of a large mercantile trade, In
the summer season, steamboats
leave its wharves for all impor-
tant points on the lake. There are
ten or fifteen stores, 3 churches,
a savings bank, two livery stables,
and one hotel in the village. Un-
til 1873 a portion of the village of
Centre Harbor was in this town.
It is estimated that nearly 1000
summer tourists visit the town
annually. There are but few
towns in the State where the fu-
ture prospects are more flattering
than those of Meredith.

Ponds and Streams. Wauka-
wan Lake, near the village, is con-
nected with Lake Winnipiseogee
by a stream affording a large a-
mount of water power. At the
outlet of the pond is a substantial
dam (owned by the Mechanics’ As-
sociation) which forms a large wa-
ter basin.

Employments. Agriculture is the
principal employment of the in-
habitants, who receive a rich re-
ward for their labor. There is
considerable capital invested in
manufactures. 35,000 pairs of cot-
ton hose, 4,000,000 feet of dimen-
sion lumber, 600,000 lath, and 5,000
shooks are annually manufactured,
besides chair stuff, bobbins, &c.,
&c. (See tables.)

Resources. Annual productions
of the soil, $175,900; mechanical
labor, $45,000; stocks and bonds,
$ 6,900; money at interest, $ 34,726;
deposits in savings banks, $111,
020; stock in trade, $ 23,557; from
summer tourists, $ 20,000.

Churches and Schools. Congre-
gational, Rev. G. I. Bard, pastor;

Calvin Baptist,--;    Freewill

Baptist, Rev. Lincoln Given, pas-
tor. There are 20 school districts
and seventeen schools in town.

Average length of schools, for the
year, twelve weeks.

Hotel. Elm House.

Rank. Meredith Village Sav-
ings Bank.

First Settlers. Hon. Ebenezer
Smith moved into this town at an
early period of its settlement, and
was looked to as an adviser by the
settlers for many years. He died,
August 22, 1807. Meredith was
originally called New-Salem. In-
corporated Dec. 30, 1768.

First Ministers. Rev. Simeon

F. Williams, settled in 1792; dis-
missed in 1798. Rev. David Smith,
settled in 1819; died in 1824.

Boundaries. North by Centre
Harbor and Winnipiseogee Lake,
north and north-east by said lake,
south-east by Laconia, south by
Sanbornton, and west and north-
west by New-IIampton. Number
of acres of improved land, 16,586.

Distances. By the Montreal
Railroad, thirty-seven miles north
from Concord, and nine north from
Gilford.

Railroads. The Boston, Con-
cord and Montreal Railroad passes
through this town. The Mere-
dith and Conway Railroad is a pro-
jected line which may be built at
some future time.

MERRIMACK.

Hillsborough County. The
surface of this town is generally
even, broken by a few moderate
swells. The soil, in various places,
is fertile; but there is considerable
plain land which is not very pro-
ductive, without heavy fertilizing.
The intervals on the rivers, pro-
duce fine crops of grain and grass.

Rivers. Merrimack River wash-
es its eastern border. Souhegan
River enters the town from Am-