Population, 346,991: male, 170,526; female, 176,465; native, 300,697; foreign, 46,294; white, 346,229; colored, 685; Chinese, 14; Indians, 63.
State, congressional and presidential elections, Tuesday after first Monday in November; number Senators, 24; Representatives, 321; sessions of legislature biennial, in odd-numbered years, meeting first Wednesday in June; limit of session, none; terms of Senators and Representatives, 2 years each.
Number electoral votes, 4; number voters, 105,138. Paupers are excluded from voting.
Dartmouth College, at Hanover, founded 1769; compulsory education law; common schools excellent; school age, 5-15.
Mount Washington, highest point east of the Mississippi excepting two or three peaks in North Carolina; a three-mile railroad extends to the summit.
No asylum for deaf, dumb or blind.
Legal interest, 6; usury forfeits thrice the excess.
