INDEX OP CONTENTS. 



ABDURRAHMAN KHAN. Ameer of Cabool, biographical ac- 

 count, 1, 2; early career, 1; his father displaces Shere 

 Ali, 1 ; Sbere Ali succeeds his brother, 1 ; Abdurrahman's 

 rebellion and exile, 2 ; his character, 2 ; genealogy, 3 ; 

 conferences with the British, 6; coronation, 7. 



Acheen. Rebellion against the Dutch, 554. 



Advent Christian Church. Account of the denomination, 

 2; publishing societies and missions, 2, 3. 



Afghanistan. Area and population, 3 ; the Afghan tribes, 

 3; situation at the beginning of the year, 4; the British 

 in Cabool threatened, 4 ; movements of Mohammed Jan, 

 4; British proposition for the selection of an Ameer, 4; 

 conditions of evacuation proposed, 4, 5 ; hostile engage- 

 ments, 5; occupation of Ghuznee, 5; attitude of Abdur- 

 rahman, 6 ; the Liberal policy inaugurated, 6 ; Abdurrah- 

 man recognized, 6 ; Ayoob routed, 7 ; British withdraw 

 from Cabool to Candahar, 7; Abdurrahman Ameer, 7; 

 battle before Candahar, 7 ; the heliograph, 8 ; executions 

 of the murderers of the officers of the embassy, S ; situa- 

 tion of the new Ameer at the end of the year, 9 ; attitude 

 of Yakoob and of Ayoob, 9 ; debate in Parliament on the 

 Afghan policy of the Imperial Government, 330, 331 ; 

 cost of the war, 336. 



Africa. Territorial changes, 9; events at the Cape, 9, 10; in 

 Egypt, 10; the Hebrews in Morocco, 10; table of the area 

 and population of the territorial divisions and countries 

 of Africa, 10. 



Agriculture. (See COMMERCE and UNITED STATES.) 



Alabama,. Finances, 10; State institutions, 10, 11; law im- 

 posing hard labor for failure to pay costs, 11; receipts 

 and expenditures, 11 ; assessment and taxation, 11 ; pub- 

 lic schools, 12; national or State quarantine, 12; financial 

 difficulties of Mobile, 12; the city's debts and the adjust- 

 ment, 13; Mobile's commerce, 13; railroads of the State, 

 13; decision relative to express companies, 14; Demo- 

 cratic Convention, 14 ; resolutions, 14; Republican Con- 

 vention, 15 ; election, 15 ; Senator-elect Pugh, 15. 



ALEXANDER II. Emperor of Russia, 660; plot to assassi- 

 nate him discovered in the army, 662 ; the Winter Palace 

 attempt on his life, 662 ; the anniversary of his ascent of 

 the throne, 663 ; his journey to Livalia, 666. 



ALEXANDER III. Emperor of Russia, 660 ; birth, 660 ; mar- 

 riage, 660; his children, 660; other members of the royal 

 family, 660. 



America. Fortune Bay fishery dispute, 15; United States 

 events, 15; Central and South American affairs, 16. 



ANDERWERT, Swiss President-elect. His suicide, 678. 



Anglican Church. Statistics, 16 ; Convocation of Canter- 

 bury, 16, 17; societies, 17; Irish Synod, 17; Canadian 

 Synod, 18 ; Synods of Sydney and New Zealand, 18. 



Antimony. Discovery of oxide deposits in Mexico, 18; 

 analysis of the new mineral, 19. 



Apaches. Victorio's war, 27, 28. 



Argentine Republic. Composition of the Government, 19; 

 army and navy, 19; budget, 19, 20; customs receipts, 

 20; President's statement concerning expenditures, 20; 

 financial condition, 20 ; revenue and taxes, 20 ; debt, 21 ; 

 commercial statistics, '21; railways and telegraphy, 22; 

 immigration, 22 ; political affairs, 22 ; the new President's 

 inaugural speech, 22, 23. 



ARGYLL, Duke of. British Cabinet Minister, biographical 

 sketch, 23, 24. 



Arkansas. Pronunciation of the name, 24, 25 ; Hot Springs 

 adjustment, 25; swamp-land claim, 25; defeated con- 

 stitutional amendment, 25; political conventions, 25, 26; 

 Democratic resolutions, 26. 



Army of the United States. Statistics, 26; higher character 

 of recruits, 26; deaths and casualties, 27; permanent 

 barracks at frontier posts advocated, 27; schools. 28; 

 militia inspection, 27; Ute troubles, 27; Apache war, 27, 

 28; Oklahoma colony, 28; surrender of Sioux, 28; In- 

 dian population, 28 ; agricultural production and wealth, 

 28; education, 28; change in policy of Government re- 

 garding the tenure of land and status of Indians, 28, 29 ; 

 seaport defenses defective, 29; ordnance experiments 

 and improvements, 29, 30 ; case of Cadet Whittaker, 30. 



Asia. Area and population by geographical divisions and 

 countries, 31, 32; events in Afghanistan, 32; Russian ex- 

 pedition against the Tekke Tartars, 32, 33 ; foreign policy 

 of China, 33 ; Persian affairs, 33 : situation in Burmah, 

 33. 



Astronomical Phenomena and Progress. Determination 

 of the sun's parallax, 33 ; sun-spots, 33 ; ellipticity of 

 Mars, 33 ; minor planets, 34 ; Jupiter's rotation, 84 ; Ju- 

 piter's intrinsic luminosity, 34 ; red spot, 84 ; ultra-Nep- 

 tunian planets, 34 ; comets discovered, 85 ; meteors, 35, 

 36; new stars, variables, and double stars, 36; Warner 

 and Lick Observatories, 36, 37. 



Australia and Polynesia. Area and population, 37; statis- 

 tics of British colonies, 87; Chinese immigration, 37; 

 transcontinental railway, 38; annexed islands, 38; Vic- 

 toria, 38, 39; new Ministry, 33; its policy, 38; defeat of 

 the Reform Bill, 39 ; the former Premier forms a Cabinet, 

 39; Melbourne International Exhibition, 39; New South 

 Wales, 40; Queensland, 40; New Zealand, 40; French 

 colonies, 40, 41. 



Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Composition of the Minis- 

 tries, 41 ; statistics, 41 ; universities, 42 ; the press, 42 ; 

 statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 42; finances, 42; 

 commerce and navigation, 43 ; army, 43 ; railroads, 43 : 

 royal betrothal, 43; political situation, 43, 44; Catholics 

 demand a return to denominational education, 43 ; min- 



