There are three ports of entry, Savannah, Brunswick, and St. Mary's. The imports from and exports to foreign countries, with the shipping belonging to the several ports, for the year ending June 30, 1873, are shown in the following table:

The exports consist almost wholly of cotton and lumber, the cotton being 6hipped from Savannah. The quantity of the former was 376,-431 bales, valued at $32,169,060; of the latter, 48,425,000 feet of boards, clapboards, deals, etc, and 3,176,457 cubic feet of timber, together valued at $1,609,140. Of the vessels, 27 of 9,009 tons were steamers. The entrances and clearances were as follows:

Entered

Cleared

The mileage of railroads in the state at different periods has been as follows: in 1841, 271; in 1851, 795; in 1861, 1,420; in 1871, 2,108. The Central railroad of Georgia, which extends from Savannah to Macon, leases and operates the Augusta and Savannah railroad, from Millen to Augusta; the Milledgeville and Eatonton, from Gordon to Eatonton; the Southwestern, which extends from Macon to Eufaula, Ala., 144 m., with branches from Fort Valley to Columbus (72 m.), Smithville to Albany (231/2 m.), Cuthbert to Fort Gaines (20 m.), Fort Valley to Perry (13 m.), and Albany to Arlington (36 m.); the Macon and Western, from Macon to Atlanta; and the Upson County railroad, from Barnes ville to Thomaston. The Georgia railroad, from Augusta to Atlanta, with branches from Camak to Warrenton (4 m.), Union Point to Athens (40 m.), and Bar-nett to Washington (18 m.), operates the Macon and Augusta line, which connects Warren-ton and Macon. The Western and Atlanta railroad, from Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tenn., 138 m., was built by the state.

The other lines are the Alabama and Chattanooga, from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Meridian, Miss., 295 m.; the Atlanta and West Point, between those places; the Atlantic and Gulf, from Savannah to Bain-bridge, with branches from Thomasville to Albany (58 1/2 m.), and from Lawton to Live Oak, Fla., 48 1/2 m.; the Brunswick and Albany, between those points; the Cherokee, from Car-tersville on the Western and Atlantic to Rock-mart, to be extended to Pryor, Ala., 22 m. further; the Macon and Brunswick, between those places, with a branch from Cochran to Hawkins ville (10 m.); the North and South (in progress), from Columbus to Pome, 135 m.; the Rome, from that point to Kingston; the Savannah and Charleston, between those cities, 104 m.; the Savannah, Griffin, and North Alabama (operated by the Macon and Western), from Griffin to Newnan, to be extended to Guntersville, Ala., 116 m. further; the Selma, Rome, and Dalton, from Selma, Ala., to Pal-ton, 236 m.; the Atlanta and Richmond Air Line, from Atlanta to Charlotte, N. C, 263 m.; and a branch of the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia railroad, from Cleveland, Tenn.. to Dalton, 27 m.

The mileage of these roads and branches in operation in Georgia in 1873, with the capital stock and cost as far as reported of those lying wholly or chiefly in the state, is shown in the following table:

The canals of this state have been constructed for local convenience: that around the falls of the Savannah, at Augusta, is 9 m. long; another (16 m.) connects the Savannah and Ogee-chee rivers, and another (12 m.) connects Brunswick and the Altamaha, making a total length of 37 m. All the chief towns are connected by telegraph. The number of national banks in 1873 was 12, having an aggregate capital of $2,725,000; of state banks (including 3 savings banks and 2 trust companies), 16, with $4,082,000 capital. There were 7 insurance companies in 1872, of which 2 were life companies, having a capital of $1,785,418. -The government is administered under the constitution of 1868, which ordains that there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime, that the social status of the citizen shall never be the subject of legislation, that there shall be no imprisonment for debt, and declares that every citizen owes paramount allegiance to the constitution and government of the United States, and that the state shall ever remain a member of the American Union. All elections are by ballot, and the right of suffrage is conferred upon every male person 21 years old and upward who is a citizen of the United States, or has legally declared his intention to become such (except idiots, insane persons, and those who have been convicted of heinous crimes), who shall have resided in the state six months before the election, and 30 days in the county in which he offers to vote,and shall have paid all taxes which may have been required of him, and which he may have had an opportunity of paying, agreeably to law, for the year next preceding the election." No one convicted of felony or larceny, unless pardoned, nor any defaulter in public funds, is eligible to office; nor can any resident of the state who sends or accepts a challenge, or engages in or aids or abets a duel, vote or hold office.

General elections commence on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, unless otherwise provided by law. The legislative power is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a senate and house of representatives. For senatorial purposes the state is divided into 44 districts, each returning one senator. The senators are elected for four years, one half retiring biennially, and must be citizens of the United States, 25 years of age, and have resided two years in the state and one year in the district from which they are elected. The house of representatives consists of 175 members apportioned among the counties, who are elected for two years, and must be citizens of the United States, 21 years of age, and have resided one year in the state and six months in the county from which they are elected. The legislature meets annually on the second Wednesday in January; no session can continue more than 40 days, unless prolonged by a vote of two thirds of each house. Appropriations to "sectarian corporations or associations" are prohibited.