VIRGINIA. Ver-jin´e-ah.
"Old Dominion."

Named in honor of Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen. One of the thirteen original States. Settled by English at Jamestown, 1607. Slavery introduced 1619. Seceded May, 1861; re-admitted Jan., 1870.

Area, 42,450 square miles; greatest length, east and west, 440 miles; greatest breadth, 190 miles. Coast line, about 120 miles, or tidal frontage, 1,500 miles. Number counties, 100. Temperature at Norfolk: winter, 40° to 48°; summer, 75° to 80°. Rainfall at White Sulphur Spring, 38 inches.

Richmond, capital and metropolis; pop., 63,600. Pop. of Norfolk 21,966; of Petersburg, 21,656. Hampton Roads is one of the best harbors on Atlantic coast. Seven ports of entry.

Number farms, 118,517; 51 per cent. of laborers are engaged in agriculture. Average value per acre, cleared lands, $9.42; woodland, $7.48.

Marble quarried on Potomac. Number sandstone quarries, 10; shipbuilding establishments, 65; saw-mills, 907; sawed lumber, $3,434,163; flour and grist mills, 1,385; value products, $12,210,272; foundry and machine-shop, $1,361,231; iron and steel, $2,585,999; cotton goods, $1,040,962; leather tanned, $1,011,830; slaughtering and meat packing, $1,054,500. Total number industries, 5,710; capital invested, $26,968,990; value products, $51,780,992.

Salaries of State Officers.
Governor $5,000
Lieut. Gov. 900
Sec'y of State 2,000
Treasurer 2,000
Auditor 3,000
Sec. Auditor 2,000
Attorney Gen. 2,500
Supt. Pub. Ins. 2,500
Adjutant. Gen. 600
Com'r of Agr. 1,500
Supt. of Land O. 1,300
Pres. Sup. Ct. 3,250
4 J'dg's Sup. Ct. 3,000
2 Dist. Judges 3,500
Senators, Representatives $540 per year.
5 Colls. Int. Revenue 3,000 to 4,500

Presidential P. O.
Abingdon $1,500
Alexandria 2,400
Charlottesville 1,900
Danville 2,400
Freder'cksb'gh 1,800
Hampton 1,600
Harrisonbu'gh 1,600
Lexington 1,600
Liberty 1,600
Lynchburgh 2,800
Norfolk 3,100
Petersburgh 2,600
Portsmouth 1,900
Richmond 3,400
Roanoke 2,100
Staunton 2,400
Winchester 1,900
5 Post Offices 1,500
10 P.O. $1,400 to 1,000