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 282 FLORIDA ments for sawing lumber, with 69 steam en- gines of 2,487 horse power and 1,116 hands; capital, $755,090 ; wages paid, $421,820; value of materials $1,163,238, of products $2,235,780. There were 27 establishments for the manufac- ture of molasses and sugar, whose products were valued at $41,510. The fisheries of Flor- ida might be of great value, but as yet this in- dustry has been but slightly developed. Ac- cording to the census of 1870, the value of the fisheries for that year was $101,528. Florida has seven ports of entry : Appalachicola, Fer- nandina, Key West, Pensacola, St. Augustine, St. John's, and St. Mark's. The value of the imports from foreign countries for the year ending June 30, 1873, was $505,571, and of the domestic exports $2,984,975. Of the former $389,054 were entered at Key West, and of the latter $1,591,532 were from the port of Pen- sacola. The chief articles of export are lum- ber, cotton, tobacco, and fish. The number and tonnage of vessels entering from and clear- ing for foreign countries, and of those regis- tered, enrolled, and licensed at the different ports, were as follows : PORTS. ENTERED. CLEARED. REGIS- TERED, AO. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Ton*. Appalachicola. Fernandina Key West. . . Pensacola St. Augustine St. John's St. Mark's.... 15 52 384 2G9 2,656 14.789 68,828 179,712 21 68 353 256 4,149 22,217 58,661 173,590 22 10 103 96 8 32 5 1,993 1,570 3,374 5,607 82 3,653 509 26 4 8,456 980 40 2 6,455 122 The coasting trade is also very extensive, em- ploying numerous steamers, which with other craft carry immense freights to Savannah, Charleston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. But a large portion of the material exported from Pensacola and Appalachicola originates in southern Alabama and southwest- ern Georgia. The great bulk of foreign mer- chandise consumed in the state is also entered coastwise, chiefly from the northern ports. The number of vessels that entered and cleared in the coastwise trade during the year ending June 30, 1873, was as follows : PORTS. ENTERED. CLEARED. No. Tons. No. Tons. Appalachicola 54 218 837 284 60 445 148 12,932 106,258 201,942 43,870 9,513 136,085 68,345 48 217 278 294 43 484 153 12,285 102,373 198,517 51,253 6,673 145,528 70,046 Fernandina Key West Pensacola St. Augustine St. John's St. Mark's Ship building is carried on at all of these ports. During the year 14 vessels of 241 tons were built. In 1873 there were 466 m. of railroad in Florida. The Jackson, Pensacola, and Mobile railroad extends W. from Jack- sonville across the N. part of the state, and is intended to afford direct communication with Pensacola and Mobile. In 1873 it was in opera- tion from Jacksonville to the Chattahoochee river, 209 m. The Florida branch extends from Live Oak N. to Lawton, Ga., on the At- lantic and Gulf railroad, and another branch extends S. from Tallahassee to St. Mark's. The Atlantic, Gulf, and West India Transit company's railroad connects Fernandina on the Atlantic and Cedar Keys on the gulf, 155 m. The St. John's River railroad extends from St. Augustine to Tocoi on St. John's river, 14 m., where connection is made with steamers to Jack- sonville. The Pensacola and Louisville railroad extends from Pensacola to Pollard, Ala., on the Mobile and Montgomery railroad, 45 m. The legislative authority is vested in a senate and assembly, designated the "legislature of the state of Florida." There are now 53 rep- resentatives and 24 senators. The sessions are annual, beginning on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of January, and may extend to 60 days. Members of the assembly are chosen for two years and senators for four years. The governor is elected for four years. He is required to be a qualified elector, and to have been a citizen of the United States nine years and of Florida three years next preceding the time of his election. A lieutenant governor is elected, whose term of office and eligibility are the same as those of the governor. The governor is assisted by a cabinet of administra- tive officers, consisting of a secretary of state, attorney general, comptroller, treasurer, sur- veyor general, superintendent of public instruc- tion, adjutant general, and commissioner of immigration. These officers are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate, and hold office the same time as the governor, or until their successors shall be qualified. The governor is required to appoint in each county, with the consent of the senate, an assessor of taxes and collector of revenue, a county treasurer, county surveyor, superintendent of common schools, and five county commission- ers, each of whom shall hold office for two years. Such officers are subject to removal by the governor, but only for wilful neglect of duty, a violation of the criminal laws of the state, or for incompetency. The governor and cabinet constitute a board of commissioners of state institutions, with supervision of all mat- ters connected therewith. The judicial power is vested in a supreme court, circuit courts, county courts, and justices of the peace. All judges' are appointed by the governor and con- firmed by the senate ; justices of the peace are also appointed by the governor. The supreme court judges hold office for life or during good behavior ; those of the circuit courts for eight and of the county courts for four years. The supreme court consists of a chief justice and two associates, and holds three terms annually in Tallahassee. There are seven circuit courts, each having one judge. In addition to the usual functions, the county courts have full