FOREIGN LEGATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES.
From the Register of the Department of State, December, 1877.

COUNTRY, AND DATE

OF PRESENTATION.

NAME.

RANK.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.. Señor Don Manuel R. Garcia... *E. E. and M. P.

March 16, 1869.

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
October 26, 1875.

Count Ladislas Hoyos.......

BELGIUM

May 21, 1873.

Mr. Maurice Delfosse.....

E. E. and M. P.

E. E. and M. P.

Councillor A. P. de Carvalho E. E. and M. P.
Borges.

artu.

Señor Don Eduardo Vijil Zan- Secretary of Legation and
Chargé d'Affaires ad in-
terim.
Señor Don Manuel Peralta...... Minister Resident.

Mr. J. H. de Hegermann-Lin- Minister Resident.

dencrone.

Maxime Outrey..

Mr. Kurd Von Schlözer...

E. E. and M. P.

E. E. and M. P.

Jushie Yoshida Kiyonari......

Señor Don José T. de Cuellar..

Mr. de Pestel.

Señor Don José Machain...

E. E. and M. P.

* Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

Summary of Electors, or Those having the Right of Suffrage in

Great Britain.

2,211,470 21,495,531 129,293 1,217,135 295,420 3,360,018 230,773 5,411,016] 2,866,956 | 31,483,700

NOTE.-The political complexion of the present House of Commons stands as follows: Conservative, 350; Liberal, 299. Conservative majority, 51.

STATEMENT OF MILES OF RAILROAD IN EACH STATE AND TERRITORY FROM 1867 TO JANUARY 1, 1877.

From Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1877-78.

Miles of R.R. in.. 1867. 1868. 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876.

165 165
227
437 437 446 446 466

466 466 484 484 484

1,548 1,575 1,652 1,845 2,108 2,160 2,260 2,260 2,264 2,306
3,224 3,440 4,031 4,823 5,904 6,361 6,589 6,759 7,109 7,285
2,506 2,600 2,863 3,177 3,529 3,649 3,714 3,890 3,963 4,003
92 279 279 279 279 279
1,283 1,523 2,095 2,683 3,160 3,643 3,728 3,765 3,850 3,939
494 648 931 1,501 1,760 2,063 2,100 2,150 2,150 2,238
635
813
852 1,017 1,123 1,266 1,320 1,326 1,326 1,475
335 335 375 479 539 539 539 539 539 539
521 560 580 786 871 871 905 957 980 1,000
527 535 588 671 820 1,012 1,046 1,060 1,077 1,107
1,401 1,425 1,480 1,480 1,606 1,658 1,755 1,786 1,817 1,837
1,163 1,199 1,325 1,638 2,116 2,976 3,253 3,315 3,346 3,395
482 572 795 1,092 1,612 1,906 1,950 1,990 1,990 2,020
898 898 990 990 990 990 990 1,018 1,018 1,044
1,085 1,354 1,712 2,000 2,580 2,673 2,858 2,880 2,905 3,146
473 478 473

30 402 402 667 667 702

705 943 1,051 1,107 1,107 1,127 1,150 593 593 611 629 650 650 680 736 790 810 877 918 934 940 942 973 1,011 1,125 1,265 1,378 1,418 1,438 1,511 1,601 3,245 3,329 3,658 3,928 4,470 4,925 5,165 5,250 5,423 5,525 1,042 1,097 1,130 1,178 1,190 1,250 1,265 1,315 1,528 1,570 3,398 3,398 3,448 3,538 3,740 4,108 4,258 4,398 4,461 4,687 19 19 60 159 241 241 251 251 251 251 4,311 4,398 4,598 4,656 5,113 5,369 5,550 5,687 5,868 5,983 125 125 125 136 136 136 159 173 179 189 1,007 1,076 1,101 1,139 1,201 1,290 1,320 1,320 1,335 1,353 1,358 1,436 1,451 1,492 1,520 1,520 1,620 1,630 1,630 1,645 513 513 583 711 865 1,078 1,578 1,650 1,685 2,085 257 257 257 349 372 459 515 515 721 778 810 810 1,573 1,638 1,638 1,649 105 110 110 110 576 576 576 584 1,036 1,235 1,512 1,525 1,725 1,878 2,360 2,546 2,566 2,707 82 447 459 459 459 459 459 459 459

587 605 614 614 1,464 1,464 1,483 1,486

365 365 387

387

675 710 1,490 1,537 25 65 485 561

447

RECAPITULATION.

STATES.

New England States.
Middle States.
Western States
Southern States..
Pacific States..

1867. 1868. 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872.1873. 1874. 1875. 1876.

3,938 4,019 4,301 4,494 4,898 5,053 5,344 5,509 5,638 5,694 9,555 9,765 10,752 10,991 12,380 13,499 14,019 14,291 14,740 15,085 15,226 16,889 19,884 23,540 28,269 32,112 33,905 34,954 35,802 37,055 10,126 10,683 11,107 12,196 13,246 14,112 15,353 15,602 15,919 16,676 431 889 1,164 1,677 1,765 1,959 2,193 2,339 2,514 2,960

Grand Total... 39,276 42,255 47,208 52,898 60,568 66,735 70,784 72,695 74,613 77,470

Table showing the Mileage, Gross and Net Earnings, Freight and Passenger Earnings, and Dividends of the Railroads of the United States for Four Years, 1873-76, arranged by Geographical Divisions.

From Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1877-78.

Miles of New Railroad Constructed in each State and Territory in 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875 and 1876.

RAILROADS OF THE WORLD.

Statement Exhibiting the Aggregate of the Railroads of each Country and State, and the Relations thereof to Area and Population, at the Close of 1876. From Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States, 1877-78.