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. U.S. Expenditure from 1789 to 1853, 150 U.S. Revenue from 1789 to 1853, Receipts and Expenses from and for ...... 152 13. Congress,........ Postages in each State in 1853,... 179 House of Representatives,....... 14. Population of the United States,..... 187 Alphabetical List of Representatives, 185 16. Seventh Census of United States,.... 188 11. Commerce and Navigation, Indirect Trade,. 160 Tonnage of Vessels in Foreign Trade, 160 18. Mint, Imports and Exports of each State, 162 Commercial Marine of United States, 163 22. Finances of the States, .... 171 Receipts and Expenditures for Con- 174-178 Apportionment of U. S. Representatives PAGE 127 Engineers in Navy, Pay of.. PAGE 107 352 Envoys Extraordinary, &c. ........ 116, 120 323 Eras, &c.... 215 European States 47-52 3 318 315 Events, General, in 1853.............. 336 ......... 346 285 66 195 Appropriations, U. S., for 1854, 1855.. 127, Army, Act to increase pay of rank & file of 141 Exports for 63 Years. ..........76-83 Foreign Goods imported in 1852.... 153-156 Calendar: January, &c............... California Gold... 8-31 Foreign Ministers, &c., in U. S..... 336 California Land Claims, Commission .... Capitals of States.. ....... 90 Foreign Trade, Countries of........159-161 Census of U. States (Seventh).. 188 Franking Privilege 173 3 General Events in 1853 Chronicle of Events. 345 Chronological Cycles Church Festivals Circuit Courts. Celestial Phenomena, Signs, &c. ........ ................. 5 Government, Seats of, in different States. 192 319 301 152 Clouds and Winds in 1853........... 76-83 Imports, Value of, in 1852-53.......... 153 Commercial Agents in Foreign Countries 117 Supervising Inspectors of Steam-vessels. Countries whence Goods are brought .... 159 Kanzas Territory 149 Kanzas Territory, Act establishing Department of State Departments, Officers in the District Courts.. District of Columbia Eclipses in 1855 ......... 88-90 ............... ........ Eclipse of Moon, May 1 & 2 37 Mahometan Calendar.............. 100, 105 Mail Service for 1853 .... 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 |