Nevis
an island of the West Indies, belonging to Great Britain. It forms one of the Leeward Islands, and is 2 miles S. E. of St. Christopher, with which it has been since 1882 administratively connected. It is circular in form, rises in the center to a wooded ancient crater (3,200 feet), and has an area of 50 square miles. The lower slopes are cultivated, the sugar-cane being the principal crop, though limes and oranges are grown to a small extent. The capital is the port of Charlestown. Nevis was discovered by Columbus in 1498 and colonized by England in 1628. In the 18th century it was twice taken and restored by the French. Pop. about 13,000.
NEWARK munities, including Belleville, Bloomfield, Montclair, the Oranges, Harrison, Irvington, and others. These are all connected with the city by trolley and steam railway lines. The city is pre-eminently a manufacturing center. There were in 1920 over 2,300 manufacturing establishments. The total capital invested in manufacturing was over $275,000,000.
There were nearly 125,000 operatives employed. The total value of the raw material used in 1918 was $230,000,000 and the value of the finished product was $375,000,000. There were over 250 distinct lines of manufacture represented. In 1910 Newark ranked eleventh in the cities of the United States and in aggregate value of manufactured products. It is the chief city for the manufacture of fine jewelry in the United States. It produces the largest and best grades of leather for shoes, carriages,