EDUCATION.-Colleges, 11; instructors, 180; students, 2,193. Public schools, 3,446; value of school property, $6,949,983; teachers, 3,556; teachers' salaries (1882), $2,406,781; receipts for school purposes, $3.525,527; expended for same (1882), $3,122,666; school age, 5 to 17 years; school population (1882), 216,380; pupils enrolled (1882), 168,024; average attendance (1882), 107,177; average length of school session in 1882, 155.4 days. Persons over ten years who cannot read, 48,583, being 7.1 per cent. of all persons over ten years. Persons over ten years who cannot write: native white, 7,660; foreign white, 18,430; colored, Chinese and Indians, 27,340; total, 53,430, being 7.8 per cent. of all persons over ten years. Daily papers, 59; others, 305; total, 364. Circulation, 671,811. OCCUPATIONS.-Persons engaged in agriculture, 79,396; in professional and personal services, 121,435; in trade and transportation, 57,392; in mining, mechanics and manufacturing, 118,282. AGRICULTURE-Number of farms, 35.934; total acres in farms, 16,593.742; improved acres, 10,669,698; average size of farms, 462 acres; value of farms and buildings, $262,051,282; value of implements, $8,447,744; total value of all farm products, sold, consumed or on hand, $59,721,425. MANUFACTURES.-Number of establishments, 5,885; cap ital invested, $61,243,784; hands employed, 43,693; wages paid, $21,065,905; value of material, $72,607,709; value of products, $116,218,973. The principal manufactures are: Boots and shoes... .$3,649,551, Lumber, sawed... .$4,428,950 Clothing (men's)... 3,992,209 Printing and publishing... 3,148,978 Flour and mill products... Machinery...... ..12,701,477 Slaughtering and packing.... 7,953,914 4,797,232 Tobacco and Cigars. 3,947,353 Leather, tanned and curried.. 5,740,573 Sugar-refining.. 5,932,000 Malt liquors... 3,862,431 Total steam and water power in use, 32,921 horse-power. 236,950 tons. 19,948 Total precious....$18,301,828 COMMERCIAL FACILITIES.-Railroads in 1883, 3,187 miles of line; miles operated, 3,745; cost, $268,485,344; total investment, $289,618,204. Total number of steam craft, 187; tonnage, 59,030; value, $3,792,800. Number of sail craft, 652; tonnage, 117,970; value, $2,949,250. Barges and flats, 88; value, $110,800. FINANCIAL CONDITION-Assessed value of real estate (1882), $446,219,940; personal property, $161,152,822. State taxation (1882), 59.6 cents on $100, $3,934,184; county taxation, $4,059,471; township and municipal taxation, $5,353,357; State debt (1882), all funded, $606,500; local and county indebtedness, $13,449,074. GOVERNMENT.—Capital, Sacramento. Governor elected every four years. Salary, $6,000. The other State officers, all elected for four years, are: Lieutenant-Governor, salary, $12 per day; Secretary of State, $3,000; Treasurer, $3,000; Comptroller, $3,000; Superintendent Public Instruction, $3,000; AttorneyGeneral, $3,000; Surveyor-General, $3,000; State Librarian, $3,000. The Legislature is composed of 40 Senators and 80 Representatives. Senators are chosen for four years and Representatives for two years. Salary of each, $8 a day, $25 extra, and 10 cents mileage. Sessions held biennially, commencing on first Monday after Jan. 1. Limit of session, 60 days. The date of State election is Tuesday after first Monday in November; also of Presidential and Congressional election. Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and six associates, elected for twelve years. Salary of each, $6,000. Representatives in Congress, 6; Presidential Electors, 8. NAME-From the Rio Colorado, the ruddy, red or colored river. Popular name, "The Centennial State." ADMISSION.-Organized as a Territory, Feb. 28, 1861; act of admission, March 3, 1875; admission took effect' August 1, 1876. AREA.-Square miles, 103,645; acres, 66,332,800; persons EDUCATION.-Colleges, 3; instructors, 25; students, 380. Public schools, 514; value of school property, $710,503; teachers, 559; teachers' salaries (1882), $300,128; receipts for Chinese....612 Indian.. .154 4.98 4-71 .86,004 1880. 1870. 1860. 1,487 6,804 2,390 522 838 8,903 4,276 2,669 447 7,617 2,265 140 304 school purposes, $526,126; expended for same (1882), $626,965; school age, 6-21 years; school population (1882), 49,208; pupils enrolled (1882), 31,738; average attendance (1882), 18,488; average length of school session in 1882, 100 days. Persons over ten years who cannot read, 9,321, being 5.9 per cent. of all persons over ten years of age. Persons over ten years who cannot write: native white, 8,373; foreign white, 1,533; colored, Chinese and Indians, 568; total, 10,474, being 6.6 pe cent. of all persons over ten years of age. Daily papers, 20; others, 70; total, 90. Circulation, 101,329. OCCUPATIONS.-Persons engaged in agriculture, 13,539; in professional and personal service, 24,813; in trade and transportation, 15,491; in manufacturing, mechanics and mining, 47,408. AGRICULTURE-Number of farms, 4,506; total acres in farms, 1,165,373; improved acres, 616,169; average size of farms, 259 acres; value of farms and buildings, $25,109,223; value of implements, $910,085; total value of all farm products, sold, consumed or on hand, $5,035,228. Total value of all live-stock on farms, June 1, 1880.... Number. 315,989 746,443 7,656 .$8,703,342 MANUFACTURES.-Number of establishments, 599; capi tal invested, $4,311,714; hands employed, 5,074; wages paid, $2,314,427; value of material, $8,806,762; value of products, $14,260,159. The principal products were; |