trials, ix, 792 ; act of Congress, 

 xii, 168. 



Polynesia. Sec Australia and Poly- 

 nesia. 



Polynesian race, the, ix, 277. 



Polynias, the, vii, 332. 



Potnare, Queen, ii, 53 ; v, 40. 



Pornare, King, v, 40. 



Pomeroy, 8. C., obit., xvi, 648. 



Pomona, Cal., xviii, 172. 



Pompeii, celebration, iv, 527. 



Ponape Island, x, 139 ; ruined citv 

 in, 146. 



Ponca Indians, removal, iv, 653. 



Ponchielli, Amilcari,obit., xi, 725. 



Pondicherrv, xv, 334. 



Pondoland, x, 135; xi, 135; xvi, 

 102 ; xix, 102. 



Ponroy, P. G. A., sketch, i, 663. 



Pontmartin, Count, obit., xv, 686. 



Ponzi, Giuseppe, obit., x, 667. 



Poole, R. S., x, 35. 



Poole, W. F., obit., xix, 593. 



Poor, work for the. See Charities. 



Pope, Com. John, obit., i, 622. 



Pope, Gen. John, x, 401, 559, 560 ; 

 obit, and port., xvii, 567. 



Pope, John A., sketch, xiv, 668. 



Popclin, Claudius, obit., xvii, 602. 



Popoff, Capt., x, 731. 



Popow, Dr., ix, 654. 



Popper, Julius, xii, 315. 



Poppy oil, xiii, 145. 



Population, density and death-rate, 

 iii, 723 ; of the earth, xvi, ;61. 



Population, the center of, in the 

 United States, with maps, vi, 

 755; movement of the center, 

 map, 757 ; foreign map, vi, 851. 



Porcelain, viii, 639 ; illustrations, 

 641,642, 643. 



Pork, prohibition of American, 

 viii, 396, 643. 



Porpoise-hunting, xii, 681. 



Porro, expedition of, xi, 312, 455. 



Portal, Mr., his mission, xiii, 2, 3. 



Port Arthur, xiii, 170 ; taking of, 

 xix, 132. 



Port Gibson, battle at, x, 425. 



Port Hamilton, taken, x, 10, 14, 

 174 ; xi, 155 ; retroceded, xii, 118 ; 

 abandoned, 311. 



Port of Spain, burned, ix, 803. 



Porter, A. D., invention, ii, 720. 



Porter, David D., sketch, xvi, 743. 



Porter, Elbert S., sketch, xiii, 649. 



Porter, Fi l z-John, case of, iv, 49 ; 

 in Congress, viii, 236 ; ix, 205 ; 

 xi, 253. 



Porter, James, sketch, xiii. 649. 



Porter, James D., i, 745 ; ii, 710. 



Porter, J. K., obit., xvii, 567. 



Porter, Noah, obit., -xvii, 567. 



Port Huron, Mich., xvi, 166. 



Portland, Maine, xi, 181. 



Portland, Oregon, xii, 1^7. 



Porto Eico, viii, 648 ; ix, 663 ; xi, 

 783: xii, 802: xiii, 840; xiv, 

 824. 



Portraits, composite, iii, 726; an- 

 cient, xiii, 29; cravon, xv, 729. 



Ports, opened, in China, i, 119; 

 ii, 102; new, xiii, 257. 



Portsmouth, N. H., xvi, 167. 



Portsmouth, Va., xix, 141. 



Port Townsend, Wash., xvi, 167. 



Portugal, in each volume, except 

 xv and xvi ; ii, 640, 641 ; im- 

 provement in finances, i, 664 ; 

 liberal party, 665 ; ministerial 

 crisis, DC Avila cabinet formed, 



INDEX. 



ii, 641 ; the Jesuits, iv, 628 ; 

 tercentenaries of Camoons an 1 

 Vasco de Gama, iv, <!:>; na- 

 tional debt, vi, 759; popular 

 demonstrations against tne eo\ 

 ernment, vi, 760 ; vii, 697 ; colo- 

 nies, viii, 650; x, 697; xi, 7iT ; 

 xiij 684; claims on the Congo, 

 viii, 651 ; postal congress, x, (>!7 ; 

 change ot^ ministry. De Castro 

 cabinet, xi, 767 ; dissolution of 

 the Cortes, xii, 603; treaty with 

 China, 117; attempt to establish 

 a protectorate over Dahomcv. 

 xii, 684; claim of, to lower Con- 

 go, x, 191 ; King and Queen, xiv, 

 711 ; xv, 737 ; xvi, 749. 



Portuguese East Africa, xviii, 275. 



Portuguese, in Africa, ix, 168; x, 

 394. 



Posada Herrera, ix, 741; obit., x, 

 667. 



Position finder, xv, 581. 



Possiblists, the, ix, 344, 742. 



Postage, review of legislation on, 

 viii, 163 ; bill in Congress tor re- 

 duction, viii, 185; review of re- 

 ductions, viii, 188. 



Postal Congress, x, 697 ; xvi, 69. 



Postal Convention, xiv, 98. 



Postal Dispatch, ii, 497. 



Postal Facilities, recent improve- 

 ments in, xii, 684 ; distribution, 

 685; fast mail of 1875, 686; 

 stamped special-request and let- 

 ter-sheet envelopes, 686 ; post- 

 age, 686, 687 ; money -orders, 

 postal notes, and postarsavings- 

 banks, 697; registration, 688; 

 locks, letter-boxes, the silicate 

 tablet, 688; mail-bags and boxes, 

 canceling-machines, 689 ; postal 

 union, 689; salaries of letter- 

 carrier?, 206 ; cards, xvii, 659. 



Postal route, American, x, 61. 



Postal Statistics, i, 240 ; iv, 836. 



Postal subsidy, xvi, 226. 



Potagos, explorations by, v, 292. 



Potanin, G. N., explorations by.ii, 

 327 ; xii, 310. 



Potassa, determination of, ii, 93 ; 

 manufacture, viii, 115. 



Potassium, chlorate powders, x, 

 345 ; new processes, xii, 107. 



Potel, invention, vii, 316. 



Potentite, x, 344. 



Pothuan, Louis, ii, 321. 



Potocki, Count, sketch, xiv, 668. 



Potomac marshes, v, 650. 



Pott, Angus F., obit., xii, 636. 



Potter, C. N., sketch, vii, 697. 



Totter, E. E., sketch, xiv, 645. 



Potter, George, obit., xviii, 585. 



Potter, H., obit, and port., xii, 604. 



Potter, J H., obit., xvii, 568. 



Potter, 0. B., obit., xix, 594. 



Potter, Platt, obit., xvi, 648. 



Potter, Robert B., obit., xii, 605. 



Pottery, Cincinnati, ix, 248. 



Pottinger, Mr., x, 1. 



Pottle, Emory B., obit., xvi, 648. 



Potts, F. A., 'sketch, xiii, 649. 



Pottsville, Pa,, xix, 142. 



Pouget, trial of, viii, 369. 



Poughkeepsie, growth of, xi, 181. 



Poujoulat. J. J.'F., obit., v, 602. 



Poundmaker, x, 128. 



Poussin, Nicholas, sale of work of, 

 x, 361 ; xiii, 260. 



Pouyer-Qusrtier, A. T., obit., xvi., 

 684. 



xvii 482. 



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Powell, Thomas, obit., xii, 606. 



Power of Con 

 vii, ; Kilbourneca* . 



Powers, H. N., -.bit.. \\ . 



Powys, Bi>ho|,. ,,|,it.. ii. 



Poynter, E. J.,x, a4; ii 



Pozxollni, (icn. <;.. \i. i, 455. 



Prado, M. I., iii, I;M; ; i\ . 



Pracger, F. obit., xvi, 684. 



Pra.L'u, Erriilio, obit., i, 640. 



Prague, Theinkirehe, ii, 380. 



Pratj metal discovered by, ii. .10^. 



Prati, Giovanni, obit., ix, 620. 



Pratt, Anne, obit., xviii. 



Pratt, C., obit, and port., xvi. (M'.i. 



Pratt, Daniel, obit., xii, 605. 



Pratt, Daniel D., obit., ii. 



Pratt, James T., obit., xii, 606. 



Pratt Public Library, vii, 509. 



Pratt, Thomas T., obit, xvi, 649. 



Prause, Dr., xii, 671. 



Pray, Ebenezer H., obit., i. 622. 



Prayer-Book, revision of the, ii, 24. 



Prazak, Dr. A., iv, 60. 



Precious metals, xiii, 529: xv, 152. 



Precious stones, xviii, 638. 



Predegram, A., obit., iij 587. 



Preece, observations, viii, 52*; ; his 

 address, xiii, 46. 



Prcller, Friedrich, obit,, iii, 660. 



Prendergast, Gen., xi, 115. 



Prentiss, Mrs. E P., obit., iii, 644. 



Presburg, illustration, ii, 57. 



Presbyterians, in each volume; 

 declarations on slavery since 

 1861, i, 670 ; charge against 

 Rev. D. J. MacDonell in Cana- 

 dian church, i, 672; ii, 647; sub- 

 ject of union between different 

 'branches i, 667 ; ii, 642 ; on the 

 formula for admission of eiders, 

 ii, 647; iii, 698; on church and 

 state in Scotland, ii, 648; iii, 

 699; viii, 660; x, 702; genenil 

 council of the alliance, ii, 650 : 

 vii, 673; trial of Rev. J. M.' 

 See for admission of a woman to 

 the pulpit, iii, 693; heresy of 

 Rev. J. Miller, iii, 693 ; charges 

 against Rev. W. C. McCune, 693 ; 

 new basis of representation, 694 ; 

 heresy of Rev. J. Robertson 

 Smith, iii, 699 ; iv, 736 ; v 634 : 

 re vision of subordinate standards. 

 iii, 699; heresy trial of Rev. 

 David Macrae, iv, 737; subject 

 of preaching by women, v, 630 : 

 on worldly amusements, iv, 734: 

 v, 630 ; admission of a polygamist 

 in India, v, 631 ; charges against 

 missionaries at Blantyre, v, 633 ; 

 vi 768; vii, 706; case of Rev. 

 W. L. MacFarlaue on the au- 

 thority of the Bible, vi, 769 ; al- 

 liance of India, 771 : question ol 

 admitting a colored preacher to 

 presbytery, vii, 702; restoration 

 of fraternal relations between 

 Northern and Southern assem- 

 blies, vii, 702 ; ix, 667, 668 ; ques- 

 tion of instrumental music in 

 churches, vii, 704 ; xi, 775 ; xii. 

 695 ; convention of opponents to 

 it, viii, 656; memorial to I'nitfu 

 Presbyterian assembly on, 655 ; 

 subject of union bet ween theCuin 

 berland and Lutheran churches. 



