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526 cigars numbered 469,301,042, valued at 30,127,941 dollars, and of cigarettes 7,800,000, valued at 154,000 dollars.

The State has facilities for transportation both by land and water. A large trade is carried on through Pensacola, where the domestic exports were largely cottons ; other merchandise being forest products, phosphate, tobacco, wheat, flour, &c. The harbour channel is now 30 feet deep at low tide. At Jacksonville harbour improvements are being carried out. In 1917 there were 5,248 miles of steam railway, and 206 miles (1919) of electric railway. The Atlantic Coast railway and the Louisville and Nashville railway run through the State. The Florida East Coast Railway extension to Key West was opened January 22nd, 1912. The U.S. Government is deepening the channel at Key West and making other improvements.

In 1920 there were 3 savings banks in the State, with 6,931 depositors who had' to their credit 1,486,609 dollars, being 214*40 dollars to each depositor.

Books of Reference.

The Reports of the various Executive Departments.

Aflalo (F. G.), Sunshine, and Sport in Florida and the West Indies. London, 1907.

Davis (W. W.), The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida. New York and London, 1913.

French (B. T.), Historical Collections of Louisiana and Florida. New York, 1869. Parkman (F.) The French Pioneers in North America.

Simpson (C. T.), In Lower Florida Wilds. New York, 1920.

GEORGIA.

Government. — The colony of Georgia (so named from George II.) was founded in 1733. Georgia entered the Union as one of the thirteen original States.

The General Assembly consists of a Senate of 51 members and a House of Representatives of 193 members. Both Senators and Representatives are elected for two years. Legislative Sessions are annual and limited to 50 days. There is manhood suffrage, but residence and United States citizenship are, required. The State is represented in Congress by two Senators and 12 Representatives.

Governor. — T. W. Hardwick, 1921-1923 (7,500 dollars).

Secretary. — G. L. McLendon.

Georgia is divided into 155 counties. The State Capital is Atlanta.

Area and Population. — Area 59,265 square miles, of which 540 square miles are water. Population on January 1, 1920, 2,895,832 (census).