The Russian provincial and district assemblies are so called. The Zemstvo is elected, in certain fixed proportions, by the landowners, the village communes and the municipalities. It meets at least once a year, but has a permanent bureau, always in session, chosen from among its members for executive purposes. It is charged with the maintenance of roads and bridges and other public works, and the supervision of education, sanitation and agriculture. It also elects the local justices of the peace. Zollverein. A union of the German States for commercial purposes, entered into under the auspices of Prussia in 1833. It provided for free internal trade, and a uniform system of customs duties for the whole union. Zurich, Compromise of. An attempt by Calvin and Farel, in 1549, to amalgamate the different doctrines of Calvin and Zwingli. It met with little acceptance on the part of the Protestant Cantons. Zurich, Treaty of. A treaty signed in 1859 confirming the Treaty of Villafranca, which provided for the cession by Austria of Lombardy, to be transferred by France to Sardinia. INDEX Aargau, 231. Abbaside Khalifs, 23. Abd-el-Kader, 247. Abdallah, King of Granada, 1. Abdul Hamed, Sultan of Turkey, 140. Abdul Mejid, Sultan of Turkey, 115. Aboyne, Lord, 42. Abyssinia, 2, 172. Acre, 134. Adams, Samuel, 91, 171. Adansi, 96. Addison, Joseph, 139. Adige (River), 154. Adjanta Ghât, 235. Adrian I, Pope, 78. Adrian IV, Pope, 3. Adrian VI, Pope, 218. Adrianople, 3. Adolphus Frederick of Holstein, 2. Æthelfled, 95, 141. Æthelred I, 176. Æthelred the Unready, 72, 104, 118, 221. Æthelstan, 117. Æthelwulf, 193. Afghanistan, 103, 105, 166, 188, 217, 234. Afridis, 105, 166. Agilulf, King of the Lombards, 129. Ahausen, 204. Ahmed I, Sultan of Turkey, 174. Ahmednaggar, 235. Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, 20, 201. Alabama, 112. Alabama claims, 275. Alaska, 11, 26. Albania, 130, 277. Albert II, Emperor, 201. Albert of Brandenburg, 251. Albuquerque, Alfonso d’, 200. Alemtejo, 97. Alençon, 106. Alençon, Duc d’, 201. Alexander III, Pope, 3, 48, 190. Alexander IV, Pope, 150. Alexander V, Pope, 122, 196, 226. Alexander VI, Pope, 75, 122, 222. Alexander I of Russia, 261. Alexander II of Russia, 174, 230. Alexander I of Scotland, 232. Alexander III of Scotland, 156. Alexandria, 13, 70. Alfonso I of Aragon, 93. Alfonso III of Aragon, 13. Alfonso V of Spain, 102. Alfonso VI of Spain, 53. Alfonso the Wise, 234. Alfred the Great, 79, 141, 160, 170, 276. Algarves, 97. Algeria, 233, 247. Allahabad, 27, 125. Allen, Cardinal, 3. Alsace, 99, 163, 191, 277. Althorp, Lord, 128. Alva, Duke of, 33, 245. Amadeus V of Savoy, 12. Amatongaland, 246. Amazon (River), 43. Amboyna, 239. Amiens, 270. Amoy, 180. Amsterdam, 225. Amurath I, Sultan of Turkey, 131. Anabaptists, 213. Anatolia, 14. Ancona, 256. Andrassy, Count, 10. Andres, Last of the Incas, 213. Andrew II of Hungary, 107.