volume. An article on the comparative cost of government in England and in this country affords results which will probably be new to most of our readers. The obituary record, the lists of officers under the National and State governments, the register of colleges and of the theological, law, and medical schools, and the other ordinary articles of the work, will be found as full and accurate as in former years.

The thanks of the editor are particularly due to the Hon. A. C. Flagg, Hon. E. R. Potter, Hon. David G. Burnett, Digby V. Bell, Esq., Joseph T. Thomas, Esq., Thomas H. Dewitt, Esq., Edward T. Tayloe,Esq., and many other 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 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 cooperation of many individuals. Communications may be addressed to the "Editor of the American Almanae, Boston."

Boston, Mass.,

October 1,1846.

CONTENTS

PART I.

•' ii.i M>ak Am) Celestial Phenomena For The Year 1847.

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Celestial Phenomena, Signs, fcc., SiLatitude and Long, of Observatories,-

Chronological Cycles, 4 Ephemeris of the Sun,

Signs of the Zodiae, 4 Apparent Places of the Pole Star,- - • •

Beginning and length of the Seasons, 4|Places of the principal fixed Stars,. - *

Movable Festivals of the Church, 5|Dr. Young's Refractions,

Jewish Calendar, 5 Sun's Parallax in Altitude,

Mahometan Calendar, 6 The Observatory of Paris,.

Height of the greatest Tides,-...

Darkness of the Nights in 1847,

rALE.NDAE ; — January, &c., •....10

Eclipses in 1847, 34

Occultations, 86

Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites, 38

Discs of Venus and Mara, 39 Chronological Catalogue of Comets,.

Rings of Saturn, 40 Systematic Catalogue of Comets,. • • •

Latitude and Longitude of Places, 41

7 Meteorologi0al Information : — Tables

for Saco, Cambridge, Mendon, Worces-

ter, Rochester, Trenton, Lambertville,

Chapel Hill, Savannah, Natchez, Steu-

benville, Bloomington, Flowering of

Fruit Trees, 71-81

PART II.

United States.

1. Executive Government, 99 8

Officers in the Departments, 99 9.

Collectors of Customs, 102 10.

Postmasters in the Chief Cities, 103

2. Congress, 105

Senate, 105

House of Representatives, 107

Alphabetical List of Representatives,. 110 11.

3. Judiciary, 11212.

Supreme Court, 112

Circuit Courts, 113

District Courts, 115

4. Intercourse with Foreign Nations,- -116

Consuls in Foreign Countries, 117 13.

Foreign Ministers, 121

Foreign Consuls in the United States,12114.

6. Navy List, 126

Naval Forces of other Powers, 129

Commercial Importance of other 15.

Powers, 13116.

6. Army List, 13117.

7. Post Office Establishment, -13418.

Mint,

Public Lands, 143

Revenue and Expenditure, 145

Debt of the United States, 148

United States Revenue for 56 years, • 149

U. S. Expenditure for 56 years, 150

Imports, Rxports, &c., for 56 years, • 151

Cost of Government, 152

Railroads in the United States, 150

Do. in Massachusetts, 150

Do. in New York, 151

Do. at the South and West, 152

Do. in Great Britain, 163

Tariff of Duties in 1846, 154

Warehousing System, 170

Commerce, 171

Foreign Goods imported, 171

Value of Exports, 174

Finances and Debts of the States,- • -178

Colleges. 180

Theological Schools, 184

Law Schools, 184

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19. Medical Schools, 185

20. Population of the Cities, 186

23. Governors of States, fcc., 187

24. Statistics of Massachusetts and New-

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Academies, Schools, &c., in N. York,193

New York City Census in 1845, 193

21. Religious Denominations, 18625. Census of Boston in 1845, 193

22. State Elections, &c., 18626. Abstracts of Public Laws, 199

Independent Treasury Bill, 207

Smithsonian Institution, 212

York, 188 27. The Oregon Convention, 214

New York State Census in 1845, 191 28. Population of the United States, 215

Churches in New York,- • 192 29. Slaves in the United States, 215

Individual States.

1. Maine, 216,17. Alabama, 265

2. New Hampshire, 218 18. Mississippi, 269

3. Vermont, 22019. Louisiana, 272

4. Massachusetts, 223|20. Texas, 276

6. Rhode Island, 227|21. Arkansas, 281

6. Connecticut, 230i22. Tennessee, 282

7. New York, 23323. Kentucky, 285

8. New Jersey, 24024. Ohio, 288

9. Pennsylvania, 24325. Michigan, 291

10. Delaware, 25120. Indiana, 298

11. Maryland, 25227. Illinois, 301

12. Virginia, 25428. Missouri. 304

13. North Carolina, 259,29. Wisconsin, 306

14. South Carolina, 250,30. Iowa, 307

15. Georgia, 252 31. District of Columbia, 810

16. Florida, 254l

American States, 311\BriSsh American Provinces, 311

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Sovereigns of Europe, 312'British Tariff of 1846, 318

European States, 313 Com Laws of 1846, 318

Great Britain, 314iFrance, 322

American Obitnary, 323|Corrections and Additions, 352

Chronicle of Events, 346|

INDEX

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Abstracts of Public laws, 199 Exports, value of, in 1846, 174

Alabama, 265 Exports for 56 years, 151

American Obituary, 323 Festivals of the Church, 6

American States, Sll)Finances of the States, 178

Appropriations in 1846, 199 Fixed Stars, Apparent Places of, 53

Arkansas, . 281'Florida,. 254

Army List, 131'Flowering of Fruit Trees, 81

Articles imported in 1845, 171; Foreign Goods imported, 171

Articles exported in 1845, 174:Foreign Ministers, 121

Boston, Census of, in 1845, 193: France, 322

British American Provinces, 311, France, Naval Force of, 129

Cabinet, Officers in the, 99,Georgia, 252

Calendar ; January, &c., 10 Government, Cost of, 152

Catalogue of Comets, 82 Governors of States, 187

Census of New York, 191,193 Great Britain, 314

Census of Boston, 193| Great Britain, Naval Force of, 129

Chronicle of Events, 346,Great Britain, Railroads in. 163

Chronological Cycles, 41 Great Britain, Tariff of, in 1846, 318

Church Festivals, 51 Holland, Naval Force of, 130

Churches in New York, 192! Hlinois, .' 301

Circuit Courts, 113 Import, Articles of, in 1845, 171

Cities, Population of, 185 Imports for 56 years, 151

Collectors of Customs, 102 Independent Treasury BilI, 207

Colleges, —180 Indiana, 298

Comets, Catalogue of, 82 Intercourse with Foreign Nations, 116

Commerce, I7lIowa, 306

Commercial importance of other Powers,-131i.Tewish Calendar, 5

Congress, 105 Judiciary, United States, 112

Connecticut, 230 Jupiter's Satellites, Eclipses of, 38

Consols, Foreign, in United States, 121 Kentucky, 285

Consuls in Foreign Countries, 117! Latitude and Longitude of Places, 41

Corn Laws, British, in 1846, 318 Law Schools, 184

Corrections and Additions, 352 Laws, Abstracts of, 199

Cost of Government, 152! Louisiana, 272

Countries whence goods an; brought,. • > -176, Mahometan Calendar, 6

Darkness of the Nights, 8 Maine, 216

Debt of the United States, 148,151 Maryland, 252

Debts of the States, 178 Massachusetts, 223

Delaware, 251 Massachusetts, Railroads of, 150

Departments, Officers in the, 90 Massachusetts, Statistics of, 188,190

Discs of Venus and Mars, 39, Medical Schools, 185

District Courts, IWMcteorological Information, 71

District Of Columbia. 310 Mexico, Naval Force of, 130

Duties, Tariff of, in 1846, 154 Michigan, 291

Eclipses in 1847, - 34 Mint, 140

Elections, State, 186 Mississippi, 269

Ephemeris of the Sun, 45 Missouri, 304

European States, 313 Naval Forces of other Powew, 129

Executive Government, 99,Navy List, 126

Expenditures, U. 8., tor 56 years, I50|New Hampshire, 218

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New Jersey, 240 Seasons, Beginning and length of. 4

New York, 233 Senate of the United States, 106

New York, State Census of, 191 Signs of the Planets, 8

New York, City Census of, 193 Slaves in the United States, 216

New York, Railroads in, 151 Smithsonian Institution, 212

New York, Statistics of, 188,South Carolina, 250

Nights, Darkness of the, 8 Southern Railroads, 152

North Carolina, 269 Sovereigns of Europe, 812

Observatories, Lat. and Long, of, 44 Stars, Fixed, Apparent Places of, 63

Observatory of Paris, 63 State Elections, &c., 186

OccultaUons, 36;State Finances, Debts, &c., 178

Ohio, 288 Statistics of Mass, and N. Y., 188

Oregon Convention, 214 Sun, Ephemeris of the, 45

Parallax in Altitude of the Sun, 52 Sun's Parallax in Altitude, 52

Paris Observatory, 63 Supreme Court, 112

Pennsylvania, 243 Systematic Catalogue of Comets, 93

Pole Star, Places of the, 51 Tariff of the United States in 1846, 154

Population of the United States, 215 Tariff of Great Britain in 1846, 318

Population of Cities, 185| Tennessee, 282

Postmasters. 103 Texas, 276

Post-Office Establishment, 184 Theological Schools, 184

Public Lands, 143 Tides, Height of Greatest, 7

Railroads in the United States, 150 Tonnage of the United States, 161,177

Railroads in Great Britain, 163 Treasury, Independent, 207

Refractions, Dr. Young's, 51| Venus and Mars, Discs of, 39

Religious Denominations, 186,Vermont, 220

Representatives, House of, 107, Virginia, 254

Revenue and Expenditure, 145 Warehousing System, 170

Revenue, U. S., for 56 years, 149 Western Railroads, 152

Rhode Island, 227 Wisconsin, 806

Russia, Naval Force of, 129 Young's Refractions, 51

Satellites of Jupiter, Eclipses of, 38 Zodiae, Signs of the, 4

Saturn's Rings, 40|