Show Washington rrltory WASHINGTON October 27Eugene Semple governor of Washington Territory Ter-ritory in his annual report to the Secretary Sec-retary of the Interior estimates the population at 143C69 an increase of over 16000 during the past two years The taxable property of the Territory exclusive ex-clusive of railroad property is given at 550683896 an increase of nearly 200000 over last year Settlement on the public pub-lic lands of which nearly 17000000 acres remain unsurveyed has been retarded re-tarded by that fact by the uncertainty of the Northern Pacific titles and by extensive Indian reservations etc The report speaks at length of the resources and capabilities of the Territory in the way of crops stockraising mineral and lumber production etc as of great variety and importance Of the 61000 children of school age the average daily attendance is about 22000 Labor is hardly equal to the demand The salmon sal-mon fisheries yielded 2124000 during the year |