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NELSON, WILLIAM. 



NETHERLANDS. 



XIII. Birth, 529 ; death, 529 ; career as an 

 American jurist, 529. 



NELSON, WILLIAM. I. Biographical notice 

 of, 724. 



II. Birth, 640 ; education, 640 ; naval life, 

 640 ; transferred to a military command, 640 ; 

 death, 640. 



NELSON, WOLFRED. III. Birth, 680 ; death, 

 680 ; public life, 680. 



NESMITH, JAMES W. III. Senator from 

 Oregon, 233 ; on the conscription bill, 275. 



NESMITH, JOHN. IX. Birth, 475; death, 

 475 ; early life, 475 ; pursuits, 476 ; discoveries 

 and inventions, 476 ; character, 476. 



NESSELRODE, KARL ROBERT TOD. II. Birth, 

 641 ; education, 641 ; pursuits, 641 ; public 

 employments, 641 ; death, 641. 



NETHERLANDS. V. King and heir-appar- 

 ent, 604; constitution of first and second 

 Chambers, 604; area and population, 604; 

 capital and largest cities, 604 ; religious statis- 

 tics, 604; educational statistics, 604; popula- 

 tion of colonial possessions, 604; East India 

 possessions, 605 ; finances, 605 ; army and 

 navy, 605 ; imports and exports, 605 ; move- 

 ment of shipping, 605 ; number and tonnage 

 of vessels, 605 ; repeal of the municipal excise 

 act, 605 ; non-repeal of the newspaper stamp 

 act, 605. 



VI. Government, 532; population, 532; 

 area, 532 ; population of cities, 582 ; army, 

 532; commerce, 532; Limburg and Luxem- 

 burg, 533 ; administration of Java, 532 ; its 

 results, 533 ; elections, 533 ; relations to for- 

 eign powers, 534 ; public works, 534. 



VII. Statistics, 534 ; Luxemburg question, 

 534 ; Legislature and ministry, 534. 



VIII. Area, 532; population, 532; army, 

 532 ; navy, 532 ; debt, 532 ; commerce, 532 ; 

 railways, 533 ; elections, 533 ; opening of the 

 Chambers, 533 ; proceedings, 533 ; new min- 

 istry, 533. 



IX. Government, 476 ; area, 476 ; popula- 

 tion, 476 ; population of large cities, 476 ; pop- 

 ulation of the Dutch colonies, 476; budget, 

 476 ; public debt, 476 ; army, 476 ; the fleet, 

 476 ; merchant-navy, 476 ; divisions of the 

 Scheldt, 477 ; proposed ship-canal through the 

 isthmus of North Holland, 477. 



X. Area and population, 533; births, 533; 

 deaths, 533; marriages, 533; budget, 534; 

 budget for the colonies, 534 ; army, 534 ; ma- 

 rine, 534; imports and exports, 534; railroads 



and telegraphs, 534; colonial debt, 534; ex- 

 ports from Java and Sumatra, 534 ; measures 

 passed by the Chambers, 534 ; visit of the King 

 to Amsterdam, 534; opening of the States- 

 General, 535; the King's speech from the 

 throne, 535; rupture of diplomatic relations 

 with Venezuela, 535. 



XI. Government, 540 ; area, 640 ; popula- 

 tion, 540 ; minority, 540 ; ministry, 640 ; rev- 

 enue, 540 ; expenditures, 540 ; army, 640 ; im- 

 ports, 541 ; shipping, 541 ; exports, 541 ; change 

 of ministry, 541 ; legislation, 541 ; hostility of 

 the people to members of the cabinet, 541. 



ill. Area and population of provinces, 565 ; 

 population of chief towns, 565 ; area and pop- 

 ulation of the Dutch colonies in the East Indies, 

 665 ; revenue, 565 ; public debt, 565 ; army of 

 the Netherlands, 565 ; navy, 565 ; movement 

 of shipping, 565 ; religious statistics, 665, 566 ; 

 opposition to the treaty.f or the cession to Great 

 Britain of the Dutch possessions on the Guinea 

 coast, 566; tercentenary anniversary of the 

 beginning of the War of Independence against 

 Spanish rule, 666 ; introduction of an income 

 tax, 566; formation of a new cabinet, 566; 

 adjournment of the Chambers, 566. (See Eu- 

 rope.} 



XIII. Reigning house, 529 ; area, 529 ; pop- 

 ulation, 529.; religious divisions, 529; popula- 

 tion of towns, 530 ; colonies, area of, 530 ; 

 budget, 530 ; navy, 530 ; debt, 530 ; sinking- 

 fund, 630 ; army and navy, 530 ; shipping, 530 ; 

 commerce, 530 ; expedition to Acheen, 631 ; 

 its defeat, 631 ; second expedition, 531 ; budget 

 for the East India colonies, 531. 



XIV. Area and population, 588 ; provinces, 

 688 ; religious divisions, 689 ; population of 

 cities, 689; budget, 589; debt, 589; army and 

 navy, 589 ; commerce, 589 ; navigation, 589 ; 

 hostilities with the Sultan of Acheen, 590; 

 second expedition, 590 ; occupation of Kraton, 

 590; description of the fortress, 590; opera- 

 tions of the fleet, 591 ; annexation of Acheen> 

 591 ; public opinion in the Netherlands, 591 ; 

 losses of the Dutch, 591 ; ministerial crisis, 591 ; 

 new ministry, 592 ; new session of the States- 

 General, 592 ; King's speech, 592 ; preparation 

 for the abolition of slavery in Sumatra and 

 Celebes, 592; financial estimates, 592; rela- 

 tions of Acheen with other countries, 592 ; 

 Dutch force at Acheen, 592, 593. 



XV. Sovereign, 533 ; population, 533 ; re- 

 ligious divisions, 533 ; colonies, 534 ; popula- 



