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INDEX OF CONTENTS. 



Atlantic City Railroad, 276; Billerica and Bedford 

 narrow gauge, 276 ; route from Orenburg into Central 

 Asia, 276 ; road from Berder to Galatz, 276 ; Brazilian 

 railways, 276 ; do. in Buenos Ayres, 277 ; railroad in 

 Nubia, 277 ; railways In India, 277 ; do. in Japan, 

 277 ; Berlin City Railroad, 277 ; new horseshoe, 

 277 ; rubber tires, 278 ; street pavement, 278 ; subter- 

 ranean telegraph, 278; new tunnel in Bergen Hill, 

 878 ; Baltimore water-works tunnel, 278 ; adit of the 

 Freiberg mines, 278 ; the Severn tunnel, 279 ; Welland 

 Canal enlargement, 279 ; ship canal along the Seine, 

 279 ; jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River, 

 279 ; Chatham naval docks in England, 279 ; Stob- 

 cross docks, 280 ; new form of floating docks, 280 ; 

 water supply of Lyons, France, 280 ; the deepest arte- 

 sian well, 281. 



Europe. Area and population, 281 ; European conference, 

 281; action of Roumania, Servia, etc., 282; excite- 

 ment in England over the Turkish war, 282; do. 

 Auetro-Hungary, 282 ; election of new German Reichs- 

 tag, 282 ; excitement in France, 282; affairs of Italy, 

 282. 



Evangelical Alliance. Annual meeting, 282 ; address of 

 Council of British Organization to German Emperor, 

 283 ; conversazione in British Council, 283 ; do. to 

 Presbyterian ministers, 283 ; meeting of British 

 branch, 283. 



Evangelical Association. Statistics, 284 ; missionary so- 

 ciety, 284 ; board of publication, 284. 



EVABTS, WILLIAM M. Birth and civil career, 284 ; conn- 

 Bel before the Electoral Commission, 180, 181 ; in- 

 structions to the commission sent to New Orleans, 

 460. 



FABLET, JAMBS T. Birth and pursuits, 885. 



FE!ZI PASHA. Origin, 285 ; military career, 485. 



FEBBY, THOMAS W. President pro tern, of the Senate, 

 136. 



FIELD, DAVID D. Representative from New York, 136 ; 

 before the Electoral Commission on the case of Flori- 

 da, 170 ; submits objection to the decision in the case 

 of Florida, 203. 



FIELD, Judge STEPHEN J. Member of the Electoral Com- 

 mission, 164 ; on receiving testimony, 200. 



Finances of the United States. State of affairs, 285 ; re- 

 ceipts and expenditures of the Government, 286 ; re- 

 ceipts compared with previous years, 286; do. ex- 

 penditures, 287 ; negotiation of bonds, 287; statement 

 of the outstanding principal of the public debt, 288 ; 

 bonds issued to the several Pacific Railway Compa- 

 nies, 289 ; condition of the Treasury in anticipation 

 of a resumption of specie payments, 290 ; restoration 

 of the silver dollar as a legal tender, 291 ; the Blaine 

 bill, 291; a bill to repeal the resumption of specie 

 payments act, 291 ; analysis of the vote, 291 ; condi- 

 tion of the banks in relation to resumption, 292; 

 their condition in former periods of suspension and 

 resumption, 292 ; condition of the national banks for 

 the last eight years, 292 ; New England and New 

 York banks, 293 ; average strength of national banks, 

 294 ; the movement of coin and bullion, 294 ; coin 

 values of exports and imports, 294; receipts from 

 customs, 295 ; do. from internal revenue taxation, 

 295; increase, 295 ; total tonnage of the United States, 

 295; number of vessels built, 295; range of prices for 

 Government securities, 296 ; do. of stocks, 296 ; do. 

 of United States bonds in London, 296 ; failures of 

 1877, 296, 297. 



Fishery Commission. Proceedings, 253. 



Florida. Objections to her vote for President before the 

 Electoral College, 166-168; decision of the Electoral 

 Commission in the caee of, 201, 202; legislative ses- 

 sion, 297; charges against members, 297; investiga- 

 tion and acquittal, 297 ; resolution relative to impeach- 

 ment of one of the judges, 297 ; report of committee, 

 297; convention of colored men, 297; address, 297; 

 resolutions, 298; fever at Fernandina, 298; death- 

 rate, 298. 



FOBBEST, NATHAN B. Birth and death, 299; military 

 career, 299. 



FOUBTOU, MARIE FRANCOIS O. B. DE. Biographical 

 sketch, 319. 



France. Government, 299; census, 299; population of 

 cities, 299; movement of population, 299; area and 

 population of each department, 300 ; still-born chil- 

 dren, 301 ; illegitimate, 301 ; marriages and deaths to 

 total population, 301 ; budget, 301 ; new army law, 

 301; numbers registered, 301; men fit for service, 

 301; army on a peace footing, 302; navy, 302; com- 

 merce, 302; vessels entered and cleared, 302; com- 

 mercial navy, 302; movements of commerce, 303; 

 trade with foreign countries, 303; do. with colonies, 

 303; population of Paris, 303; do. budget, 304; area 

 and population of colonies, 304 ; railroads, 304 ; tele- 

 graphs, 304; savings banks, 304; session of French 

 Chambers, 304 ; officers elected, 304 ; budget, 304 ; 

 press decree, 304; new sub-prefects, 305; speech of 

 Count Chambord at Goritz, 305; prosecution of Cas- 

 sagnac, 305 ; map of Paris and its environs, 306 ; an- 

 nual Catholic Congress, 306; diplomatic correspon- 

 dence relating to the Eastern question, 307; Mac- 

 Mahon's letter to M. Simon, 307 ; reply of M. Simon, 

 307; excitement, 308; interpellation of the Cabinet, 

 308 ; new Cabinet, 308 ; message of the President to 

 the Chambers, 308; effect of the change of ministry, 

 309; address to the country by deputies of the Left, 

 809 ; work of the new Cabinet, 810 ; circular of De 

 Broglie, 310; Legitimist views, 310; reply of Presi- 

 dent MacMahon, 310 ; prorogation, 311 ; reassembling, 

 811; message of MacMahon, 311 ; excitement in the 

 Chamber of Deputies, 311 ; Fourton's speech in be- 

 half of the Government, 811 ; Gambetta's reply. 312 ; 

 answer of Decazes, 312; M. Simon in justification of 

 the late ministry, 813 ; direct taxes refused, 313 ; ques- 

 tion of dissolution, 313 ; the Chamber dissolved, 313 ; 

 the bitter political campaign, 313; circular of the 

 minister to prefects, 314 ; prefectorial changes, 814 ; 

 political map of France, 814; death of Thiers, 315; 

 manifesto to the people by MacMahon. 315 ; how re- 

 ceived, 315 ; answered by M. Thiers, 315 ; decrees or- 

 dering the elections, 316 ; manifesto of Gambetta, 316; 

 the results of the elections, 316; supplementary elec- 

 tions, 317 ; meeting of the Chambers, 817 ; M. GreVy 

 elected president, 317; a committee to inquire into 

 election abuses moved, 317; speeches, 317 ; develop- 

 ments, 318; new ministry formed, 318; statements, 

 318; rejection of the ministry, 318; another Cabinet, 

 318 ; message of Dufanre, 818 ; termination of the 

 crisis, 319 ; restoration of the colony of St. Bartholo- 

 mew, 319; biographical sketches of the ministers, 

 319, 320. 



Free Church of England. Annual convocation, 821 ; pro- 

 ceedings, 321; resolution, 321. 



FBETCINET, CHABLES L. Biographical sketch, 320. 



Friends. London yearly meetin?, 821 ; statistical state- 

 ments, 321 ; tendency to decline overcome, 321 ; tract 

 association, 322 ; first day-school conference, 822 ; 

 educational convention, 322. 



