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tion of the federal government to the present time, and the present extent of the public domain, are shown. The connected description of the three great "Water-Works" in the country will be found interesting and convenient, and valuable for reference. The tabular view of all the railroads in this 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 titles of the public laws and joint resolutions are given as last year. The abstracts of the laws have been carefully prepared, and made more full than formerly. They are now sufficiently full for all but professional use. The information concerning the individual States is as full as in former years. Should any one note inaccuracies or deficiencies therein, he is urgently asked to correct them. The European part of the work has been thoroughly revised, and is believed to be accurate. The account of the population of the several dependencies of Austria, and the movements therein, is made interesting from the recent position of that government. The Chronicle of Events and the Obituary notices are more extended than in former years.

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 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, 1849.

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156 17. Colleges in the United States,

157 18. Theological Schools,

Postage to Oregon and California.... 157 19. Law Schools,.

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Colleges, Annual Expenses in ..........
Commerce.

Commercial Marine of the U. S.
Commissioners on Mexican Claims, Act
appointing....

Commissioners, U.S., in Foreign Countries
Congress
Connecticut

Consuls, Foreign, in U. S....

Consuls in Foreign Countries........
Corrections and Additions.

Countries whence Goods are brought
Croton Water-Works,

Darkness of the Nights...........
Dead Letters, Number of................

123 Franking Privilege

193 Free Mail Matter, Quantity of.
162 French Navy, Force of

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171 Geologists, U. S.
179 Georgia

Government, Seats of, in different States. 208
141 Governments, Annual Expenses of State. 219
126 Governors of States..

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127 Immigration to United States in 1848.... 217
348 Imports, Value of, in 1847 and 1848.. 171, 177
177 Imports for 58 Years.

190, 201 Imports of each State for 1848..

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Simports paying ad valorem Duties... 171, 174
154 Imports free of Duty

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Debt of the United States.......................... 167, 170 Indian Superintendents and Agents...... 108
Debts of the States ................ 218, 219 Indiana .....
Delaware.

Department of the Interior........

Department of the Interior, Act establish-
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258 Intercourse with Foreign Nations.
101 Interference of Heat......

Iowa

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Departments, Officers in the............ 100 Judges, Circuit & District Courts, U. S. 122
Disks of Venus and Mars

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41 Judiciary, U. S..

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Jupiter's Satellites, Eclipses of..........
Kentucky

Latitude and Longitude of Observatories.
Latitude and Longitude of Places
Law Schools.....
Laws, Abstracts of Public

Legislatures, State, Meeting of.
Louisiana

Magnetic Telegraph, The
Mahometan Calendar
Mail Service for 1843
Maine...

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Marine, Commercial, of the U. S.
Marine Corps.

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Marshals, U. S.....
Maryland
Massachusetts

Massachusetts, Railroads of
Medical Schools

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... 179 Receivers of Land Office.
120 Reflection of Heat..........
41 Refraction of Heat...
123 Refractions, Dr. Young's
259 Registers, Land Office...

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211 Representatives, Alphabetical List of.... 225
207 Representatives, House of...

Melloni's Researches in Radiant Heat...
Meteorological Information.......... 82-94 Resolutions, Public, of Congress..

Mexico

Michigan

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64 Researches in Radiant Heat..................... 64
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306 Revenue, Reduc. of Expense of Collecting 143
290 Revenue and Expenditure

Military Geographical Departments...... 112 Revenue, U. S., for 59 Years.........................
Military Posts

Militia Force of the U. S.

Ministers of U. S. in Foreign Countries..
Ministers, Foreign, in U. Š...

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126 Saturn's Rings

130 Saxony, Population of.
160 School Fund of States....

274 Seasons, Beginning and Length of
298 Sea-coast of U. S., Length of..

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... 106 Secretaries of Legation ............ 126, 130

Navies, English and French, Force of.... 120 Senate of the U. S.

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110 Southern Railroads

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117 Sovereigns of Europe

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229 Specific Duties. See Imports.

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156, 160 State Department.....

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247 State Elections, &c...

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....... 214 State Finances, Debts, &c. ......... 218, 219

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265 Sun's Parallax in Altitude..............

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316 Supreme Court, U. S.....

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323 Supervisors of Land Office...

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Polarization of Heat..

Pole Star, Places of the

Popular Vote in 1832, '36, '40, and '44....
Population of Cities.

Population of the U. S..
Postage, Inland Rates of..

Postage by the N. Y. & Bremen Steamers
Postage, Foreign.

Postage to Oregon and California..

73 Tonnage of the U. S...

52 Trade, Foreign, Countries of.
9 Transmission of Heat...

216 Treasury Department.

Postmasters in Chief Towns and Cities... 102 Western Railroads

Postmasters. Compensation of.

45 Telegraph, Magnetic, Lines of, in Opera-

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256 Tennessee

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303 Texas

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63 Theological Schools.

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155 Vermont

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159 Vessels of War in U. S. Navy
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