The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . prising an estimated area of 72,000 square milesand a population of 110,000, was named KaiserWilhelms Land, and was declared to be under aGerman protectorate in 1884. The present Eng-lish territory in New Guinea starts from thenortheast coast, on the 8th parallel of south lati- NEW HAMPSHIRE 20/ tude, and follows it to its intersection with the147th meridian; thence northwest to the inter-section of the 5th degree of south latitude withthe degree of east longitude; thence west-northwest to the inters
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . prising an estimated area of 72,000 square milesand a population of 110,000, was named KaiserWilhelms Land, and was declared to be under aGerman protectorate in 1884. The present Eng-lish territory in New Guinea starts from thenortheast coast, on the 8th parallel of south lati- NEW HAMPSHIRE 20/ tude, and follows it to its intersection with the147th meridian; thence northwest to the inter-section of the 5th degree of south latitude withthe degree of east longitude; thence west-northwest to the intersection of the 5th degreeof south latitude and 141st degree of east longi-tude. The adjacent islands north of lat. 8° German; those south of that latitude areEnglish. The English territory has an estimatedarea of 90,540 square miles and a population of350,000, with Port Moresby as the official general article embracing the early history,see New Guinea, Vol. XVII, pp. 386-390. NEW HAMPSHIRE has an area of 9,305 squaremiles, of which 300 are water surface, leaving the. STATE SEAL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. land area 9,005 square miles, or 5,763,200 1890 the population was 376,530; that of 1880was 346,991, the gain being equal to an increase per cent. In 1900 the population was 411,-588, an increase of per cent, over the previousdecade. The twelfth decennial census showedNew Hampshire to have nine cities of 8,000 andupward in population, the smallest, Laconia City,having a population of 8,042, and the largest,Manchester, a population of 56,987. The lattercity has exhibited a rapid growth in the past fivedecades, the increase in the last ten years being atthe rate of 29. i per cent. Berlin has also taken agreat stride from 3,729 in 1890 to 8,886 in other chief cities of the State are Concord,Dover, Franklin, Keene, Nashua, Portsmouth,Rochester, and Somersworth. New Hampshire had, in 1889, 61,498 acres devotedto the cereals, the product in bushel
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