GEORGIA ranks second among the States in rice and sweet potatoes, third in cotton and molasses, fourth in sugar, seventh in mules, tenth in hogs, thirteenth in population. First settlement, by English, at Savannah, 1733. One of the thirteen original States.

IDAHO ranks sixth among the States and Territories in gold, seventh in silver, forty-fifth in population. First settlement, by Americans, in 1842. Organized as a Territory in 1863. Population, 1887, territorial census, 143,669. "Idaho" means light on the mountains. Admitted to the Union 1890.

and Amadeus. North Australia and the north part of Queensland lie in the torrid zone and have a mean temperature of 780 F. In the temperate zone extreme temperatures prevail. Brisbane, maximum 1020; minimum 40° F. Sydney, average 61° F. Melbourne, maximum 1050; minimum 30° F. Adelaide, maximum 1100; minimum 35° F. Perth, average 65° F.

NEW SOUTH WALES-Is the oldest of the Australasian colonies. Area-310,700 square miles. Population-Estimated 1,022,767, exclusive of 7.984 aborigines. Religion-Protestants, 516,512; Roman Catholics, 207,606; Jews, 3,266. Government -Executive, the Governor, appointed by the British Crown, assisted by a Cabinet of 10 Ministers. Legislative, the Parliament consisting of the Legislative Council of 52 members, and the Legislative Assembly of 122 members. Education-In 1886 there were I university (Sydney), attended by 340 students; 3 colleges and one grammar school with 480 scholars; 647 private schools with 38,766 pupils; and 2,250 schools under the Department of Public Instruction with 186,126 scholars.

VICTORIA.--Area-87,884 square miles. Population-Estimated 1,027,749, exclusive of 594 aborigines. Religion, 1881— Protestants, 613,183; Roman Catholics, 203,480; Jews, 4,330. Government-Executive, the Governor, appointed by the British Crown, assisted by an Executive Ministry of 10 members. Legislative, the Parliament, composed of the Legislative Council of 42 members, and the Legislative Assembly of 86 members. Education-Free, secular and compulsory. There were, 1885, 1 university at Melbourne with 2 affiliated colleges attended by 444 students, 1846 state-aided schools attended by, in 1886, 230,576 pupils, and 707 private schools with 44,059 scholars.

QUEENSLAND.-Area-668,224 square miles. Population(Estimated), 354,596 (aborigines about 20,000). Religion-1886, Protestants, 217,991; Roman Catholics, 77,077; Jews, 724. Government-Executive, the Governor, appointed by the British Crown, assisted by an Executive Council of 7 ministers. Legislative, the Parliament consisting of the Legislative Council of 39 members, and the Legislative Assembly of 59 members. The defence forces comprise a volunteer corps of from 3,000 to 4,000 men, two gunboats and one torpedo boat. Education-Free and secular. In 1886 there were 7 grammar schools attended by 565 pupils; 108 private schools with 8,177 pupils; and 479 public elementary schools with 58,939 scholars.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.-The name South Australia would appear to imply that this colony is confined to the south of the continent, but on the contrary it extends to the farthest north, under the name of the Northern Territory. Area-90309,6

square miles. Population-Estimated 313,355 (exclusive of aborigines). Religion-Church of England, 75,812; Roman Catholics, 42,628; and Wesleyan Methodists, 42,103. GovernmentExecutive, the Governor, appointed by the British Crown, and an Executive Council of 6 members. Legislative, the Parliament consisting of the Legislative Council with 24 members, and the House of Assembly with 52 members. Education-The system of education is liberal, compulsory, state-aided, and secular. There were, 1885, I university (Adelaide) with 150 students, 472 public schools, attended by 49,664 pupils, and 363 private schools with 13,524 scholars.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.-This, the largest of the Australasian colonies, includes all that portion of Australia situated to the westward of 1290 East long. Area-978,300 square miles. Population-1886, 39,584. Religion-Protestants, 20,613; Roman Catholics, 8,413. Government-Executive, the Governor, appointed by the British Crown, assisted by an Executive Council of 6 members. Legislative, the Legislative Council composed of 9 nominated and 17 elected members. Education -State-aided, secular, and compulsory. There are grammar schools, 77 elementary schools, attended by 3,192 pupils, and 17 assisted schools with 1,287 scholars.

TASMANIA.-This island in the South Pacific Ocean is situated between the parallels of 40° 33′ and 43° 40′ S. lat., and 144° 40′ and 1480 23' meridians E. long., at the southeastern extremity of the Australian mainland, from which it is separated by Bass Strait, about 150 miles wide. Area-26,215 square miles. Population-1887, 137,211 (aborigines quite extinct). Religion— Protestants, 102,551; Roman Catholics, 30,516; Jews, 316. Government-Executive, the Governor, appointed by the British Crown, assisted by an Executive Council of 4 members. Legislative, the Parliament, composed of the Legislative Council of 18 members, and the House of Assembly of 36 members. Education-Compulsory. There are 16 superior schools or colleges. Primary education is administered by a department under which are 209 public elementary schools, attended by 16,014 scholars.

NEW ZEALAND.-Situated about 1,200 miles to the southeast of Australia, consists of a group of three principal islands, called respectively, the North, South, and Stewart Islands, and several islets mostly uninhabited. Area-104,403 square miles. (North Island, 45,687 square miles; South Island, 57,313 square miles; Stewart Island, 1,300 square miles). Population-1886, 578,482 (exclusive of 41,969 Maoris). Religion-Protestants, 461,340; Roman Catholics, 79,020; Jews, 1,559. Government— Executive, the Governor, appointed by the British Crown, as

ILLINOIS ranks first in corn, wheat, oats, meat packing, lumber traffic, malt and distilled liquors and miles of railway; second in rye, coal, agricultural implements and hogs; fourth in population, manufactures, iron and steel and cattle. First settlement, by French, Kaskaskia, 1682. Admitted to the Union, 1818.