INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Agriculture, Decline of, in England. Chief causes, bad 

 seasons, American competition, falling off of wheat-grow- 

 ing, 1; live-stock in farming, 1, 2; sheep-stock greatly 

 diminished, heavy loss, cattle-stock increased, 2; increase 

 of permanent pasture, 2 ; decrease in breeding, 2 ; ques- 

 tion as to remedies, 2 ; present condition gloomy, 2, 8. 



Alabama. State government and Legislature, 3 ; receipts 

 and disbursements per year, 1874-'82, 3 ; Governor rec- 

 ommends reduction of tax-rate, 8 ; statistics as to 

 schools, colored and white, 3; State Asylum, Hospital, 

 Penitentiary, 4; coal-mining, 4 ; cotton-crop, value, etc., 4; 

 table of population (census of 1880), white and colored, 5 ; 

 political conventions, 5 ; Democratic platform and nomi- 

 nations, 5, 6 ; Greenback ticket, 6 ; Eepublican platform 

 and ticket, 6 ; election returns, Democratic ticket elect- 

 ed, 6. 



Alaska, and Fur-Seal Industry. Population, Esquimaux, 

 white, Aleutian, 6; extent and resources of Territory, 

 large rivers, fur-bearing animals, fisheries, etc., 6, 7 ; tim- 

 ber, coal, copper, gold, 7 ; schools (established by Presby- 

 terian Church), 7 ; exploring expedition up the Yukon, 

 7; fur-seal industry important, 7, 8; St. Paul and St. 

 George Islands principal locality, 8 ; description of the 

 fur-seals, bull, cow, and pups, S; seal-hunting, action of 

 Congress on the subject, 8, 9 ; estimated annual value of 

 industry, 9 ; probability as to continuance of seals here, 9 ; 

 number of seal-skins, value, etc., 9 ; sea-lions, uses of, by 

 natives, 9, 10. 



Algeria and the Sea. Population of Algeria (1881), 10; 

 Arabs and Kabyles, 10 ; question as to creating an inland 

 sea, 10; action of French Government, 10; sub-commis- 

 sioners' views as to work, expense, time required, 10, 11. 



ALISON, Major-General Sir ARCHIBALD. In Egypt, 251. 



Alps, Tunnelsofthe.St. Gothard Tunnel finished, 11 ; cost, 

 etc., 11 ; Simplon Tunnel, action postponed, 11 ; Mont 

 Blanc route, 11, 12; roads connected with St. Gothard 

 Tunnel, 12 ; proposed new road from Calais to Marseilles 

 and connections, 12. 



Anglican Churches Movements in, 12 ; Provinces of Can- 

 terbury and York, curates in, 12 ; confirmations, 12 ; re- 

 port of commissioners for inquiring into condition of 

 cathedral churches in England and Wales, 12, 13; recom- 

 mendations of, 13 ; new bishopric, Newcastle, 13 ; new one 

 proposed for Channel Islands, 13 ; the Church Mission- 

 ary Society prosperous, labors in China, India, Africa, 

 etc., 13 ; receipts and work of the Society for Propagat- 

 ing the Gospel, 13; work of the South American Mis- 

 sionary Society, 13; meetings of convocations, 18,14; 

 in Convocation of Canterbury report on "Church and 

 State," 13, 14 ; substance of case of Mr. Green, the ritual- 

 ist, 14 ; case fully discussed, 14, 15 ; resolutions adopted, 

 15 ; same case in York Convocation, 15 ; Bishop of Man- 



chester's statements, 15, 16 ; anniversary of Mr. Green's 

 imprisonment, 16; action of the authorities, 16; Green 

 released, 16 ; case of Martin vs. Mackonochie, 16, 17 ; third 

 suit (first, 1867, second, 1874), 17 ; appeal to Privy Coun- 

 cil decision, 17 ; Enraght appeal and result, 17 ; English 

 Church Union active and energetic, 18; twenty-third 

 anniversary, 18 ; number of ritualistic churches in Lon- 

 don and vicinity, 18; Society for Liberation of the 

 Church from Control and Patronage, action during the 

 year, 18; annual report and statements, 18; resolutions 

 adopted as to burials act, disestablishment of the Scotch 

 Church, etc., 18, 19; proposed legislative action, 19; 

 Church Defense Institution, annual meeting, 19 ; ques- 

 tion as to amendment of system of patronage and aboli- 

 tion of purchase in the Church much discussed in convo- 

 cations and diocesan conferences, etc., 19, 20; diocesan 

 conferences becoming general, 20; Central Council or- 

 ganized, 20; Church Congress, twenty-second annual, 

 subjects discussed, 20 ; Irish Episcopal Church, 20 ; 

 Church temporalities fund, 20 ; action of Irish Church 

 Synod, 20 ; income of clergy of Scottish Episcopal Church, 

 20, 21 ; number of its members, etc., 21 ; decision of judi- 

 cial committee of Privy Council against claim of Bishop 

 of Grahamstown, South Africa, 21 ; death of Archbishop 

 Tait (see TAIT, A. C.), his successor, Dr. Benson. 



AEABI AHMED, Pasha. Born in Charkieh, Lower Egypt, of 

 fellah origin, 21 ; an army conscript, 21 ; his personal ap- 

 pearance and manners, 21 ; rose in the army, through 

 Said Pasha, 21 ; friend of Ali Pasha, who wished to over- 

 throw the Khedive, 21 ; became colonel, Minister of War, 

 and head of the national party, 21, 22 ; dislike of foreign- 

 ers, 22 ; views of a native writer quoted, 22. 



Argentine Republic. Population, immigration, etc., 22, 28; 

 President and Cabinet, 23 ; Argentine and American min- 

 isters, governors of the provinces, 23 ; army and navy, 

 28; revenue and expenditure for 1881-'82, 23, 24; ex- 

 ports and imports, values of, 24 ; trade of United States 

 with the republic, 24; Consul Baker's paper on "Euro- 

 pean vs. American Trade Methods in the Argentine Re- 

 public" quoted, 24-26; President Eoca's delineation of 

 state of affairs at the beginning of 1882, 26-28; general 

 condition and prospects encouraging, 27 ; judicious rec- 

 ommendations as to encouraging immigration, fostering 

 trade and commerce, securing a sound currency, advanc- 

 ing the interests of education, etc., 27, 28; good hope for 

 the future, 28. 



Arkansas. Governor and officers of State government, 28 ; 

 Auditor's accounts, 28; Governor Churchill's deficits 

 while State Treasurer (1874-'81), 28; committee of inves- 

 tigation's report, 28 ; the Governor's remarks, and asser- 

 tion of his integrity, 28; litigation over the "railroad 

 aid bonds," 28, 29; mileage of completed railroads. 29 ; 

 Iron Mountain road and branches projected, 29 ; popu- 

 lation by counties and race (census, 1880), 29; more than 



