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Show j..' WASHINGTON TERRITORY. -:' The Good Land Yet Unsurveyed i ' What Caused the Chinese , ! Trouble. . . Wasuisgt'on, December 1. Governor Squire, of Washington Territory, in hia report re-port to Secretary Laman, gives the population popula-tion of the Territory at 129,438, an increase of 36,930 in two years, the assessed value of property is $50,484,437, and there are yet 23,000,000 ACRES op public land Unsurveyed, of which 16,000,000 ate good agricultural and timber land. The Governor Gov-ernor states that by the Territorial census of 1885, there were 3,276 Chinese residents in the Territory. . - . He says the recent attacks on the Chinese in that Territory have grown out of the fact that . : ;, , , . . v . CHINAMEN ABE CONTINUALLY COWSQ ACROSS The border from British Columbia in violation viola-tion of the restriction act. The Governor suggests an increased customs force on the border, a revision of the restriction act, and a revision or. repeal of the Burlingame note as necessary for the tranquitity of the Territory.- - . - .-'..- - .v-j |