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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Hell-Gate Improvement. Nature of the channel, 377, 378; 

 first Government survey, 378; the Maillefert improve- 

 ments, 378 ; General Newton's survey, 378 ; development 

 of General Newton's cupola-scow, 378, 379; blasting of 

 the mid-channel reefs, 379, 380; Halletfs Point Eeef, 380- 

 382; tunneling of Blossom Eock, 380; Hallett's Point 

 coffer-dam, 880 ; the tunnel, 880, 881 ; the explosion, 

 381, 382; harbor-improvement appropriations, 882; re- 

 sults of the improvement, 382. 



HEMANS, C. I. A. British scholar, biographical sketch, 882. 



HENDRTOKS, THOMAS ANDREWS. -Vice-presidential candidate, 

 biographical sketch, 882, 883. 



HKNNBBERG, E. A German painter, biographical sketch, 

 383. 



HERBERT, Sir PERCY E. A British general, biographical 

 sketch, 883. 



HERZOG, Dr. Old Catholic Bishop of Switzerland, sketch of, 

 650. 



HEUGLIN, THEODOB VON. A German African explorer, bio- 

 graphical sketch, 883, 884 



HEWITT, ABRAM 8. Eequests a committee of Democrats to 

 witness the Louisiana canvass, 486. 



HILL, BENJAMIN H. Eepresentative from Georgia, 131 ; on 

 the amnesty bill, 186. 



HODGSON, W. N. A British politician, biographical sketch, 

 833. 



HOGG, Sir J. "W. A British statesman, biographical sketch, 

 884. 



HOLMAN, WILLIAM S. Representative from Indiana, 181; 

 resolution on subsidies, 166. 



HOLZGETHAN, L. VON. An Austrian statesman, biograpiiical 

 sketch, 884. 



Homestead Law. Repeal of its operation by Congress in 

 certain Southern States, 208. 



HOPKINS, JAMES H. Eepresentative from Pennsylvania, 

 181 ; reports a bill relative to the Centennial Exhibition, 

 194. 



HORSMAN, EDWARD. A British statesman, biographical 

 sketch, 884. 



HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLET. An American philanthropist, bio- 

 graphical sketch, 384, 885; education of the blind Laura 

 Bridgman, 884, 885. 



Hungary. Area and population, 885 ; members of the min- 

 istry, 385; finances, 885; railroads, 885 : postal and tele- 

 graph statistics, 885, 386; the compact with Austria, 

 886 ; the proposed Hungarian bank, 8S6 ; conference of 

 ministers on the renewal of the compact, 386 ; the Hun- 

 garian ministry threaten to resign, 886; the second con- 

 ference, and renewal of the compact, 386 ; Hungarian 

 opposition to the compact and agitation for the dual 

 bank, 386 ; Austrian opposition to the compact, 887 ; res- 

 ignation of both ministries, 887 ; Hungary's concern in 

 the Eastern question, 887; conference of Andrassy and 

 the Hungarian ministers on the Eastern question, 887; 

 minister-president defines the neutral policy of the Gov- 

 ernment, 387; strong measures against abetting the bel- 

 ligerents, 387, 888; the peace policy reaffirmed by the 

 Government, 388: demonstration of students at Pesth 

 suppressed, 888; revenue and expenditures, 888; the 

 Diet, 888; a sinking-fund approved, 388; inundations, 

 888; Bishop Herwarth on civil marriage, 388, 889; Statis- 

 tical Congress at Pesth, 889. 



HUNT, CHARLES S. An American journalist, biographical 

 sketch, 389. 



Ni PASHA. A Turkish statesman and general, 

 biographical sketch, 889. 



Idaho. Assessments and taxes, 390; finances, 390; Gov- 



ernor's message on a commutation of the debt, 390; 

 educational statistics, 390. 



IGLESIAS, JOSE MARIA. A Mexican statesman, biographical 

 sketch, 891. 



Illinois. Number of new corporations, 391 ; new towns and 

 changes in town names, 891 ; finances, 891 ; schools and 

 public institutions, 891 ; new Capitol at Springfield, 891, 

 392; the militia, 392; agriculture, 392; convention of the 

 Greenback party, 892; convention of the Republican 

 party, 392 ; nominations, 892 ; platform, 892, 393 ; Demo- 

 cratic Convention, 898 ; nominations, 398 ; platform, 393 ; 

 the election, 398 ; the Democratic State Committee calls 

 a convention of citizens to discuss the presidential com- 

 plications, 894 ; resolutions adopted at the convention of 

 January 8th, 394, 895 ; Governor Culloin's inaugural ad- 

 dress on the same subject, 895; biographical sketch of 

 Governor Cullom, 395; the equitability of tax assess- 

 ments not subject to judicial investigation, decision of 

 the United States Supreme Court, 896. 



India. Members of the Government, 896 ; the great cen- 

 sus, 896, 897 ; the sources of Behm and Wagner's Indian 

 statistics, 897 ; their estimates of the population of the 

 British provinces, 897 ; three estimates of the area and 

 population of the native states, 897 ; area and population 

 of the British provinces by divisions and districts ac- 

 cording to the " Memorandum of the Census," 398 ; reli- 

 gious statistics of British India, 898 ; statistics of sex 

 and age, 899 ; population of the large cities, 399 ; receipts 

 and expenditures, 1874-'75, 899; budgets for 1876 and 

 1877, 899, 400 ; public-debt statement, 400 ; imports and 

 exports, 1873-'74, 400; shipping movements, 400; rail- 

 roads, 400 ; postal statistics, 400 ; telegraphs, 400 ; moral 

 and material progress, 400 ; educational statistics of Oude, 

 400 ; the Prince of Wales's journey, 401, 402 ; he holds a 

 chapter of the Order of the Star, 401 ; the Prince at 

 Delhi, 401 ; at Agra, 401,402; at Gwalior, 402 ; in Nepaul, 

 402 ; Lord Northbrook resigns and Lord Lytton succeeds 

 as Viceroy, 402 : proposal for a regular coinage in the 

 native states, 402 ; financial report of the Government, 

 402, 403 ; proposal of the Viceroy as to avoiding a deficit 

 in the Treasury, 403 ; the Viceroy's proclamation on the 

 assumption by the Queen of the new title, 403, 404 ; the 

 Viceroy visits the Peshawur frontier, 404; operations 

 against the Malay insurgents, 404; disorders in the Naga 

 Hills, 404; freshet in the Punjaub, 404; Mohammedan 

 sympathy with the Turks, 404; disturbances in Baroda, 

 404 ; in Madras, 404 ; epidemics, 404 ; famine in Madras 

 and Bombay, 404, 405; cyclone in Lower Bengal, 405; 

 Sunday-school convention, 405, 406; statistics of Sunday- 

 schools, 406; biographical sketch of Lord Northbrook, 

 406; biographical sketch of Lord Lytton, 406. 



Indiana. Tax valuations, 406; public finances, 406, 407; 

 educational statistics, 407; State institutions, 407; Re- 

 publican Convention, 407 ; nominations, 407 ; platform, 

 408, 409; Democratic Convention, 409; nominations, 409 ; 

 platform, 409, 410 ; letter of withdrawal of the Repub- 

 lican candidate for Governor, 410 ; nomination of Benja- 

 min Harrison, 410; Greenback party resolutions and 

 nominations, 410; private letter on the campaign, 410, 

 411 ; results of the State election, 411 ; results of the pres- 

 idential election, 411 ; Democratic Convention on the 

 presidential difficulty, 411 ; sketch of Governor-elect Wil- 

 liams, 411 ; decision of the United States Court enforcing 

 contracts made with extra-State insurance companies 

 though they had not complied with the insurance laws, 

 811. 



Intimidation of Voters. Resolutions in Congress relative 

 to, 180. 



Iowa. Agricultural statistics, 411, 412 ; session of the Assem- 

 bly, 412 ; sketch of Governor Kirkwood, 412 ; discussion 



