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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.

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Abstracts of Public Laws

Additions and Corrections

Alabama...

American Obituary.

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127 Engineers in Navy, Pay of..

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352 Envoys Extraordinary, &c. ........ 116, 120
................................ 275 Ephemeris of the Sun............... 47-52
323 Eras, &c....
215 European States

American Securities held abroad
American States
Arkansas.

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Apportionment of U. S. Representatives
Appraisers at Large..
Appropriations, U. S., for 1854, 1855.. 127,
Army List

Army Officers, Pay of.......
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315 Events, General, in 1853.
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188 Executive Government of U. S........... 87
88 Expenditures of U. S. for 65 years...... 150
128 Expenditures of each State ............ 195
100 Exports of each State for 1852-53...... 162
110 Exports, Value of, in 1850-53 ................... 157
98 Exports to Foreign Countries........... 159

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Army, Act to increase pay of rank & file of 141 Exports for 63 Years.
Arsenals in the United States........... 102 Federal Representative Population
Assistant Treasurers
88 Festivals of the Church
Atmospherical Electricity............... 65 Finances of the States.......
Attorneys of U. S. Courts..
Banks in the United States
Banks. See the several States.
Barometrical Observations
Cabinet, Officers in the .....
Calendar: January, &c...
California.

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210 Florida..

California Gold..

Flowering of Fruit-trees in 1854

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.76-83 Foreign Goods imported in 1852.... 153-156
87 Foreign Mail Service ....

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................................... 310 Foreign Nations, Intercourse with...... 115
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76-83 Imports, Value of, in 1852-53
191 Imports for 63 Years.

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Coins, Fineness and value of certain foreign 217 Imports of each State for 1852-53...... 162

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Colleges in United States.

Colleges, Annual Expenses in ..........
Commerce of U. S.

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Commercial Agents in Foreign Countries 117 Supervising Inspectors of Steam-vessels. 99
Commercial Marine of the U. S... .... 163 Intercourse with Foreign Nations....... 115
Commissioners, U.S., in Foreign Countries 116 Interior, Department of the.

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Massachusetts, Railroads of............ 202 Reciprocity Treaty, Act to carry into Ef-
Medical Schools .....

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Meteorological Information.......... 76-83 Religious Denominations
Michigan
294 Representatives, Alphabetical List of.... 185
Military Commands................... 101 Representatives, House of....
Military Posts .......

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102 Representatives, State, No. of, and Terms 193
104 Representatives, U. S., Apportionment of 188
313 Resolutions, Public, of Congress...
116 Revenue and Expenditure.......... 144-152
120 Revenue, U. S., for 65 Years..........
189 Rhode Island..

190 Saturn's Rings

278 School Fund of States....................

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304 Seasons, Beginning and Length of
95 Secretaries of Legation

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161 Senate of the U. S.

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Navy Department.

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Navy List

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89 Senators, State, No. of, and Terms....... 193

106 Slaves in the U. S.
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Navy Officers, Pay of....................

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Navy, Vessels of War in...............
Navy Pension Agents...

Navy Yards, Commanders of ........
Nebraska Territory..

Nebraska Territory, Act establishing....
New Hampshire

New Jersey.

New Mexico Territory
Newspapers,

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107 Smithsonian Institution................ 201
108 South Carolina

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99 Southern Railroads
106 Sovereigns of Europe
314 Specific Duties. See Imports.
132 State Department..
222 State Elections, &c.....
251 State Finances, Debts, &c.
313 Steamboat Inspectors....

Postage on............172-178 Sun, Ephemeris of the

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243 Sun's Parallax in Altitude..........................
205 Supreme Court, U. S.....

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267 Surveyors of Land-Office........
323 Surveyors General in New Mexico, Kanzas,
329 and Nebraska

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336 Tennessee ............................ 286
41 Texas..

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290 Tides, Height of Greatest, in 1855........
Oregon Territory
313 Titles and Abstracts of Public Laws... 127
Oregon Territory, Postal service in...... 138 Tonnage of the U. S....
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Pamphlets and Magazines, Postage on.... 178 Tonnage, Comparative View of, for 39
Parallax in Altitude of the Sun.................. 64 Years ...
Pennsylvania.

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Postage to Oregon and California, Foreign 174 Virginia
Postmasters in Chief Towns and Cities... 90 War Department
Postmasters, Compensation of.. 135, 167, 171 Warehousing System, Act concerning, .
Post-Office Department.
90, 164 Washington Territory,
Post-Office Distributing Offices........90-93 Washington Territory, Postal Service in.. 138
Post-Office Rec's and Expend's in 1852, '53 169 Western Railroads
Post-Office Statistics since 1790....

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Public Lands, Act to graduate and reduce Zodiac, Signs of the............

172 Vessels and Tonnage from 1815-1853 163-164
..174-178 Vessels of War in U. S. Navy

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