President, Carlos Solorzano; capital, Mana51,660 Popumiles. Area, square lation (1920), 638.119; Managua, 27.839; Leon, 38,318. Total exports (1922), $8.131.Exports to the 000: imports. $5,271,000. United States in 1924. $5.905.628; imports. $5,834,651. Chief exports, cattle and coffee: imports, flour, wine, beer, barbed wire, cotton goods, sewing machines, kerosene, calico and tallow.

Independence President, Dr. Rodolfo Chiari. of Panama declared Nov. 3. 1903; constitution adopted Feb. 13, 1904. Legislative power is vested in a national assembly composed The ratio of deputies elected by the people. of representation is one deputy for each 10.000 inhabitants. The term of office is four years. The area of the republic is 32.380 square miles and the population in 1920 442.522; city 66.851; Colon, of (1920). P nama 31,230. Total exports, outside of Canal Zone, in 1922, $2.591.125; imports, $10.651,400. The exports to the United States in the fiscal amounted to year ended June 30. 1924, $4.344.499 and the imports to $22.818.942. The chief articles of export are bananas, rubber, coffee and pearls.

President-Horacio Vasquez. The republic has an area of 19,325 square miles and a population (1921) of 897.405; Santo Domingo, the capital, has 30.957 inhabitants. In 1922 the exports amounted to $15.231.355: and the chief articles shipped were coffee. cocoa and mahogany; imports, $14.317.497. Exports to the United States in 1924, $8,Zayas.755.320; imports, $14.454,804.

NONCONTIGUOUS POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
were ceded to the
The Philippine islands
United States by Spain Dec. 10, 1898. Maj.-
Gen. Merritt was the first military governor.
He was succeeded in August, 1899. by Maj.-
was followed
Gen. E. S. Otis, who in turn
in May, 1900, by Maj.-Gen. Arthur MacAr
thur. The last named remained in office un-
when the military
1901.
til July 4,
thority was transferred to Gen. A. R. Chaf-
fee. By order of the president Gen. Chaffee
was relieved of his duties as military gov.
ernor July 4, 1902, and the office terminated.
The Philippine commission was at the same
time made the superior authority.

Porto Rico. The house of representatives
consists of thirty-nine members elected for
a term of four years by the qualified electors.
The members of the senate and house of
representatives receive compensation at the
rate of $7 per day for ninety days of each
session and $1 per day for each additional
Reg-
day of such session while in session.
ular sessions of the legislature are held bi-
ennially, convening on the second Monday. in
February. The governor is Horace M. Towner
and the resident commissioner in the United
States is Felix Cordova Davila.

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con

the By act of congress approved Aug. 29. 1916, the legislative authority is vested in of two Philippine legislature, composed houses, one the senate and the other the The senate house of representatives. sists of twenty-four senators and the house The of representatives of ninety members. legislature created under this law opened its on its first session on Oct. 16, 1916, and commission being organized the Philippine ceased to exist and the members thereof vacated their offices.

He

The governor-general is Maj.-Gen. Leonard Wood and the vice-governor Eugene A. Gilmore. The governor's term is indefinite. receives $20,000 a year, while the vice-governor receives $10,000.

Area and Population-The total land and water
area of the Philippine archipelago is 832.-
968 square miles; land area, 115,026; pop-
The population
ulation (1923), 11,075.674.
of Manila in 1918 was 283,613. The popu-
lation of the principal islands in 1903 was:
Bobol, 243,148; Cebu, 592.247; Jolo. 44.-
Luzon, 3,798,507;
718: Leyte, 357,641 :
Marinduque, 50,601; Mindanao, 499,634, of
whom 252,940 are uncivilized: Negros, 460,-
776 (21,217 uncivilized); Panay, 743,646
(14.933 uncivilized): Samar, 222.690.
Climate-The chief products
Products
are hemp, sugar, coffee, tobacco leaf. copra.
Between 600,000
cigars and coconut oil.

and

and 700,000 bales of hemp are exported
annually. The mean temperature in Manila
ranges from 77 in January to 83 in May.
June, July, August and September are the
rainy months; March, April and May the
hot and dry, and October, November. De-
cember, January and February the temperate
and dry.

Imports and Exports-The total imports of
the Philippine islands in the fiscal year
and
1923 amounted to $84.774.236; total ex-
to
Shipments
ports, $111.871.531.
from the Philippine islands are included in
statements of imports and exports of the
United States.

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ISLAND OF PORTO RICO. Porto Rico was ceded to the United States by Spain Dec. 10. 1898, and was under miliwent into tary rule until the Foraker law In accordance with the effect May 1, 1900. third section of that act, the legislative sembly of Porto Rico having put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of government. President McKinley on the 25th of July, 1901-the anniversary on the of the landing of American troops free trade beisland in 1898-proclaimed tween the United States and Porto Rico. Government-Under the organic act of March 2. 1917. the legislative power in Porto Rico is vested in a legislature consisting of two houses, one the senate and the other the The senate conhouse of representatives. sists of nineteen members elected for terms of four years by the qualified electors of

Area and Population-The area of Porto Rico
is 3.435 square miles and the population
in 1923 was 1,365.349. The larger cities in
1920 were: San Juan, 71,443; Ponce, 41,-
912: Mayaguez. 19,124: Arecibo, 10.030;
Aguadilla, 8,035: Yauco, 7,053; Caguas,
12,149; Guayama, 8.924.

Commerce-For the year ended June 30, 1924,
the total domestic exports from Porto Rico
to the United States were valued at $80,-
754,975 and imports from the United States
The leading
to $80.590,021.
amounted
articles of export are coffee, oranges, brown
sugar and tobacco.

TERRITORY OF ALASKA.

Purchased from Russia in March, 1867.
Organized as a noncontiguous possession July
27, 1868.

Made a civil and judicial district June 6, 1900.
Aug. 24, 1912.
Organized as territory of Alaska by act of
Governor-Scott C. Bone.
Capital-Juneau.
Secretary-Karl Thiele.

Area and population-Area, 586,400 square
miles (land and water); population in 1923,
55.036.

Legislature-Senate has eight members, or two
from each judicial district; house has six-
teen members, or four from each judicial
district; term of senators, four years; term
two years; compensa-
of representatives.
to
$15 a day
tion paid by government.
each member during attendance at sessions
cents a
at the rate of 15
and mileage
mile; sessions biennial, beginning on first
Monday in March of odd numbered years:
limit of regular sessions, sixty days, and
of special sessions, fifteen days; delegate
following
congress elected on Tuesday
second
first Monday of November every
year, beginning with 1914.
Commerce-The total value of the shipments
of domestic merchandise from the mainland
in the
Alaska
States to
of the United
year ended June 30, 1924. was $31,719,251
and the imports $54.938.171.
Gold shipments (1924)-From Alaska to the
mainland, $6,181,530; from the mainland to
Alaska, $146,185.

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TERRITORY OF HAWAII.
Annexed to United States July 7. 1898.
Created a territory June 14, 1900.
Governor-Wallace R. Farrington.
Secretary-Raymond C. Brown.
Population-According to a federal census esti-
mate in 1923, the total population of the
territory was 278,984. The only large city
is Honolulu, which in 1920 had a population
of 83,327.

Commerce with the United States-The total
value of the shipments of domestic mer-
chandise from Hawaii to the United States
for the twelve months ended June 30, 1924,
Sugar was the princi-
was $107,043.812.
to 1,171.388.032
item. amounting
pal
The total
pounds, valued at $74.520.948.

value of the shipments of domestic merchandise from the United States to Hawaii was $71,011,469.

AMERICAN SAMOA.

Acquired by the United States January, 1900.
Area, including Manua and several other small
islands, 77 square miles.
Population (1920), 8,056.

Pagopago harbor acquired by United States in
1872.

Commandant-Capt. E. S. Kellogg, U. S. N.

GUAM.

Area, 210 square miles.
Population (1920), 13,275.

First American Governor-Capt. R. P. Leary,
U. S. N.
Governor (1924)-Capt. H. B. Price, U. S. N.

PANAMA CANAL ZONE.

Acquired by the United States Feb. 26, 1904.
Area, 474 square miles.

Population (1924)-27.143.

Governor Col. Meriwether L. Walker.

VIRGIN ISLANDS.

Acquired by the United States March 3, 1917.
Area, 142 square miles.

Ceded to the United States by Spain Dec. 10, Population (1917), 26.051.
1898.

Governor-Capt. P. Williams, U. S. N.

PAST POLITICAL COMPLEXION OF THE STATES (1828-1920). R.. republican: W.. whig: D., democratic: U.. union: A.. American; A. M., anti-Masonic: N. R.. national republican; P.. populist: Pr.. progressive.

ALMANAC AND YEAR-BOOK FOR 1925.

HISTORICAL DATA AS TO STATES AND TERRITORIES.

97.914 Ft. Laramie.. 1834 Americans....

Historians do not all agree as to some of The dates given the dates in the above table. are from the Statistical Abstract of the United States published by the government and are well supported in all disputed cases.

Born.Died.

THE HOUSE. Name. | Cong. Years. 30...1847-49 R. C. Winthrop (Mass.) 1809 1894 31...1849-51 Howell Cobb (Ga.)..1815 1868 32-33.1851-55 Linn Boyd (Ky.)...1800 1859 34...1856-57 N. P. Banks (Mass.).1816 1894 36...1860-61 W. Pennington (N.J.).1796 1862 35...1857-59 James L. Orr (S. C.).1822 1873 37...1861-63 G. A. Grow (Pa.)..1823 1907 38-40.1863-69 S. Colfax (Ind.)....1823 1885 41-43.1869-75 J. G. Blaine (Me.)..1830 1893 44...1875-76 M. C. Kerr (Ind.)..1827 1876 47...1881-83 J. W. Keifer (0.)...1836 44-46.1876-81 S. J. Randall (Pa.).1828 1890 48-50.1883-89 J. G. Carlisle (Ky.).1835 1910 51...1889-91 Thos. B. Reed (Me.).1839 1902 52-53.1891-95 C. F. Crisp (Ga.)..1845 1896 54-55.1895-99 Thos. B. Reed (Me.).1839 1902 56-57.1899-03 D. B. Henderson (Ia.) .1840 1906 58-61.1903-11 J. G. Cannon (Ill.)..1836 62-65.1911-19 Champ Clark (Mo.).1850 1921 66-67.1919-24 F. H. Gillett (Mass.).1851

REQUIREMENTS

FOR VOTERS IN THE

VARIOUS STATES

AND IN ALASKA.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUFFRAGE.

Residence re-
quired before
élection day.

State Co. Tn. Prot.

tration.

Regis

Excluded from
voting.

ALABAMA-Citizens of good char-2 y. 1 y.3 m3 m Yes. If convicted of treason, embezzlement of public acter and understanding; aliens

who have declared intention: must show poll-tax receipt. ALASKA-Citizens of the United 1 y.

States.

30 d

ARIZONA-Citizens of the United 1 y.30 d 30 d 30 d Yes.

States.

ARKANSAS-Like Alabama, ex-1y6 m30 d 30 d No.
cept as to "good character."

CALIFORNIA-Citizens. natural-1y. 90 d....30 d Yes.
ized for 90 days, or treaty of
Queretaro.

funds, malfeasance in office or other penitentiary offenses. idiots or insane.

Persons under guardianship, non compos mentis,
insane or convicted of treason or felony.
Idiots, insane, convicts until pardoned, nonpay-
ment of poll tax.
Chinese, insane, embezzlers of public moneys,

convicts.

COLORADO-Citizens of the U.S.; 1 y.90 d 30 d 10 d Yes. Persons under guardianship, insane, idiots, prisaliens who declared intention 4 months before election.

CONNECTICUT - Citizens wholly. can read English.

6 m....

Yes.

DELAWARE-Citizens paying $11y.3 m....30d No. registration fee.

30 d Yes.
(a)

FLORIDA-Citizens of the U. S. 1 y.6 m
GEORGIA-Citizens who can read 1 y.6 m
and have paid all taxes since 1877.
IDAHO-Citizens of the United 6 m30 d3 m 10 d Yes.
ILLINOIS-Citizens of the United 1 y. 90 d 30 d 30 d Yes.
INDIANA-Citizens of the United 6 m....60d30d No.

States.

States.

States.

MISSOURI Citizens, aliens who 1 y. 60d60d60d (e) Paupers, persons convicted of felony or other have declared intention not less than 1 nor more than 5 years before offering to vote.

MONTANA-Citizens of United 1y.30 d 30 d 30 d Yes.

States.

NEBRASKA-Citizens: allens who 6 m40 d 10 d 10d
have declared intention 30 days
before election.

(b)

infamous crime or misdemeanor or violating right of suffrage, unless pardoned; second conviction disfranchises.

Indians. felons, idiots, insane.

Lunatics, persons convicted of treason or felony, unless pardoned, United States soldiers and sailors.

NEVADA - Citizens of United 6 m30 d 30 d 30 d Yes. Insane, idiots, convicted of treason or felony, un-
States.

NEW HAMPSHIRE-Citizens of 6 n6 m6 m6 m Yes.
United States.

NEW JERSEY-Citizens of Unit-1 y.5 m........ Yes.