GREAT BRITAIN. 



number of commitments to prison, 410 ; statis- 

 tics of reformatory and industrial schools, 

 410 ; births in England and Wales, 410 ; mar- 

 riages and deaths, 411 ; oldest persons, 411 ; 

 births, marriages, and deaths, in Scotland and 

 Ireland, 411 ; excess of births over deaths, 

 411 ; total emigration, 411. 



VI. Area, 380 ; population, 380 ; relations 

 with the United States, 380; cattle-plague, 

 381 ; financial panic, 381 ; reform bill, 381 ; 

 new cabinet, 381 ; revenue and expenditures, 

 381 ; imports and exports, 381 ; shipping, 382 ; 

 army, 382; navy, 382; iron-clads, 382; edu- 

 cational statistics, 383 ; religion, 383 ; pauper- 

 ism and crime, 383. 



VII. Area and population, 375 ; Govern- 

 ment, 375 ; Alabama claims of the United 

 States, 375 ; operations of the Fenians, 375 ; 

 attack on the Manchester police, 375 ; Clerk- 

 enwell Prison explosion, 375 ; parliamentary 

 reform, 376 ; Abyssinian expedition, 376 ; 

 finances, 376 ; army, 376 ; navy, 376 ; com- 

 merce and trade, imports and exports, and 

 shipping, 377 ; educational statistics, 377 ; sta- 

 tistics of population, 378 ; of pauperism, 378 ; 

 of crime, prisons, etc., 378 ; reform-schools in 

 England and Wales, 379 ; crime in Ireland, 

 379 ; crime in Scotland, 379. 



VIII. Area, 326 ; population, 326 ; Govern- 

 ment, 326 ; the reform bill, 326 ; reform bills of 

 former years, 326 ; occupation franchise, 327 ; 

 lodger franchise, 327 ; property franchise, 

 327; occupation franchise in counties, 327; 

 effects of the bill, 328; action of the Lords, 

 328 ; reform acts of Scotland and Ireland, 328 ; 

 new Parliament to be elected, 328 ; Irish 

 Church question, 328; action of Parliament, 

 328; resignation of the ministry, 329; new 

 ministry, 329; finances, 330; expenditures, 

 330; army and navy, 330; commerce and 

 trade, 331 ; shipping, 331 ; vital statistics, 331 ; 

 pauperism and crime, 331 ; educational statis- 

 tics, 332. ' 



IX. Area and population, 316 ; Govern- 

 ment, 316 ; Queen Victoria, 316 ; Prince of 

 Wales, 316 ; the cabinet, 316 ; other ministe- 

 rial officers, 316 ; defeat of the Disraeli min- 

 istry, 316 ; discussion in Parliament of Sena- 

 tor Sumner's speech on the Alabama claims 

 treaty, 317; commercial condition, 317; sta- 

 tistics of railways, 317; table of electors in 

 England and Wales, 317; finances revenue 

 and expenditure, 318; army and navy ex- 



penses, 318 ; national debt, 318 ; army, 318 ; 

 navy, 319 ; income, 319 ; commerce and in- 

 dustry, 319 ; shipping, 319 ; textile industry, 

 320; minerals and metals, 320; emigration, 

 320 ; pauperism in the United Kingdom, 321 ; 

 statistics of crime, 321 ; education, 322 ; reli- 

 gious statistics, 322. 9 



X. Area, 377 ; population, 377 ; Govern- 

 ment, 377; ministry, 377; House of Com- 

 mons, 377; Irish peace-preservation bill, 377; 

 Irish land-reform bill, 377 ; education bill, 377 ; 

 course as to Continental war and Black Sea 

 question, 377; relations with United States, 

 377 ; joint high commission, 378 ; railroads, 



378 ; revenue, 378 ; expenditure, 378 ; army, 

 379 ; regulars, 379 ; Indian army, 379 ; militia, 

 379 ; yeomanry cavalry, 379 ; volunteer force, 



379 ; navy, 379 ; government of, 379 ; armored 

 ships, 380 ; loss of the Captain, 380 ; imports, 

 380; exports, 380; shipping, 380; metals, 

 380; educational statistics, 380; schools in 

 England and Wales, 380; in Scotland, 380; 

 in Ireland, 380 ; Government grants to, 380 ; 

 Alabama claims, 227 ; Canadian fisheries, 228 ; 

 northwest boundary of United States, 230; 

 shipment of precious metals to India, 401. 



XI. Area, population, 372 ; Government, 

 372 ; area and population of British Empire, 

 372 ; principal measures of ministry, 372 ; 

 joint high commission with United States, 

 372; its work, 373; Board of Arbitrators, 

 373 ; British - American Claims Commission, 

 373 ; meeting of Geneva Conference, 373 ; 

 political action of working-classes, 373 ; edu- 

 cation bill, 373 ; pauper question, 374 ; dowry 

 to Princess Louise, 374 ; demands of working- 

 men, 374; Sir Charles Dilke, 374-376; sick- 

 ness of Prince of Wales, 374 ; William E. Glad- 

 stone, career, 374, 375 ; Benjamin Disraeli, ca- 

 reer, 375, 376 ; imports and exports, 376 ; com- 

 parative statistics for 1825, 1850, and 1871, 

 376, 377; bank circulation, price of consols, 

 etc., 377 ; railroads, 377 ; postal statistics, 377; 

 telegraphs, 377; pauperism, 377; relations 

 with United States (see Diplomatic Correspond- 

 ence). 



XII. Area and population, 356; Govern- 

 ment, 356 ; members of the cabinet, 357 ; 

 House of Lords, 357 ; of Commons, 357 ; pas- 

 sage of the ballot act, 357 ; qualifications for 

 eligibility to Parliament, 357 ; debate in Par- 

 liament on the Treaty of Washington, 358 ; 

 disasters and misfortunes to the working-class, 



