396    GRAFTON.

and school tax, was $ 105,144.95, or 13 mills on the dollar—true
per cent, about 8 mills.

Churches. There are 54 church edifices, capable of seating 15,
425 persons, or 85 per cent, of its population ; value of church prop-
|    erty, $ 180,700.

|    Schools. There are 172 schools, of which 16 are graded ; num-

1    her of scholars—boys, 2,080; girls, 1,725; average attendance,

1    through the year, 2,589, or 67 per cent.; average length of schools,

I    for the year, 20 weeks; value of school houses and lots, $82,025;

amount of money annually appropriated for school purposes, $ 29,

:    525.52, or $ 7.52 to each scholar in the county.

\    Railroads. Railroads pass through only five towns in the coun-

ty. The Sugar River Railroad passes through Sunapee and New-
port, to Claremont where it forms a junction, with the Sullivan
County Railroad, which extends from Windsor Vermont through
Cornish, Claremont and Charlestown to Bellows Falls. The length
of railroads in the county is about 46 miles.

I    Miscellaneous. Population of the county, in 1870,18,058—males,

f    8,830, females, 9,228 ; foreign, 1,015, colored, 43 ; persons con-

1    victed of crime—natives, 10, foreign, 6, number of paupers, na-

tives, 180; foreign, 12; annual expense, $13,402.38. Whole
\    number of deaths for the year—males, 112, females 138; num-

‘    her died over eighty years of age, 25, or 10 per cent; number died

)    with disease of the lungs, 77, or 30 per cent.

4    GRAFTON.

This is one of the largest and most important counties in the State,
j    in point of territory, population, and agricultural productions.

\    The surface, in the eastern portion, is broken by hills and lofty

:    mountains, and affords some of the grandest scenery in America.

I    Its western portion borders on the Connecticut, extending for a

;    distance of nine towns, on that river. The soil, on the rivers, is of

|    the best quality, and, together with the hilly portion, produces

J    abundant crops of grass, grain, and all the fruits common to the

;    climate.

Mountains. In the northern sections, are mountains belonging
to the White Mountain range, Franconia Mountains and Carrri-
j    gan Mountain; a little to the south-west is Moosehillock, in Benton,

j    while at the east and south-east is a part of the Whitefaee, in Wa-

j    terville, and the Campton Mountains, in Campton, and vicinity.