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ganization of committees, G6G; adjournment of the con- 

 vention, 666 ; finances and public debt, 666 ; schools, 

 666, 667; Agricultural College, 667; formation of 

 a Bureau of Labor Statistics and of Agriculture, 667; 

 mining statistics, 667; Asylum for Insane, 667; peni- 

 tentiaries, 668; statistics of occupations, 668; of agri- 

 culture, 668; of manufactures, 668; of newspapers and 

 periodicals, 668; of libraries, 668; of churches, 668; of 

 pauperism and crime, 668. 



Pensions. (See President** Message, p. 701 ; also, p. 33.) 



Persia. Royal family, 669;' extent of territory, 669; pop- 

 ulation, 669; revenue, 669; debt, 669; army, 669; im- 

 ports, 669; religious statistics, 669; famine in, 34, 35. 



PERSIGNY, JEAN GILBERT VICTOR FIALIN, Due de. Birth, 

 death, 670; career, 670. 



Peru. Area, 671; population and capitals of departments, 

 671; nationalities, 671; officers of government, 671; 

 array. 671; navy, 671; exports, 671; imports, 671; 

 movement of shipping, 672; revenue and expendi- 

 tures, 672; public debt, 672; manufacture of sugar, 

 672; railroads, 672; funeral of the Archbishop of Li- 

 ma, 673; construction of ships-of-war, 673; steamers 

 between Bordeaux and Panama, 673; arrival of Gen- 

 eral Paez at Lima, 673; opening of the national expo- 

 sition, 674; the coolie question, 674; important events- 

 in July, 674; contest for the presidency, 674; the Min- 

 ister of War seizes the President and declares himself 

 supreme ruler, 675; the dictator's brother killed by 

 the populace, 675; President Balta put to death, 675; 

 death of Gutierrez, 675; character of Balta, 676. 



PHELPS, GEORGE D. Obituary, 927. 



PHELPS, NOAH A. Obituary, 627. 



PHELPS, ZENAS MONTAGUE, A, M. Obituary, 622. 



Philippine Islands. Attempt at revolt, 742. 



PICTET, Prof. FRANCIS JULES. Obituary, 642. 



PIKE, SAMUEL N. Obituary, 635. 



PITCHER, WILLIAM H., M. D. Obituary, 619. 



PITCHER, ZINA, M. D. Obituary, 611. 



PLATT, ISAAC. Obituary, 620. 



PLON, HENRI. Obituary, 649. 



PLUMMER, Hon. GEORGE. Obituary, 619. 



POINDEXTER, Rev. A. M., D. D. Obituary, 613. 



POL, VINCENT. Obituary, 651. 



Political Disabilities. Bill for the removal, of, 140; vote 

 on, in the House, 154. 



POLLARD, EDWARD A. Birth, death, 676 ; career, 676. 



POLLOCK, Sir GEORGE. Obituary, 646. 



POMEROY, S. C., investigation of the charges of bribery 

 against him by the Kansas Legislature, 420-422. 



POOLE, JOHN. Obituary, 639. 



POPE, The, his relations with the Italian Government, 

 410. (See Roman Catholic Church.) 



Pork-packing. Careful and extensive collection of statis- 

 tics, 676; character of the inquiries, 676; statistics 

 of pork-packing in the West by States, 677 ; gains 

 and losses in the production of lard, 677 ; summer 

 packing, 677; unprecedented extent of operations 

 during last season, 678 ; extent of operations in Cin- 

 cinnati, 678 ; in Chicago, 67R ; number of hogs packed 

 in the West for a series of years, 678. 



PORTER, Brigadier-General ANDREW. Obituary, 601. 



Portugal. Koyal family, 678; ministry, 678; area and 

 population of provinces, 678; railroads, 678; army, 

 678 ; imports and exports, 679 ; religious statistics, 

 679; public instruction, 679; opening of the Cortes, 

 679 ; contract for submarine cable between Portugal 

 and Brazil, 679; treaties of commerce and naviga- 

 tion with Germany and Italy, 679; workingmen's 

 societies, 679; literature of the year, 465. (See 

 Europe.) 



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Post- Office Department of the United States, condition 

 of, 700. 



POTTER, ASA. Obituary, 631. 



POTTS, JOHN. Obituary, 623. 



POWELL, Prof., exploration of the Colorado River, 337. 



POWER, JOHN. Death of, 330 ; works, 330. 



POWERS, Rev. PHILANDER O. Obituary, 630. 



PRATT, DANIEL D., Senator from Indiana, 119 ; moves an 

 amendment to amnesty bill, 147; on disturbances at 

 the South, 201. 



Presbyterians. I. Presbyterian Church in the United 

 States of America, 679; statistics, 679; meeting of 

 the General Assembly, 680 ; resolutions relative to 

 the perpetuity of the office of minister, 680; finances 

 of the Board of Education, 680 ; of the Board of Pub- 

 lication, 680 ; of the Board of Home Missions, 680 ; 

 of Foreign Missions, 661 ; of the Freedmen's Fund, 

 681 ; of Church Erection, 681 ; of the Fund for the 

 Relief of Disabled Ministers, 681 ; meeting of the 

 Synod in China, 681. II. Presbyterian Church in the 

 United States, 682; statistics of the Southern Presby- 

 terian Church, 682 ; meeting of the General Assem- 

 bly, 682. III. Independent Synod of Missouri, 682. 

 IV. United Presbyterian Church, 683; statistics, 683; 

 meeting of the General Assembly, 683 ; foreign mis- 

 sions, 683. V. Reformed Presbyterian Church, 683. 

 VI. Reformed Presbyterians (old Side), 684; meeting 

 of the Synod, 684. VII. Associate Reform Synod of 

 tlie South, 684. VIII. Cumberland Presbyterian 

 Church, 684; meeting of the General Assembly, 684. 

 IX. Presbyterian Churches in the British Provinces, 

 684; statistics of the Canada Presbyterian Church, 

 685 ; meeting of the General Assembly, 685 ; meeting 

 of the Synod of the Church of Scotland in the Mari- 

 time Provinces of British America, 686 ; Synod of the 

 Presbyterian Church in the Lower Province* of Brit- 

 ish America, 686. X. The Church of Scotland, 686. 

 XI. The Free Church of Scotland, 686. XII. United 

 Presbyterian Church of Scotland, 687. XIII. Reform 

 Presbyterian Church in Scotland, 687. XIV. The Irish 

 Presbyterian Church, 687. XV. Presbyterian Churches 

 in England, 687. 



PRESTON, ANN, M. D. Obituary, 613. 



PKIESTLT, JOHN. Obituary, 637. 



Prison Discipline. Prison Congress, the results to be 

 attained, 688 ; modes of punishment in former times, 

 688 ; efforts for prison reform, 688 ; the prison dis- 

 cipline of Great Britain and Ireland, 688; in the 

 United States, 689 ; organization of a National Prison 

 Association, 690; International Prison Congress in 

 London, 689 ; Gaylord B. HubbelPs idea of a model 

 prison, 690. 



Protestant Episcopal Church. General statistics, 690; 

 special meeting of the Board of Bishops, 690 ; appli- 

 cation for the election of a German-speaking bishop, 

 690; table showing the number of clergymen, par- 

 ishes, baptisms, communicants, teachers and scholars 

 of Sunday-schools, and contributions for each dio- 

 cese, 691 ; anniversary meetings of the Board of Mis- 

 sions, 691 ; foreign missions, 691 ; the American 

 Church Missionary Society, 691 ; finances of the Evan- 

 gelical Educational Society, 692 ; of the Protestant 

 Episcopal Society, 692; of the Society for the In- 

 crease of the Ministry, 692. 



Prussia. Area and population of provinces and districts, 

 692; revenue and expenditures, 693; public debt, 693; 

 new law on the inspection of public schools, 693; 

 new law on the administration of the circles into 

 which the provinces are divided, 693; opening of the 

 Chambers, 693; reopening of the Landtag, 694; Bis- 



