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country, top officers are elected, 32 councillors run the administration of the Municipality of New York. These councillors are elected by the people. The annual income of the city is about Rs. 10,000,000. In this city of New York there are 26000 factories and 3,50,000 people earn their living from them. These factories produce annually goods worth Rs. 2300,00,0000. There are 43 newspapers being published in this city, 9 are bi-weeklies, 221 are weeklies, 462 come out once a fortnight, there are 394 monthlies, 14. are bi-monthlies and 21 are brought out every three months.
I donot think, I can write enough about New York in a letter. I think I shall send a long description of New York in a few days for Mumbai Samachar.
In the evening on Monday, 4th August, we commenced our journey by train to Chicago. We stopped for a day on the way, at a instance of Mr. Pipe to see the Nigara Falls.
From 6th September onwards, much has happened regarding the religions propaganda. I have lectured at several places and am lecturing still. I am planning to write about everything to you in great detail. Fearing that you would get bored reading such a long letter, I shall give you further news in my next letter. I am, however, sending you a separate packet by book-post, so that you may know what the local newspapers and the prominent people here think of me after my five months stay in Chicago. I shall be here for another month to give talks on the Jain religion. More in my next letter.
Yours obediently, Virchand Raghavji
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