; school population, 555,807; school age, 5-21.

Legal interest, 6; by contract, 8: usury forfeits excess over 6 per cent.

WEST VIRGINIA. Ver-jin?e-ah. "PAN-HANDLE STATE."

Composed of northern and western counties of the original State of Virginia; denounced passage of secession ordinance. April 22d, 1861; became a State, 1863.

Area, 24,780 square miles; greatest length north and south, about 240 miles; greatest breadth, 160 miles. Big Sandy, Great and Little Kanawha, Guyandotte and Monongahela are navigable rivers. Number counties, 54. Temperature at Morgantown: winter, 34? to 42?; summer, 70? to 75?. Rainfall at Romney, 45 inches.

Charleston, capital; pop. 4,192. Wheeling metropolis, principal seat of manufactures, and port of delivery; pop. 30,737. Parkersburg, port of delivery; pop. 6,582. Pop. of Martinsburg, 6,335.

Number farms, 1870, 39,778; 1880, 62,674. Average value per acre cleared land, .05; woodland, .39. A rich agricultural tract, 61 per cent. of laborers engaged in agriculture; staples are tobacco, wheat and corn, the last being the most valuable crop; number bu. grown 1884, being 11,900,000; wheat, 3,318,000; oats, 2,212,000; tobacco, 1883, 1,952,872 lbs.

On farms, Jan., 1884: Sheep, 671,226; swine, 424,626: annual wool clip, 2,000,000 lbs. The yield of butter, 1880, was 9,315,895 lbs; of fruit, over ,000,000. Wine made 1880, 71,026 gallons; total value lumber products, ,431,857.

Salaries of State Officers.

Governor ,700 Secretary of State 1,000 and fees. Treasurer 1,400 Auditor 2,000 and fees. Supt. of Free Schools 1,500 Attorney Gen. 1,000 Presiding Jdg. Supm. Court 2,250 Asso. Judges 2,250 Senators, } per d. Representatives } mileage 10 cents. District Judge 3,500 2 Colls. Int. R. 2,875 30 Deputy Colls. 0 to 1,600

Presidential P. O.

Charleston ,100 Charlestown 1,500 Clarksburg 1,600 Fairmont 1,200 Grafton 1,400 Huntington 1,700 Lewisburgh 1,000 Martinsburgh 1,800 Morgantown 1,000 Moundsville 1,200 Parkersburg 2,300 Piedmont 1,300 Pt. Pleasant 1,000 Wellsburgh 1,300 Weston 1,200 Wheeling 3,000

Iron ore yields 50 to 80 per cent. pure metal, latest amount reported, 61,216 tons; coal, 1,792,570 tons; salt, 2,679,438 bu.; petroleum is extensively produced in Ritchie, Pleasants, Wood and Wirt counties. Ranks fifth in salt and coal; eighth in buckwheat, iron and steel.

Population, 618,457; male, 314,495; female, 303,962; native, 600,192; foreign, 18,265; white, 592,537; colored, 25,886; Indians, 29; 40 per cent. increase in pop. 1870 to 1880; number slaves, 1860, 18,371. Governor and State officers elected quadrennially, and legislature every two years; State elections, second Tuesday in October; congressional and presidential, Tuesday after the first Monday in November; number Senators, 26; Representatives, 65; sessions biennial, in odd-numbered years; limit of session, 45 days; term of Senators, 4 years; of Representatives, 2 years. Number electoral votes, 6; number voters, 139,161; native white, 123,569; foreign white, 9,208; colored, 6,384. Insane, paupers and convicts excluded from voting.

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