LAND GRANTS FOR EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES. This table shows the area of the several States and Territories containing Public Lands, and the quantity devoted for educational purposes by Congress from 1789 to June 30, 1878. [Compiled from the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of the General Land Office.] * The whole quantity liable to be issued under the act of July 2, 1862, is 9,600,000 acres. NOTE.-Under an act of Congress approved Sept. 4, 1841, eaeh State thereafter admitted to the Union was granted 500,000 acres of land for purposes of internal improvement; 46,080 acres (72 sections) for a State University; 32,000 acres (50 sections) for the purpose of erecting public buildings at the Capital; and 32,000 acres for a penitentiary or State prison. The same grant of 500,000 acres was extended to the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, and Missouri. The quantity of land thus granted is estimated at 9,000,000 acres. By act of July 2, 1862, each State, old or new, was granted 30,000 acres of the public domain for each Senator and Representative in Congress (or land scrip to that amount) for the purpose of endowing a College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in cach State. Of the 9,600,000 acres estimated to be due the States under this munificent land-grant, about 8,200,000 acres have already been located. NUMBER OF ELECTORS IN FRANCE. IN the French Republic, suffrage is practically universal, there having been inscribed on the registers of the Ministry of the Interior by an official report dated April 1, 1876, 9,948,070 legal voters, out of a population the same year of 36,905,788 in France. This gives 1 voter to every 4 inhabitants, nearly. In the United States, by the census of 1870, the ratio of legal voters to population was 1 to 4%, nearly In Great Britain, where suffrage is restricted, the proportion is 1 voter to every 11 inhabitants. Statement of Land Grants by Acts of Congress to States for Canal Purposes, from the first Grant in 1827 to 1877. [From the Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office.] May 24, 1828. General Canal purposes.. 500,000 Illinois. Mar. 2, 1827. Canal to connect the waters of the Illinois 290,915 Wisconsin 66 June 18, 1838. Milwaukee and Rock River Canal. 125,431 200,000 Michigan... Aug. 26, 1852. Saint Mary's Ship Canal. 750,000 Mar. 3, 1865. July 3, 1866. Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canal 200,000 200,000 66 66 Total quantity of Acres granted for Canals.. 4,405,986 Statistics of Railways in Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland) for Sixteen Years, 1861-1877. [From the Statistical Abstract of the United Kingdom, 1878.] Miles. £ No. No. 1861.. 10,869 362,327,338 173,773,218 15,988 28,565,355 2,628 1862.. 11,551 385,218,438 180,485,727 15,625 29,128,558 2,522 1863.. 12,322 404,215,802 204,699,466 16,612 31,156,397 2,528 1864.. 12,789 425,719,613 229,348,664 17,933 33,911,547 2,651 1865. 13,289 4 455,478,143 251,959,862 18,960 35,751,655 2,691 1866.. 13,854 481,872,184 274,403,895 19,734 38,164,354 2,754 1867. 14,247 502,262,887 287,807,904 20,201 39,479,999 2,771 1869.. 15,145 518,779,761 312,779,381 20,189 41,075,321 2,712 1870. 15,537 529,908,673 336,701,800 21,249 43,417,070 2,794 1871.. 15,376 552,680,107 375,409,146 24,415 47,107,558 3,064 1872.. 15,814 569,047,346 423,147,164 26,758 51,304,114 3,244 1873.. 16,082 588,320,308 455,634,767 28,332 55,675,421 3,462 1874.. 16,448 609,895,931 478,334,368 29,081 56,899,498 3,459 1875 16,664 630,226,942 507,532,187 30,457 58,977,518 3,539 1876.. 16,872 658,214,776 538,681,722 31,928 59,917,868 3,551 1877.. 17,077 674,059,048 551,593,654) 32,268 60,644,057 3,551 £ 13,843,337 14,722,018 14,268,409 14,860,149 15,027,234 16,129,163 16,000,308 17,911,239 17,149,072 18,602,582 18,811,673 19,352,681 19,848,952 19,631,047 20,780,078 21,915,849 21,715,525 23,362,618 23,152,860 25,739,920 26,293,304 26,957,870 30,752,848 26,989,152 32,612,712 26,643,003 33,211,031 28,020,298 33,535,509 28 680,266 33,857,978 29,115,350 DIVIDENDS OF NEW ENGLAND MANUFACTURING COMPANIES FOR EIGHT YEARS, 1871-1878. Lancaster. Lawrence Lowell 66 Bleachery 66 Machine Shop. Lyman.. Manchester. Massachusetts. Merrimack 600,000 100 0 1,000,000 400 0 .11 800,000 400 20 1,500,000 1,000 6 20 12 $70 2,000,000 690 $140 $70 $50 $45 $40 $20 $20 $30 6 2,000,000 100 300,000 200 40 20 20 18 600,000 500 12 12 12 12 1,470,000 100 8 10 3 12 12 102 10 6 0 0 1151 8 16 12 8 6 18 13 10 Middlesex.. 750,000 100 17 13 1 Dividend in liquidation. The new Manchester Mills organized 1875. 2 Besides 30 per cent. extra dividend February, 1877. 3 Paid stockholders $125 per share from capital stock in 1878. 4 Sold out and paid $4 per share to stockholders (in full) in 1878. TOTAL COINAGE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT, 1793 to 1878, INCLUSIVE. From the Official Report of the Director of the Mint, TOTAL COINAGE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT 1793 TO 1879, INCLUSIVE-(Continued). BUSINESS OF THE SUEZ CANAL FROM ITS OPENING. This great ship canal, one hundred miles in length, connects Suez on the Red Sea with Port Said on the Mediterranean. It was commenced by a company, aided by large subscriptions of the governments of Egypt, France, and England, in 1858, and opened November 17, 1869. It is 72 feet wide at the bottom, about 300 feet at the surface, and 26 feet in depth, easily passing the largest vessels. The controlling interest in the canal was purchased for £4,000,000, in 1875, by the British government, which now holds it. The following table exhibits the prodigious increase of business on this great work: [From the Economiste Français, June 22, 1878.] Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. per cent. 1870. 1,031,800 353,600 1,385,400 1,291,600 94,000 1871. 1,519,800 1,134,200 2,654,000 1,165,400 1,488,600 1872. 2,867,600 758,400 3,626,000 1,007,800 2,618,200) 1873.. 4,165,320 745,000 4,910,320 1,144,000 3,766,000 1874. 4,530,800 631,400 5,162,200 1,281,800 3,880,400 1875.. 5,286,200 583,800 5,870,000 1,243,200 4,625,800 1876.. 5,526,400 1877... 6,035,800 93.21 43.90 27.79 1,082 1,439,000 23.30 1,173 2,085,000 24.83 1,264 2,424,000 21.18 1,494 2,941,000 537,200 6,063,600 1,120,000 4,943,400 18.47 1,457 3,072,000 17.41 1,663 3,419,000 |