lic Laws and Joint Resolutions have been carefully prepared, and are sufficiently full, except for professional use. Among those this year of special interest are the acts relative to the circulation of small notes as Currency in the District of Columbia; the Court of Claims; the Reform and Discipline of the Navy; the Payment of the Creditors of the Republic of Texas; the remodelling of the Diplomatic and Consular System; the new Postage Rates, and the Registration of Letters; the carriage of Passengers in Steamships and other Vessels; the provisions for the Insane of the Army and Navy; the Codifying the Laws of the District of Columbia; the carrying into effect the Reciprocity Treaty; the Salaries of the District Judges; the additional Bounty Lands; the conferring of the Title of Lieutenant-General by Brevet; the children of citizens born out of the United States; the Telegraph to the Pacific; and the Purchasers and Locators of Swamp Lands. The tabular view of the railroads in the country is continued from the last volume. There are also given a list of the Railroads in Canada, and a Table comparing the surveys of the different proposed routes to the Pacific. The comparative view of the debts, property, and general financial condition of all the States, has been corrected with great care from the latest official returns. The Life Annuity and other Tables will be found convenient and valuable for reference. The information concerning the Individual States is as full as in former years. It is believed that nowhere else can be found such full details respecting the Executive and Judiciary, the finances, schools, charitable institutions, and pauperism and crime, of the several States. Should any one note inaccuracies or deficiencies therein, he is urgently requested to correct them. The European part of the work, revised from the best authority to late dates, gives the several States of Europe, with their form of government, the name, title, and date of accession of the reigning sovereigns, the area and population of the several countries. It also gives the Royal Family, the Ministry, and the Judiciary of England. Fuller details in regard to the other States of Europe were prepared, but are necessarily postponed until another year. A Foreign Obituary for 1854 and 1855 is given. The Obituary Notices and Chronicle of Events have been prepared with care. The space is so limited, that many names and events which otherwise would be given are necessarily omitted. whom the work is indebted for The thanks of the Editor are particularly due to the Heads of Department at Washington, and to his many many contributors contributors and and correspondents correspondents, to A continuance of their favors is respectfully solicited. A work embracing such a multitude of facts must necessarily contain errors; persons who may detect any are earnestly requested to communicate them to the Editor. It is particularly desirable that these communications should not be anonymous. It is frequently a source of regret to the Editor, that he cannot suitably acknowledge the valuable hints and assistance of anonymous correspondents. It is a matter of some public interest, that a periodical which circulates so widely, both in Europe and America, and which is so universally trusted as a manual for reference, should be rendered as accurate as possible; and this end can be obtained only by the co-operation of many individuals. Communications should be addressed to the "Editor of the American Almanac," Boston. Boston, Mass., December, 1855. .230, 231 348 Chronicle of Events... 360 Additions and Corrections, 295 36. Washington Territory, 340 297 37. Kansas Territory,.. 340 299 33. Nebraska Territory, 341 301 39. District of Columbia, 341 AMERICAN STATES. Coinage of Mint since 1792 218 Government, Seats of, in different States. 204 Coins, Fineness and Value of certain Foreign 226 Governments, Annual Expenses of State. 207 Collectors of Customs... 103 Governors of States, &c. Terms and Salaries 205 Colleges in United States. Colleges, Annual Expenses in Commerce of U. S. Commercial Agents in Foreign Countries 127 Imports for 64 Years 167 Commercial Marine of the U. S. 178 Imports free of Duty 168 Commissioners, U.S., in Foreign Countries 126 Imports of each State for 1853-54 ...... 177 Connecticut Consular System, U.S., Act to remodel.. 146 Indiana 258 Indian Superintendents and Agents...... 107 Consuls, Foreign, in U. S. 131 Inspectors, Supervising, of Steam-vessels 109 Consuls in Foreign Countries 127 Intercourse with Foreign Nations 125 Corrections and Additions Cotton, exports of, since 1820 175 Iowa 333 Countries whence Goods are brought Courts, U.S. 120-125 Judges of U. S. Circ. and Dist. Courts 120-125 Courts of States. See States. Court of Claims. 143, 232 Jupiter's Satellites, Eclipses of.... 39 Debt of the United States 164 Kansas Territory 340 Debts of the States Delaware. 280 Land-Office, Registers, Receivers, &c... 105 Department of State 9 Lands, Bounty, Act concerning 154 Departments, Officers in the 93-100 Lands, Public 232 Diplomatic System, Act to remodel..... District Courts...... 146 Latitude and Longitude of Observatories 41 District of Columbia 341 Law Schools 212 Laws, Titles and Abstracts of Public .. 138 Post-Office Department... Legislatures, State, Meeting of.......... 204 Post-Office, Distributing Offices 100, 179 Letters, by Sea-going Vessels 188, 195 Post-Office Rec's and Expend's in 1853, '54 184 Letters, Registration of..... Libraries, College 208-211 Post-Office Revenue. 184, 185 Lieutenant-General, Act concerning...... 158 Presidents of the U. S..... 97 Life Annuity Tables 227 Property of States.. Light-House Board 109 Public Lands, and Sales of. 232, 233 Louisiana Mahometan Calendar 301 Public Lands, Surveyors-General of...... 106 Observatories, Latitude and Longitude of 41 Tonnage of the U. S..... 282 Representatives, Alphabetical List of.... 202 245 Representatives, House of..... 199 213 Representatives, State, No. of, and Terms 205 86-92 Representatives, U. S., Apportionment of 215 318 Resolutions, Public, of Congress....... 158 111 Revenue and Expenditure 159-168 112 Revenue, U. S., for 66 Years. 166 114 Rhode Island... 255 339 Rice, Exports of, since 1820 175 126 Saturn's Rings 41 130 School Fund of States. 207 216 Seasons, Beginning and Length of 4 217 Secretaries of Legation 126, 131 198 205 214 213 290 344 98 204 206, 207 109 47-52 64 120 106 Pamphlets and Magazines, Postage on 187-195 Treasurers, Assistant 93 Parallax in Altitude of the Sun.... 64 Treasury Department.. 98 Passengers, Carriage of, Act.... 155 United States, Seventh Census. 215 Pennsylvania Pension Agents, Army and Navy.... 108, 109 Venus and Mars, Discs of 39 Planets, Signs of the. 3 Vermont 242 Pole Star, Apparent Places of the....... Population of the Globe 343 Vessels of War in U. S. Navy 118 Population of the U. S. Population of Chief Cities in U. S....... 216 War Department Postage Rates, Act establishing Postage, Rates of Inland....... Postage, Foreign Postage to Oregon and California, Foreign 190 Wisconsin. Postmasters in Chief Towns and Cities... 100 Young's Refractions. Postmasters, Compensation of...... 182, 187 Zodiac, Signs of the..... |