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with colonies, 341 ; movements of French commerce, 341 ; 

 articles of import and export, 341 ; entries of vessels, 342 ; 

 commercial navy, 342 ; railroads, 342 ; telegraphs, 342 ; 

 population of Paris, 342 ; area and population of colonies, 

 342; opening of the French Chambers, 342 ; election of 

 Presidents of each, 843 ; election of life Senators, 343 ; 

 amnesty bill passed, 343 ; passage of the bill forbidding 

 the declaration of a state of siege without the Chambers' 

 consent, 343 ; the colportage bill, 343 ; its nature and object, 

 343; opposition, 343; passed, 344; the state of siege bill 

 considered, 344; amendments of the Government's propo- 

 sitions, 844; lost, 344; passage of the bill, 344; amnesty 

 bill for offenses of the press passed, 844; recess, 844; Jts 

 close, 344; bill for direct taxes, 844; passed, 344; Fran- 

 co-Italian treaty of commerce rejected, 344 ; policy of the 

 Government during negotiations on the Eastern question, 

 844; Government victory over the De Broglie party, 345; 

 adjournment until October, 345; reassembles, 345; life 

 members elected, 345 ; report of the Budget Committee, 

 345; statement respecting the foreign policy of France, 345 ; 

 elections of the year, 345 ; growth of the Kepublicans, 845 ; 

 able to carry the Senate, 345 ; better terms with President 

 MacMahon,345; tourofGambetta,345; his speeches, 345 ; 

 explanations, 346; elections in August, 846; retiring Sen- 

 ators, 346; proceedings previous to elections, 846; re- 

 view of the changes in the Senate during three years, 

 847; plans of the Minister of Public Works, 347 ; a grand 

 and comprehensive scheme, 347 ; the pay and pensions 

 of non-commissioned officers of the army, 347 ; inquiry 

 into the depressed condition of trade, 347; stoppage of 

 all proceedings for offenses during the ascendancy of the 

 Commune, 847 ; questions relative to the equipment of 

 infantry soldiers, 347 ; estimates of the aggregate strength 

 of French forces, 348 ; judgment on the right of " un- 

 frocked" priests to marry, 348; the Exposition, 848; 

 number of persons under vows in France, 348 ; the Postal 

 Congress, 348 ; Congress for the Promotion of Commerce 

 and Industry, 348 ; disturbances at Marseilles, 349. 



Freightage, Foreign, of the United States in ten years, 590; 

 loss to the country, 590. 



Friends. Statistics, 349 ; Indiana Yearly Meeting, 349 ; Ohio 

 Yearly Meeting, 349; Western Yearly Meeting, 849; 

 New England Yearly Meeting, 349 ; London Yearly Meet- 

 ing, 349. 



FKIES, ELIAS MAGNTTS, a Swedish botanist, 350 ; birth, 350; 

 writings, 350. 



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GAMBETTA, M. His tour of France, 845. 



GABFIELD, JAMES A. Eepresentative from Ohio, 185 ; rela- 

 tive to the investigation of alleged fraud, 170 ; on the re- 

 peal of the specie resumption act, 189. 



Gas, an economical heating, 88. 



Geographical Progress and Discovery. General results of 

 expedition s,851 ; recent improvements in hydrographical 

 knowledge, 851 ; resume of knowledge attained of the 

 antarctic regions from better understanding of ocean cir- 

 culation and ice formations, 852 ; a new English expedi- 

 tion for deep-sea explorations, 852 ; next serious attempt 

 to pierce the Arctic regions, 852; departure of the Wil- 

 liam Barentz, 853 ; return of Captain Tyson, 853 ; expe- 

 dition of the Pandora, 853; the Norwegian North Sea 

 exploration, 353 ; new island discovered in the polar sea, 



, 864 ; Swedish Arctic Expedition, 354 ; the most extensive 

 enterprise yet undertaken, 354; history of previous ex- 

 plorations, 855 ; sailing of the Vega, 856 ; their course, 

 356; Taimyr Island, 856 ; further progress, 856, 357; be- 

 came ice-bound to the east of East Cape, 358 : difficulty 

 of the utilization of the new ocoau route to the mouths 



of the Ob and Yenisei, 358 ; several successful voyages, 

 858; expedition for explorations in Greenland, 358 ; ex- 

 plorations south of Bokhara, 859; examination of the 

 geological formation of the Pamir and Alai ranges, 859 ; 

 a region of great humidity surrounding the Thibetan 

 plateau, 359 ; questions connected with Lake Lob, 360 ; 

 discoveries in Central Asia, 360; the land of Midian, 861 

 Belgian expedition in Central Africa, 361 ; English mis- 

 sion on the banks of Victoria N'yanza, 362 ; trip to Koa- 

 Kiorra, 362 ; the aid of the Indian elephant, 362 ; Beatrice 

 Gulf, 362 ; the north end of Lake Nyassa, 363 ; the re- 

 gion of Central Africa, 863; two German expeditions, 

 363 ; expedition of Soleillet, 364 ; journey of Dr. Pogge, 

 864; Miklucho-Maclay's third visit to New Guinea, 364 ; 

 voyage of D'Albertis up the Fly Kiver, 364 ; Eaffray's 

 visit to the island of Gilolo, 365 ; survey of the Amazon, 

 865; active volcano in Patagonia, 365. 



GEORGE, ex-King of Hanover. Decease of, 384. 



Georgia. Beceipts and expenditures and debt, 366 ; State 

 University and Agricultural College, 866; lunatic asy- 

 lum, 366 ; expenses and patients, 866 ; the blind, 366 ; 

 deaf and dumb, 866 ; common-school attendance, white 

 and colored, 866; department of agriculture, 366; prog- 

 ress of geological survey, 866 ; State litigation railroad 

 tax cases, 867; convicts of the Penitentiary, 367 ; decrease 

 in the taxable values, 867 ; unequal and defective valua- 

 tions, 367 ; material condition of the State compared with 

 previous year, 367 ; relative wealth of five most popu- 

 lous counties, 867; message of the Governor demand- 

 ing an investigation of his endorsement of certain bonds, 

 368 ; the reasons given for his action, 868 ; special com- 

 mittee appointed, 368; letter of Senator B. F. Hill, 368; 

 a majority and minority report of the committee, 369 ; 

 full statement of the case, 869 ; a practice existing among 

 the State officials, 369 ; conclusion of the committee, 370 ; 

 State bonds to be issued in sums of five dollars, 370 ; offer 

 of Atlanta as seat of government, 370 ; election of U. S. 

 Senator Gordon, 370 ; the homestead act, 370 ; an act tc 

 authorize municipal corporations to compromise their 

 bonded debts, 370 ; other acts of the Legislature, 870 ; 

 the debt of Savannah, 371 ; escapes and mortality at the 

 Penitentiary, 871 ; crops in Georgia, 371 ; sheep, 871 ; 

 wild lands, 871 ; gold-mining, 871 ; improvement of the 

 Savannah Eiver, 371 ; trial and acquittal of ex-Governor 

 Bullock, 372; election of members of Congress, 372. 



Germany. The Emperor and family, 872 ; the states, 372 ; 

 their area and population, 872 ; population of Berlin, 372 ; 

 government of the states, 873 ; rulers and heirs apparent, 

 373 ; legislative functions of the empire, how vested, 373 ; 

 members of the Bundesrath, 873 ; emigration movements, 

 874 ; movement of population, 374 ; religious denomina- 

 tions, 374; universities, professors, and students, 874; 

 exclusively German universities, 375 ; budget of the Ger- 

 man Empire, 375; contributions divided among the 

 states, 375; expenditures of the empire, 375; public 

 debt, 375; budgets and public debt of the several states, 

 875 ; military forces of the empire, 376 ; do. in time of 

 peace, 876 ; German navy, 876 ; movement of shipping, 

 376; commercial navy of Germany, 876; length of rail- 

 roads, 377 ; postal statistics, 877 ; extent of telegraphs, 

 877 ; opening of Parliament, 377 ; speech from the throne, 

 877 ; organization of the Eeichstag, 378 ; financial state- 

 ment, 878 ; Bismarck explains the views of the Govern- 

 ment with regard to the Eastern question. 378 : r^marka 

 on the tobacco duty, 878 ; reply of Camphausen, 378 ; ten- 

 ders his resignation, 378 ; leave of absence to Bismarck, 

 379 ; action of the Federal Council, 879 ; attempt on the 

 Emperor's life, 379 ; repressive measures proposed, 879 ; 

 discussion of the propositions, 879; temporary change 

 of Government after the second attempt, 379 ; new eleo- 



