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. ........................................... 226 23. Kentucky,. 4. Massachusetts,............. 229 24. Ohio, ............................................ 236 25. Michigan, ................. 272 35. New Mexico Territory,. ................................................... 275 37. Kanzas Territory,. Appropriations, U. S., for 1854, 1855.. 127, Army Officers, Pay of...................................... 127 Engineers in Navy, Pay of............. PAGE 107 352 Envoys Extraordinary, &c. ........ 116, 120 215 European States 66 ............. 3 318 315 Events, General, in 1853........... 336 195 100 Exports of each State for 1852-53...... 162 Army, Act to increase pay of rank & file of 141 Exports for 63 Years.. 102 Federal Representative Population Atmospherical Electricity................................. 65 Finances of the States.. Attorneys of U.S. Courts....................................... Banks. See the several States. Cabinet, Officers in the ..... 152 LOOD.. 188 .76-83 Foreign Goods imported in 1852.... 153-156 Calendar: January, &c............... 8-31 Foreign Ministers, &c., in U. S......... 120 California Gold..... ............................. 310 Foreign Nations, Intercourse with...... 115 ...... California Land Claims, Commission Census of U. States (Seventh) .... ... Celestial Phenomena, Signs, &c. ........ Chronological Cycles Church Festivals....................................... Cities, Principal, Population of.... 5 Government, Seats of, in different States. 192 Coins, Fineness and value of certain foreign ... .......... ....... 319 301 152 191 Imports for 63 Years.. 153 199 Indian Superintendents and Agents...... 97 296 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 88 Lands, Public, Act to graduate and reduce 208 Departments, Officers in the......... 88-90 Price of Mail Service, Foreign... Marine, Commercial, of the U. S.. Mars and Venus, Discs of.. Maryland... .... 168 Public Lands, and Sales of. 113 Railroads in Construction in New England 204 Massachusetts ............. 201 fect ........... ... 95 142 192 Meteorological Information.......... 76-83 Religious Denominations Militia Force of the U. S..................................... Mint, Officers of, Coinage, &c. Navy Department. ............... Navy Officers, Pay of.................. Navy Yards, Commanders of ........... Nebraska Territory, Act establishing. ...... New Jersey. New Mexico Territory ..... Newspapers, Postage on............172-178 Sun, Ephemeris of the .............. 47-52 New York, Railroads in...................................... 205 Supreme Court, U. S....... North Carolina...... 317 88 192 194, 195 99 ........... 267 Surveyors of Land-Office......... 290 Tides, Height of Greatest, in 1855........ 127 178 Tonnage, Comparative View of, for 39 253 Trade, Foreign, Countries of. ..... 53 United States, Seventh Census......... 187, 189 Venus and Mars, Discs of ............ 163 ....... 160 88 ......... 88 188 313 39 226 Population of Chief Cities in U. S....... 189 Vermont. Postage to Oregon and California, Foreign 174 Virginia. Post-Office Distributing Offices.. ....90-93 Washington Territory, Postal Service in.. 138 |