and the tables connected therewith, and, with the Post-Office and Mint, show the receipts and expenditures of the government under their several heads, the public debt, the imports, exports, and tonnage, the operations of the Post-Office Department, and the coinage of the Mint for each year since the adoption of the Constitution. The rates of postage are believed to be complete and accurate. The articles upon Statistics of Coal, Public Libraries, and the Census of Charleston, S. C., each give valuable information. Owing to the protracted session of Congress, it has been necessary to place the Titles and Abstracts of the Public Laws, and Joint Resolutions, at the end of the volume. They have been carefully prepared, and are sufficiently full, except for professional use. All that are known to have been printed are here. If any have been omitted, they will be given next year. The tabular view of all 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 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 has been thoroughly revised, and is correct so far as it goes. The Obituary Notices and Chronicle of Events are extended, and have been prepared with care. 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, 1850. U. S. Revenue from 1789 to 1849, 163 16 U. S. Expenditure from 1789 to 1849, 164 Statistical View of Principal Public Libraries in Europe and America, 184 24. Governors of States and Territories, 203 25. Railroads in the United States,. 204 Imports from and Exports to Foreign Tonnage of Vessels in Foreign Trade, 174 Imports and Exports of each State, 175 15. Georgia,. 16. Florida, 17. Alabama, 18. Mississippi, ....... Governments of South Amereca,........ 298 | West Indian Governments, Abstracts of Public Laws ............ 34 36 202 .......... 331 Eclipse of Sun, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 ...... ................ American Obituary.................... 306 Electric Eel.. Animal Electricity... Animals with distinct Electrical Organs.. Apportionment of U. S. Representatives Army Officers, Pay of... 298 Electricity, Animal... 74 74 86 ....... 209 115 122 74 Electricity, Muscular Current.......... ......... Arsenals in the United States........... Brazil, Claims against, Act concerning Calendar: January, &c.... California, Constitution of California Gold...... ... 296 Executive Government of U. S.... 177 Festivals of the Church ............ California State Government............ 293 Finances of the States.. 202 Fixed Stars, Apparent Places of Census of U. S. of 1850, Act concerning.. 181-184 Foreign Ministers, &c., in U. S....... .......... ............ Circuit Courts... .135, 136 Franking Privilege Clerks of District Courts of U. S....... 135 Free Mail Matter, Quantity of.......... 149 Coinage of Mint for 57 Years ........... 178 General Events in 1849 Colleges.... ....... 109 66 66 1850 ........ 196-199 Geologists, U. S., with Land Office..111, 112 Colleges, Annual Expenses in ........ Commercial Agents in Foreign countries ..... Commissioners, U.S., in Foreign Countries Consuls, Foreign, in U. S.. Consuls in Foreign Countries. 229 Immigration to United States in 1849.... 209 165 Corrections and Additions 350 Imports of each State for 1849 175 173 imports paying ad valorem Duties...167-170 ..... 167 Dead Letters, Number of........ 149 Indian Superintendents and Agents...... 113 Debt of the United States...... 161, 165, 166 Indiana .......... Department of State Disks of Venus and Mars ...... 280 Debts of the States........................................ 210, 211 Intercourse with Foreign Nations....... 137 Delaware. Department of the Interior... Departments, Officers in the....... 104-106 Judges of U.S.Circuit and District Courts, 134 106 Iowa.. 104 Jewish Calendar ........ 49 Judiciary, U. S.. 132 District of Columbia ................ 298 Kentucky 269 Latitude and Longitude of Observatories 54 Post-Office Statistics since 1790. 157 ......... 187 Public Lands, Surveyors-General of.. Marine, Commercial, of the U. S... Mars and Venus, Disks of... Maryland Massachusetts Massachusetts, Railroads of.. ...... ... .......... .... 6 Public Libraries in Europe and America 184-188 204-208 Representatives, Alphabetical List of.... 130 Matteucci's Researches in Animal Elec- Medical Schools Meteorological Information Mexico, Commission on Claims against ...... 127 201 Representatives, House of, Officers of.... 130 Military Geographical Departments..... Militia Force of the U. S. Ministers of U. S. in Foreign Countries.. Mint, Officers of, Coinage, &c. Missouri.. Naval Officers................. .... 137 School Fund of States...... ..... 259 Signs of the Planets.. .......................................... 166, 174 Smithsonian Institute.. Navy Department.............................. Navy Officers, Pay of... ....... ... Navy, Vessels of War in .... Navy Yards, Commanders of New Jersey. New Mexico Territory ............ Newspapers, Postage on.................... New York, Railroads in....................... Obituary, American, in 1849.. 1850. 105 South Carolina. ......... 123 Specific Duties. See Imports. 50 211 4 137, 141, 142 125 3 ................ 4 298, 336 State Finances, Debts, &c. 210, 211 .........188-195 .... 121 Stars, Fixed, Apparent Places of..... 215 State Department.. 238 State Elections, &c... 156 Statistics of Coal... 250 Surveyors of Land Office.... 310 Texas Observatories, Latitude and Longitude of 54 Texas Boundary Law 46 Theological Schools... 274 Tides, Height of Greatest, in 1851.. 296 Titles and Abstracts of Public Laws... 331 165, 175, 176 240 Tonnage, Comparative View of, for 34 Years 176 Population of the Globe...................................... Population of the U. S. Postage, Rates of Inland..... 3 Trade, Foreign, Countries of..... 299 Utah Territory 212 Venus and Mars, Disks of Postage by the N. Y. & Bremen Steamers 155 Vessels of War in U. S. Navy 74 173 104 297 49 219 123 Postmasters in Chief Towns and Cities... 107 War Department Post-Office Distributing Offices...... 107, 109 Wisconsin 1849. |