him the supreme value of moments; and if this book should prove a time-saving and useful manual to his countrymen, his highest ambition will be gratified. The work is the fruit of many evening hours, laborious, but welcomed as a relief from severer cares. In a volume embracing nearly half a million of figures to be verified, errors are unavoidable, but it is hoped that they have been reduced to a minimum. Defects of arrangement will be observed, due mainly to the exigencies of fitting large matter into small space, and the continuity of related subjects is thus broken, though all will be readily found by the index. The commanding importance of questions of economic science has led to the devotion of much space to financial topics, including coinage, currency, revenue, expenditure, public debts, taxation, etc., which it is thought will prove of more value and interest than nearly obsolete questions of party politics, or tedious lists of minor officials. The editor has no ambition to be ranked among statisticians, and distinctly disclaims responsibility in the tabular information presented for any thing beyond the accuracy of his compilations from other sources. In most cases the authorities are given, and the reader is left to his own judgment. For matters outside of the tables, the editor is wholly responsible. He here expresses his thanks to the officers of the National and State governments who have supplied him with information, and to the members of his family who have cheered and aided him in his labors. 105 C STREET, SOUTH-EAST, WASHINGTON, December 25, 1877. Law Schools in the United States.. School Statistics of the U. S. in 1876.... $62 Universities and Colleges in the United Expenditure for Public Schools in 1876.. 364 United States Pension Statistics......... 273 Pension Agency Districts and Pension Revenue of Great Britain, 1861-1877...... 276 Expenditure of Great Britain, 1861-1877.. 277 Prices of Commodities for 53 years, 1825- Families, Dwellings, and Population in Fifty Cities of the United States.... 280 Arca, Density of Population, Families and Dwellings in the United States.... 281 Nativity of the Foreign-born Population Distilleries in the United States, 1877 .... 286 Interest Laws in the United States.. 287 Customs Tariff of Great Britain. Population of Great Britain, 1801-1871.... 288 ECLIPSES, FESTIVALS, ETC., IN 1878. MOVABLE FESTIVALS, ETC. Septuagesima Sunday, February 17. Sexagesima Sunday, February 24. Quinquagesima Sunday, March 3. Ash Wednesday, March 6. Quadragesima Sunday, March 10. Mid-Lent, March 31. Palm Sunday, April 14. Good Friday, April 19. Easter Sunday, April 21. Low Sunday, April 28. Rogation Sunday, May 26. Ascension Day, May 30. Whit Sunday, June 9. Trinity Sunday, June 16. Corpus Christi, June 20. Advent Sunday, December 1. CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES. Dominical Letter, F. ber, 17. Solar Cycle, 11. Dionysian Period, 207. Epact, 26. Lunar Cycle, or Golden NumRoman Indiction, 6. Julian Period, 6591. Jewish Lunar Cycle, 14. ECLIPSES IN 1878. There will be four Eclipses this year, two of the Sun, two of the Moon, and a transit of Mercury over the Sun's disc. I. An annular Eclipse of the Sun, February 2, invisible in America. II. A partial Eclipse of the Moon, February 17, in the morning, partly visible at Washington. III. A total Eclipse of the Sun, July 29, in the afternoon. Visible at Washington, and generally in the United States as a partial eclipse. The total will be visible at Galveston, the middle being at about 4 h. 28 m. P.M. The Eclipse will be nearly total at New Orleans, Austin, Santa Fé, and Denver, Col. IV. A partial Eclipse of the Moon, August 12, in the evening. Size, 7.15 digits. The Moon will rise more or less eclipsed east of Kansas, west of which no Eclipse will be visible. Washington..... BEGINS. H. M. 5 34 eve. MIDDLE. 7 0 eve. V. A transit of Mercury, May 6, visible at Washington. MIDDLE. END. 8 26 eve. END. MORNING STARS. VENUS from Feb. 20 to Dec. 5. MARS after Sept. 18. EVENING STARS. VENUS until Feb. 20, and after Dec. 5. 78 6 7 Wed. 1788 Georgia ratified the Constitu Thur. 1777 Battle of Princeton. 1781 Richmond, Va., burned by Arnold. Sun. 1844 First telegraph between Balti- Mon. 1718 General Putnam born. 8 Tues. 1815 Defeat of the British at New 7 19 4 50 6 47 Orleans. 9 Wed. 1788 Connecticut ratified the Con 10 11 Fri. Sat. 20 Mon. 1793 Louis XVI. beheaded. stitution. 7 19 4 56 10 59 Thur. 1840 Penny Postage established in 7 19 4 57 11 57 England. 1757 Alexander Hamilton born. Sun. 1825 Slavery abolished in Mexico. 1782 Daniel Webster born. 1848 Gold discovered in California. Sun. 1779 David Garrick died. Tues. 1783 Byron born. Wed. 1806 William Pitt died. Thur. 1712 Frederick the Great born. Fri. 1759 Robert Burns born. 7 14 5 10 9 53 7 14 5 1111 4 7 13 5 12 morn. 7 12 5 13 15 Sat. 1837 Michigan admitted into the 7 12 5 15 1 18 Union. 27 Sun. 1756 Mozart born 28 Mon. 1859 William H. Prescott died. 30 31 Thur. 1849 Abolition of the Corn Laws. |