in New Mexico, Kanzas, and Nebraska, and donations to actua settlers therein, making provision for Postal Service in California, Oregon, and Washington, to graduate and reduce the price of the Public Lands to actual settlers and cultivators, to increase the pay of the rank and file of the Army, and to carry into effect the Reciprocity Treaty between the United States and Great Britain. The tabular view of the railroads in the country is continued from the last volume: and the comparative view of the debts, property, and general financial condition of all the States, has been corrected with great care from the latest official returns. The information concerning the Individual States is as full as in former years. It is believed that nowhere else can be found such full details respecting the Executive and Judiciary, the finances, schools, charitable institutions, and pauperism and crime, of the several States. Should any one note inaccuracies or deficiencies therein, he is urgently requested to correct them. The European part of the work, revised from the best authority to late dates, gives the several States of Europe, with their form of government, the name, title, and date of accession of the reigning sovereigns, the area and population of the several countries. It also gives the Royal Family, the Ministry, and the Judiciary of England. The Ministry of France is added. A Foreign Obituary for 1853 and 1854 is given, which it is intended to continue hereafter. The obituary notices and Chronicle of Events have been prepared with care. The space is so limited, that many names and events which otherwise would be given are necessarily omitted. The thanks of the Editor are particularly due to the Heads of Department at Washington, and to his many contributors and correspondents, to whom the work is indebted for a great part of its value. A continuance of their favors is respectfully solicited. A work embracing such a multitude of facts must necessarily contain errors; persons who may detect any are earnestly requested to communicate them to the Editor. It is particularly desirable that these communications should not be anonymous. It is frequently a source of regret to the Editor, that he cannot suitably acknowledge the valuable hints and assistance of anonymous correspondents. It is a matter of some public interest, that a periodical which circulates so widely, both in Europe and America, and which is so universally trusted as a manual for reference, should be rendered as accurate as possible; and this end can be obtained only by the co-operation of many individuals. Communications should be addressed to the "Editor of the American Almanac," Boston. Boston, Mass., December, 1854. House of Representatives,.......... 182 14. Population of the United States,..... 187 Comparative View of Tonnage from Commercial Marine of United States, 163 22. Finances of the States, ....... No. of Post-Offices, &c., since 1790,.. 167 Receipts and Expenditures for Con- Rates of Postage in United States,.. 172 29. Fineness and Value of certain Foreign Privilege of Franking, Governments of North America,... Reigning Sovereigns of Europe, ... 236 25. Michigan, ............... 240 26. Indiana,. 251 28. Missouri, 243 27. Illinois, 253 29. Iowa, ....... 258 30. Wisconsin, ............... ... 259 31. California,. 313 313 313 313 Apportionment of U. S. Representatives Army Officers, Pay of.................. 127 Engineers in Navy, Pay of..... PAGE 352 Envoys Extraordinary, &c. ........ 116, 120 215 European States 315 Events, General, in 1853. 66 1854. 3 346 188 Executive Government of U. S........... 87 ........ 152 Army, Act to increase pay of rank & file of Atmospherical Electricity..................................... 65 Finances of the States..... Attorneys of U. S. Courts.. Banks in the United States Calendar: January, &c............... California Gold. .76-83 Foreign Goods imported in 1852.... 153-156 8-31 Foreign Ministers, &c., in U. S......... 120 ..... California Land Claims, Commission .... ........ ....... 336 90 Foreign Trade, Countries of........159-161 ............ 323 188 Franking Privilege .......................................... 173 Census of U. States (Seventh) Chronological Cycles Church Festivals .... Circuit Courts. 4 Georgia 66 1854................ 345 5 Government, Seats of, in different States. 192 Coins, Fineness and value of certain foreign 217 Imports of each State for 1852-53...... 162 Commercial Agents in Foreign Countries 117 Supervising Inspectors of Steam-vessels. 99 .............. 258 Land-Office, Registers, Receivers, &c. 95 Department of the Interior................................. 89 Lands, Public 208 88 Lands, Public, Act to graduate and reduce .... Mail Service, Foreign... Massachusetts .......... 168 Public Lands, and Sales of. 208, 209 142 113 Railroads in Construction in New England 204 Michigan ........ Militia Force of the U. S. ............ ... Ministers of U. S. in Foreign Countries.. Mint. Mint, Officers of, Coinage, &c. ... ..... 192 ... 182 102 Representatives, State, No. of, and Terms 193 ........ 190 Saturn's Rings ............................................. 278 School Fund of States.. Navigation. 160, 164 Senate of the U. S. Navy Department. ................ Navy List .... 89 Senators, State, No. of, and Terms....... 193 Navy Officers, Pay of.................. 107 Smithsonian Institution.... 187 201 268 207 317 314 Specific Duties. See Imports. 88 222 State Elections, &c.... 192 251 State Finances, Debts, &c. ......... 194, 195 99 47-52 64 110 96 New Jersey....... New Mexico Territory New York.. ................ Newspapers, Postage on............172-178 Sun, Ephemeris of the ........... New York, Railroads in...... North Carolina.... .......... Obituary, Foreign, in 1853 and 1854 Observatories, Latitude and Longitude of Occultations Ohio.......... Oregon Territory 243 Sun's Parallax in Altitude....... 38 Theological Schools.. ....... 290 Tides, Height of Greatest, in 1855........ Oregon Territory, Postal service in...... 138 Tonnage of the U. S..... Pamphlets and Magazines, Postage on.... 178 Tonnage, Comparative View of, for 39 Pension Agents, Army and Navy.... ... 253 Trade, Foreign, Countries of. Pole Star, Apparent Places of the ....... 53 United States, Seventh Census......... 163 ... 3 Treasury Department 88 188 ............ 313 .... Population of Chief Cities in U. S....... 189 Vermont 187, 189 Venus and Mars, Discs of.............. 39 226 172 Vessels and Tonnage from 1815-1853 163-164 Postage, Foreign. Postage to Oregon and California, Foreign 174 Virginia.. 314 208 87 Wisconsin. 167 West Indian Governments............. 316 Post-Office Distributing Offices........90-93 Washington Territory, Postal Service in.. 138 .... 195 Young's Refractions........................................... 63 141 ....... 4 |