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NEW NETHERLAND (Xew York), Dutch settlement, America, xvil. 454.

NEW NORCIA, mission station, Western Australia, xxiv. 508.

NEW ORKNEY ISLANDS, Antarctic Ocean, XVII. 407.

NEW ORLEANS, town, Louisiana,U.S.A., XVIL 402; xv. 22; battle of (1815), xxiii. 760.

NEW PLYMOUTH, town, Xew Zealand, xvn. 405.

NEWPORT, town, Isle of Wight, Eng land, xvil. 405; representation of, xxiv. 562.

, town, Monmouthshire, England,

xvn. 405.

, town, Pembrokeshire, Wales, xvin.

482.

, town, Kentucky, U.S.A., xvil. 406.

, town, Rhode Island, U.S.A., xvil.

406; XX. 524.

NEW PROVIDENCE, island, Bahamas, in. 237.

NEW RIVER, Herts and Middlesex, Eng land, XL 771; xvi. 279.

NEW ROSS, town, Ireland, XVII. 407.

NEW RUSH, town, South Africa, xiv. 77.

NEWRY, town, Ireland, xvn. 407.

NEW SALLEE, town, Morocco, xx. 192.

NEW SARUM, town, England, xxi. 218.

NEW SCOTLAND, district, Transvaal, xxin. 518.

NEW SHOREHAM, town, England, xxn. 724.

NEW SIDE, Presbyterian denomination, United States, xix. 698.

NEWS-LETTERS, XVIL 413.

NEW SOUTH SHETLAND, islands, Ant arctic Ocean, xvil. 407.

NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia, xvn. 407; ill. 114; mines of, xvi. 471; ruby mines, xxi. 48; newspapers?, xvn. 437; railways, xx. 252.

NEWSPAPER PRESS, Laws relating to, xix. 710.

NEWSPAPERS, xvil. 412; copyright in, VI. 362; numbers posted, XIX. 571; printing of, xxiii. 703, 709; registra tion of, xx. 344; reporting for, xx. 404; xxi. 841.

NEWSTEAD ABBEY, Nottinghamshire, England, xvi I. 599.

NEWT, amphibian, I. 751; xxiii. 577.

NEW TESTAMENT, in. 641; Greek of, XI. 135, 147; canon of, v. 7; Alford s edition of, I. 505; Bengel s, in. 571; Erasmus s, vin. 517; Estienne s, XXII. 535; Griesbach s, XI. 194; Lachmann s, xiv. 25; Mill s, xvi. 307; Tischen- dorfs, XXIII. 409; Tregelles s, xxin. 535 ; Wetstein s, xxiv. 520 ; Beza s translation, in. 625; Tyndale s, XXIII. 675. See also Bible. NEWTON, town, U.S.A., xvn. 438.

, B. Wills, Plymouthist, xix. 238.

, George, English divine, I. 582.

, Sir Isaac, English natural philo

sopher, XVII. 438; president of the Royal Society, xxi. 39; his applications of algebra, I. 515; his contributions to astronomy, n. 755; on the mutual attraction of bodies, in. 63; on infini tesimal calculus, Xlli. 8; his law of cooling, XX. 129; his electrical experi ments, vin. 4; on the formation of gases, v. 461; his discovery of the law of gravitation, in. 63, 64; XL 70; on light, xiv. 579, 590; on the lunar theory, xvi. 800; on laws of mag netism, xv. 236; his laws of motion, XV. 676; on the motions of water, xn. 436; his coloured rings, Xiv. 609; his sextant, xxi. 724; his telescope, xxin. J 37> 1 4S> on tides, xxin. 355; on the velocity of waves, I. 103.

NEWTON, John, English divine and hymn- writer, xvn. 449; hymns by, XII. 594.

, John, author of logarithmic tables,

XXIII. 10.

ABBOT, town, England, xvn. 449.

BUSHEL, town, England, xvn.

449-

NEWTONIAN GLOBE, x. 685.

NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, town, England, xvn. 449.

NEWTON-ON-AYR, suburb of Ayr, Scot land, in. 165.

NEWTON STEWART, town, Scotland, xxiv. 563.

NEWTOWN, town, Wales, xvn. 450.

, town, Long Island, New York,

U.S.A., xiv. 866.

, suburb of Sydney, New South

Wales, xvn. 450.

NEWTOWNARDS, town, Ireland, xvn. 450.

NEW UTRECHT, town, Long Island, New York, U.S.A., xiv. 866.

NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS, Mas- singer s play, xv. 619.

NEW WINDSOR, town, England, xxiv. 600.

NEW YEAR S DAY, xvn. 450.

NEW YORK, State, U.S.A., xvn. 450; colony of, xxin. 730; claim of, to western territory, xxin. 746.

NEW YORK, principal city of United States, xvn. 457; libraries of, xiv. 536, 550; Astor library, n. 737; news papers, xvn. 434; police system, xix. 341 ; elevated railroads, xx. 240; stock exchange, XXII. 557; Madison Square theatre, xxin. 225; tramways, xxin. 506; Croton aqueduct tunnel, XXIII. 620 ; Hudson River tunnel, xxiii. 623; waterworks, n. 223. NEW YORK HERALD, newspaper, in.

574-

NEW ZEALAND, islands, Australasia, XVII. 466; birds of, III. 742; XVIII. 16; extinct birds, ill. 731; coalfields, VI. 60; marine fishes, xn. 68 1; forests, IX. 407; geysers, x. 558; gold, x.

744; mines, XVI. 471; newspapers,

xvil. 437 ; post-office, xix. 578;

railways, xx. 253; university, xxin.

856; taboo system amongst Maories

of, xxin. 1 6.

NEW ZEALAND FLAX, xvin. 812. NEXAL CONTRACT, in Roman law, xx.

693- NEY, Michel, French marshal, xvn.

471.

NEZIKIM, part of Mishnah, xvi. 505. NEZ PERCES, American-Indian tribe,

xn. 833. NGAMI, Lake, Africa, Discovery of, by

Livingstone, I. 247. NCATKONS, Tungus tribe, Siberia,

xxin. 608.

NGOKO, Javanese language, xin. 608. NCORNU (Angorno), town, Central

Africa, n. 45; iv. 61. NGUNIE, river, Africa, xvn. 733. NGUYEN Dzo, king of Tong-King,

xxin. 440. NIAGARA, river and cataract, North

America, xvn. 472; iv. 769; xxi.

1 80; suspension bridge across, iv.

333. FALLS, town, Xew York, U.S.A.,

xvn. 473.

NIAL, Xorse saga, xn. 624. NlALL, Irish king, xin. 246. NiAM-NiAM, Central-African race, xvn.

473, 3i9-

NIAS ISLANDS, Sumatra, xxn. 638, 639. NlBELUNGENLIED, Old German epic

poem, xvn. 474; x. 524; xix. 269;

xx. 657. NIC^A, town, Asia Minor, xvn. 476;

in. 793; council of (325), n. 538; vi.

560; Xix. 490.

, Empire of, XL 119.

, Lake of, n. 709.

(Xice), ancient town, France, XV n.

481.

NIC/EAN CREED, vi. 560.

NICANDER, Greek poet, xvn. 476.

NICARAGUA, state, Central America, xvn. 477; interoceanic canal through, I. 715; IV. 793; Indian tribes of, XII. 828.

, Lake, Central America, xvn. 477,

478:

NICASTRO, town, Italy, xvn. 480.

NlCATOR, Demetrius II., king of Syria, vn. 58.

NlCCOLA PlSANO, Italian sculptor and architect, XIX. 123.

NlCCOLlNl, Giambattista, Italian dra matist, vn. 417; xin. 514.

NICE, town, Bithynia, Asia Minor, XVIL 476.

, town, France, xvn. 480; observa tory at, xvn. 712; cession of, to France, ix. 624; xin. 490.

NICENE CREED, vi. 560.

NICEPHORION, sacred enclosure at Per-