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Rh of and, with which it is  by two fine s. It has   with , which is 32  south, and with , 78  north. The contains a handsome ’  of white,  in , several public , including the , the ’ and the ’ , and a public  with 30,000. Haverhill derives its prosperity from the of  and, chiefly of the finer kinds, in which about 150  are engaged,  from 6000 to 8000 hands, and turning out  to the  value of about 2,000,000. Besides these there are about forty of different articles used in, as , , -, &c. The other include, -, and. The first settlement at Haverhill was made in, and for 70 as a frontier  it suffered much from. A fine and   has been recently  to commemorate the ism of the early settlers. Haverhill was in, and received its   in. The in  amounted to 13,092, of whom 2003 were. In the number was estimated at 15,000.  HAVRE, (originally undefined), a of, the second to in importance as a, capital of an  in the  of , is situated on the north  of the  of the , 143  N.W. of  and 55 W. of  by. The greater part of the stands on a level, but from the heights on which Ingouville, since  united to Havre, is situated, a charming and varied prospect is obtained. In the lower part of the the  run chiefly in straight lines, and they are grouped round the  or, which  by  and are placed so as to form a  entered from the Outer. The old surrounding the  were  in, and it is now defended by  erected on the heights of Ingouville and Sainte-Adresse. The principal is the de, running from north to south in the centre of the, and among the principal  may be mentioned the Boulevard de Strasbourg, the Place Louis XVI., and the Jetée du Nord, which terminates in a. Havre possesses a of the first instance, a  of, an  and  of , a  of , a  , and a. The principal are the  of  and, the new , the , containing s for a , and for , , and , and with  in front of  and , natives of Havre, by ; the , the house called the Cercle du Commerce, the new , the  , the -, the -, and the  -. The are among the finest in the, and consist of eight separate , which, with the late enlargement of the outer , afford 150  of accommodation for. The new entrance to the has a width of 100  or 328. have lately been laid along the. As these have absorbed much of the space on the, is frequently a slow and tedious process, but the completion of the lately projected  will afford all the facilities necessary in this respect. The completion of the proposed between Havre and the  near  would be a great  benefit to the  whose prosperity has, notwithstanding its advantages as the  of, and its unsurpassed facilities for  accommodation, been much hampered by the system of centralization, which has both retarded improvements and led to the levying of exorbitant  rates. Partly on this account, not only has been unable to maintain the transit of  for, , and , but even much of the  of its own northern and eastern  has been directed to. The is served by an abundant network of  and, while Havre has only one convenient  (that to  by ), and the   with its dangers and high. The completion of the scheme for a over  to  will afford partial remedy for this state of matters. In the extensive  of Havre the finest  of  are, and many are also built for other. The of two new  has lately been proposed, one of which is to afford accommodation for the largest. Havre is now as a  station and  of. The has regular   with, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and. The total number of which entered the  in  was 6491 with a  of 2,192,778, while 6458 cleared with a  of 2,148,517. For the 5 ending  the average number of  that entered was 6041 with a  of 1,841,265, the number that cleared 6006 with a  of 1,818,189. The average value of  and  is about 2800 million. The of Havre with the  is very large, and it has always retained its superiority in the  of, one-third of which, however, it  from other  than. It is also the chief for the  of  to the, and an important point of. Besides its principal  are, s, , len, , ,  and  , , , , , , and. The principal are various  , , ,  and  produce, , , and. is extensively prosecuted. Besides the various connected with, Havre possesses - works,  ,  ,  works, ,  works, and  of , , , and. It is also much frequented for -. The in  was 85,538, and in  it was 85,407.

