Number electoral votes, 8; number voters, 216,787; colored, 107,977; native white, 81,777; foreign white, 27,033. Idiots, insane and criminals excluded from voting.
Sugar cane first cultivated in the United States, near New Orleans, 1751, and first sugar mill used 1758.
Exports, 1882, $90,238,503; imports, $10,611,353; duties collected, $2,046,804; railroad mileage, Jan. 1, 1886, 1,397.
Legal interest, 5; by contract, 8; usury forfeits entire interest.
| TEXAS. | Tex´as. "Lone Star State." |
Origin of name not definitely known; supposed by some have been name of Indian tribe.