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. The thanks of the Editor are particularly due to the Heads of Department 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, 1855. Clouds and Winds in 1854... Coinage of Mint since 1792.. 86-92 Georgia 1855 ..... 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 205 211 Illinois. Commerce of U. S. 163 Imports, Value of, in 1853-54 178 Imports free of Duty ... 346 326 168 167 168 Commercial Agents in Foreign Countries 127 Imports for 64 Years. Consular System, U.S., Act to remodel.. 146 Indiana Consuls, Foreign, in U. S. .......... ..... Countries whence Goods are brought 175 Iowa. .... 174 Jewish Calendar .. 333 5 ....... 164 Kansas Territory 340 Courts of States. See States. Court of Claims.. Debt of the United States Debts of the States Delaware. Department of State Departments, Officers in the ........ District of Columbia ........... 146 Latitude and Longitude of Observatories 41 341 Law Schools.. 212 282 Representatives, Alphabetical List of.... 202 Medical Schools in United States 213 Representatives, State, No. of, and Terms 205 Meteorological Information.......... 86-92 Representatives, U. S., Apportionment of 215 318 Resolutions, Public, of Congress.. ............. Ministers of U. S. in Foreign Countries.. Mint, Officers of, Coinage, &c. Naval Officers..................... ..... ..... Navy, Act to promote Efficiency of Navy List (Officers dropped). ....... Navy, Vessels of War in....... Navy Yards, Commanders of Nebraska Territory New Hampshire New Jersey. 339 Rice, Exports of, since 1820 130 School Fund of States.. 216 Seasons, Beginning and Length of 299 Senate of the U. S. 158 159-168 166 255 ........... 175 41 207 4 126, 131 198 205 214 213 290 344 98 341 Supreme Court, U. S...... 238 Surveyors of Land-Office.................................. 340 Tennessee .187-195 Texas Observatories, Latitude and Longitude of 262 Texas, Act to pay Creditors 288 Theological Schools.... 204 64 ..... 120 106 142 309 348 Tides, Height of Greatest, in 1856. 37 Tonnage, Comparative View of, for 40 339 Trade, Foreign, Countries of........... 174 Pamphlets and Magazines, Postage on 187-195 Treasurers, Assistant Pension Agents, Army and Navy.... 108, Pole Star, Apparent Places of the....... Population of the U. S....... 93 98 215 ......... 340 39 242 179 118 .. 285 99 Population of Chief Cities in U. S....... 216 War Department. |