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 RHODE ISLAND 293 Khode Island is divided into three customs districts, Bristol and Warren, Newport, and Providence. The direct foreign commerce is not extensive, but there is a large coasting trade. The statistics of the foreign commerce for the year ending June 30, 1875, including imports and exports and entrances and clear- ances, with the number and tonnage of ves- sels belonging in the different districts on that date, are contained in the following table : DISTRICTS. Imports. Ezportt. ENTRANCES. CLEARANCES. BELONGING. No. Tom. No. Tons. No. Tom. Bristol and Warren $5,100 11,632 28,088 "6 148 eir 22,590 1 5 125 191 620 19,636 20 187 182 1,265 6,848 86,485 Newport $1,750 812,960 Providence State $814,700 $89,820 154 23,207 181 20,447 289 44,598 Of the vessels belonging in the state, 48, with an aggregate tonnage of 21,570, were steamers. Cod and mackerel fishing for the New York and other markets is carried on to a consider- able extent, chiefly from Newport. The num- ber of vessels engaged in this business on June 30, 1875, was 105, with an aggregate tonnage of 1,547. Menhaden, scup, and bluefish are also extensively caught, while clams and other shellfish are abundant on the shores of Narra- gansett bay. The latest published statistics of the coasting trade, for the year ending June 30, 1875, are as follows : DISTRICTS. ENTRANCES. CLEARANCES. No. Toni. No. Toni. Bristol and Warren 89 880 844 5,471 601,948 748,765 61 827 157 60,661 806,089 118,023 Newport Providence State.... 1.218 1.556.184 545 969.623 Rhode Island is well supplied with railroads. The particulars of the different lines at the be- ginning of 1875 are shown in the following table : LINES. TERMINI. Length In state. Total length whn different from preceding. Boston and Providence Boston, Mass., to Providence 10* m. 44 m. Boston, Hartford, and Erie (Woonsocket division) Brookline, Mass., to Woonsocket j 7T 88f Fall River, Warren, and Providence Warren to Fall River, Mass 2 " 5f ' Hartford, Providence, and Fishkill Providence to Waterbury, Conn 26J " 122i ' Newport and Wickford Wickford Junction to Wickford, opposite Newport 8| " New York, Providence, and Boston Groton, opp. New London, Conn., to Providence . 45 " 62i ' Old Colony Boston, Mass., to Newport 16} " 67J ' Pawtuxet Valley River Point to Hope 8J " Providence and Springfield Providence to Pascoag 23 Providence and Worcester Providence to Worcester, Mass 18 " 44} " Providence, Warren, and Bristol Providence to Bristol 181- " Warwick gl U Wood River branch Wood River Junction to Locustville 6* Total... 176 m. There are 62 national banks, which on Oct. 2, 1874, had an aggregate capital of $20,504,800 ; outstanding circulation, $12,990,605 ; individ- ual deposits, $7,930,653 64; total assets, $49,- 008,801 37. The number of state banks is 15 (12 in Providence and 3 in Newport), which on Dec. 2, 1874, had an aggregate paid-in cap- ital of $3,210,000, and deposits to the amount of $1,537,701 22; total assets, $5,229,253 46. The institutions for savings, 37 in number, on the same date had 98,359 depositors and de- posits to the amount of $48,771,501 86. The aggregate assets amounted to $50,540,703 19. The condition of the Rhode Island Hospital trust company in Providence, the only one in the state, was as follows: capital, $500,000; deposits, $1,935,520 59 ; moneys in trust, $3,696,344 43 ; total assets, $6,694,862 65. The following are the statistics of the fire, fire and marine, and life insurance companies authorized to transact business in the state on Jan. 1, 1875 : COMPANIES. Number. Capital paid up. Gross agiets. Liabilities, Inclu- ding reinsurance. Surplus as to policy holders. ( Rhode Island companies 23 $1,300,000 $8,108,200 $1,272,271 $1.880,929 Fire, &c. < Companies of other states 102 82,132,270 79,720,055 81,966,194 47,753,861 18 14,595,821* 7,204.276* 7,891,044* Life companies of other states 81 4,476,000 831,078,845 292,853,781 88,725,064 The official designation of the state is "the state of Rhode Island and Providence Planta- tions." The government is vested in a gov- ernor (salary $1,000), lieutenant governor ($500), secretary of state ($2,500 and fees), attorney general ($2,500), treasurer ($2,000),
 * In the United States.