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to remove certain burdens," etc., its provisions, 524, 525; 

 statement as to the effect of allowing "drawback" on 

 certain materials, 525; also, exemption from taxation, 

 526; compensation for mail service, 526; minority re- 

 port and recommendations, 526, 52T ; action on the bill 

 in the House, 52T, 528 ; action in Senate, 528; final result, 

 nothing done, 528. 



Metallurgy. Iron-smelting by the Siemens direct process, 

 528 ; description of the process, 523, 529 ; success thus far, 

 529; the Bromfield direct process, 529 ; applications of man- 

 ganese bronze in constructing steamship-propellers, 529, 

 530; Dr. Burgee's process, 530 ; Gilchrist-Thomas process 

 for dephosphorization of iron, 530 ; improvements in mak- 

 ing steel by " soaking pit process," 530, 531 ; Bessemer 

 steel-works in the United States and in Europe, 531 ; im- 

 proved process for producing aluminum, 531 ; efforts to 

 economize in reducing zinc-ores by distillation, 531,532; 

 preparation of copper in California, 532 ; nickel-ores ex- 

 tensive in United States, 532; uses of this metal, 532; 

 Dr. Sorby's microscopical analysis of iron and steel, 532, 

 533 ; deterioration of tin, 533 ; improvements in electro- 

 plating, 533 ; the Bower-Barff process for preserving iron 

 and steel from rust, 533, 534. 



Methodists. Summary of statistics of Methodist Episcopal 

 Church, 534; Church Extension, Committee of, re- 

 ceipts, expenditures, etc., 534 ; Board of Education and 

 other associations, 534 ; missionary work, 534, 535. Meth- 

 odist Episcopal Church, South, statistics of, 535 ; Gen- 

 eral Conference, ministers, members, mission-work, 

 etc., 535, 536; -favor centennial celebration, 536. Colored 

 Methodist Episcopal, statistics of, 536 ; General Confer- 

 ence, meeting of Colored and African Methodist Epis- 

 copal Churches, 536, 53T. Free Methodist Church, Meth 

 odist Episcopal Church in Canada, Methodist Church of 

 Canada, 537 ; General Conference, action of, 537 ; pro- 

 posed union of Methodist churches in Canada, 537, 538 ; 

 office of General Superintendent, etc., 538. Wesleyan 

 Methodist Church in Great Britain, Ireland, and on the 

 Continent, 538; Chapel Committee report, also other 

 bodies, 538 ; Missionary Society, receipts, expenditures, 

 and work, 538, 539; Wesleyan Methodist Conference, 

 meeting of, action on various subjects, etc., 539. Primi- 

 tive Methodist Church, members, ministers, chapels, 

 etc., 539 ; Missionary Society, meeting, report of work, 

 539, 540 ; annual conference, 540. Methodist New Con- 

 nection, chapels, preachers, members, etc., 540. United 

 Methodist Free Churches, statistics of, 540 ; mission- 

 work, 540 ; Annual Assembly, 540. 



Mexico, Republic of. Mr. Sargent's remarks on geography, 

 etc., 540 ; area and population, by States, 540, 541 ; politi- 

 cal condition, 541 ; valuation of real estate, etc., 541 ; 

 President and Cabinet, Governors of States, 541, 542 ; 

 army and navy, 542; foreign debt, 542; chief railroad 

 lines (three), 542, 543 ; access by sea on the Pacific and 

 on the Atlantic side, 543, 544; steamship lines, 544; the 

 London " Times " on Mexican railroads, 544, 545 ; Ro- 

 mero's remarks, 545 ; posts, telegraphs, etc., 545 ; exports 

 and imports, 545; merchant navy, 545; imports and ex- 

 ports of the United States, 545 ; imports and exports of 

 Great Britain and Ireland and France, 546 ; commercial 

 treaty with the United States, 546 ; provisions of the 

 treaty, 546, 547. 



Michigan. Governor and State officers, 547; meeting of 

 Legislature (extra session), 547 ; act to provide for assess- 

 ment of property, etc., 547, 548: method of proceeding 

 under the act, 548, 549 ; new congressional districts, 549 ; 

 receipts and disbursements, 549 ; bonded debt, etc., 549 ; 

 taxes, and apportionment of, 549; State banks, savings- 

 banks, E 49, 550 ; public land, sales.of, 550; Commissioner 

 of Railroads' report, 550, 551 ; lumber business on Sagi- 



naw River mills and in other parts of the State, 551 ; salt 

 manufacture and inspection, 551 ; mining products, 551, 

 552 ; schools, Normal School, teachers, etc., 552 ; Agri- 

 cultural College, 552 ; Michigan University, work of, 552, 

 553 ; Insane Asylum, School for Deaf and Dumb, and for 

 the Blind, 553, 554 ; reformatory schools, discipline, etc.,' 

 554, 555; House of Correction and State Prison, 555; 

 Democratic Convention and platform, 555, 556; Green- 

 back Convention and principles, 556; Republican Con- 

 vention and resolutions, 556; Prohibition ticket, 556, 557; 

 result of election, 557 ; Congressmen-elect, 557 ; consti- 

 tutional amendments, general revision, etc., 557. 



Minnesota. Governor and State officers, 557,558; receipts 

 and disbursements, 558 ; sources of revenue, taxation, sale 

 of public lands, etc., 558 ; public debt, 558, 559 ; public 

 and normal schools, 550 ; charity and correction institu- 

 tions, 559; banks and insurance, 559; agriculture, 559; 

 flax-crop, 559, 560 ; railroads, war of rates, etc., 560 ; grain 

 inspection, 560 ; iron-ore deposits, 560. 



Mississippi. Governor and State officers, 560 ; revenues and 

 expenditures, 560, 561 ; bonded debt, 561 ; taxation, sale 

 of public lands, etc., 561 ; common schools, Agricultural 

 College, university, etc., 561, 562 ; Lunatic Asylum, Insti- 

 tution for the Blind, and Deaf and Dumb, 562 ; railroads, 

 condition, etc., 562, 563 ; session of Legislature, principal 

 acts, 563'; Governor's address to State Convention, 563 ; 

 cotton-factories, and other industries, 563 ; congressional 

 election, 563, 564. 



Missouri. Governor and State officers, 564 ; State indebted- 

 ness, 564 ; gradual liquidation, 564 ; county, city, and 

 town indebtedness, 564, 565; State claims, i. e., war 

 claims, and claims on public lands, 565 ; taxable property, 

 565,566; school funds, 566 ; school census and statistics, 

 566 ; railroads, 566 ; insane asylums crowded, 567 ; Gov- 

 ernor's success against bands of robbers, 567; "high- 

 license " system, 567 ; State election, 567 ; vote for Rep- 

 resentatives in Congress, 568. 



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Navies of Europe. British navy, 568 ; the iron and steel 

 clad Inflexible and T6m6raire, 568, 569 ; other mighty 

 vessels of war, 569, 570 ; tabular list of armored vessels 

 for active service, 570 ; tabular list of unarmored vessels, 

 571. The French navy, 571 ; increase and strength of, 

 571, 572 ; tabular list of armored vessels in actual service, 

 572 ; unarmored vessels, 572, 573. German navy, 573 ; 

 list of armored and unarmored ships, 573. Italian navy, 

 573, 574 ; two of the heaviest armored war-ships afloat, 



573, 574 ; list of armored vessels, 574 ; unarmored fleet, 



574. Spanish navy, 574, 575 ; list of armored ships, 575 ; 

 nnarmored fleet, 575. Russian navy, 575; list of armored 

 vessels, 575. Austrian navy, list of armored ships, 575. 

 Turkish navy, list of armored ships, 576. Dutch navy, 

 list of armored vessels, 576. Danish navy, list of armored 

 ships, 576. Construction of heavy ordnance, change of 

 views and practice, 576, 577; English method, 576, 577; 

 German and Italian ordnance, 577 ; steel guns, breech- 

 loading, most in favor, 577, 578; three types of guns, 

 678; experiments at Spezia, Italy, to test resistance of 

 armor -plates, 578-581; illustrations, 579, 580; results, 

 581 ; method of handling an Armstrong breech-loading 

 100-ton gun, 581 ; table showing results of different 

 rounds fired, 582 ; possible further result, 582. 



Navy of the United States. Weak condition, 582 ; available 

 cruising war- vessels, armored vessels, ordnance, 582 ; offi- 

 cers and seamen, 582, 583 ; navy-yards, 588 ; stations and 

 vessels engaged in service, 583; navy bureaus, marine 

 corps, academy, observatory, 583; expenditures, 583; 

 light-house service and coast survey, 583, 584; reve- 



