INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



of population. 431 ; religions statistic*, 481 ; statistics of 

 the uulverliios, 431 ; the budget, 481; sources of tbo 

 revenue, 431 ; contrilmtlous of the states, 488; estimated 

 expenditure*, 482; the debt, 482; t*te budget* and 

 debt*, 439 ; strength of the army, 483, 488; the navy. 

 488; import* and export*, 488; movement of shipping, 

 488; the merchant marine, 488; railroad statistic*, 484 ; 

 postal statistics, 434; telegraph statistics, 484; session 

 of the Imperial Parliament, 484; the speech from the 

 throne, 484; refusal of Parliament to Imprison Socialist 

 members, 485; discussion of froe trade and the Austrian 

 commercial treaty, 435 ; debate on the protective tariff, 

 435 ; announcement of the now policy, 435 ; spirited 

 opposition, 436; National Liberals, FortschritUtr, and 

 Agrarians against it, 43G ; action on tbo particular Items 

 of the tariff, 437; the tobacco, coffee, and petroleum rev- 

 enue duties accepted, 437 ; the tariff passed as a whole, 

 488 ; parliamentary discipline bill rejected, 43S ; the ques- 

 tion of homo-rule In Alsace-Lorraine, 43S ; Alsace- Lor- 

 raine made a state of the empire, 439 ; historical details 

 of unification, 439 ; a new President of the Reichstag, 

 440; Socialists refuse to do homage to the Emperor, 

 440 ; motion in favor of disarmament finds no support- 

 era, 440 ; the Government asked if a return to a double 

 standard is contemplated, 440 ; alteration in the Treaty 

 of Prague and the position of Schleswlg-Uolstein, 441 ; 

 a railway department created, 411 ; officers of the Gros- 

 ser Kurfurst court-martialed, 441 ; diplomatic note on 

 the Egyptian debt, 441 ; judicial reorganization, 441 ; the 

 foothold on the Samoan Islands, 442. 



Grm Theory of Disease. Infectious diseases, 442 ; the 

 hog-cholera of bacterial origin, 442 ; experiments with 

 anthrax, 442; septicaemia and the germ theory, 442, 

 443; the bacteria of puerperal fever and malignant pus- 

 tules, 448 ; septicaemia due to a specific poison, 444 ; the 

 bacterium of the Roman fever discovered, 445 ; pulmo- 

 nary consumption ascribed to living germs, 444; germ 

 theory of yellow fever. 467, 470. 



Glasgow Sank, failure of the, 175, 176. 



GODON, SYLVANUS W. An American naval officer, biographi- 

 cal sketch, 444. 



(JoLUTHWAiTE, GEORGE. An American jurist, biographical 

 sketch, 444. 



GRANT, ULYSSES 8., ex-President His tour around the 

 world, 445, 446 ; respect paid him in Europe, 445 ; his 

 journey through Asia, 445; reception in China and Japan, 

 446. 



Great Britain and Ireland. The royal family, 446 ; the 

 Cabinet, 446 ; Parliament, 446 ; area and population of 

 the empire, 447; of the Individual colonies, 447; of the 

 United Kingdom for different years, 447; the three 

 classes of colonies, 447; vital statistics of the British 

 Islands, 448; the poor-rates, 448; population of the large 

 cities, 448; emigration statistics from 1853, 443; do. for 

 1878, 443; annual receipts and expenditures, 448; reve- 

 nue and expenditures for 1879, 443 ; the public debt in 

 different years, 449; the organization of the army, 449; 

 it* strength, 449 j the navy, 449 : Imports and exports 

 for five years, 449; do. of precious metals, 449; Imports 

 and exports of 1877 and 1S7S according to countries, 450 ; 

 the commercial navy, 450 ; principal articles of import 

 and export, 451 : shipping, 451 ; postal statistic*, 461 ; 

 railroads and telegraphs, 451 ; receipts and expenditures, 

 debt, Imports, and exports, and movement of shipping of 

 each of the colonies for 1877, 452; session of Parliament, 

 451 ; announcement of Government bills, 451 ; the ques- 

 tion of flogging in the army, 452 : liberal change In the 

 enlistment laws, 453 ; the Irish university bill, 453; Welsh 

 demand for higher education, 458 : a university for the 

 north of England, 453 ; retrogression In the metropolitan 



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school*, 454 ; deceased wife's sister bill, 454 ; the mUrage 

 question, 451; woman suffrage, 455; property qualifica- 

 tion for local official* retained, 455 ; tbo Government at- 

 tacked on the ground of It* foreign policy, 455 ; arraigned 

 on the conduct of the Zooloo war, 455 ; the Egyptian 

 question, 456 ; deficit in the Exchequer, 456 ; revival of 

 protectionism, 456; the temperance question, 456; antl- 

 vivlsectlou, 457; prorogation of Parliament, 457; ener- 

 getic Liberal electioneering, 457; Irish land agitation, 

 457; repressive measures, 458 ; arrest*, 458; Irian fam- 

 ine relief, 458. ' 



Greece. Kelgnlng house, 459 ; area and population, 450 : 

 vital statistics, 459; budget and debt, 459; the army, 

 459 ; the Turkish boundary commission, 459 ; Turkish 

 non -compliance with the treaty, 460; admonition from 

 France, 400; Turkey proposes a boundary line, 460; 

 warlike preparations, 460; the new commission, 460; 

 fruitless negotiations, 460 ; opening of the Chamber, 461. 



Greek. Church. Statistics, 461 ; the Patriarchate, 461 ; his- 

 tory of the Servian and Bosnian churches, 461 ; proposed 

 unification of the Austrian and Turkish Servian churches, 

 4G2; congress for that purpose, 462; the Church In Rou- 

 niania and Russia, 462. 



GsfivY, JULES. Elected President of the French Republic, 

 888 ; his inaugural message, 888. 



Guatemala. Names of the departments, 462; Mexican boun- 

 dary survey, 462 ; members of the Government, 462 ; 

 cabinet changes, 462 ; army, 462; education, 468 ; finances, 

 463 ; debt, 463 ; commerce, 468 ; new interoceanic rail- 

 way, 403 ; telegraphs, 464 ; the new Constitution, 464. 



GUEST, JOHN. American commodore, biographical sketch, 

 464. 



GURNET, WILLIAM. American volunteer army officer, bio- 

 graphical sketch, 464. 



Hdkkos. Their rebellion in Hainan against the Chinese Gov- 

 ernment, 144. 



HALE, EUGENE. Representative from Maine, 198; on the 

 judicial appropriation bill, 240, 246, 247 ; member of the 

 Maine Legislature, 585. 



HALE, Mrs. S ABAH JOSEFHA. American edltre**, 465 ; bio- 

 graphical sketch, 465. 



II AM LIN, HANNIBAL. Senator from Maine, 193, 249; speech 

 on bill to restrict Chinese immigration, 222, 223. 



HAWLKY, JOSEPH R. Representative from Connecticut, 250; 

 on the amended appropriation bill, 291. 



HAYES, PHILIP C. Representative from Illinois, 193, 250; 

 speech on judicial appropriation bill, 284, 235. 



HAYES, RUTHERFORD B. President of the United States, 

 veto of bill to restrict Chinese immigration, 224-826 ; 

 proclamation calling on extra session of Congress, 940 ; 

 veto of the army appropriation bill with legislative clauses, 

 265-268 ; veto of the bill to prevent military interference 

 at elections, 272, 278; veto of the judicial appropriation 

 bill, 289, 290 ; veto of the substitute appropriation bill, 

 204,295. 



HAYKCRLE, Baron KARL. Austrian statesman, 465; bio- 

 graphical sketch, 465, 466. 



HAYS, Dr. ISAAC. American scientist, 466 ; life and writing*, 

 466. 



HAZLETOX, GEORGE C. Representative from Wisconsin, 198, 

 251 ; remarks on the judicial appropriation bill, 288. 



Iff ill th, National Board of. Causes of its formation, 466 ; 

 established by act of Congress, 466 : it* organization and 

 objects, 466; it* limited powers, 466; It* function*. 467 ; 

 it* bulletins, 467; it* investigation of yellow fever, 467 ; 

 report* on this disease, 467, 463 ; tracing it to Cuba, 463 ; 

 investigation of the fever In Cuba, 468, 470; the Cuban 



