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JAPAN. 



JEWS. 



and Daimios, 417; great fire at Yeddo, 417; 

 earthquakes, 417; persecution of Christians, 

 417; court reception of William H. Seward, 

 418. 



XI. Government, 421 ; area, 421 ; educa- 

 tion, 421 ; religion, 421 ; population, 421 ; 

 press, 422 ; commerce and shipping, 422 ; as- 

 sassination of Hirosawa Hioski, 422 ; mission 

 to the United States, 422 ; abolition of power 

 of Daimios, 422, 423 ; survey of Yesso, 423 ; 

 embassy to America and Europe, 423 ; prog- 

 ress in, 423. 



XII. Population, 413 ; area, 413 ; Govern- 

 ment, 413 ; receipts and expenditures, 414 ; 

 public debt, 414 ; education, 414 ; imports and 

 exports, 414; number and nationality of the 

 vessels entering the Japanese ports in 1870, 

 414; attempt to assassinate the Mikado, 414, 

 415; Japanese fair, 415; destructive fire in 

 Yeddo, 415 ; court etiquette, 415 ; suspension 

 of public proceedings by the Japanese embassy 

 in America, 415 ; visit of the Mikado to Kioto, 

 415 ; relations between Japan and Corea, 415, 

 416 ; treaty and trade regulations with China, 

 416 ; laws against Christianity, 416 ; abolition 

 of the old board of religion and establishment 

 of a new department, 417 ; convention of Prot- 

 estant missionaries, 417 ; appointment of com- 

 mittee for translating the Bible into Japanese, 

 417 ; plan for organizing native churches, 417 ; 

 progress in, 34 ; negotiation and treaty with 

 China, 107. 



XIII. Its ruler, 389; the reigning family, 

 390 ; divisions, 390 ; treaties with foreign na- 

 tions, 390 ; the budget, 390 ; public debt, 390 ; 

 imports and exports, 390; principal articles, 

 390 ; army, 391 ; railroads, 391 ; telegraphs, 

 391 ; reformatory measures introduced, 391 ; 

 foreign relations, 391 ; persecutions suspended, 

 391; difficulties which beset the growth of 

 commerce, 392 ; serious revolt in South Japan, 

 392. 



XIV. Present Mikado, 426 ; his family, 427 ; 

 ministry, 427; divisions of the empire, 427; 

 islands, 427; population, 427; treaties, 427; 

 budget, 427 ; sources of revenue, 427 ; com- 

 merce, 427 ; navigation, 427 ; army, 428 ; rail- 

 road and telegraph, 428 ; post-office, 428 ; ex- 

 pedition against Formosa, 428; proceedings, 

 428; negotiations with China, 428; further 

 proceedings, 429 ; articles of convention, 430 ; 

 evacuation of Formosa, 431 ; schools, 431 ; mis- 

 sionaries, 431. 



XV. Sovereign, 407; divisions, 407; area 

 and population, 407; foreign residents, 407; 

 budget, 408 ; imports and exports, 408 ; ship- 

 ping, 408 ; railroad, 408 ; telegraphs, 408 ; post- 

 office, 408 ; native press, 408 ; results of mis- 

 sionary labor, 409 ; trade with Australia, 409 ; 

 changes in the form of the government, 409 ; 

 meeting of Parliament, 409 ; proceedings, 409 ; 

 convention with Russia, 410; relations with 

 China, 410 ; relations with Corea, 410 ; arrest 

 of Americans, 410. 



JASMIN, JAQIES. IV. Birth, 446; works, 

 446 ; death, 446. 



JAUDON, SAMUEL. XIV. Decease of, 637. 



JEBB, Sir JOSHUA. III. Birth, 556; death, 

 556 ; services for the improvement of prison- 

 ers, 556. 



.Ii:m-:u. M. XI. Obituary of, 597. 



JEFFERSON, FORT. I. Its location, 393 ; ar- 

 mament designed for, 393 ; design to capture 

 it, 393. 



JEFFERSON, THOMAS. III. His letter to Mr. 

 Hammond relative to damages to British com- 

 merce by foreign privateers fitted out in Amer- 

 ican ports, 841. 



JEFFREY, Rev. WILLIAM, D.D. XII. Obitu- 

 ary, 608. 



JELF, Rev. RICHARD W. XI. Birth, career, 

 death, 423. 



JENCKES, THOMAS A. IX. Representative 

 from Rhode Island, 120 ; on enforcing fifteenth 

 amendment, 131, 132. 



JENKINS, CHARLES J. V. Inaugural address 

 as Governor of Georgia, 399; letters to Mr. 

 Seward, 400. 



JENKS, WILLIAM. VI. Birth, 420 ; pursuits, 

 420; death, 420. 



JESSUP, WILLIAM. VIII. Birth, 396 ; dea^h, 

 396 ; pursuits, 396. 



JESUITS. XII. Proceedings against, in Ger- 

 many, 353, 354 ; interdicted in Guatemala and 

 San Salvador, 372 ; excluded from German ter- 

 ritory, 716. 



JEUNE, FRANCIS. VIII. Birth, 396 ; death, 

 396; career, 397. 



JEWELL, MARSHALL. XIV. Appointed Post- 

 master-General, 796;- biographical sketch of, 

 796. 



JEWETT, CHARLES C. VIII. Birth, 397; 

 death, 397; pursuits, 397. 



JEWS. III. Numbers, 557 ; Jewish city in 

 China, 557; in Western Persia, 557 ; Palestine, 

 557 ; amelioration of, in Morocco, 558 ; treat- 



