of postage are under the new law, - and these, with the inland and foreign mail service, are believed to be complete and correct. The Titles and Abstracts of the Public 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 additional Bounty Lands and Proof of Service; the Grants of Land to several States to aid in the construction of Railroads therein; the Court of Claims; the Compensation of Members of Congress; Fees, Costs, and Judicial Expenses; the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States, with the list of Legations and Consulates and salaries; and the protection of citizens discovering Deposits of Guano. The tables of the votes for President and Vice-President since 1789, and of the popular vote for President since 1824, and of the various apportionments of Representatives and ratios of representation, are of interest to all. Tables of Railroads in this country and in Canada, and of the surveyed routes to the Pacific; of Colleges and Professional Schools in the United States; of the Population of the several States at the decennial periods; and of the times of the State elections and the meetings of the State Legislatures, are given. 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, and the Ministry of France. A Foreign Obituary for 1855 and 1856 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. The thanks of the Editor are particularly due to the Heads of Departments at Washington, and to his many contributors and correspondents, to whom the work is indebted for a great part of its value. 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, 1856. Bank-Notes, Circulation Breadstuffs, Exports of, since 1820 Bullion, Imports & Exports of, since 173 Exports, Value of, in 1852-55 226 Exports to Foreign Countries Exports for 65 Years. .85-94 Federal Representative Popula 172 Festivals of the Church 340, 374 Finances of the States. 1821 173 Fixed Stars, Apparent Places 99 Florida. 8-31 Flour, Export and Aver. Price 336 Flowering of Fruit-trees in 182 217 Foreign Goods imported in 185 102 Foreign Mail Service 374 Foreign Ministers, &c. in U. S 212 Foreign Nations, Intercourse 214 Foreign Obituary 3 Foreign Trade, Countries of.. 364 France, Ministry of 5 General Events in 1855 .. 122, 123 216 Georgia Clerks of Circuit & District Courts of Clouds and Winds in 1855 U.S. 1856 145, 229 Government, Seats of, in differ 125 Governments, Annual Expens 85-94 Governors of States, &c.Terms 173 Great Britain. Coin, Imports & Exports of, since 1821... Colleges in United States. Commerce of U. S. Commercial Agents in Foreign Countries 218 Guano, Act to protect Discove 105 Illinois 206 Imports, Value of, in 1854-55 209 Imports for 65 Years......... 164 Imports free of Duty.. 129 Imports from German Zoll Ver 175 Imports of each State for 1854 Commissioners, U.S., in Foreign Countries 128 Imports paying ad valorem Du Congress, Thirty-Fourth, 2d Session Congress 35th, Representatives elect Congress, Pay of Members of Connecticut Consular System, U.S., Act to regulate Consuls, Foreign, in U. S. Corrections and Additions Cotton, exports of, since 1820 193-199 Indian Superintendents and A 375 Indiana 146 Indians, number in the U Sta 254 Indirect Trade with the Ger. 147-152 Inspectors, Supervising, of St 133 Intercourse with Foreign Nati 129 Interior, Department of the.. 375 Iowa. Countries whence Goods are brought.... Courts, U.S. Courts of States. See States. Court of Claims... Debt of the United States Debts of the States Delaware. Department of State 172 Jewish Calendar 170 Judges of U. S. Circ. and Dist. 122-127 Judiciary, U. S. Jupiter's Satellites, Eclipses o 224, 225 Land-Office, Registers, Receiv 145, 229 Kansas Territory 160 Kentucky 276 Lands, Bounty, Act concernin 100 Lands, Public Departments, Officers in the........100-102 Latitude and Longitude of Ol Diplomatic System, Act to regulate..147-152 Latitude and Longitude of Pla Minnesota Territory 338 Revenue, U. S., for 67 Years..... 162 Ministers of U. S. in Foreign Countries.. 128 Rhode Island... 251 Ministers, Foreign, in U. S.. 133 Rice, Exports of, since 1820 172 Mint. 216 Saturn's Rings 42 Obituary, Foreign, in 1855 and 1856 171-176 Senators, State, No. of, and Terms.. 101 Slaves in the U. S. 118 Smithsonian Institution... 119 South American Governments 120 South Carolina 111 Sovereigns of Europe 118 Specie, Amount in Country, 339 State Department..... 375 State Elections, &c.... 233 State Finances, Debts, &c. 267 Steamboat Inspectors .183-191 Sun's Parallax in Altitude..... Observatories, Latitude and Longitude of 43 Texas, Act to pay Creditors' Claims...... 154 Occultations Ohio. Oregon Territory 217 School Fund of States. 225 213 215 211 341 287 342 173 100 212 224, 225 111 339 Sun, Ephemeris of the 49-54 66 Pamphlets and Magazines, Postage on 184-191 Tobacco, Exports of, since 1820 Parallax in Altitude of the Sun.... 66 Tonnage of the U. S....... ..... 172 270 Tonnage, Comp. View of, for 41 Years.. 175 3 Treasurers, Assistant 100 Pole Star, Apparent Places of the..... 55-57 Treasury Department 100 Population of the Globe 341 United States, Seventh Census. 214 Population of the U. S. 214, 215 Utah Territory 338 Population of Chief Cities in U. S....... 216 Venus and Mars, Discs of .......... Postmasters. Compensation of ...... 179, 183 Vote, Electoral, of each State Post-Office Rec's and Expend's in 1854, '55 182 West Indian Governments. President, Popular Vote for, since 1824 203, 376, Zodiac, Signs of the. |