Identifier: handymanualofuse01conk (find matches)
Title: Handy manual of useful information and world's atlas, for mechanics, merchants, editors, lawyers ... and all classes of workers in every department of human effort; also a compilation of facts for ready reference on 2,000 subjects, being an epitome of matters historical, statistical, biographical, political, geographical, and of general interest. A universal hand-book for ready reference
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Conklin, George W., comp
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Chicago, Laird & Lee
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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lso mined. Halifax, the capital, has an excellent harbor, and Is the chiefBritish naval station in North America. Prince Edward Island, the smallest province, is the mostdensely populated. Agriculture and fishing are the chief occupa-tions. Fish and eggs tho principal exports. Charlottetown is the capital. Newfoundland is noted for its barren soil, cold climate anddense fogs. The dense fogs which prevail in this latitude are due to themeeting of the cold Arctic Current with the warm waters of theGulf Stream. During the spring and summer, icebergs and pack-ice are brought down by the Arctic Current, and drift about untilmelted. It is for this reason that the steam-ship route betweenAmerica and Great Britain is one of the most dangerous in theworld. Its cod, salmon and seal fisheries give employment to aboutnine-tenths of the inhabitants. St. Johns, the capital, is the most easterly city in North America,south of Greenland. The Territories were formerly owned by the Hudson Bay Com-pany.
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346 NEW HAMPSHIRE. One of the thirteen original states. Named for Hampshil)county, England, called the **Granite State. Ratified UnitedStates Constitution June 21, 1788. Union soldiers 33,937. Num-ber counties 10. Miles raiC^oad 660. All elections Tuesday afteifirst Monday in Nov., number senators24, representatives 321, ses-sions of legislature biennial, in odd-numbere4 years, meeting firstWednesday in June. Terms of senators and representatives 2years each. Number electoral votes 4, congressmen 2, numbervoters 105,138. Paupers excluded from voting. Dartmouth Col-lege, at Hanover, founded 1769. Compulsory education law, com-mon schools excellent, school age 5-15. Legal interest 6per cent.j,usury forfeits 3 times the excess. Population 1880 346,991, male178,526, female 176,465, native 300,697, white 346,229, colored 685,Indians 63. Extreme length N. and S. 181 miles, extreme width92 miles, area 9,005 sq. miles—5,763,200 acres. Coast line 18miles. Highest peak Mt. Washington. Largest

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