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roads, 615; mining and manufacturing interests, 615; 

 schools, 615; State officers, 615. 

 OSSOBIO, JUAN BAUTISTA. Obituary of, 599. 



PAGE, Captain HUGH K Obituary of, 576. 



PAINE, BYRON. Obituary of, 567. 



PAPINEAU, Louis JOSEPH. Birth, 616; political career, 



616; death, 616. 



Paris Food and Hygiene during the Siege. Supply be- 

 fore the investment, 616; processes for preserving 

 meat, 616, 617; gelatine from bones, 617; soups, 617; 

 horse-fats, 618; substitute for butter, 618; sugars and 

 other supplies. Sanitary Appliances. Instructions 

 to householders, 618. 



Patents in 1871. Finances of Department, 619; business 

 of the year, 619; distribution in States and Territo- 

 ries, 619. 



PATTERSON, Mrs. HELEN H. -Obituary of, 592. 

 PATTERSON, JAMES W. Senator from New Hampshire, 



132; on San Domingo resolutions, 156. 

 PATEN, M. Scientific pursuits, 619; death, 619. 

 PENNETHORNE, Sir JAMES. Obituary of, 600. 

 Pennsylvania. State debt, 620; sources of revenue, 630; 

 legislative session, 620; Eepublican Convention, 620; 

 resolutions, 620; Democratic Convention, 621; reso- 

 lutions, 621; results of election, 621; troubles in the 

 coal-regions, 621; riots at Scranton, 622; proclamation 

 of the Governor, 622; compromise offered rejected, 

 623; terms of settlement, 623; mine disaster, 623; 

 schools, 623; census details, 624; National Guard of 

 the State, 625; debt of Philadelphia, 625. 

 PERRY, Hon. THOMAS. Obituary of, 576. 

 Persia. Famine in, 43; Area, 625; population, 625; terri- 

 ble famine, 625; further accounts, 625; denials, 626; 

 further details, 626. 



Peru. Geographical explorations in, 341; Government, 

 626; population, 626; revenue and expendiiures, 627; 

 commerce, 627; shipping, 627; railroads, 627; at- 

 tempt at revolution, 627 ; extension of railroads, 

 627; earthquake, 628. 

 PHELAN, MICHAEL. Obituary of, 588. 

 Photographic Process. Novel method of printing, 628; 



summary of points, 628; how applied, 628. 

 Picric Powder. How produced, 629; explosive powder, 



629; safety, 629; other substances introduced, 629. 

 PLATT, Hon. ZEPHANIAH. Obituary of, 573. 

 PLEASANTON, General A. Declines to resign as Commis- 



missioner of Internal Revenue, 744. 

 Poland. Area and population, 693. 

 POLAND, LUKE P. Representative from Vermont, 132; 

 relative to the bill to enforce the fourteenth amend- 

 ment, 226. 



POOR, JOHN A. Obituary of, 593. 

 PORTER, PETER B. Obituary of, 577. 

 Portugal. Government, 629; ministry, 629; population, 

 630; revenue, 630; railroads, 630; army, 630; political 

 affairs, 630. 

 POTTER, CAPRINI. Birth, 630; musical pursuits, 630; 



death, 630. 

 POTTER, CLARKSON N. Representative from New York, 



132; on the reconstruction bill, 139. 

 POURNAIS, JACOB. Obituary of, 580. 

 PRATT, Colonel ZADOCK. Obituary of, 572. 

 Presbyterians. Numbers, and other statistics, 631 ; report 

 on union with United Presbyterians, 631; report on 

 benevolent work, 632; memorial fund, 632; missions, 

 632. Church South, 632; statistics, 632; Assembly, 

 633; educational meeting, 633; missions, 633; Publi- 



cation Board, 633. United Presbyterians. Statistics, 

 633; Assembly, 633; papal baptism, 633; divorces, 

 633; missions, 634; Reformed, statistics, 634; synod, 

 634; missions, 634; Reformed Old-School Synod, 

 634; numbers, 634; Cumberland Assembly, 684; Asso- 

 ciate,^-, Synod of Missouri, 635; other divisions, 635. 



Protestant Episcopal Church. Statistics, 636; Triennial 

 Convention, 637; proceedings, 687; list of measures 

 approved by both Houses and rendered operative, 

 638; measures discussed which failed to be adopted, 

 639; contributions, 640; ritualistic controversy, 641; 

 resignations, 641; case of Charles E. Cheney, 641; 

 mission receipts, 642. 



Prussia. Provinces and population, 642; new census, 

 642; population of cities, 642; educational institutions, 

 643; conflicts with the Church, 643; revenue and ex- 

 penditures, 643; proceedings of the Diet, 643. 



PRTOR, THEODORE B. Obituary of, 587. 



Public Documents. President's message, December 4, 

 1871, 644; Treaty of Washington, 648; message on 

 San Domingo, 654; report of the commissioners sent 

 to San Domingo, 655; preliminary treaty of peace be- 

 tween France and Germany, 668, 669; definitive 

 treaty, 669-671; additional articles, 671, 672; three 

 side-treaties, 672. 



PUGET, P. R. Obituary of. (See RICHINGS, PETER.) 



PURDT, ELIJAH. Obituary of, 586., 



QUEENSLAND. Railroads in, 676. 

 QUINN, Rev. THOMAS. Obituary of, 591. 



Railroads. Congressional land grants, 672, 673 ; mileage 

 of, in the United States by States, 673 ; by sections, 

 673; increase in 1871, 673; yearly progress since 1827, 

 673; congressional grants in Illinois, 674 ; in Mississip- 

 pi, 674; Alabama, 674; Florida, 674; Louisiana, 674; 

 Arkansas, 674; Missouri, 674; Iowa, 674; Michigan, 

 674 ; Wisconsin, 674, 675 ; Minnesota, 675 ; Kansas,675; 

 California, 675 ; Oregon, 675 ; to Pacific Railroads, 675 ; 

 in aid of canals, 675 ; of wagon-roads, 675; certificates 

 issued in 1870-1871, 675 ; grant to the Texas Pacific 

 road, 675, 676 ; to New Orleans Railroad and Vicks- 

 burg Railroad, 676; earnings of principal roads in 

 1871, 676 ; mileage of railroads in European countries, 

 676 ; narrow-gauge railroads, 676. 



RAMSET, Rev. JAMES B. Obituary of, 581. 



RAND, Rev. ASA, Obituary of, 583. 



RAUDON, Count JACQUES Louis Cf SAR ALEXANDRZ. 

 Birth, 676 ; career, 676, 677 ; death, 676. 



Reconstruction. Bill relative to, in Congress, 134. 



REDFIELD, Captain GEORGE B. Obituary of, 572. 



Reformed Church. -I. Reformed Church in America. 

 Statistics, 677; General Synod, 677; domestic mis- 

 sions, 677; Board of Education, finances of, 677; 

 Board of Publication, 677 ; Indian agencies in Ari 

 zona, 678; special meeting of Synod, 678. II. Re 

 formed Church in the United States. General Synod 

 678 ; action of, 678; missions, 678 ; statistics, 678. 



Reformed Dutch, Church. (See Reformed Church.) 



RENFORTH, THOMAS. Obituary of, 600. 



Representation, Minority or Proportional. Theory of 

 representative government, 678 ; practical working in 

 New York, 678 ; at congressional elections in various 

 States, 679; comparison of actual results with results 

 of proportional system, 679 ; in case of several cities 

 679; aim of the proportional theory, 680; plans adopt- 



