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 BOOKS OF REFERENCE

most of the New England States, are from the stone quarries and the clay pits. There are large stone quarries at Quincy, Rockport, Worcester, and Milford.

A large foreign trade is carried on through the Massachusetts Customs District (i.e., Boston and eight minor ports) by twenty-two Trans-Atiantic steatii«hip lines. In the calendar year 1919 the imports were valued at 299,364,999 dollars and the exports (including foreign, transhipped) at 334.554,031 dollars.

In 1919 the vessels engaged in foreign trade which entered the Massa- chusetts District had a tonnage of 1,770,439 ; and those which cleared, 1,281,459. The number of vessels from domestic ports entering the port of Boston was 6,506.

The total number of immigrant aliens from Trans-Atlantic ports admitted at the port of Boston during the year 1919, arriving for the first time and in- tending to remain permanently, was C

On December 31, 1919, there were 2,127 miles of main and branch steam railroads in the State. The 3 principal railroads, the Boston and Albany fNew York Central lessee), the Boston and Maine, and the New York, New Haven and Hartford, each having a terminus in Boston, have operated about 95 per cent, of the railroad mileage and conducted over 98 per cent, of the entire passenger and freight business as expressed in gross revenue from those sources. On December 31, 1919, the total length of electric railways (main and second track, surface and elevated) within the State was 2,836 miles. The elevated track is confined to Boston and Cambridge.

On September, 1919, there were 159 National banks in operation in the State, of which 12 were in Boston. The total assets of the 159 National banks amounted to 1,054,265,000 dollars. On October 31, 1919, there were in operation in the State 196 savings-banks with assets of 1,215,244,815 dollars and 190 co-operative banks with assets of 154,879,638 dollars, and 105 trust companies having aggregate assets of 1,076,214,436 dollars. For many years there have been no State banks, strictly so called, in Massachusetts, but two such banks were incorporated during the year 1917. On December 1, 1919, the total assets of both amounted approximately to 1,250,000 dollars. The total clearings of the Boston Clearing House during the calendar year 1920 amounted to 18,816,978,696 dollars.

British Consul-General at Boston. — Thomas P. Porter. Vice-Consul. — James A. Brannen.

Books of Reference.

The Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.

Manual for the General Court, 1919. By Clerk of the Senate, ani Clerk of the House of Representatives. Annual, Boston, Mass.

.rfdams (Charles F., Jr.), Three Episodes of Massachusetts History (2 Vols. \ Boston, 1892.

Barry (John S.X History of Massachusetts. (8 vols.) Boston.

Bradford (A.), History of Massachusetts, 1744-1830. (3 vols.) Boston, 1829.

Clapp (E. J.), The Port of Boston. New Haven and London, 1916.

FUke (John), The Beginnings of New England. Boston, 1889.

FrotMngha.n (L. A.). A Brief History of the Constitution and Government of Massa- chusetts. Cambridge, 1

Gardiner (J. H.), Harvard. Oxford, 1915.

OriJJls (William El. M *al American Commonwealth, 1S93.

Hale (E.l. The Story of Massachusetts. Boston. 1*91.

Hutchinton (Thomas), The History of .Massachusetts from the First Settlement thereof in 102S-1774. (3 vols).

Wirer (Petr), The Puritan Commonwealth: An Historical Review of the Puritan Government in Massachusetts. Boston. 1S56.

Palfrey (J.G.), History .md. Boston. Mass., 18SS-90.

ShurtUf Nathaniel B.), Topographical and Historical Description of Boston. Boston. 1871.

Winter (Justin), Memorial History of Boston. 1630-1SS0. (4 vols.) Boston,!*

Various papers published by the Massachusetts Historical Society.