ANNUAL CYCLOPÆDIA

AND

REGISTER OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

OF THE YEAR

1884.

EMBRACING POLITICAL, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS; PUBLIC DOCU-
MENTS; BIOGRAPHY, STATISTICS, COMMERCE, FINANCE, LITERATURE,
SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, AND MECHANICAL INDUSTRY.

NEW SERIES, VOL. IX.

WHOLE SERIES, VOL. XXIV.

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NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

1, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET.

1885.

COPYRIGHT, 1885,

BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

Among the Contributors to this Volume of the "Annual Cyclopædia" are the following: