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ments with a total capital of 275,416,000 dollars, employing 84,767 wage- earners, who were paid in the year 15,452,000 dollars ; the cost of raw material nsed was 281,622,000 dollars, and the output was valued at 409,420,000 dollars.

Minneapolis is an important centre of the grain trade. Duluth is an important port on Lake Superior.

In 1917, Minnesota had 9,161 miles of railway, besides 732 miles of elec- tric railway track (1919). From St. Paul 10 railways, with a total length of 60,000 miles radiate. The Great Northern Railway Company of St. Paul has a line of steamers which sail between Puget Sound and China, Japan, and the Philippines, the railway of the company carrying vast loads of merchandise from St. Paul to the port of shipment at very low freights.

On June 30, 1919, there were 9 mutual savings banks in the State with 134,000 depositors who had to their credit 46,721,000 dollars, being 34866 dollars to each depositor.

Books of Reference.

Legislative Manual of Minnesota, and tbe various Executive and Administrative Reports of the State. St. PanL

FoUcell(W. W.), Minnesota, In 'American Commonwealth' Series. Boston, 1907.

(rauthier (Julie C), Minnesota, Official Guide and History St. Paul, 1912.

Joknton (C), Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley. New York and London, 1906.

Still $ History of Minnesota. Historical Society, St. Paul, I

MatVey (F. L), The Government of Minnesota. New York and London, 1905.

Robinson (E. V.). Cost of Government in Minnesota. St. Paul, 1913.— Early Economic conditions in Minnesota. Minneapolis, 1915.

MISSISSIPPI.

Government. — The State was admitted into the Union on December 10, 1817. The Legislature consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives, both elected for four years.

Qualified as electors are all United States citizens who have resided in the State two years and in the election district for one year (clergymen for six months) next before the election, have paid the legal taxes, and nave been registered. The applicant for registration must be able to read the State Constitution or show that he understands it when it is read to him.

The State is represented in Congress by two Senators and eight Represen- tatives.

Governor.— Lee M. Russell, 1920-24 (5,000 dollars).

Secretary of State. — J. W. Power.

The State capital is Jackson (population in 1920, 22,679). Mississippi is divided into 79 counties.

Area, Population, Education.— Area 46,865 square miles, 503 square miles being water. Census population on January 1, 1920, 1,790,618.

Years

White

Coloured

Total

Per sq. nale

1860 1900 1910

353,901 643,640 789,627

437,404

907,630

1,009,487

791.305 1,551,270 1,797,114

171 33-5 38-8