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Of the total population in 1910, 752 j>er cent, was urban.

The Roiiiau Catholic Church has 51 - 5 per cent, of the church -going popu- lation ; other bodies are Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, and Protestant Episcopal.

Elementary instruction is free and compulsory for all children from 7 to 15 years of age ; the schools are open to all from 5 to 20 years of age. On June 30, 1920, the public schools had 12,775 teachers and 533,073 enrolled pupils, and 70 public high schools had 2,365 teachers and 53,710 pupils. In 1920, 3 public normal schools had 105 teachers and 2,015 students. The total ex; on education (1920) was 30,854,795

dollars. There were altoge' -hool buil'i

Higher and non-sectarian is provided at Princeton University

(founded in 1746), which, in 1919, had 180 professors and 1,500 students : at Rutgers College (1766) at New Brnnswick, with 75 professors and 460 students; and at Stevens Institute of Technology (1871) at Hoboken, with 46 professors and 522 students.

For philanthropic and charitable purposes New Jersey has 2 State insane hospitals ; 9 couuty insane hospitals ; 2 establishments for the feeble minded ; an epileptic village ; 10 county institutions for tuberculosis patients ; 2 soldiers' homes ; a school for the deaf and dumb.

Finance, Defence. — The receipts and disbursements of the Stale Fund for the financial year ending Jane 30, 1919, were as follows :—

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Balance, June 30, 1918 9,456,070

Receipts, June 30, 1919 14,884,220

Total 24,290,290

Disbursements, June 30, 1919 .... 15,373,316

Balance, June 30, 1919. . . 8,916,974

There is no State debt.

The military forces of the State consist of four battalions of State militia ot 1,500 men, and 1 regiment of infantry of 1,000 men of the National guard. There is a State camp ground and rifle range at Sea Girt on the Atlantic Ocean.

Prodnction and Industry. — Agriculture, market-gardening, fruit- growing, horticulture, and forestry are pursued within the State. In 1910 New Jersey had 33,487 farms with a total area of 2,573,857 acres, of which 1,803,836 acres was improved land. The value of all farm property in 1910 was 254,832,665 dollars. In 1920 the chief crop was maize, acreage 260,000. producing 11,440,000 bushels, valued at 9,724,000 dollars ; of hay there was an acreage of 330,000 acres, producing 544,000 short tons, valued at 14,960,000 dollars. The yield of potatoes in 1920 was 14,820,000 bushels. The farm animals on January 1, 1921, comprised 87,000 horses, 151,000 milch cows, 73,000 other cattle, 29,000 sheep, and 182,000 swine. In 1919 the wool clip yielded 92,000 pounds.

New Jersey has valuable fisheries, the lakes and streams being stocked with trout, perch, black bass, &c, while there are shad, menhaden, and sturgeon fisheries on the Delaware River and Bay and round the coast. Value of shell fish for the year ending September 1919, 6,700,000 dollars.

The mineral deposits consist of magnetic iron, zinc, manganese, talc, soap- stone, and graphite. Clay and clay-products led in 1918 with a total out-