Personal Memoranda.

Watch No.
Bicycle No.
Stores Ticket No.
Telephone No.
Bank Pass Book No.
Telegraphic Address
Size in Gloves
Size in Collars
Size in Boots
Size in Hats
Weight........... st........... lb........... Date...........
Height........... ft........... in........... Date...........
Insurance falls due on

## Bank Holidays.

### England and Ireland,

<table><tr><td>Good Friday</td><td>April 21.</td></tr><tr><td>Easter Monday</td><td>April 24.</td></tr><tr><td>Whit Monday</td><td>June 12</td></tr><tr><td>First Monday in August</td><td>August 7.</td></tr><tr><td>Christmas Day</td><td>December 25.</td></tr><tr><td>Boxing Day</td><td>December 26.</td></tr></table>

(Ireland only.)

<table><tr><td>St. Patrick's Day</td><td>March 17.</td></tr></table>

### Scotland.

<table><tr><td>New-Year Bank Holiday</td><td>January 2.</td></tr><tr><td>Good Friday</td><td>April 21.</td></tr><tr><td>First Monday in May</td><td>May 1.</td></tr><tr><td>First Monday in August</td><td>August 7.</td></tr><tr><td>Christmas Day</td><td>December 25.</td></tr></table>

## Extra Holidays at Public Offices.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—May 1 and Nov. 1. CUSTOM HOUSE, INLAND REVENUE, and PUBLIC DOCKS.—
The day appointed for King's Birthday.

## Quarter Days.

### England and Ireland.

<table><tr><td>Lady Day</td><td>March 25.</td></tr><tr><td>Midsummer</td><td>June 24.</td></tr><tr><td>Michaelmas</td><td>September 29.</td></tr><tr><td>Christmas</td><td>December 25.</td></tr></table>

### Scotland.

<table><tr><td>Candlemas</td><td>February 2.</td></tr><tr><td>Whitsunday</td><td>May 15.</td></tr><tr><td>Lammas</td><td>August 1</td></tr><tr><td>Martinmas</td><td>November 11.</td></tr></table>

REMOVAL TERMS, Scotland, May 28., Nov. 28.

## Law Terms.

Hilary Term begins January 11, ends April 19.

Easter Term begins May 2, ends June 9.

Trinity Term begins June 20, ends August 12.

Michaelmas Term begins Oct. 24, ends Dec. 21.

INLAND POSTAL RATES, &c.

NOTE that 3 pennies or 5 halfpennies equal 1 oz. in
weight; 5 farthings or 2 halfpennies and 1 farthing
together equal ½ oz. Diameter of halfpenny, 1 inch.

LETTERS—Not exceeding 4 oz., 1d.; and ½d. for every additional 2 ounces.

LETTER CARDS—1¼d. each; 7 for 8d.; 8 for 9d.

POST CARDS—Thin, 5½d. per packet of 10; Stout, 6d. per packet of 10.

REPLY—Thin, 10 for 11d.; Stout, 10 for 1s.

ENVELOPES—Embossed with ½d. stamp, COMMERCIAL, 16 for 9d.; FOOLSCAP, 10 for 6d. Embossed with 1d. stamp, size A, 4¾ by 3¼½ in., 10 for 11d.; COMMERCIAL, 16 for 1s. 5d.; FOOLSCAP, 16 for 1s. 6d.

BOOK PACKETS AND NEWSPAPERS—The weight of a book packet is confined to 2 oz., the postage for which is ½d. Packets above that weight are treated as letters. NEWSPAPERS (Regd. at G.P.O.), ½d. each.

PARCEL POST—3d. for the first 1b., and 1d. for each succeeding 1b. up to 9 lbs. inclusive, and then 1d. for the next 2 lbs., the final rate being 1s. Maximum weight, 11 lbs. DIMENSIONS —Maximum length, 3 ft. 6 in.; length and girth combined, 6 ft.

MONEY ORDERS—Sums not exceeding £1, 2d.; £3, 3d.; £10, 4d.; £20, 6d.; £30, 8d.; £40, 10d.

POSTAL ORDERS, with counterfoils, for 6d., and every multiple of 6d. up to 21s., are now issued. Commissions are as follows—½d. up to 1s. 6d.; 1d. from 2s. up to 10s. 6d.; 1½d. from 11s. up to 21s.

TELEGRAMS—For 12 Words, 6d.; every additional word, ½d. Names and Addresses extra.

Foreign and Colonial Postage.

For Letters to most of British Possessions the
postage is 1d. per ½ oz. To all Foreign Countries,
Australian Colonies, and Rhodesia, 2½d. per ½ oz.

EXCISE, STAMPS, AND TAXES.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>£ s. d.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Appointment of new Trustee, not being by a will,</td><td>0 10 0</td></tr><tr><td>Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes not exceeding 5l.,</td><td>0 0 1</td></tr><tr><td>" exceeding 5l. and not exceeding 10l.,</td><td>0 0 2</td></tr><tr><td>" " 10</td><td>25, 0 0 3</td></tr><tr><td>" " 25</td><td>50, 0 0 6</td></tr><tr><td>" " 50</td><td>75, 0 0 9</td></tr><tr><td>" " 75</td><td>100, 0 1 0</td></tr><tr><td>" every 100l. or fractional part thereof,</td><td>0 1 0</td></tr><tr><td>Bond on obtaining Letters of Administration, etc. (not exceeding 100l. exempt),</td><td>0 5 0</td></tr><tr><td>Contract Note, Stocks, Shares, etc., under 100l.,</td><td>0 0 1</td></tr><tr><td>Certificate of Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Death, or Burial,</td><td>0 0 1</td></tr><tr><td>Dogs (over 6 months old). Annual licence,</td><td>0 7 6</td></tr><tr><td>Game Licence, if taken out after 31st July and before 1st November, to expire on 31st July following,</td><td>3 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>" after 31st July, to expire 31st October,</td><td>2 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>" after 31st October, to expire 31st July,</td><td>2 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>" for a continuous period of 14 days,</td><td>1 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>Gun Licence. Annual,</td><td>0 10 0</td></tr><tr><td>House Duty. On inhabited houses occupied as farm-house, public-house, coffee-shop, shop, warehouse, or lodging-house of the annual value of 20l., and not exceeding 40l., 2d.; exceeding 40l., and not exceeding 60l., 4d.; exceeding 60l., 6d. in the 1l.; all others at similar rentals, 3d., 6d., and 9d. in the 1l.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Male Servants, each person,</td><td>0 15 0</td></tr><tr><td>Marriage Licence, 10s.; special (England and Ireland),</td><td>5 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>Motor Cars, unladen, not exceeding one ton.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Annual licence,</td><td>2 2 0</td></tr><tr><td>" exceeding one ton and not exceeding two tons,</td><td>4 4 0</td></tr><tr><td>" exceeding two tons and not exceeding three tons,</td><td>5 5 0</td></tr><tr><td>" under one and over three tons,</td><td>2 2 0</td></tr><tr><td>Motor Bicycles and Tricycles,</td><td>1 1 0</td></tr><tr><td>Motor Car Driver. Annual licence,</td><td>0 5 0</td></tr><tr><td>Passport,</td><td>0 0 6</td></tr><tr><td>Receipts, 2l. and upwards,</td><td>0 0 1</td></tr><tr><td>Settlement, any deed settling money or share, for every 100l. or part thereof,</td><td>0 5 0</td></tr></tbody></table>

COMMON NOTES FOR THE YEAR.

<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Golden Number</td>
      <td>VI</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Epact</td>
      <td>24</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Solar Cycle</td>
      <td>10</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Roman Indiction</td>
      <td>3</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Dominical Letter</td>
      <td>A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Julian Period</td>
      <td>6618</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Sundays after Trinity</td>
      <td>23</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Russian New Year, Greek Calendar</td>
      <td>Jan. 14</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Accession of King Edward VII. (1901)</td>
      <td>22</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Septuagesima Sunday</td>
      <td>Feb. 19</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Ash Wednesday</td>
      <td>March 8</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mohammedan New Year (1323)</td>
      <td>8</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Spring Commences</td>
      <td>21</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Good Friday</td>
      <td>April 21</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Easter Sunday</td>
      <td>23</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Rogation Sunday</td>
      <td>May 28</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Ascension Day—Holy Thursday</td>
      <td>June 1</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Prince of Wales Birthday (1865)</td>
      <td>3</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Pentecost—Whit Sunday</td>
      <td>11</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Trinity Sunday</td>
      <td>18</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Corpus Christi</td>
      <td>22</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Summer Commences</td>
      <td>22</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Autumn Commences</td>
      <td>Sept. 23</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Jewish New Year (5666)</td>
      <td>30</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Birth of King Edward VII. (1841)</td>
      <td>Nov. 9</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Birth of Queen Alexandra (1844)</td>
      <td>Dec. 1</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>First Sunday in Advent</td>
      <td>3</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Winter Commences</td>
      <td>22</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>CHRISTMAS DAY</td>
      <td>25</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## COLLINS' DIARIES FOR 1905.
### ONE DAY TO A PAGE.

**Pocket Diary, 3¼ by 2⅝ in.** Leatherette, 6d.; long gr. roan, 1s.; crushed venetian mor., 1s. 6d.; real mor., 1s. 6d.; in loose perp. cases, water gr. mor., 2s.; russia, 2s. 6d.; real mor., 2s. 6d.; selected russia, 3s.

**Lady's Diary, 3¼ by 2⅝ in.** Long grained roan, 1s. 6d.; selected russia, 2s. 6d.

**Handy Diary, 4¾ by 3½ in.** Full grained cloth, 1s.; long gr. roan, 1s. 6d.; long gr. roan, 2s.; crushed venetian mor., 2s.; loose perp. case, water gr. mor., 2s. 6d.; real mor., 3s.

**Gentleman's Diary, 4¾ by 3½ in.** Long grained roan, 2s.; water grained morocco, 2s. 6d.

**Exchange Diary, 4¾ by 3½ in.** (Two thin half-yearly vols.) Long gr. roan, 2s. 6d.; in loose perp. cases, water gr. mor., 3s. 6d.; real mor., 5s.; real seal; real crocodile. Refills (2 vols.), gilt edges, 1s. 6d. per set.

**Pearl Diary, 3¼ by 2 in.** Long grain, 1s.; crushed venetian mor., 1s. 6d.; selected calf, 2s.

**Paragon Diary, 6¼ by 3⅞ in.** Rutland morocco, 1s. 6d.; long grained roan, 2s. In two thin half-yearly volumes—Loose perpetual cases, long grained roan, 3s.; real morocco, 4s.

**Royal Diary, 7¾ by 5 in.** Full bound cloth, 1s.; quarter bound, stiff, leather back, 1s. 6d.

**Scroll Diary, long 4to, 12 by 5 in.** Cloth back, stiff sides, 1s. 6d.

**Scribbling Diary, fcap. folio, 13 by 8 in.** Quarter bound, stiff, leather back, 2s. 6d.; half bound, red sheep, cloth sides, 3s. 6d.

### TWO DAYS TO A PAGE.

**Diamond Diary, 3¾ by 2⅝ in.** Leatherette 6d.; long gr. roan, 1s.; crushed venetian mor., 1s. 6d.; water gr. mor., 1s. 6d.; real mor., round corners, 2s.

**Midget Diary, 2¾ by 2½ in.** Art vellum 6d.; long gr. roan, 1s.; bd. assorted bds., real mor., cr. mor., and russia, 1s.; water gr. mor., r.c., 1s. 6d.

**Ruby Diary, 4¾ by 3½ in.** Leatherette, 6d.; long gr. roan, 1s.; long gr. roan, 1s. 6d.; water gr. mor., 1s. 6d.; sel. calf, 2s.; loose perp. case, real mor., 2s. 6d.

**Scribbling Diary, fcap. folio, 13 by 8 in.** Cloth back, limp, 1s.; qr. bound, stiff, leather back, inter., 2s.

**Desk Diary, 12 by 5 in.** Cloth back, stiff, 1s.

THREE DAYS TO A PAGE.

*The King's Own Diary, 3¼ by 2 in. Art canvas, 6d.; long grained roan, 1s.; real morocco, 1s.; real morocco, 1s. 6d.; art persian, 1s. 6d.*

*Gem Diary, 3¾ by 2½ in. Leatherette, 6d.; long grained roan, 1s.; crushed morocco, 1s. 6d.; loose perpetual cases, real morocco, 2s.; selected russia, 2s. 6d.; real seal; real crocodile.*

*Compact Diary, 4¾ by 3½ in. Leatherette, 6d.; long grained roan, 1s.; in loose perpetual cases, crushed venetian morocco, 1s. 6d.; water grained morocco, 2s.; real morocco, 2s. 6d.*

*Eclipse Diary, 5¼ by 2½ in. Leatherette, 6d.; long grained roan, 1s.; water grained morocco, 1s. 6d.; loose perpetual case, long grained roan, 2s.; loose perpetual case, real morocco, 2s. 6d.*

*Portable Diary, 6¼ by 3½ in. Leatherette, 6d.; soft grained morocco, 1s.; water grained morocco, 1s. 6d.; in loose perpetual cases, long grained roan, 2s.; real morocco, 3s.; real seal and real crocodile.*

*Octavo Scribbling Diary, 7¾ by 5¼ in. Full bound cloth, interleaved with blotting, 1s.*

*Commercial Diary, large post 4to, 10 by 8 in. Cloth back, interleaved with blotting, 1s.*

*Scribbling Diary, fcap. folio, 13 by 8 in. Cloth back, 1s.; cloth back, interleaved with blotting, 1s.; full bound cloth, interleaved with blotting, 1s. 6d.*

*Emerald Diary, Bold Figures, 5⅞ by 2¾ in. (Tough, white bank paper.) Leatherette, 6d.; long gr. roan, 1s.; water gr. mor., 1s. 6d.; loose perp. case, crushed venetian mor., 2s.*

SEVEN DAYS TO A PAGE.

*Concise or Engagement Diary, 3¼ by 2½ in. Soft gr. mor., 6d.; water gr. mor., 1s.; real mor., crushed mor., and russia, assorted bindings, 1s.; selected russia, 1s. 6d.*

*Tablet Diary, 9¼ by 6 in. Printed in red and black, day and date on left hand of page, 6d.*

*Scribbling Diary, fcap. folio, 13 by 8 in. "OUR UNRIVALLED." Cloth back, interleaved with blotting, 6d.; full bound cloth, interleaved with blotting, 1s.*

(360-5) December, 1905.

● New Moon, 4h. 4m. A.M. 26 Tuesday
*Bank Holiday in England and Ireland.*