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inspects almshouses. On January 1, 1905, the almshouses had 1,016 pauper inmates (12 coloured).

Finance, Defence. — The revenue and expenditure for the year ending August 31, 1911, was : —

Dollars Cash balance, Sept. 1,1911. . . 283,987

Receipts, Sept. 1, 1911, to Aug. 31, 1912. 2,797,894

Total 3,081,881

Disbursements, 1910-11. . . . 2,514,054

Balance, September 1, 1911. . . . 567,827

The net indebtedness on September 1, 1912, amounted to 1,387,038 dollars. The true value of all property in the State in 1904 was estimated

at:—

Dollars

Real property 272,609,666

Personal property 244,179,538

Total .... 516,789,204

The militia of the State, called the New Hampshire National Guard, con- sists of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, the number of men enrolled in 1909 being 131 officers and 1,545 enlisted men.

There is no federal naval establishment within the State, though this navy yard at Kittery, Me. , is known as the Portsmouth Navy Yard, because Ports- mouth, N.H., is its port of entry.

Production and Industry. — The majority of the population is em- ployed in agriculture, but manufacturing interests are not far behind. The total land area of the State is 5,763,000 acres, of which 1,441,000 acres are cultivated, 720,000 acres uncultivated, and 3,602,000 acres under forest. In 1910 there were 27,053 farms with a total acreage (improved and unim- proved) of 3,249,458 acres, or 120 '1 acres to each farm, nearly 29 per cent, of the farm-land being improved. The chief crops are, in order of impor- tance, hay (1912 : 501,000acres, producing 626, 000 tons, valued at 9,390,000 dollars), corn, potatoes (1912 : 17,000 acres, producing 2,380,000 bushels, valued at 1,452,000 dollars), oats ; the chief fruit crop is apples. In 1910 the farm animals in the State were 59,600 horses, 122,000 milk cows, 93,000 other cattle, 74,000 sheep, and 51,000 swine.

Metals are little worked, but granite and mica are quarried, and mineral waters and scythe stones are worked. The value of the granite output in 1911 was 1,017,272 dollars. In 1911 the clay products were valued at 430,748 dollars. Total value of mineral products, 1911, 1,727,645 dollars.

The manufacturing interests, aside from forest products, are largely confined to the Southrrn part of the State. In 1910 the capital invested in manufactures amounted to 139,990,000 dollars; the wage-earners numbered 78,658; the raw materials used were valued at 98,157,000 dollars, and the output at 164,581,000 dollars. Boots and shoes rank first, followed by cotton and woollen goods. An important occupation in the State is the summer entertainment of guests in the mountain and lake regions.

The imports are by rail grain, flour, -beef, &c. The exports are the pro- ducts of the State, boots and shoes, cotton and woollen goods, granite, lumber and pulp for paper. There is very little shipping. Portsmouth is the only port.