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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



expenses and revenue of Government, 70 ; public debt, 

 70 ; army, 70 ; militia, 70 ; commerce and merchant navy, 

 70 ; railroads and telegraphy, 70 ; new law regarding aca- 

 demic degrees, 70 ; elections, 71 ; election riots and dem- 

 onstrations, 71, 72; International Health Congress at 

 Brussels, 72, 73; Geographical Congress, 73 ; commission 

 on the measurement of a degree, 78. 



BELKNAP, W. W. Resignation as Secretary of "War, 42 ; im- 

 peachment and trial before the Senate, 688-691. 



Beloochistan. Rulers, 73 ; population, 73 ; rebellion against 

 the Khan of Kelat, 73, 74 ; mission of Major Sandeman, 

 74 ; he conciliates the warring tribes, and gains for Eng- 

 land the Bolan Pass, 74. 



BERTHAUT, General. French Minister of War, 818. 



BERTRAND, FELIX. A French politician, biographical sketch, 

 74. 



BLACKBURN, JOSEPH C. 8. Representative from Kentucky, 

 181 ; resolution relative to the absence of the President 

 from Washington, 169. 



BLAINE, JAMBS G. Representative from Maine, 181; pro- 

 poses an amendment to the Constitution, 133; on the 

 amnesty bill, 182; appointed United States Senator, 501. 



BLAIR, FRANCIS PRESTON. An American journalist, bio- 

 graphical sketch, 74. 



Bolan Pass. Secured to Great Britain, 74. 



Bosio, ASTYANAX SCEVOLA. A French sculptor, biographical 

 sketch, 74. 



BOSWELL, JOSEPH. An English scholar, biographical sketch, 

 75. 



BOWLES, Sir GEORGE. A British general, biographical 

 sketch, 75. 



BOYD, Sir HAHLEY HUGH, Bart. Biographical sketch, 75. 



BRAGQ, BRAXTON. An American Confederate general, bio- 

 graphical sketch, 75, 76. 



Brazil. Population of the several provinces, 76 ; area, 7(5 ; 

 Indian policy, 76; slavery, 76, 77; naturalization, 77; 

 Government colonies, 77; emigration discouraged in Eng- 

 land, 77 ; the reigning family, 78 ; members of Govern- 

 ment and other dignitaries, 78; army, 78; navy, 79; 

 Government finances, 79 ; trade, 79, 80. 



BRONONIART, A. T. A French botanist, biographical sketch, 

 80, 81. 



BROWNSON, ORESTES A. An American publicist and author, 

 biographical sketch, 81. 



BUCHHOLTZ, REINHOLD. A German naturalist, biographical 

 sketch, 81. 



BURRELL, Sir PERCY, Bart. Biographical sketch, 82. 



BUSHNELL, HORACE, D. D. An American clergyman, bio- 

 graphical sketch, 82. 



BUTCHER, SAMUEL. Bishop of Meath, biographical sketch, 

 82. 



CABALLERO, FERNAN. A Spanish novelist, biographical 

 sketch, 82. 



CABRERA, Don RAMON. A Spanish Carlist general, bio- 

 graphical sketch, 82, 83. 



California. Debates of the Legislature, 83 ; O'Connor bill, 

 creating Commissioners of Railways to restrain extortion- 

 ate charges and other abuses, 88, 84 ; investigation of the 

 State Land-Office, 84; resolutions upon Chinese immigra- 

 tion, 84, 85 ; resolutions of a popular meeting on the same 

 subject, 85; Senate commission investigate the same 

 question, 85 ; resolutions of Republican State Conven- 

 tion, 85, 86 ; resolutions of Democratic do., 86 ; mortgages 

 and credits not taxable, decision of the Supreme Court in 

 the case of People vs. the Hibernia Savings and Loan 

 Society, 86, 87 ; industrial and commercial statistics for 



1875, 87, 88; production of grain, 1876, 88 ; of gold, 88; 

 educational statistics, 88. 



CAMERON, J. DONALD. Secretary of War, 42 ; sketch of, 88. 



CAPKRTON, ALLEN T. Sketch of, 88. 



CAPPONI, Marquis GINO. An Italian historian and statesman, 

 biographical sketch, 88. 



CAHNE, Count Louis M. DE. A French publicist, biographi- 

 cal sketch, 88, 89. 



Central America. End of a commission on the reestablish- 

 ment of the Central American Confederation, 89 ; popular 

 feeling on the subject, 89; negotiations with British Gov- 

 ernment regarding the settlement of the San Salvador 

 Government bonds, 89. 



CESNOLA, Count LUIGI DI. Explorations in Cyprus, 31-34. 



CHAIX D'EST ANGE, G. L. V. A. C. A French publicist, 

 biographical sketch, 89. 



CHELIUS, MAXIMILIAN J. A German surgeon, biographical 

 sketch, 89. 



Chemistry. Chemistry of the brain, 89, 90; influence of 

 chemical factories on public health, 90, 91; Bartlett's 

 ozone-generator, 91 ; improved gas jet, 91, 92; absorption 

 of nitrogen by plants, 92; new oxide of manganese, 92; 

 oxides of manganese sources of ozone, 92, 93 ; new dis- 

 infectant, 93 ; spontaneous combustion of coal, 93, 94 ; 

 fertilizers in beet-culture, 94; influence of sewage on the 

 ground-atmosphere, 94 ; wearing of platinum retorts by 

 sulphuric acid, 94, 95 ; thymol an anti-ferment, 95 ; esti- 

 mated strength of astringents, 95, 96 ; adulteration of 

 coffee, 96; boracic acid as an antiseptic, 96, 97; chemical 

 production of cellulose, 97; test for alcohol, 97; iodine 

 extracted from sea-weed, 97, 98 ; solubility of tin, arsenic, 

 and antimony, in nitric acid, 98; a new oxide of sulphur, 

 98, 99 ; sulphur as a mordant, 99 ; change in composition 

 of the water of the Nile, 99 ; crystallized hydrate of 

 chlorohydric acid, 100 ; silver bromide sensitive to the 

 green ray, 100 ; new test for arsenic, 100, 101 ; distribu- 

 tion of arsenic in the tissues, 101; ammonia as a chemi- 

 cal impurity, 101, 102 ; eosin, 102, 108. 



Chill. Dispute with the Argentine Republic concerning the 

 Patagonian territory, 108 ; public officers, 103 ; area and 

 population, 103 ; army, 103 ; navy, 103, 104 ; revenue and 

 Government expenses, 104; comparison of annual reve- 

 nues since the foundation of the republic, 104; compari- 

 son of customs receipts. 104 ; reduction of Government 

 expenses, 105; the consolidated Bank of Chili. 105; ex- 

 ports and imports in 1875, 106; mineral wealth of North- 

 ern Atacama, 106 ; shipping, railroads, and telegraphs, 

 106; education, 106,107; abolition of the compulsory 

 study of Latin in the universities, 107 ; elections, 

 107. 



China. Area and population, 107 ; number of foreign resi- 

 dents, 107 ; population of chief cities, 107 ; foreign com- 

 merce, 107, 103; shipping, 108 ; difficulties with England 

 concerning the Margary murder, 10S; the British procure 

 the opening of an important city of Yunnan, three new 

 ports, and the Yang-tse-Kiang to foreign commerce, 109 

 dispute with Germany concerning the mutiny on the Ger- 

 man ship Anna, 109 ; the Portuguese prevent the erectior 

 of a Chinese custom-house near Macao, 109; the wa. 

 with Kashgaria, 109 ; local rebellions, 109, 110 ; famines, 

 110; inundation, 110; the congregation of a French 

 chapel murdered, 110 ; Kiungchow, on the island of Hai- 

 nan, opened to commerce, 110 ; Ichang, on the Upper 

 Yang-tse, and two other ports, thrown open, 110, 111 ; 

 first railroad opened in China, 111, 112 ; Li-Hung-Chang, 

 who negotiated the agreement with England, 112; statis- 

 tics of Protestant missions in China and adjacent coun- 

 tries, 112, 118. 



Chinese Immigration. Commission of the California Senate 

 to investigate, 84, 85 ; resolutions of California Legisla- 



