Banking.—On Oct. 31, 1919, there were reported 55 National banks in operation, having $5,235,000 in capital, $5,457,000 in outstanding circulation, and $5,616, 500 in United States bonds, and 14 loan and trust companies with $805,000 capi tal and $932,000 surplus.
Education.—The total school popula tion of the State is about 80,000. It has an enrolment of about 75,000. In the ele mentary schools there are about 2,500 teachers and about 600 in the secondary schools. The average yearly salary of male teachers in the secondary schools is about $1,400 and the women teachers about $650. For higher education there were 52 public high schools; 31 private secondary schools; the State Normal School, at Plymouth; Dartmouth College, at Hanover; St. Anselin's College, at Manchester; and the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, at Durham.
Churches.—The strongest denomina tions in the State are the Roman Catho 'ic, Congregational, Methodist Episcopal, Regular Baptist, Free Will Baptist, Uni arian, Protestant Episcopal, Advent Christian, and Universalist.
Transportation.—The total railway mileage of the State in 1919 was 2,202. Of this 1,020 miles are controlled by the Boston and Maine.
Finances—The receipts for the fiscal year 1918 amounted to $4,367,422 and the disbursements to $4,062,048. The net debt of the State amounts to about $1,600,000.
Charities and Corrections.—The chari table and correctional institutions in clude a State Normal School at Man chester, State Hospital for the Insane at Concord, State Prison at Concord, State Sanatorium at Concord, School for Feeble-Minded at Laconia, and Soldiers' Home at Tilton. There are also a num ber of orphan asylums and homes for the children. A child welfare department was created in 1918.
State Government.—The governor is elected for a term of two years. Legis lative sessions are held biennially, begin ning on the first Wednesday of January, and are unlimited as to length. The Legislature has 24 members in the Sen ate, and 300 in the House. There are 2 representatives in Congress. The State government in 1920 was Repub lican.
History.—New Hampshire was settled in 1629 by an English colonist named Mason, under a grant made in 1623. In 1641 New Hampshire became a por tion of the Colony of Massachusetts; who maintained her authority there till 1679, when the case being brought before the highest court of appeal in England on colonial matters, it was decided that the claim of Massachusetts was illegal, and New Hampshire was constituted a sep arate province. In 1686, the charter of Massachusetts, having been annulled, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, and Narragansett were united in one royal province, under President Dudley, and afterward under Governor Andros. In 1689, upon the news of the English Revolution, the government of Andros was overthrown, and Massachusetts re sumed her old charter. In 1692, the province of New Hampshire was re established by the English government. In 1776, the province issued a public declaration of independence, and organ ized a temporary government. After taking a prominent and distinguished part in the War of the Revolution New Hampshire, in convention (1788), gave in her adhesion to the United States Constitution by a majority of 11 votes in an assembly numbering 103; and in 1807, the seat of government was per manently established at Concord. On July 1, 1869, the State ratified the 15th Amendment to the National Constitution.