lieved to be complete and correct. The Seventh Census of the United States not yet having been printed, it has been found impossible to obtain full or authentic returns of the matters embraced therein. For obvious reasons the most authentic source of information is the official publication, and it is better to give in one of our volumes a complete abstract of the census from the official copy, than to publish portions of it from year to year in separate volumes from unofficial and irresponsible authority. If the census is printed in season, we hope to give full abstracts of its returns in our volume for next year. 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 making land warrants assignable, establishing the Light-House Board, for the further security of passengers on board steam-vessels, relating to the public printing, and concerning the Post-Office establishment. The tabular view of the railroads in the country is continued from the last volume; and 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 information concerning the Individual States is more full than 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 the latest 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 of England, and the Ministry, Judiciary, the Peers, and the New House of Commons. The newest Ministry of France is added. The Obituary Notices and Chronicle of Events have been prepared with care. A full foreign obituary was prepared but is crowded out. It will be given next year. 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 some errors; persons who 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 coöperation of many individuals. Communications should be addressed to the Editor of the American Almanac," Boston. Boston, Mass., Sept. 30, 1852. 4. Navy List,. ........ Pay of Army Officers,. PAGE PAGE 3 Elements of the Eclipses of the Sun,...... 45 3 Latitude and Longitude of Observatories, 45 Military Posts,. Militia Force of the United States, Commission to adjust Private Land Postmasters in Chief Towns & Cities, 104 Registers, Rec's, &c., in Land Office, 109 Army Pension Agents,.. .......... 112 Officers of Corps and Regiments,.. 113 Military Geographical Divisions, 115 Recent Discoveries in Astronomy, relating METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION:- Tables for Biddeford, Cambridge, Lowell, Wor- cester, Lambertville, Chapel Hill, Charles- ton, Savannah, Eutaw, Muscatine, Ro- ...... 7. Intercourse with Foreign Nations,.. 129 Ministers, &c., in Foreign Countries, 129 Consuls, &c., in Foreign Countries,. 130 Foreign Ministers in the U. States,. 134 Foreign Consuls in the U. States,.... 134 8. Titles and Abstracts of Public Laws, 139 Appropriations for 1852 and 1853,.. 139 Revenue and Expenditure,........ 163 Duties. Revenue, &c., for 1851,...... 167 Redemption of Treasury-Notes,. Imports, Exports, and Debt, for 61 ..... .... 18. Governors of States and Territories, 205 20. Population of the United States,. 208 21. Slaves in the United States, 22. Seventh Census of United States,. 23. Population of Principal Cities,..... Officers of Mint, and Coinage,... Coinage of the Mint for 59 Years, Smithsonian Institution, ............. ..... EUROPE. 317 House of Lords, 318 House of Commons, ................. ... .... PAGE ............ 139 Ephemeris of the Sun PAGE ................... ... 66 66 ......... 281 European States 207 169 116 Federal Representative Population,...... 209 Finances of the States... .206, 207 59 98 Flowering of Fruit-trees in 1852........ Attorneys of U. S. Courts... ... 178 Chronological Cycles 127 Imports, Value of, in 1850 and 1851..172-175 ....... 169 Coinage of Mint for 59 Years ........... 212 Imports of each State for 1850-51..... 180 107 Imports paying ad valorem Duties...172-175 Colleges, Annual Expenses in 181 Intercourse with Foreign Nations....... 129 Abstracts of Public Laws .... ................ Apportionment of U. S. Representatives Appropriations, U. S., for 1852, 1853. Army Officers, Pay of.. ...... ................ ........... ...... Consuls, Foreign, in U. S. Debt of the United States........... ........ .............. ...... Delaware... Engineers, Corps of, &c. .............................. ........ ................. ............... .............. 4 Government, Seats of, in different States. 204 319 ...... ............... .... 352 Judges of U. S. Circuit and District Courts 126 352 Land-Office, Registers, Receivers, &c. ... 8 Lands, Public, Act granting Right of Way 104 Latitude and Longitude of Places.... 46-50 37 Lighthouse Board.. 285 6 204 Mail Service for 1851 183 113 Mail Service, Foreign....................................... 227 129 Marine, Commercial, of the U. S........ 181 ..... ....... ..... ..... 162 345 39 Lighthouse Board, Act concerning. 39 Mahometan Calendar .... Marine Corps. Massachusetts, Railroads of.. ......220-223 Meteorological Information................. 220-226 298 Receivers of Land-Office..... 67 Military Geographical Departments...... 115 Recent Discoveries in Astronomy, &c. ... 69 Mint. 162 ..... 172, 179 Satellites of Jupiter, Eclipses of, in 1853.. 43 44 207 129, 134 ................ ............... ..... ....... ............ Obituary, American, in 1851.. 66 66 ...... Naval Officers................. New Jersey. New Mexico Territory New York, Railroads in.... ................ ....... ......... ......... ....... Oregon Territory Pamphlets, Postage on..... Observatories, Latitude and Longitude Ohio....... .190-196 Smithsonian Institution.... 223 Southern Railroads... ....... 8, 9 Sovereigns of Europe ... .... Pension Agents, Army and Navy.... ....... 123 Public Lands, Sales of.. 197 42 Public Lands, Surveyors-General of.... 110 162 ......... 120 School Fund of States.. 121 Seasons, Beginning and Length of 113 Senate of the U. S... 57 204 206, 207 352 126 109 291 Pole Star, Apparent Places of the 287 208, 202 .... 211 Population of the U. S. 102 Post-Office Department... 122 Post-Office Revenue.. 66 ...184-188 Post-Office, Stamped Envelopes Printed Matter, Sale of uncalled for, by Printing, Public, Act concerning 273 Specific Duties. See Imports. 40 State Elections, &c... ...147, 120 Senators, State, No. of and Terms ................... 294 State Finances, Debts, &c. ......... 68 Sun, Ephemeris of the 3 Surveyors of Land-Office... 57 Tennessee ....... ...... 316 Texas 209 Theological Schools.. .... ...... .... ..... ................ .... ..... .............. .... Abstract of Constitution of West Indian Governments...... 148 Wisconsin. 207 Young's Refractions............................................. 3 4 267 316 208 203 275 225 317 310 |
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