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railway within the State. The railways are connected with the Canadian railway svstems.

In' June, 1919, there were 44 savings banks in the State, with 286,277 depositors, having to their credit 97,253,000 dollars, being 418-3;. dollars to each depositor.

At Portland there is a British vice-consul.

Books of Reference.

Reports of the varions Executive Departments.

Census of Manufacture* : Main*. Bureau of the Census. Washington, D.C., 1910.

Abbott (J. B n ard Portland. 1875. Second Edition, 1S92.

Burrage(H. S.), nal Maine. PortUnd, !:

Carver (L. D.). Cm -ute of Maine. Augusta, 1902. Waterrille, 1913.

Holmes (II. ■.), Lewiston, 1

Maedonald ( W. l The Government of Maine. New York.

Main.- HisN 46 toIs. Portland. Me., 1S6S-1916.

Sulliran(J.\ Hi.-i t of Maine, i

WilliamsotuVi. D.), History of Maine. Hallowei

MARYLAND.

Government. — -Maryland was one of the thirteen original States. The General Assembly consists of a Senate and a House of Delegates. There senators and 102 Delegates. The Senators serve for four years, and the Senate is renewed to the extent of half every two years. Delega; elected for two years.

There is universal suffrage for United States citizens who have resided one year in the State, six mouths in the Congressional District, and one day in the precinct next preceding election. It is necessary for a person entering the State to declare his intention of becoming a resident of the State one year before he is entitled to register as a voter.

Maryland is represented in Congress by two Senators and ,>ix -entatives.

Governor.— Albert C. Ritchie, 1920-24 (4,500 dollars).

Secretary of State. — Philip P>. Perlman.

The State is divided into 23 counties and Baltimore City. The State Capital is Annapolis.

Area, Population, Instruction. — Area, 12,327 square miles, of which 9,941 square miles is land and 2,386 are water, the Chesapeake Bay alone occupying 1,203 square miles. The extreme breadth from north to south is 128 miles ; the extreme length from east to west is 315 miles. Census population on January 1, 1920, 1,449,681.

Tears Population Per sq. mile

1820 407,350 41-3

Xmn

1910

1900 1,188,044 1195 1920

Population Per sq. mile

1,295,346 130-3

1,449,681 145-8

In 1910 the population by sex and race was : —


 * White Negro Asiatic Indian

Total

Male. . . . 529,072 ! 114,749 404 Female. 533,567 117,501 53

644,225

651,121

Total. . .J 1,062,639 232,250 402 56

1,295,346