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results of the election, 812, 818 ; the Dufaure ministry 

 formed, 818 ; members of the cabinet, 818 ; the Assemblies 

 opened, 813; speeches at the inauguration of the new 

 Government, 813; election of presidents in the Chambers, 

 814; the ministerial statement, 814; M. Waddington's 

 declaration concerning the granting of degrees, 814; Vic- 

 tor Hugo's and Easpairs motions for amnesty to political 

 convicts, 314 ; they are angrily discussed in both Houses 

 and voted urgent, 314; drawing ot lots by the i-enators to 

 decide who should retire at the end of the short terms, 

 814, 815; committee in the Chamber on university de- 

 grees, 815; Deputies rejected by the Chamber, 315; ex- 

 cited debate on the amnesty question, and explanations 

 i/etween M. Kicard and M. Duval, Bonapartist, 815, 816; 

 death of Minister Ricard, 817 ; defeat of the amnesty mo- 

 tions, 817 ; passage of M. Waddington's university bill in 

 the Chamber, and defeat in the Senate, 817; municipal 

 law passed, 817; gains of the Right in the t-'enate, 317, 

 818 ; the budget not passed at the close of the regular 

 session, 818 ; General Berthaut succeeds General de Cis- 

 sey as Minister of War, 318; communal elections, 818; 

 the Chambers reconvened, 818 ; declaration of the Gov- 

 ernment on the Eastern question, 818; bill passed in the 

 Chamber for the civil trial of Communists, 818; the same 

 bill being defeated in the Senate, with a Government bill 

 for refusing military honors at the funerals of civilians of 

 the Legion of Honor, the ministry resign, 318 ; appoint- 

 ment of the Simon compromise cabinet, 318 ; appropria- 

 tions for chaplains' services refused by the Deputies, 

 818; Communists pardoned, 319; freshets, 819. 



Free Church of England. The Confession of Faith, 819; 

 form for the consecration of bishops, 819; convocation at 

 Teddington, 819 ; consecration of bishops, 819. 



FREILIGRATH, FERDINAND. A German poet, biographical 

 sketch, 819, 820. 



FRELINGHUYSEN, FREDERICK T. Senator from New Jersey, 

 131; on the joint rules of Congress, 155; on counting 

 the electoral vote, 161; on a constitutional amendment 

 relative to school-funds, 174; proposes a substitute, 175. 



Friends. London Yearly Meeting, 820; statistics and re- 

 ports, 320, 821 ; statistics of the society for the whole 

 world, 821. 



FRYE, WILLIAM P. Representative from Maine, 131 ; on 

 amending the Constitution, 133 ; on the presidential 

 term, 184. 



FUHRICH, JOSEPH VON. A German painter, biographical 

 sketch, 321. 



FULLER, RICHARD. An American clergyman, biographical 

 sketch, 322. 



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GATTNTLETT, H. J. An English composer, biographical 

 sketch, 822. 



GEGENBAUR, J. A. von. A German painter, biographical 

 sketch, 322. 



Geographical Progress and Discovery in 1876. Contem- 

 porary exploration, 322; necrology, 322, 823; geograph- 

 ical societies, 328; bibliography, 823, 824; cartography 

 824 ; Norwegian hydrographical expedition, 324-326 ; 

 English polar expedition, 826, 827 ; the Alert and Dis- 

 covery in Robeson Channel, 826 ; parting of the vessels, 

 826; winter quarters of the Alert, 326; sledge expedi- 

 tions, 326, 327 ; return voyage, 327 ; the palseocrystio 

 sea, 827 ; English Palestine exploration, 327, 328 ; Amer- 

 ican Palestine exploration, 328; Nordenskiold's second 

 expedition to Siberia, 828 Russian expedition to the Obi, 

 828; Russian expedition under Captain "Wiggins, 828; 

 expedition of the Bremen Arctic Society to Siberia, 828 ; 

 M. Kuhn's description of Khokan, 328, 329 ; Russian ex- 



pedition to Mongolia and China, new route to the tea 

 country, 329 ; journey of the pundit Nain Sing through 

 Thibet, 829 ; a lake system discovered, 329 ; D'Albertis in 

 New Guinea, 829 ; missionary explorations in New Guinea, 

 880 ; Beccari's do., 830 ; Octavius Stone's do., 330 ; Maclay's 

 do., 880 ; Mr. Lawes on the languages of New Guinea, 

 880; journey of Ernest Giles through Australia, 880; the 

 German African expedition, 330, 331 ; Haggenmacher's 

 journey in the Somali country, 831 ; Gussfeldt and 

 Schweinfurth's expedition to the Red Sea, 331 ; Ascher- 

 son's visit to the Little Oasis, 831 ; Young's circumnavi- 

 gation of Lake Nyassa, 381 ; Signer Gessi's circumnavi- 

 gation of the Albert N'yanza, details of the voyage, and 

 description of the lake, 331, 832 ; a new branch of the 

 Nile, 831; Holub's journey in South Africa, 332; Lar- 

 geau's expedition to Ghadames, in Sahara, 382 ; Italian 

 expedition to Central Africa, 832 ; Bishop Steere's jour- 

 ney to the Nyassa country, 382, 333 ; Stanley's explora- 

 tions, 883 ; Captain Hay on the district of Akem, 838 ; Di 

 Brazza and Marche's departure for Okanda, 333 ; boun- 

 dary measurement between Brazil and Bolivia, 333 ; geo- 

 logical and geographical survey of the Territories, 838- 

 885. 



Georgia. Governor's address on the condition of the State, 

 835 ; State finances, 335 ; educatioual progress, 335 ; sta- 

 tistics of instruction, 386 ; public institutions, 336 ; rail- 

 roads, 336; geological survey, 836; legislative transac- 

 tions, 336 ; resolutions of Legislature disclaiming the in- 

 tention to create race discriminations in the proposed 

 revision of the constitution, 386, 337 ; change in the home- 

 stead law, 337 ; the bankrupt house of Clews & Co. found 

 indebted to the State, 837 ; proceeds of the sale of tho 

 United States land-grant for a university, 337; Demo- 

 cratic delegates to St. Louis chosen in separate conven- 

 tions, 837 ; Republican Convention to elect delegates, 

 887 ; Democratic Convention to nominate a State ticket, 

 837 ; Republican Convention for State officers, 337 ; Demo- 

 cratic successes in the State and national elections, 337, 

 838 ; Governor Smith's message on the presidential com- 

 plications, 833. 



GERLACH, F. A German scholar, biographical sketch, 388. 



Germany. Imperial family, 883 ; area, population, votes in 

 the Bundestag, and number of Deputies of the several 

 states, 838, 339 ; the reigning houses of Germany, 339 ; the 

 constitution of the Imperial Government, 889 ; members 

 of the Bundestag, 389, 840 ; population of German cities, 

 840; statistics of emigration, 840; statistics of state Diets, 

 840, 341 ; statistics of German universities, 341 ; of extra- 

 German universities in which the German language is 

 used, 842 ; budget, 843 ; sources of revenue, 842 ; esti- 

 mated expenditures, 842; military statistics, 342, 343; 

 war army, 342, 343 ; standing military force, 343 ; move- 

 ment of shipping, 848 ; merchant navy, 843; cost of rail- 

 roads, 343 ; extension of telegraph-lines, 843 ; the World's 

 Postal Union, 843; postal statistics of Germany, 344; 

 session of the Reichstag, 344 ; debates on the penal-code 

 amendments, 344 ; rejection of clauses creating political 

 crimes, 844; law against copying works of art, 844; 

 meetings of the particular Parliaments, 844, 345 ; protests 

 of the Chambers of Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtemberg 

 against the imperial acquisition of the railroads. 844; 

 Catholic opposition in Bavaria, 344 ; the Badensian Cham- 

 ber refuse an appropriation for the archbishopric, it being 

 vacant, 844, 345 ; resignation of the President of the Im- 

 perial Chancery, Delbruck, 845 ; last session of the Reichs- 

 tag, 345; the imperial message on securing more fa- 

 vorable commercial treaties, 345 ; the judicial bills on the 

 constitution of the courts, the civil process, and the 

 criminal process, 346; effort to elect Prof. Hanel. ad- 

 vanced Liberal, second vice-president of the Reichstag, 



