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THE

STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK

STAT STICAL AND HISTORICAL ANNUAL OF THE
STATES OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD.

FOR THE YEAR 1884.

TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL PUBLICATION.

REVISED AFTER OFFICIAL RETURNS.

12mo. $3.00.

"It has carned the reputation of being the most accurate and complete manual that exists of its kind, and it is simply indispensable. If I could have but one book of reference for the actual state of the world, I should choose this."-G. W. S., in New York Triune.

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Central Government. H. D. TRAILL, D. C. L.

The Electorate and the Legislature. SPENCER WALPOLE.

ocal Government. M. D. CHALMERS.

Justice and Police. C. P. FILBERT. Shortly.

The National Budget: The National Debt, Taxes and Rates. A. J. WILSON.

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The State in Relation to Labor. W. STANLEY JEVONS, LL.D.

The State and the Land. F. POLLOCK.

The State and the Church. HoN. ARTHUR ELLIOTT, M. P.

Foreign Relations. SPENCER WALpole.

India. J. S. COTTON.

Colonies and Dependencies. E. J. PAYNE.

The Growth of English Industry and Commerce. By W. CUNNING HAM, M. D. 12mo. $3.

Investigations in Currency and Finance. By the late W. STANLEY JEVONS, LL.D. Shortly.

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THE AMERICAN ALMANAC & TREASURY OF FACTS,

STATISTICAL, FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL,

Edited by AINSWORTH R. SPOFFORD, Librarian of Congress,

Contains this year more than its usual variety of official and statistical information. This work, now in its sixth year of publication, gives, in the most compact form for ready reference, all the most important facts concerning American Agriculture, Manufactures, Mining, Shipping, Railroads, Telegraphs, Banks, Post Offices, Public Lands, Pensions, Patents, Education, Currency, Revenue and Expenditure, Taxation, Prices, Tariff, Imports and Exports, Public Debts, Investments, Army and Navy, etc. The book contains an Official Directory of Congress and the Executive and Judicial Officers of the Government, with full Tables of tho Administrations and Presidential Elections, from the beginning. To these is added a view of each State in the Union, with a list of State Officers, Finances, etc., and a succinct view of Foreign nations, with notable events and obituaries of the year.

THE UNITED STATES CENSUS of 1880, so far as officially tabulated, is also embraced. The book contains the essence of hundreds of volumes of public documents and other books. Also, the full vote of every county in the United States at the Presidential and Congrossional elections.

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Treasury of Facts,

STATISTICAL, FINANCIAL, AND POLITICAL,

FOR THE YEAR

1884.

EDITED BY

AINSWORTH R. SPOFFORD,

LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS

NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON.
THE AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY.

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1884.

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