Milwaukee, port of entry, great pork packing and beer brewing centre; also grain and wheat market: pop., 158,509. Madison, capital; pop., 12,064. Population Eau Claire, 21,668; Fond du Lac, 12,726.

Number farms, 102,904; average value per acre, cleared land, $26.27; woodland, $19.55. Wheat most valuable crop; cultivation of flax increasing; many acres devoted to culture of cranberries; buckwheat crop, 1883, 177,792 bu.; hay, 2,354,835 tons; corn, 1884, 26,200,000 bu.; oats, 45,940,000 bu.; wheat, 20,083,000 bu. Latest reported dairy products: milk, 25,156,977 gals.; butter, 33,739,055 lbs.; cheese, 19,088,405 lbs.

Salaries of State Officers.
Governor $5,000
Sec'y of State 5,000
Treasurer 5,000
Attorney Gen. 3,000
Railr'd Com'r. 3,000
Chief Justice 5,000
4 Asso. Justices 5,000
2 Dist. Judges 3,500
Senators,
Representatives

 $500 per y'r,
mileage 10c.
Pension Agent 4,000
Indian Agent 1,500
4 Colls. Int. Revenue 4,500 to 2,750
23 Deputy Collect'rs 1,800 to 300
Collect'r of Customs 1,000 & fees.

Presidential P. O.
Appleton $2,400
Beloit 2,300
Chippewa Falls 2,100
Eau Claire 2,600
Fond du Lac 2,500
Green Bay 2,200
Janesville 2,500
La Crosse 2,600
Madison 2,700
Milwaukee 3,600
Oshkosh 2,600
Racine 2,700
Sheboygan 2,100
Watertown 2,000
Waukesha 2,000
Wausau 2,000
Whitewater 1,900
66 Offices 1,800 to 1,000

Extensive lead mines in Grant, Lafayette and Iowa counties; native copper in the north, in Crawford and Iowa counties. Milwaukee clay famous for making cream-colored brick. Iron ores in Dodge, Sauk, Jackson and Ashland counties.

Ranks second in hops, third in barley and potatoes, fourth in rye and buckwheat, fifth in oats and agricultural implements, seventh, in iron and steel, eighth in hay and milch cows, and ninth in copper.

Population, 1,563,423: male, 811,051; female, 752,372: native, 1,069,433; foreign, 493,990: white, 1,555,152; colored, 5,576; Indians, 2695

State, congressional and presidential elections, Tuesday after first Monday in November; number Senators, 33; Representatives, 100; sessions biennial, in odd-numbered years, meeting second Wednesday in January; limit of session, none; term of Senators, 4 years; of Representatives, 2 years. Number electoral votes, 11; number voters, 340,482; insane, idiots, convicts, bribers, betters and dualists excluded from voting.

Number colleges, 7; number public schools, 6,588; school population, 495,233; school age, 4-20.

Legal interest, 7; by contract, 10; usury forfeits entire interest.