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a city of Missouri, the It contains a Roman Catholic convent of Kansas City, and is situated on the sas and Texas railroads. Within its limits are several important mineral springs. school, a State hospital for the insane Manufactures. The State has not been developed alo any considerable extent. There were, in along manufacturing lines to 1914, 180 manufacturing establishments, employing about 3,655 wage earners. The capital invested amounted to $13,591,000 and the wages paid to $3,578,000. The value of the materials used was $9,317,000 and the value of the finished product amounted to $16,083,000. The principal articles of manufacture include railroad and several other public and semi-public cars, dairy products, flour and grist, institutions. It is the center of an imprinted material, saddlery and harness, portant agricultural and stock-raising clothing, chemicals, boots and shoes, brick industry. It has zinc smelters, iron Banking.-On Oct. 31, 1919, there were ten National banks in operation, having and salt.

Banking. On Oct. 31, 1919, there were ten National banks in operation, having $1,435,000 in capital, $1,583,379 in outstanding circulation, and $1,216,510 in United States bonds. There were also 23 State banks, with $1,678,000 in capital and $401,000 surplus. Education. There was a school population in 1918 of 14,441 and an average daily attendance of 11,014. The total expenditures for educational purposes amounted to $504,474. For higher education there were public high schools at Austin, Carson City, Elko, Eureka, Gold Hill, Reno, and Virginia City, and the State University of Nevada at Reno. tions in the State are the Roman Catho- Churches.-The strongest denomina- Churches. The strongest denominalic; Protestant Episcopal; Mormons; Methodist Episcopal; and Presbyterian. fiscal year 1919 amounted to $2,174,188 and the disbursements to $2,245,764. The largest expenditures were for schools, highways and administration. The State largest expenditures were for schools, and the disbursements to $2,245,764. The Finances. The total receipts for the debt amounts to about $717,000.

Transportation. The total railway mileage in 1919 was 2,483. The roads Transportation.-The total railway having the longest mileage were the Southern Pacific and the Western Pacific.

State Government. The governor is elected for a term of four years. Legislative sessions are held biennially. The Legislature had 17 members in the Senate and 37 members in the House. There is one Representative in Congress.

History. Nevada is part of the territory acquired by the United States from and 37 members in the House. There is Hidalgo. The first immigrants were the Mormons, who located in the Carson and Washoe valleys in 1848. The discovery of gold in California in the following (1910) 7,175; (1920) 7,139. ucational, non-sectarian institution at Reno. The following statistics were compiled at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 48; students, 379; volworks, flour and lumber mills. Pop. industry. It has zinc smelters, iron umes in the libra funds, $305,737; number of graduates, library, 40,000; production 586; president, W. E. Clark, Ph.

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French department of Nièvre, formerly turesquely seated on a hillside, 600 feet NEVERS (ne-ver'), the capital of the Nièvre to the Loire, 159 miles S. S. E. of of the province of Nivernais .

It is piclongs mainly to the 13th century. The beautiful cathedral, restored in 1879, beabove sea-level, at the influx of the stately court house, dating from 1475, Paris. The Noviodunum of Cæsar, it has been the seat of a bishop since 506; its Nevers. The city contains a fine public garden, a bridge of 14 arches over the Loire, a medieval gateway, and a triwas formerly the castle of the Dukes of stately court house, dating from 1475, longs mainly to the 13th century. The commemorating Fontenoy. The industries compris manufacture of cannon, iron cables and was formerly the castle the Dukes Fo mar prise the rise chains, porcelain (introduced by Italians about 1565). 1565). Pop. about 28,000. composer and brother of A. F. Nevin. chains, porcelain (introduced by Italians manufacture of cannon, iron cables and Fontenoy. The industries comprise the umphal arch (1746) commemorating music, first under local teachers and afterward in Berlin under Von Bülow and