INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



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EATON, WILLIAM W. Senator from Connecticut, to fill the 

 vacancy occasioned by the death of W. A. Buckingham, 

 188 ; on counting the electoral vote for President, 208. 

 Ecuador. Boundaries, 252 ; new cabinet, 252; finances, 252 ; 

 national debt, 253 ; report of foreign bondholders, 253 ; 

 receipts of customs, 253 ; explorations, 258 ; shipping, 

 253; railway, 253; assassination of President Moreno, 

 254 ; proclamation to the army, 254 ; his successor, 254. 

 EDDY, ANSEL D. Decease of, 572. 



EDMUNDS, GEOEGE F. Senator from Vermont, 188 ; on spe- 

 cie payments, 153 ; on the civil-rights bill, 168 ; relative 

 to counting the electoral vote for President, 188, 202, 205 ; 

 relative to military interference in Louisiana, 211. 



Education in the United States. State and Territorial re- 

 ports, 255; expenditure for public schools, 255; diversity 

 of school age, 255 ; New England States, 255 ; Middle 

 States, 256 ; Southern States, 256 ; Great Lake and North- 

 ern Mississippi States, 258 ; Missouri Kiver States, 258 ; 

 States on the Pacific slope, 258; the Territories, 259; 

 statistics of, 127 ; cities, 259 ; normal schools, 259 ; com- 

 mercial and business colleges, 259 ; Kindergarten, 259 ; 

 secondary instruction, 259 ; preparatory schools, 259 ; 

 superior instruction of women, 259 ; universities and col- 

 leges, 259 ; statistics of superior instruction, 260 ; college 

 entrance examinations, 260 ; schools of science, 260 ; 

 schools of theology, 260 ; schools of law, 260 ; schools of 

 medicine, 260 ; libraries, 260 ; relation of art to educa- 

 tion, 260 ; schools for the deaf and dumb, 261 ;' schools 

 for the blind, 261 ; reform schools, 261 ; orphan asylums, 

 261 ; crime and ignorance, 261 ; schools for the feeble- 

 minded, 261 ; educational benefactors, 262. 



EDWABDS, JONATHAN. Decease of, 581. 



Egypt. Sovereign, 262; large divisions, 262; new acquisi- 

 tions, 262 ; area and population, 262 ; debt, 262 ; tribute 

 to Turkey, 262 ; railways, 262 ; letters and .newspapers 

 received and sent, 262 ; business of the Suez Canal, 263 ; 

 expense of construction, 263 ; dispute between Abyssinia 

 and Egypt, 263; hostilities, 263; loss of officers by 

 Egypt, 263; the port of Zeyla, 264 ; inauguration of the 

 International Court of, 264 ; sale of the Suez Canal, 265 ; 

 Darfour, capture of the Sultan of, 265 ; preparations for 

 the American Centennial, 265. 



ELLIOTT, CHARLES. An English admiral, 265 ; biographical 

 sketch of, 265. 



Europe. Friendly relations between the powers, 266 ; trou- 

 ble in the Turkish provinces, 266; purchase of the Suez 

 Canal, 266 ; affairs of France, 266 ; Germany and the 

 Church, 266; Austrian affairs, 266; Switzerland, 267; 

 Belgium, 267 ; Germany and Austria, 267 ; Netherlands, 

 267 ; area and population, 267 ; density of population, 268 



Evangelical Alliance. Meeting of the British branch, 268 ; 

 report of the deputation to the Sultan of Turkey, 269 ; 

 remonstrance to the British minister, 269 ; his reply, 269 ; 

 application to Earl Derby, 270 ; his reply, 270 ; report of 

 the Alliance for the United States, 270 ; application to 

 the Turkish minister at "Washington, 270 ; Annual Con- 

 ference of the British branch, 271 ; papers presented, 

 271 ; Biennial Conference of the American branch, 271 ; 

 papers read, 271. 



Evangelical Association. Statistics, 272; General Confer- 

 ence, 272; missions, 272; charitable associations, 272; 

 Board of Publication, 272 ; Missionary Society, 278. 



E-WALD, GEORGE H. A. An Orientalist, 273; biographical 

 sketch of, 273. 



Exhibition, Centennial. The project, 278 ; act of Congress, 

 278 ; capital stock, 273 ; the commission, 274 ; site for the 

 exhibition, 274 ; action of foreign countries, 274 ; arrange- 

 ment of the buildings and grounds, 274 ; details of the 

 buildings, 275, 276; departments, 277 ; applications, 277 ; 

 opening exercises, 277. 



FARWELL, SAMUEL. Decease of, 586. 



FERDINAND I. - Ex-Emperor of Austria, 278; biographical 

 sketch of, 278. 



FERRY, OBBIS 8. An American Senator, 278; biographical 

 sketch of, 278. 



FERRY, THOMAS W. Acting Vice-President, 748. 



FIELD, HENRY M., Mrs. Biographical sketch of, 279. 



FIELD, MAUNBELL B. Biographical sketch of, 270. 



FILLMORE, ISAAC. Decease of, 585. 



Finances of the United States. Receipts and expendi- 

 tures, 280; estimates, 281; reduction of the debt, 281; 

 the outstanding principal of the public debt, 282 ; views 

 of the Secretary of the Treasury on the resumption of 

 specie payments, 282; coinage for the fiscal year, 264; 

 sources of revenue, 284; value of importations, 285; 

 smuggling, 285 ; under- valuation, 285; receipts from va- 

 rious sources of internal revenue, 285; value of exports, 

 286 ; articles of which the value imported had increased, 

 286 ; articles exported, 286 ; the carrying-trade, 287 ; ton- 

 nage, 287 ; capital of banks organized, 287 ; circulation 

 issued, 287 ; circulation, deposits, specie, etc., at different 

 periods, 288; amount and different kind of registered 

 bonds, 288; percentage of lost or unredeemed notes, 

 288; banks according to their geographical divisions, 

 289 ; resources and liabilities of New York banks, 289 ; 

 national and State taxes paid by the banks, 290 ; the con- 

 dition of the banks by States, 290 ; expansion or contrac- 

 tion of the currency, 291 ; yield of gold for the year, 291 ; 

 total production of the precious metals, 291 ; estimate of 

 taxes in the United States, 292 , failures in the United 

 States, 292; range of prices of Government securities, 

 292 ; relative price of Government bonds, 292 ; course of 

 foreign exchange, 292 ; prices of State and railroad bonds, 

 293 ; prices of railroad stocks, 293 ; rate of wages, 298. 



FINCK, WILLIAM E. Representative from Ohio, 138; in the 

 civil-rights bill, 160. 



FINLAY, GEOBGE. A British historian, 293; biographical 

 sketch of, 293. 



FINNEY, CHARLES G. An evangelist and reformer, 293 ; bio- 

 graphical sketch of, 293. 



FLORENCE, THOMAS B. Decease of, 578. 



Florida. Session of the Legislature, 294; sketch of Senator 

 Jones, 294 ; contested seats, 294 ; joint resolutions rela- 

 tive to Cuba, 294; acts of the session, 295; amendments 

 to the constitution, 295 ; vote of the people upon them, 

 295 ; law relative to county commissioners, 296 ; action 

 against the trustees of the internal improvement fund, 

 296 ; the construction of the homestead provision of the 

 State constitution, 296 ; question as to the amended con- 

 stitution, 297 ; Fruit-Growers' Association, 297 ; resources 

 of Florida, 297; climatology of Florida, 298; school- 

 lands, 298 ; bonded debt, 298. 



FORBES, ALEXANDER P. A Scotch bishop, 298 ; biographical 



sketch of, 298. 



FORSTER, JOHN. Decease of, 586. 

 Fox, CHARLES K. Decease of, 571. 



FBAAS, KABL, N. A German agricultural writer, 299 ; bio- 

 graphical sketch of, 299. 



France. Government, 299 ; area and population, 299 ; rela- 

 tion of the sexes, 300 ; movement of the population, 800 ; 

 percentage of deaths, 800 ; other facts, 800 ; number of 

 voters, 801 ; religious divisions, 801 ; educational statis- 

 tics, 802 ; budget, 802 ; debt, 802 ; new army law, 802 ; 

 young men registered, 802 ; composition of the army in 

 time of peace, 808 ; movements of French commerce, 808 ; 

 commerce with colonies, 304 ; -principal articles of import 

 and export, 804; shipping, 804 ; railroads, 804 ; post-office 

 business, 804; area and population of colonies, 805; do. 



