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 coöperation of many individuals. Communications may be addressed to the "Editor of the American Almanac, Boston." Boston, Mass., October 1, 1846. INDEX. Abstracts of Public Laws,⚫ American Obituary, Articles imported in 1845,. Comets, Catalogue of,. .82 Intercourse with Foreign Nations,.. 116 ..171 Iowa,.. .306 Commercial importance of other Powers, 131 Jewish Calendar,. .5 Debts of the States,. Congress, Connecticut, Consuls, Foreign, in United States,. Countries whence goods are brought,. .352 Laws, Abstracts of,.. 105 Judiciary, United States,. .112 230 Jupiter's Satellites, Eclipses of, ..38 .121 Kentucky, 285 .117 Latitude and Longitude of Places,.. ...41 .184 .199 152 Louisiana, .272 176 Mahometan Calendar, ....6 ..8 Maine,.. .216 .148, 151 Maryland, .252 ..178 Massachusetts, .223 •251 Massachusetts, Railroads of,. .160 ...99 Massachusetts, Statistics of,. 188, 190 .39 Medical Schools,.. 185 115 Meteorological Information,. .71 District of Columbia,. 310 Mexico, Naval Force of,. ..130 Duties, Tariff of, in 1846, 164 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 Powers,. .129 Executive Government,. Expenditures, U. S., for 56 years,. . . . . . . 150 New Hampshire, ..99 Navy List, ..125 ..218 Oregon Convention,. Parallax in Altitude of the Sun,. Pole Star, Places of the,. Post-Office Establishment,. Railroads in the United States,. Russia, Naval Force of,.. Satellites of Jupiter, Eclipses of,. 51 Tariff of the United States in 1846,. .134 Theological Schools,.. 143 Tides, Height of Greatest,. 61 Venus and Mars, Discs of,. 107 Virginia, 145 Warehousing System,. |