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Eclipses, Terms, &c.

## ECLIPSES, 1874.

In the year 1874 there will be two Eclipses of the Sun, and Two of the Moon.

April 16th.—A Total Eclipse of the Sun invisible at Greenwich.

May 1st.—A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, invisible at Greenwich.

October 10th.—An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, visible as a Partial Eclipse at Greenwich. It begins on the earth generally at

8h. 48'3m., a.m., Greenwich time, in lon. 29 deg. 50 min. W., lat. 66 deg. 29 min. N. It ends on the earth generally at

1h. 38'3m. p.m. in lon. 60 deg. 54 min. E., lat. 10 deg. 47 min. N. At Greenwich it begins at 9h. 2'6m., a.m., and ends at 11h. 15'4 a.m.

October 25th.—A Total Eclipse of the Moon, partly visible as a Partial Eclipse at Greenwich, where the Moon will set partially eclipsed,

The first contact with shadow

5h. 41'5m. a.m.

Last contact with shadow

8h. 50'9m. a.m.

December 9th.—A Transit of Venus over the Sun's disc. invisible at Greenwich.

## UNIVERSITY TERMS, 1874.

<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">TRMS.</th><th colspan="2">OXFORD.</th><th colspan="2">CAMBRIDGE.</th></tr><tr><th>Begins</th><th>Ends</th><th>Beg.</th><th>Ends</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Lent</td><td>Jan. 14</td><td>Mch. 28</td><td>Jan. 13</td><td>Mch. 27</td></tr><tr><td>Easter</td><td>Apr. 8</td><td>May 22</td><td>Ap. 10</td><td>June 26</td></tr><tr><td>Trin.</td><td>May 23</td><td>July 11</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mich.</td><td>Oct. 10</td><td>Dec. 17</td><td>Oct. 1</td><td>Dec 16</td></tr></tbody></table>

The Act, July 7. The Commencement June 23.

## QUARTER AND HALF

### QUARTER DAYS.

February 8th—Half Quarter Day.

March 25th—Lady Day.

May 9th—Half Quarter Day.

June 24th—Midsummer Day.

August 11th—Half Quarter Day.

September 29th—Michaelmas Day.

November 11th—Half Quarter Day.

December 25th—Christmas Day.

## LAW TERMS, 1874.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Begins</th><th>Ends</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Hilary Term</td><td>Jan. 11</td><td>Jan. 31</td></tr><tr><td>Easter ,,</td><td>Apr. 15</td><td>May 8</td></tr><tr><td>Trinity ,,</td><td>May 22</td><td>June 12</td></tr><tr><td>Michlms.,,</td><td>Nov. 2</td><td>Nov. 25</td></tr></tbody></table>

## FIXED AND MOVEABLE

### FESTIVALS, 1874.

<table><tbody><tr><td>Epiphany</td><td>Jan. 6</td></tr><tr><td>Septuagesima Sunday</td><td>Feb., 1</td></tr><tr><td>Quinquagesima, Shrove S.</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>Ash Wednesday</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>Quadragesima, 1st in Lent</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>St. David</td><td>March 1</td></tr><tr><td>St. Patrick</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td>Annunciation—Lady day..</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Palm Sunday</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>Good Friday</td><td>April 3</td></tr><tr><td>EASTER DAY</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Low Sunday</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>St. George</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>Rogation Sunday</td><td>May 10</td></tr><tr><td>Ascen. Day—Holy Thurs.</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Birth of Queen Victoria</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Pentecost—Whit Sunday</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Trinity Sunday</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>Corpus Christi..</td><td>June 4</td></tr><tr><td>Accession of Q. Victoria...</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Proclamation</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>St John Bapt.—Midsum.D.</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>St. Michael—Mchlmas. D.</td><td>Sept. 29</td></tr><tr><td>Birth of Prince of Wales..</td><td>Nov. 9</td></tr><tr><td>1st Sunday in Advent</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>St. Andrew</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>St. Thomas</td><td>Dec. 21</td></tr><tr><td>Christmas Day</td><td>25</td></tr></tbody></table>

The Year 5635 of the Jewish Era commences on September 12, 1874.

## SOVEREIGNS OF EUROPE.

<table><thead><tr><th>KINGDOM.</th><th>TITLE.</th><th>BN.</th><th>AC.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Gt. Britain</td><td>VICTORIA</td><td>1819</td><td>1837</td></tr><tr><td>Austria</td><td>Francis Joseph</td><td>1830</td><td>1848</td></tr><tr><td>Bavaria</td><td>Louis II</td><td>1845</td><td>1864</td></tr><tr><td>Belgium</td><td>Leopold II</td><td>1835</td><td>1865</td></tr><tr><td>Denmark</td><td>Christian IX</td><td>1818</td><td>1864</td></tr><tr><td>France</td><td>McMahon Pres.</td><td></td><td>1873</td></tr><tr><td>Greece</td><td>George I</td><td>1845</td><td>1863</td></tr><tr><td>Italy</td><td>Victor Emmanuel</td><td>1820</td><td>1861</td></tr><tr><td>Holland</td><td>William III</td><td>1817</td><td>1849</td></tr><tr><td>Portugal</td><td>Louis I</td><td>1838</td><td>1861</td></tr><tr><td>Germany</td><td>Fredk. William</td><td>1797</td><td>1861</td></tr><tr><td>Russia</td><td>Alexander II</td><td>1818</td><td>1855</td></tr><tr><td>Saxony</td><td>John</td><td>1801</td><td>1854</td></tr><tr><td>Spain</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sw. & Nor.</td><td>CharlesLouis XV</td><td>1826</td><td>1859</td></tr><tr><td>Turkey</td><td>Abdul Aziz</td><td>1830</td><td>1861</td></tr><tr><td>Wurtmberg</td><td>Charles I</td><td>1823</td><td>1864</td></tr></tbody></table>

JANUARY, 1874.

MOON'S CHANGES.

FULL MOON, 2nd, 3m. past 7, even.
LAST QUAR. 10th, 55m. past 7, even.
NEW MOON, 18th, at 8, morn.
FIRST QUAR. 25th, 43m. past 12, morn.

High Water
Lon. Bridge
A.M.
P.M.

Mn.
Tem-
perature.

EVENING AND
MORNING
STARS.

<table><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>T</td><td>BankHol., Scot. Circum.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>F</td><td>Sun rises 8h. 8m.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>S</td><td>2nd after Christmas</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>M</td><td>Dividends due at Bank</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>T</td><td>Epiphany. Twelfth Day</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>M</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>T</td><td>Sun sets 4h. 8m.</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>F</td><td>Fire Insurance expires</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>F</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>S</td><td>1st after Epiphany</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>S</td><td>[HILARY TERM BEG.</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>M</td><td>Camb. Lent Term begins</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>T</td><td>Oxford Lent Term begins</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>W</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>T</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>F</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>S</td><td>[Old Twelfth day</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>S</td><td>2nd after Epiphany</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>M</td><td>Sun rises 7h. 56m.</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>T</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>W</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>T</td><td>Sun sets 4h. 31m.</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>F</td><td>[Conversion of St. Paul</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>S</td><td>3rd after Epiphany</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>S</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>M</td><td>Sun rises 7h. 49m.</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>T</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>W</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>T</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>F</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>S</td><td>HILARY TERM ENDS</td></tr></tbody></table>

h. m.
12.33
1.16
2.4
2.48
3.29
4.9
4.44
5.21
5.59
6.36
7.17
8.8
9.7
10.21
11.32
12.1

h. m.
12.51
1.40
2.27
3.9
3.50
4.27
5.4
5.39
6.17
6.57
7.40
8.8
9.43
10.57
—
12.28

36.7
36.4
36.2
36.0
35.8
35.7
35.8
35.9
36.0
36.1
36.2
36.3
36.4

37.3
37.0
36.7
36.4
36.2
36.0
35.8
35.7
35.8
35.9
36.0
36.1
36.2
36.3
36.4

Mercury is in conj. with the Moon on 17th at noon, with Venus 22nd, 7 p.m., and with Saturn 29th, 2 a.m.

Venus is in conj. with the Moon 17th, 3 p.m., and with Saturn 31st, 8 a.m.

Mars is an evening star, setting in W.S.W. about 8h. 30m., in conj. with the Moon, 21st, noon.

Jupiter rises in the E. an hour or so before mid- night, and is con- spicuous as a morning star, in conj. with the Moon, 4th, 4 a.m.

Saturn is in conj. with the Moon, 18th, 4 p.m., and with the Sun, 25th, 5 a.m.

Uranus is in opposition with the Sun, 28th, 2 p.m.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

The Sun in the middle of this month continues about 8½ hours above the horizon. The average day temperature is 43°, the average night temperature 34°. The mean height of the barometer is 29'93 inches. The most frequent winds are from S. and W. The average rainfall (including snow) is 1'8 inches, which falls on 11 days. The nights are generally frosty. The period of greatest cold is from the 6th to the 11th.

NOTES OF THE MONTH.

British Museum closes from 1st to 8th.

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AUGUST, 1874.

MOON'S CHANGES.

LAST QUAR. 4th, 46m. past 10, even.
NEW MOON, 12th, at 4, morn,
FIRST QUAR. 20th, 53m. past 6, morn.
FULL MOON, 27th, 28m. past 1, even.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>High Water<br>Lon. Bridge</th><th>Mn.<br>Temp.<br>pera-<br>ture.</th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>S</td><td>9th after Trinity</td><td>A. M.</td><td>P. M.</td><td>deg.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>S</td><td>Bank Holiday</td><td>h. m.</td><td>h. m</td><td>62'4</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>M</td><td></td><td>3.58</td><td>4.18</td><td>62'4</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>4.40</td><td>5.2</td><td>62'4</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>W</td><td>Sun rises 4h. 31m.</td><td>5.23</td><td>5.45</td><td>62'4</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>T</td><td>Dk. Edinburgh bn. 1844</td><td>6.7</td><td>6.31</td><td>62'3</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>6.55</td><td>7.22</td><td>62'2</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>7.49</td><td>8.17</td><td>62'1</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>S</td><td>10th after Trinity</td><td>8.50</td><td>9.31</td><td>62'0</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>M</td><td></td><td>10.18</td><td>11.3</td><td>62'0</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>T</td><td>Half-qu.d. Dog days end</td><td>11.42</td><td>—</td><td>62'1</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>W</td><td></td><td>12.16</td><td>12.47</td><td>62'1</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>1.14</td><td>1.40</td><td>62'1</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>F</td><td>Sun sets 7h. 23m.</td><td>2.4</td><td>2.25</td><td>62'0</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>2.43</td><td>3.1</td><td>61'9</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>S</td><td>11th after Trinity</td><td>3.20</td><td>3.36</td><td>61'7</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>M</td><td></td><td>3.52</td><td>4.8</td><td>61'5</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>4.24</td><td>4.40</td><td>61'3</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>W</td><td>Sun rises 4h. 52m.</td><td>4.56</td><td>5.11</td><td>61'1</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>5.24</td><td>5.38</td><td>61'0</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>5.55</td><td>6.14</td><td>60'9</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>6.32</td><td>6.53</td><td>60'8</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>S</td><td>12th after Trinity</td><td>7.16</td><td>7.45</td><td>60'7</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>M</td><td>St. Bartholomew</td><td>8.17</td><td>8.53</td><td>60'7</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>9.36</td><td>10.23</td><td>60'6</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>W</td><td></td><td>11.6</td><td>11.43</td><td>60'5</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>12.17</td><td>60'5</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>F</td><td>St. Augustine</td><td>12.45</td><td>1.11</td><td>60'3</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>1.35</td><td>1.57</td><td>60'1</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>S</td><td>13th after Trinity</td><td>2.19</td><td>2.39</td><td>59'9</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>M</td><td></td><td>2.59</td><td>3.17</td><td>59'7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>3.39</td><td>3.58</td><td>59'4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>4.18</td><td>4.38</td><td>59'2</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>High Water<br>Lon. Bridge</th><th>Mn.<br>Temp.<br>pera-<br>ture.</th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>S</td><td>9th after Trinity</td><td>A. M.</td><td>P. M.</td><td>deg.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>S</td><td>Bank Holiday</td><td>h. m.</td><td>h. m</td><td>62'4</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>M</td><td></td><td>3.58</td><td>4.18</td><td>62'4</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>T</td><td>Sun rises 4h. 31m.</td><td>5.23</td><td>5.45</td><td>62'4</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>T</td><td>Dk. Edinburgh bn. 1844</td><td>6.7</td><td>6.31</td><td>62'3</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>6.55</td><td>7.22</td><td>62'2</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>7.49</td><td>8.17</td><td>62'1</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>S</td><td>10th after Trinity</td><td>8.50</td><td>9.31</td><td>62'0</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>10.18</td><td>11.3</td><td>62'0</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>M</td><td>Half-qu.d. Dog days end</td><td>11.42</td><td>—</td><td>62'1</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>12.16</td><td>12.47</td><td>62'1</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>W</td><td>Sun sets 7h. 23m.</td><td>1.14</td><td>1.40</td><td>62'1</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>2.4</td><td>2.25</td><td>62'0</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>2.43</td><td>3.1</td><td>61'9</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>S</td><td>11th after Trinity</td><td>3.20</td><td>3.36</td><td>61'7</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>3.52</td><td>4.8</td><td>61'5</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>M</td><td></td><td>4.24</td><td>4.40</td><td>61'3</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>T</td><td>Sun rises 4h. 52m.</td><td>4.56</td><td>5.11</td><td>61'1</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>W</td><td></td><td>5.24</td><td>5.38</td><td>61'0</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>5.55</td><td>6.14</td><td>60'9</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>6.32</td><td>6.53</td><td>60'8</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>7.16</td><td>7.45</td><td>60'7</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>S</td><td>12th after Trinity</td><td>8.17</td><td>8.53</td><td>60'7</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>M</td><td>St. Bartholomew</td><td>9.36</td><td>10.23</td><td>60'6</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>11.6</td><td>11.43</td><td>60'5</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>W</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>12.17</td><td>60'5</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>12.45</td><td>1.11</td><td>60'3</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>F</td><td>St. Augustine</td><td>1.35</td><td>1.57</td><td>60'1</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>2.19</td><td>2.39</td><td>59'9</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>S</td><td>13th after Trinity</td><td>2.59</td><td>3.17</td><td>59'7</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>M</td><td></td><td>3.39</td><td>3.58</td><td>59'4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>4.18</td><td>4.38</td><td>59'2</td></tr></tbody></table>

EVENING AND
MORNING
STARS.

Mercury may be seen a short time before sunrise, is in conj. with the Moon, 10th, 1 p.m. at greatest elongation, 13th, 11 p.m., being 18deg. 43 min. W. of the Sun, in conj. with Mars, 22nd 10p.m. Venus may be seen in the W. a short time after sunset, is in conj. with Jupiter, 12th, midnight, and with the Moon, 12th, 7 p.m.

Mars rises a short time before the Sun, is in conj. with the Moon, 11th, 3 a.m.

Jupiter is still visible for a short time after sunset, in conj. with the Moon, 15th, 2 p.m. Saturn rises in the S.E. about sunset, and is visible till dawn, in opposition with the Sun, 3rd, 1 p.m., and in conj. with the Moon, 25th, 6 p.m.

Uranus is in conj. with the Sun, 3rd, noon.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

The length of the middle day is about 14½ hours. The mean day temperature is 73°, night 53°. The average pressure is 29'95 inches. The mean rainfall is 2'4 inches on 11 days. The winds are chiefly from S.W. and W.

NOTES OF THE MONTH.

1st, Lammas Day, Scotch Quarter Day. 4th, Oyster Season begins, 12th, Grouse shooting begins in England and Scotland. 21st, Black Cock shooting begins. Lodger claims to vote must be sent in before the 25th. 31st, Salmon fishing ends.

SEPTEMBER, 1874.

MOON'S CHANGES.

LAST QUAR. 3rd, 54m. past 4, morn.
NEW MOON, 10th, 10m. past 6, even.
FIRST QUAR. 18th, 5m. past 11, even.
FULL MOON, 25th, 6m. past 10, even.

High Water
Lon. Bridge

Mn.
Tem-
perature.

EVENING AND
MORNING
STARS.

*Mercury* is in superior conjunct. with the Sun, 7th, 8 p.m., in conj. with the Moon, 10th, 11 p.m., and with Jupiter, 21st, 3 p.m.

*Venus* is in conj. with the Moon, 14th, 10 p.m., and at greatest elon- gation, 28th, mid- night, being 46 deg. 34 min. E. of the Sun.

*Mars* maybe seen in the E. about two hours before sunrise, is in conj. with the Moon, 8th, 8 p.m.

*Jupiter* is in conj. with the Moon, 12th, 8 a.m.

*Saturn* is an evening star visible till after midnight, in conj. with the Moon, 22nd, 2 a.m.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>A. M.</th><th>P. M.</th><th>deg.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>4.58</td><td>5.18</td><td>59°0</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>W</td><td></td><td>5.37</td><td>5.59</td><td>58°7</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>T</td><td>Fire of London, 1666</td><td>6.22</td><td>6.48</td><td>58°4</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>F</td><td>French Repub. pro. 1870</td><td>7.17</td><td>7.51</td><td>58°2</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>S</td><td>Sun sets 6h. 38m.</td><td>8.29</td><td>9.15</td><td>58°0</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>S</td><td>14th after Trinity</td><td>10.7</td><td>10.56</td><td>57°9</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>M</td><td></td><td>11.39</td><td>—</td><td>57°8</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>12.14</td><td>12.42</td><td>57°8</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>W</td><td></td><td>1.6</td><td>1.29</td><td>57°7</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>T</td><td>Sebastopol taken, 1855</td><td>1.50</td><td>2.6</td><td>57°7</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>2.24</td><td>2.40</td><td>57°6</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>S</td><td>Com. Jewish Year, 5635</td><td>2.54</td><td>3.9</td><td>57°5</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>S</td><td>15th after Trinity</td><td>3.22</td><td>3.38</td><td>57°3</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>M</td><td>Duke Wellington d. 1852</td><td>3.53</td><td>4.5</td><td>57°2</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>4.20</td><td>4.34</td><td>57°1</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>W</td><td>Ember day</td><td>4.48</td><td>5.1</td><td>56°9</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>T</td><td>Sun rises 5h. 38m.</td><td>5.16</td><td>5.32</td><td>56°7</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>F</td><td>Ember Day</td><td>5.50</td><td>6.11</td><td>56°5</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>S</td><td>Em. D. Bat. Alma, 1854</td><td>6.33</td><td>7.1</td><td>56°2</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>S</td><td>16th after Trinity</td><td>7.33</td><td>8.12</td><td>56°0</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>M</td><td>St. Matthew</td><td>8.59</td><td>9.51</td><td>55°8</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>T</td><td>Autumn Equinox</td><td>10.40</td><td>11.23</td><td>55°5</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>W</td><td></td><td>11.57</td><td>—</td><td>55°2</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>12.25</td><td>12.50</td><td>55°0</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>F</td><td>Sun sets 5h. 52m.</td><td>1.12</td><td>1.33</td><td>54°8</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>1.53</td><td>2.11</td><td>54°6</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>S</td><td>17th after Trinity</td><td>2.31</td><td>2.50</td><td>54°4</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>M</td><td></td><td>3.9</td><td>3.29</td><td>54°2</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>T</td><td>St. Michael. Quar. Day</td><td>3.49</td><td>4.10</td><td>54°1</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>W</td><td>Int. due on India Bonds</td><td>4.30</td><td>4.50</td><td>54°0</td></tr></tbody></table>

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

From sunrise to sunset on the middle day is about 12½ hours. The mean day temperature is 67°, night 49°. The barometer averages 30 inches. The polar winds are nearly as frequent as the equatorial. The mean rainfall is 2'4 inches on 12 days.

NOTES OF THE MONTH.

1st, Partridge shooting begins in England and Scotland. British Museum closes 1st to the 8th. 14th, Buck hunting begins.

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Royal Family: Ministry.

## THE ROYAL FAMILY.

THE QUEEN.—ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA (only child of Edward, Duke of Kent, who died Jan. 23, 1820), born May 24, 1819; succeeded to the throne June 20, 1837; crowned June 28th, 1838; married to the late Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, February 10, 1840.

CHILDREN:—I. Victoria Adelaide Maria Louisa (married to Prince Royal of Prussia), born November 21st, 1840.

2. Albert Edward Prince of Wales, born November 9th, 1841; married to Princess Alexandra of Denmark, March 10, 1863 (their children, Albert Victor Christian Edward, born January 8, 1864; George Frederick Ernest Albert, born June 3, 1865; Louisa Victoria Alexandra Dagmar, born February 20, 1867; Victoria Alexandra Olga, born July 6, 1868; Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria, born November 26, 1869).

3. Alice Maud Mary (married to Prince Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt), born April 25th, 1843.

4. Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, born August 6th, 1844.

5. Helena Augusta Victoria (married June 1866, to Prince Christian of Augustenburg), born May 25th, 1846.

6. Louise Carolina Alberta (married March 21, 1871, to Marquess of Lorne), born March 18, 1848.

7. Arthur William Patrick Albert, born May 1, 1850.

8. Leopold George Duncan Fredk., born April 7, 1853.

9. Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore, born April 14th, 1857.

AUNT TO THE QUEEN.—Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge, born July 25th, 1797, married May 7th, 1818, to the Duke of Cambridge (who died in 1850).

COUSINS OF THE QUEEN.—George (late King of Hanover), Duke of Cumberland, born May 27th, 1819; married February 18th, 1843, to Princess Mary of Saxe-Altenburg. George William, Duke of Cambridge, k.G., born March 26th, 1819. Princess Augusta, born July 19th, 1822; married June 28th, 1843, to Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz. Princess Mary, born November 27th, 1833; married June, 1866, to Prince Teck.

## THE MINISTRY.

Premier and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone

Lord High Chancellor, Lord Selborne.

Lord President of the Council, Rt. Hon. Lord Aberdare.

Lord Privy Seal, Viscount Halifax.

Secretary of State Home Departmt.

Rt. Hon. Robert Lowe.

Secretary of State Foreign Depart., Rt. Hon. Earl Granville.

Secretary of State Colonial Depart., Rt. Hon. Earl of Kimberley.

Secretary of State War Depart., Rt. Hon. Edward Cardwell.

Secretary of State India Depart. His Grace Duke of Argyll.

First Lord of the Admiralty, Rt. Hon. G. J. Goschen.

President of the Board of Trade, Rt. Hon. Chichester Fortescue.

Chief Secretary for Ireland, Rt. Hon. Marquis of Hartington.

Vice-President Com. of Council, Rt. Hon. W. E. Forster.

President of Local Govt. Board, Rt. Hon. James Stansfeld.

Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster, Right Hon. John Bright.

### The above form the Cabinet.

Com.-in-Chief, Duke of Cambridge.

Postmaster Gen., Rt. Hn. W. Monsell.

Com. of Works, Rt. Hon. W. P. Adam.

Under Home Sec., H. Winterbotham.

Un. Colon. Sec. E. Knatchbull-Hugessen

Under Foreign Sec., Viscount Enfield.

Under India Sec., M. E. Grant Duff.

Under Sec. for War, Hon. J. C. Vivian Attorney-General, Sir J. Coleridge.

Solicitor-General,

Gov. Gen. of India. Lord Northbrook.

Master of Horse, Marquis Ailesbury.

Ld. Chamberlain, Viscount Sydney.

Vice-Chambrln., Lord Grosvenor IRELAND.

Ld. Lieutenant, Earl Spencer.

Ld. Chancellor, Lord O'Hagan.

Vice-Chnclr., Rt. Hon. H. E. Chatterton

Master of Rolls, Rt. Hn. J. Sullivan.

Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal, Rt. Hon. Jonathan Christian.

Attorney-Gen., C. Palles, Esq.

Solicitor-General, Hugh Law, Esq. SCOTLAND.

Lord Justice Gen., Rt. Hon. J. Inglis.

Keeper of Grt. Seal, Earl of Selkirk.

Keeper Privy Seal, Earl Dalhousie.

Ld. Ystce. Clk. Rt. Hn. Sir J. Moncrieff

Ld. Advocate, Rt. Hon. G. Young.

Solicitor-General, R. Clark, Esq.

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London Banks.

LONDON BANKS.

Agra Bank Limited, 35, Nicholas lane.

Alliance Bank Limited, Bartholomew-lane.

Alexanders, Cunliffes, & Co., 30, Lombard-street

Anglo-Austrian Bank, 18 & 19, Fen-
church-street

Anglo-Italian Bank Limited, 16, Leadenhall-street

Anglo-Egyptian Banking Company
Limited, 27, Clement's-lane, Lom-
bard street

Australian Joint Stock Bank, 18, King William-street

Bank of Australasia, 4, Threadneedle-st.

Bank of British North America, 124,
Bishopsgate-street, Within.

Bank of British Columbia, 5, East
India Avenue, Leadenhall-street.

Bank of England, Threadneedle-street;
Western Branch—1, Burlington-gds.

Bank of Egypt, 26, Old Broad-street.

Bank of New South Wales, 64, Old Broad-street.

Bank of Otago, 5, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street.

Bank of Scotland, 43, Lothbury,

BankofSouthAustralia, 54, OldBroad st.

Bank of Victoria, 3, Threadneedle-st.

Bank of New Zealand, 50, Old Broad-st.

Barber, James, Son, & Co., 136, Leadenhall-street.

Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Twells, & Co.,
54, Lombard-street.

Barnetts, Hoares, Hanburys, & Lloyd,
60 and 62, Lombard-street.

Birkbeck Bank, 29, Southampton-
buildings.

Biggerstaffe, W. & J., 63, West Smith-
field, and 6, Bank-buildings, Metro-
politan Cattle Market.

Bosanquet, Salt, & Co., 73, Lombard-st.

Brooks & Co., 81, Lombard-street.

Brown, Janson, & Co., 32, Abchurch-lane

Brown, John, & Co., 25, Abchurch-lane.

Central Bank of London Limited, 52,
Cornhill; 31, High Street, Shore-
ditch; 110, High-street, Whitechapel;
26, Tooley-street, Borough.

Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and
China, Hatton-court, Threadneedle-
street.

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India,
London and China, 65 Old Broad-st.

Child & Co., 1, Fleet-street, City.

City Bank, 5, Threadneedle-street,
corner of Finch-lane; 34, Old Bond-
street; 159 and 160, Tottenham-
court-road; and 25, Ludgate-hill.

City and County Bank Limited, 33,
Abchurch-lane.

Clews, Habicht, & Co., 11, Old Broadst.
Cocks, Biddulph & Co., 43, Charing-cross
Colonial Bank, 13, Bishopsgate-street
Within.

Colonial Bank of Australia, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings

Consolidated Bank, Limited, 52, Thread-
needle-street; and 450, West Strand.

Commercial Banking Company of
Sydney, New South Wales, 39,
Lombard-street.

Continental Bank, 79, Lombard-street.

Coutts & Co., 56, 57, 58, & 59, Strand.

Cunliffe, Rogers, Sons, & Co., 6, Pri-
ces-street, Mansion-house,

Delhi and London Bank Limited, 76,
King William-street.

Dimsdale, Fowler, Barnard, and
Dimsdale, 50, Cornhill.

Drummond & Co., 49, Charing Cross,
English Bank of Rio Janeiro Limited,
(late Brazilian and PortugueseBank)
13, St. Helen's-place.

English, Scottish, and Australian
Chartered Bank, 73, Cornhill.

Fuller, Banbury, Nix, Matheison, &
Co., 77, Lombard-street.

Gillet, Brothers, & Co., 72, Lombard-st.

Glyn, Mills, Currie, & Co., 67, Lom-
bard-street.

Goslings and Sharpe, 19, Fleet-street.

Grant, Brothers, & Co., 24, Lombard-st.

Grindlay & Co., 55, Parliament-street.

Harwood, Knight, & Allen, 17, Cornhill.

Herries, Farquhar, Chapman, & Co.,
16, St. James's-street.

Hill, Charles, & Son, 17, West
Smithfield, and 2, Bank-buildings,
Metropolitan Cattle Market.

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation, 32, Lombard-street.

Hoare & Co., 37, Fleet-street.

Hopkinson, Charles, and Sons, 3,
Regent-street.

Imperial Bank Limited, 6, Lothbury,
Victoria-street, Westminster, and 1,
Sydney-place, Onslow-square.

Imperial Ottoman Bank, 26, Throg-
morton-street.

Ionian Bank, 31, Finsbury-circus.

Jay Cooke, Mc Culloch, & Co., 41,
Lombard street.

King, H. S., & Co., 45, Pall Mall.

Lacy & Son, 60, West Smithfield, and
Metropolitan Cattle Market.

Land Mortgage Bank of India Limited,
17, Change-alley, Cornhill.

London Joint Stock Bank, 5, Princes-
street, Bank; 54, St. John-st., E.C.:
28, Borough, High-street; 124,
Chancery-lane; 69, Pall-mall; and
12, Bank-buildings, Cattle Market.

London Banks.

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London and South African Bank, 10,
King William-street.

London and Brazilian Bank, 2, Old
Broad-street.

London Provincial Bank Limited, 7,
Bank-buildings, Lothbury; 163,
Edgware-road; and 605, Kingsland-
road.

London and South Western Bank, 7,
Fenchurch-street; 27, Regent-street;
10, Loughborough-place, Brixton;
67 and 68, Park-street, Camden-
town; Clapham Common; High
Street, Hampstead; 11, Seven Sis-
ters-road, Holloway; Manor-
terrace, Kilburn; Westow-hill, Nor-
wood; 98, High-street, Peckham;
High Street, Putney; Circus-road,
St. John's Wood; Commercial-road,
Stepney; Bank-building, Wands-
worth; High-street, Forest Hill.

London and County Banking Com-
pany, 27, Lombard-street; 112,
Aldersgate-street; Westbourne-
grove, Bayswater; Tranquil Vale,
Blackheath; 193, Caledonian-road;
Henrietta-street, Covent-garden;
Broad-way, Deptford; Stockwell-
street, Greenwich; 1, Amherst-road,
East Hackney; 21, Hanover-square;
324 and 325, High Holborn; 19,
High-street, Islington; High-street,
Kensington; Albert-gate, Knights-
bridge; 165, Westminster Bridge-
road; 1, Providence-place, Lime
house; Newington-Butts; 441,
Oxford-street; 6, Berkeley-place,
Edgware-road; 181 and 182,
Shoreditch; Borough, High-street;
Broadway, Stratford, Essex; 3,
Victoria-street, Westminster; Powis-
street, Woolwich.

London Chartered Bank of Australia,
88, Cannon-street, City.

London and River Plate Bank, 40,
Moorgate-street.

London and Westminster Bank,
Lothbury; 1, St. James's Square;
214, High Holborn; 6, Borough
High-street; 130 High-street,
Whitechapel; 4, Stratford-place,
Oxford-street; 217, Strand; 91,
Westminster Bridge-road.

London Bank of Mexico and South
America Limited, 144, Leadenhall-st.

Martin and Company, 68, Lombard-st.
Metropolitan Bank Limited, 75 & 76,
Cornhill; Hammersmith; Woolwich.

Merchant Banking Company of Lon-
don Limited, 112, Cannon-street.

Midland Banking Company, 38, New
Broad-street.

National Bank of India Limited, 80,
King William-street.

National Bank of Scotland, 37,
Nicholas-lane.

National Bank of Australasia, 47,
Cornhill.

National Bank, 9, Charing Cross, and
branches.

National Provincial Bank of England,
112, Bishopsgate-street, and branches

Oriental Bank Corporation, 40, Thread-
needle-street.

Prescott, Grote, Cave, & Co., 62,
Threadneedle-street.

Praeds and Co., 189, Fleet-street.

Provincial Banking Corporation, 7, Bank
buildings, Lothbury; 163, Edgware
road, 605, Kingsland-road.

Provincial Bank of Ireland, 42, Old
Broad-street.

Ransom, Bouverie, and Co., 1, Pall
Mall East.

Richardson and Co., 13, Pall Mall, and
23, Cornhill.

Roberts, Lubbock, & Co., 15, Lombard-
street.

Samuel, Montagu, & Co., 60, Old
Broad-street.

Scott, Sir Sam., Bart. & Co., 1, Cav-
dish-square.

Shank, J., 4, Bank-buildings, Metro-
politan Cattle Market.

Smith, Payne, & Smiths, 1, Lombard-st.

Standard Bank of British South Africa
Limited, 10, Clement's-lane, Lom-
bard-street.

Stride, J. and W. S., 41, West Smith-
field, and 8, Bank buildings, Metro-
politan Cattle Market.

Twining, R., and Co., 215, Strand.

Union Bank of Australia, 1, Lothbury.

Union Bank of London, 2, Prince's-
street, Mansion House; 4, Pall Mall
East; Argyll-place, Regent-street;
Chancery-lane, and Holborn-circus.

West London Commercial Bank
Limited, 34, Sloane-square, Chelsea.

Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thor-
ton, & Co., 20, Birchin-lane.

Willis, Percival, & Co., 76, Lombard-st.

LEGAL TENDER.

A tender of payment of money "shall be a legal tender—in case of gold coins for a payment of any amount; in the case of silver coins for a payment of an amount not exceeding 40s., but for no greater amount; in the case of bronze coins for a payment of an amount not exceeding 1s., but for no greater amount."

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Postal Regulations.

POST OFFICE REGU-
LATIONS.

RATES OF POSTAGE OF
INLAND LETTERS.

The letter rates are as follows:—On
every inland letter not exceeding

<table><tr><td>1 oz....1d.</td><td>4 oz....2d.</td><td>8 oz....3d.</td></tr><tr><td>2 oz....1½d.</td><td>6 oz....2½d.</td><td>10 oz....3½d.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>12 oz....4d.</td><td></td></tr></table>

Any Letter exceeding the weight of 12 oz. is liable to a postage of rd. for every ounce, beginning with the first ounce; for example: A letter weighing between 14 and 15 oz. must be prepaid fifteen pence.

An Inland Letter must not exceed the dimensions of 1 ft. 6 in, in length, 9 in. in width, and 6 in. in depth.

COUNTRY MAILS.

The Evening Mails leaves the Post Office at 8 p.m., and Letters must be put in at the Receiving Houses and Pillar Letter Boxes,

Before 5.30 p.m.

At the Branch Offices - Before 6 p.m.

In Pillar Boxes with an additional
stamp - - - - - Before 6 p.m.

At the Branch Offices with additional
stamp - - - - - Before 7.15 p.m.

Letters are received at St. Martin's-
le-Grand only, by two extra stamps,

Until 7.30 p.m.

Letters may in most instances be
posted at the District Offices for places
served by the Railway whose Terminus
is in the District, by an additional fee
of 1d. or 2d. - - - - Up to 8 p.m.

Letters for the early Morning Mails
to the Provinces or the first Town
Delivery, may be posted in the pillar
boxes and district offices up to 4 o'clock
a.m.; if posted at any of the receiving
houses, must be posted before 9 the
previous evening.

Book Packets must not be posted in
Pillar Letter Boxes

From 9 p.m. until 7.30 a.m., and on
Sundays Letters can only be posted, in
London, in the Pillar Boxes.

LONDON DISTRICT POST
DELIVERIES.

Within the Town limits there are 12 deliveries daily; the first or general despatch is made from St. Martin's-le-Grand at about 7.30 a.m., and the delivery is generally completed throughout London by 9 o'clock, except on Mondays or when there are large arrivals of letters from abroad. The last despatch is made at 7.45 p.m. All letters for these deliveries should bear the district initials to prevent delay.

SUBURBAN DELIVERIES.

There are six deliveries within the Suburban Districts daily. The first is from London at 6.30 a.m. to all places within the London District limits; the remaining despatches to the Suburban Districts are made at 9.30 a.m., 11.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., 4.30 p.m., and at 7 p.m. The deliveries commence from one to two hours after the time of despatch.

Letters for this despatch posted before 6 p.m. in receiving houses or pillar letter boxes are delivered the same evening within 6 miles.

MONEY ORDERS.

The scale of charges on the issue of Inland Money Orders is now as follows: For sums under 10s. ... ... ... 1d.

<table><tr><td>"</td><td>of 10s. and under £1</td><td>2d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>£1</td><td>£2</td><td>3d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>£2</td><td>£3</td><td>4d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>£3</td><td>£4</td><td>5d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>£4</td><td>£5</td><td>6d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>£5</td><td>£6</td><td>7d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>£6</td><td>£7</td><td>8d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>£7</td><td>£8</td><td>9d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>£8</td><td>£9</td><td>10d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>£9</td><td>£10</td><td>11d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>£10</td><td>£1</td><td>15</td></tr></table>

This scale does not apply to Orders issued on the Colonies and places abroad, the charges on which remain unaltered.

REGISTRATION.

By the prepayment of a fee of four-
pence any letter, book, or other packet
may be registered to any place in the
United Kingdom, or the British Co-
lonies. This will make its transmission
more secure by rendering it practicable
to trace it, when inland, from its receipt
to its delivery. The Post Office does
not guarantee the safe delivery of the
letter.

Postal Regulations.

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Every letter to be registered should not be dropped into the letter box, but be presented at the window and a receipt obtained for it.

Letters enclosing coin must be registered—if unregistered they will be liable to a double registration fee of 8d. on delivery.

For the Night Mails, the latest time for registering inland and foreign letters at the Chief Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and at the Head District and Branch Offices in London, on payment of the ordinary fee of 4d., is 5.30 p.m.; or on payment of a late fee of 4d. in addition to the registration fee, the latest time is 6 p. m. At the Town receiving houses the latest time for registering letters for the Night Mails is 5 p.m.

## REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN LETTERS.

By payment of a fee in addition to the ordinary postage, both of which must be prepaid, letters may be registered for the Colonies and abroad generally. In some cases the letter can be registered only to the port of arrival; it being left in those cases to the postal authorities of the colony or foreign country to continue the registration if they think proper.

## BOOK AND NEWSPAPER POSTAGE.

A Book-Packet may contain not only books, paper, or other substance in ordinary use for writing or printing, whether plain or written or printed upon (to the exclusion of any written letter or communication of the nature of a letter), Photographs, when not on glass or in frames containing glass or any like substance, and anything usually appertaining to such articles in the way of binding and mounting, or necessary for their safe transmission by post, but also Circulars, i.e., letters which are intending for transmission in identical terms to several persons, and the whole or greater part of which is printed, engraved, or lithographed.

The following are the rates of postage:—

On a registered newspaper ... ½d.

On a book packet or unregistered newspaper:

If not exceeding 2 oz. in weight ½d.

If exceeding 2 oz. in weight, for every additional 2 oz. or fractional part of 2 oz. ... ½d.

On a post card ... ½d.

Every packet must be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends or sides.

## COLONIAL AND FOREIGN BOOK POSTAGE.

Except that the rates of postage are higher, books can be sent to all British Colonies, and to some foreign countries on the same conditions as those of the Inland Book Post.

## POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS.

**TARIFF**—The charge for the transmission of Messages by Telegraph throughout the United Kingdom is 1s. for the first twenty words, and 3d. for each additional five words or part of five words. The names and addresses of the sender and receiver are not charged for,

## PURCHASE OF STAMPS.

To discourage the transmission of coins by post, the officers at the District Offices, and the Letter Receivers, are authorized to purchase postage stamps of the public, if not soiled or otherwise damaged, at the charge of 2½ per cent. The stamps must be presented in strips containing at least two stamps adhering to each other. Single stamps will not be received.

## POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.

The Post Office Savings Banks are open at certain of the Money Order Offices, between the usual business hours as for money orders. Sums may be deposited from one shilling upwards, and the total sum deposited in any year may not exceed £30, or £150 in all.

## GOVERNMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES.

The Postmaster General is empowered to insure the lives of persons of either sex, between the ages of 16 and 60, for not less than £20 or more than £100. He is also empowered to grant Immediate or Deferred Annuities of not more than £50 on the lives of persons of either sex, and of the age of 10 years and upwards. The persons whose lives are insured, or to whom annuities are granted, by the Postmaster General, have direct Government security for the payment of the money at the proper time.

Public Offices.

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PRINCIPAL PUBLIC
OFFICES.

Annuity, Govt., Office, 19, Old Jewry
Accountant - General in Chancery,
Chancery-lane.

Admiralty, Naval, Whitehall.

Admiralty, Civil, Somerset House

Audit Office, Somerset House

Accountant in Bankruptcy, Basinghall
street.

Adjutant-General's Office, Horse Gds.

Alien Office, Home Office, Whitehall.

Army Medical Department, 6, White-
hall-yard.

Bankruptcy Court, Basinghall-street
Board of Trade, Whitehall.

Board of Green Cloth, Buckngm. Pal.

Burial Acts Office, 13, Gt. George-st.

Charity Commissioners' Office, 8, York
Street, St. James's

Civil Service Commissioners, Cannon-
row, Westminster.

Commissioners of Patents for Inven-
tions, Southampton-bdgs., Chancery
Lane

Commissioners in Lunacy, 19, White-
hall-place.

Customs House, Lower Thames-st.

Chancellor of the Exchequer's Offices,
11, Downing-street.

City Police Commissioners' Office, 26,
Old Jewry.

City Remembrancer's Office, Guildhall
yard.

City Solicitor's Office, Guildhall-yard.

Clerk of the Peace (City) Office, Ses-
sions House, Old Bailey.

Clerk of the Peace, Middlesex, Ses-
sions House, Clerkenwell.

Clerk of the Peace, Westminster, 23,
Spring-gardens.

Clerk of the Peace for Surrey, North-
street, Lambeth.

Commander-in-Chief's Office, Horse
Guards.

Commissioners of Police, 4, Whitehall
place.

Commissionaires' Office, Exchange-ct.,
Strand.

Comptroller of Corn Returns, 7, White-
hall gardens.

Conservators of the River Thames, 14,
Trinity square.

Convict Prisons Board, 45, Parliament
street.

Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Com-
mission, 3, St. James's square.

Crown Agents for Colonies, 12, Spring
gardens, S.W.

Duchy Cornwall Off., Buckingham-gt.

Duchy of Lancaster Office, Lancaster
place, Strand.

Ecclesiastical Commissioners Office,
10, Whitehall-place.

Emigration Commissioners, 8, Park-
street, Westminster

Education. Committee of Privy Council
for, 28, Downing street.

Endowed Schools Commissioners, 2,
Victoria street, Westminster.

Factory Inspectors' Office, 10, White-
hall

Fisheries' (English) Commissioners, 8,
Parliament street, S.W.

Friendly Societies Office, 28, Abingdon
street.

Foreign Office and Colonial Office,
Downing-street, Westminster.

General Registry Office, Somerset
House

General Council of Medical Education
and Registration, 32, Soho square.

Heralds' College Office, Queen Victoria
street, E.C.

Irish Off., 18, Great Queen-street,
Westminster

Inland Revenue Offices, Somerset
House

Joint Stock Companies Registry Office,
Serjeant's-inn, Fleet-street.

Judge Advocate's Office, 35, Gt. George
street.

Judges' Chambers, Rolls gardens.

Land Registry Offices, Lincoln's-inn-
fields

Legacy and Succession Duty Office,
Somerset House

L. Gazette Office, 45, St. Martin's-lane

Lord Chamberlain's Office, St. James's
Palace

Legacy Duty Office, Somerset place.

Lloyd's Rooms, Royal Exchange.

Local Government Board, Gwydyr
House, Whitehall.

Marriage License Office, London, 3,
Godliman-street, Doctor's-commons

Metro. Board of Works, Spring-gdns.

Metropolitan School Board Offices,
Bridge-street, Blackfriars

Office for Registering Bills of Sale,
Court of Queen's Bench, Temple

Privy Seal Office, 1, New-st., Spring-
gardens

Paymaster-Gen.'s Office, Whitehall

Probate Office, Principal Registry and
Department for Personal Applications
Gt. Knightrider-st., Doctor's-com.

Lost Property Office, Scotland-yard.

Passport Office, Foreign Office. White-
hall.

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Sct.
Jermyn street.

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Public Offices: Law Courts, &c.

Public Works Loan Office, 3, Bank-buildings, Lothbury.

Public Record Office, Rolls House, Chancery lane.

Post Office, General, St. Martin-le-Grand.

Queen Anne's Bounty Office, Dean's yard, Westminster.

Queen's Bench Office, 2, Mitre court buildings, Temple.

Registry of Designs, 1, Whitehall.

Royal Marines Office, 7, New street, Spring gardens.

Register Office of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Somerset House.

Stamp Office, Somerset House, Strand, as also for Allowance of Spoiled Stamps, or in the City, at Gresham House.

Science and Art Department, Cromwell road, South Kensington.

Sheriff of Middlesex's Office, 24, Red lion square,

Sheriff's Court Office, Basinghall st.

Stationery Office, Princes st., Storey's gate.

Solicitor General's Office, 10, Old sq., Lincoln's inn.

Stock Exchange, Capel Court.

Treasury, Privy Council Office, Home Office, and India Offices, Whitehall.

Trust Deeds, Registry of in Bankruptcy Quality court, Chancery lane.

Victualling Office, Somerset House.

Vicars-General and Peculiar's Office, Bell yard, Doctors' Commons.

West Indian Encumbered Estates Commission, 8, Park street, Westminster.

War Office, Pall Mall.

Woods & Forests Off., 1, Whitehall-pl.

Works, Parks, and Buildings Office, 12, Whitehall-place.

## THE LAW COURTS.

### CHANCERY.

Lord High Chan., Lord Selborne

Mas. of Rolls, Sir G. Jessel.

### Ld. Justices,

Rt. Hon. Sir W. M. James

Rt. Hon. Sir Geo. Mellish.

Vice Chan. — Hon. Sir Rich. Malins

Hon. Sir Jas. Bacon

Hon. Sir John Wickens.

### QUEEN'S BENCH.

Lord Chief Justice,

Rt. Hon. Sir A. J. E. Cockburn, Bt.

Judges, Hon. Sir Colin Blackburn

Hon. Sir John Mellor

Hon. Sir Robert Lush

Hon. Sir J. R. Quain

Hon. Sir T. D. Archibald.

### COMMON PLEAS.

Ld. Ch. Just, Rt. Hn. Sir W. Bovill

Judges, Hon. Sir H. S. Keating

Hon. Sir W. B. Brett

Hon. Sir W. R. Grove

Hon. Sir G. Denman

Hon. Sir G. O. Honyman.

### EXCHEQUER.

Ld. Ch. Baron, Rt. Hon. Sir F. Kelly

Barons, Hon. Sir Samuel Martin

Hon. Sir G. W. Bramwell

Hon. Sir G. Pigott

Hon. Sir A. Cleasby

Hon. Sir Charles E. Pollock

### COURT OF PROBATE, MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

Fudge Ordinary, Sir James Hannen

### BANKRUPTCY.

Chief Judge, Sir Jas. Bacon

### ADMIRALTY COURT.

Judge, Sir R. J. Phillimore, D.C.L.

## NOTICES TO VOTERS.

The List of Voters for Counties is exhibited on all church and chapel doors for fourteen days from the 20th June, and every voter should examine same to see if his name is published. All claims to votes for counties must be made before the 20th July. Payment of Poor Rates due on January 5th must be made on or before July 20th, to be eligible to vote for Members of Parliament. The Lists of Voters for Cities and Boroughs are exhibited for fourteen days from the 1st of August. Lodgers must send in their claims to vote between the 1st and 25th August. Lists of Lodger claims are published the 1st September.

## POPULATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM,

Including the Islands in the British Seas and the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen Abroad, estimated to the middle of the year.

Year Population
1871 ... ... ... 31,883,564

### POPULATION OF LONDON

Within the limits of the Metropolitan Police District.

1871 ... ... ... 3,883,092

Wills: Distances, &c.

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## HOW TO MAKE A WILL.

State as simply and concisely as possible, and without any attempt at legal phraseology, the manner in which you desire to dispose of your property. Careful attention to the following remarks will supply so much of the Law as is necessary for an ordinary will. Particular attention must be paid to the legal formalities required in the execution of the will. Codicils should never be attempted by non-professional persons; it is, in fact, generally easier to re-write the will than to make a codicil.

All property may be disposed of by will; and no person under the age of twenty-one years can make a will.

No married woman can, without her husband's express consent (to be given at the time of making the will, and ratified after her death) make a will, except such as might have been made by her before the passing of the Wills Act in 1837, that is, a will disposing of property belonging to her for her separate use, or over which she has a testamentary power of appointment.

Every will should be signed at the foot or end thereof (that is immediately under the last line of it, and without leaving any space between the last line and the name) by the person making it, or by some other person, in his presence and by his direction; such signature must be in the presence of two witnesses, at least, who must sign their names and addresses against the attestation clause before leaving the Testator's presence, and against every alteration and interlineation made before the will is executed, the Testator and the Witnesses must sign their names; nothing should be scratched out or erased, or the will might be held incapable of proof.

A person, or the wife or the husband of a person, who takes anything under the will, should not be a witness. Though the will would not be affected thereby, the gift to such person, or the wife or husband of such person, is altogether void. An Executor is a good Witness, though it is better that he should not be one. Any legacy to him would thereby be made void, and a legacy to a friend is made void or "lapses" by his death before the testator's. A legacy to a testator's child does not lapse by his death, but

goes to the child's issue, should he have left any.

A concise and Legal Form of a Will may be had of the Publisher of this Diary. Price 6d. By Letter Post, 7d.

## PROVING WILLS.

There is now at each district registry of the Court of Probate, and also at the principal registry at Doctors' Commons, a department for granting probate of wills and administrations on personal application. This will be found a great boon in the distribution of small estates.

## PROBATE AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>With<br>Will</th><th>Without<br>Will</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Above the value of<br>£100 & under</td><td>£2 0</td><td>£3 0</td></tr><tr><td>200 ,, 300</td><td>5 0</td><td>8 0</td></tr><tr><td>300 ,, 450</td><td>8 0</td><td>11 0</td></tr><tr><td>450 ,, 600</td><td>11 0</td><td>15 0</td></tr><tr><td>600 ,, 800</td><td>15 0</td><td>22 0</td></tr><tr><td>800 ,, 1000</td><td>22 0</td><td>30 0</td></tr><tr><td>1000 ,, 1500</td><td>30 0</td><td>45 0</td></tr><tr><td>1500 ,, 2000</td><td>49 0</td><td>60 0</td></tr><tr><td>2000 ,, 3000</td><td>50 0</td><td>75 0</td></tr><tr><td>3000 ,, 4000</td><td>60 0</td><td>90 0</td></tr><tr><td>4000 ,, 5000</td><td>80 0</td><td>120 0</td></tr></tbody></table>

With the same rate of increase for every £1000 from 6000 to £1,000,000. If the value be £1,000,000 or upwards, then for every £100,000, or fractional part thereof, a stamp duty of £1500 with a will, and £2250 without a will.

## FOREIGN MEASURES OF DISTANCES.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Eng. miles.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Austria League</td><td>4 & 3-qr's</td></tr><tr><td>Denmark Mile</td><td>4 & 3-qr's</td></tr><tr><td>France League</td><td>2 & 3-qr's</td></tr><tr><td>Germany Geogrl. Mile</td><td>4 & 5-8ths</td></tr><tr><td>Holland Mijle or Kilo-</td><td>5-8ths</td></tr><tr><td>Italy Mile</td><td>1 & 1-7th</td></tr><tr><td>Portugal League</td><td>3 & 13-16ths</td></tr><tr><td>Russia Verst</td><td>5-8ths</td></tr><tr><td>Sweden Mile</td><td>6 & 5-8ths</td></tr><tr><td>Turkey Berri or Mile</td><td>1 & 1-25th</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Public Holidays: Foreign Telegram Time Table, &c.

## HOLIDAYS AT PUBLIC OFFICES, 1874.

**COMMON LAW OFFICES**—Good Friday and day following; Easter Monday and Tuesday.

**CHANCERY OFFICES**—Good Friday and day following; Easter Monday and Tuesday.

**STOCK EXCHANGE**—Janry. 1st; Easter Monday; May 1st; Whit Monday; November 1st; December 26th

**BANK OF ENGLAND AND EXCHEQUER**—Good Friday; Christmas Day.

**BANK TRANSFER OFFICES**—Good Friday; May 1st; November 1st, Christmas Day.

**DOCKS AND CUSTOM HOUSE**—Good Friday; Christmas Day; Queen's Birthday.

**INLAND REVENUE OFFICE**—Good Friday; Whit Monday & Tuesday; Coronation; Queen's Birthday; Prince of Wales's Birthday; Christmas Day.

### Bank Holidays in England and Ireland,

34th VICT., CHAP. 17.

Easter Monday, the Monday in Whitsun week, the first Monday in August, the 26th day of December, if a week day.

### Bank Holidays in Scotland.

New Year's Day, Christmas Day. If either of the above days fall on a Sunday, the next following Monday shall be a Bank Holiday.

Good Friday, the first Monday of May, the first Monday of August. Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes which are due and payable on any Bank Holiday as above shall be payable, and in case of non-payment may be noted and protested, on the next following day.

## PASSPORTS.

Passports are not required to visit the countries of France, Belgium, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, or Norway.

Applications for Foreign-office passports must be made in writing, and enclosed in a cover, addressed to "Her Majesty's Secretary of State, Foreign-office, London," with the word "Passport" conspicuously written on the cover.

The charge on the issue of a passport, whatever number of persons may be named in it, is two shillings, including sixpence stamp duty.

Passports are issued at the Foreign-office, between the hours of 11 and 4 on the day following that on which the application for the passport has been received.

Passports are granted to all persons either known to the Secretary of State, or recommended by some person who is known to him; or upon the application of any Banking firm; or upon the production of a Certificate of Identity, signed by any Mayor, Magistrate, Justice, Minister of Religion, Physician, Surgeon, Solicitor, or Notary.

Foreign-office passports must be countersigned at the Mission in London, or at some Consulate in the United Kingdom of the Government of the country which the bearer of the passport intends to visit.

## FOREIGN TELEGRAM TIME TABLE.

Showing the time at Greenwich when it is noon at the places specified. It will be found useful in connection with the receipt and despatch of foreign telegrams.

<table><thead><tr><th>NOON AT</th><th colspan="2">GREENWICH TIME</th></tr><tr><th></th><th>H. M.</th><th>S.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Valencia, Ireland</td><td>12</td><td>41 16 P.M.</td></tr><tr><td>Dublin</td><td>12</td><td>25 21</td></tr><tr><td>Falmouth</td><td>12</td><td>20 11</td></tr><tr><td>Edinburgh</td><td>12</td><td>12 44</td></tr><tr><td>Lisbon</td><td>12</td><td>36 33</td></tr><tr><td>Gibraltar</td><td>12</td><td>21 25</td></tr><tr><td>Madrid</td><td>12</td><td>13 52</td></tr><tr><td>Paris</td><td>11</td><td>59 38 A.M.</td></tr><tr><td>Berne</td><td>11</td><td>30 16</td></tr><tr><td>Christiania</td><td>11</td><td>18 6</td></tr><tr><td>Rome</td><td>11</td><td>10 11</td></tr><tr><td>Berlin</td><td>11</td><td>6 28</td></tr><tr><td>Malta</td><td>11</td><td>1 55</td></tr><tr><td>Naples</td><td>11</td><td>2 58</td></tr><tr><td>Vienna</td><td>10</td><td>54 32</td></tr><tr><td>Stockholm</td><td>10</td><td>47 45</td></tr><tr><td>Constantinople</td><td>10</td><td>4 3</td></tr><tr><td>Alexandria</td><td>10</td><td>0 34</td></tr><tr><td>St. Petersburg</td><td>9</td><td>58 44</td></tr><tr><td>Suez</td><td>9</td><td>49 43</td></tr><tr><td>Aden</td><td>8</td><td>59 40</td></tr><tr><td>Bombay</td><td>7</td><td>8 48</td></tr><tr><td>Colombo</td><td>6</td><td>49 44</td></tr><tr><td>Madras</td><td>6</td><td>39 4</td></tr><tr><td>Calcutta</td><td>6</td><td>6 43</td></tr><tr><td>Bangkok</td><td>5</td><td>18 8</td></tr><tr><td>Singapore</td><td>5</td><td>4 40</td></tr><tr><td>Batavia</td><td>4</td><td>52 40</td></tr><tr><td>Shanghai</td><td>3</td><td>34 12</td></tr><tr><td>Nagasaki</td><td>3</td><td>29 12</td></tr><tr><td>Port Darwin</td><td>3</td><td>16 36</td></tr><tr><td>Adelaide</td><td>2</td><td>45 36</td></tr><tr><td>New York</td><td>4</td><td>56 3 P.M.</td></tr><tr><td>San Francisco</td><td>8</td><td>9 36</td></tr></tbody></table>

(This Table is Copyright.)

Museums: Interest Table.

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## PUBLIC MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES.

British Museum, Gt. Russell Street,—
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, free.
Open also (under special arrangements) on Saturdays in May, June,
July, and August, closed first week in January, May, and September.

Bethnal Green Museum — Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, 10 to 4— Free ; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, Admission, 6d.

College of Surgeons' Museum, Lincoln's-inn-fields (Hunterian Museum)—Member's order; 12 till 5 from 1st March to 31st August; and from 12 till 4 from 1st October till end of February. Histological Collection is open on Wednesdays from 11 to 5. The Museum is closed during September.

Dulwich Gallery — Each week day from 10 to 5 in summer, and from 10 to 4 in winter.

Geological Museum, Jermyn Street—
Daily. Free except Friday.

Greenwich Hospital — Free. The
Painted Hall open at 12. Nelson's
Coat, Sword, &c.

Hampton Court Palace—Every day except Friday, 10 to 4; Sundays 2 till dusk.

India Museum, Charles Street, Whitehall—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, free.

Kensington Museum, Brompton —
Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday,
10 till 10, free. On Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday, 6d. each,
morning and evening.

Kew Botanical Gardens—On Sundays from 2 to 6, on every other day, in winter from 1 to 6, in summer from 1 to sunset. The Pleasure Grounds, from Midsummer to Michaelmas, on Sundays from 2 to sunset.

Missionaries' Museum, Bloomfield Street, Moorfields—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, free.

Museum of Antiquities, Guildhall—
Daily, free.

National Gallery—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, from 10 to 6 in summer, and from 10 to 4 in winter; Thursday and Friday for students only. Closed for six weeks from the end of the second week in September, and on Christmas Day and Good Friday.

National Portrait Gallery South Kensington.

New Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), day of admission, Saturday. Ticket (free) obtainable on the spot, viz., the Lord Chamberlain's Office, Royal Court (adjoining Victoria Tower).

Polytechnic Institution, 309, Regent Street—Admission 1s., 12 to 5, and evening 7 to 10.

Society of Arts, 18, John Street, Adelphi—every day from 10 to 4, and Saturday, 10 till 2. Member's tickets.

Soane's Museum, 13, Lincoln's-innfields—Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in April, May, June, and Wednesdays in February, March, July, and August, 10 to 4—Tickets.

Tower of London, Armoury, Dungeons, &c., 6d., Crown Jewels, 6d.

United Service Museum, Whitehall Yard—Daily, by Tickets, 11 to 5. Library free on public days.

Windsor Castle State Apartments —
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and
Friday, April to October, 11 to 4.
November to March, 11 to 3, unless the
Queen is in residence—Tickets free.

Woolwich Arsenal—On Tuesday and Thursday, by letter from the Under-Secretary of War.

## INTEREST TABLE,

Shewing the Interest on £100, from 1 day to 1 year, at 3, 3¼, 4, and 5 per cent.

<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">DAYS</th><th colspan="2">3</th><th colspan="2">3½</th><th colspan="2">4</th><th colspan="2">5</th></tr><tr><th>Per Cent</th><th>£ s. d.</th><th>Per Cent</th><th>£ s. d.</th><th>Per Cent</th><th>£ s. d.</th><th>Per Cent</th><th>£ s. d.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1 3/4</td><td>0</td><td>2 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>2 1/2</td><td>0</td><td>3 1/4</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>3 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>4 1/2</td><td>0</td><td>5 1/2</td><td>0</td><td>6 1/2</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>5 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>6 3/4</td><td>0</td><td>7 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>9 1/4</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>7 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>10 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>10 1/2</td><td>0</td><td>1 1/4</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>9 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>11 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>1 1</td><td>0</td><td>4 1/2</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>11 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>1 1 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>1 3 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>7 1/2</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>1 1 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>1 4</td><td>0</td><td>1 6 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>1 1 1</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>0</td><td>1 3 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>6 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>1 9</td><td>0</td><td>2 1/2</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>0</td><td>1 5 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>8 1/2</td><td>0</td><td>1 11 1/2</td><td>0</td><td>5 1/2</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>0</td><td>1 7 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>11</td><td>0</td><td>2 2 1/2</td><td>0</td><td>8 1/4</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>2 3 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>2 8</td><td>0</td><td>3 0 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>3 10</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>0</td><td>3 3 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>3 10</td><td>0</td><td>4 4 1/2</td><td>0</td><td>5 3/4</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>0</td><td>4 7</td><td>0</td><td>5 4</td><td>0</td><td>6 1</td><td>0</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>0</td><td>4 11</td><td>0</td><td>5 9</td><td>0</td><td>6 6 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>8 1/2</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>0</td><td>6 6 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>7 8</td><td>0</td><td>8 9</td><td>0</td><td>10 11 1/4</td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td>0</td><td>8 2 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>9 7</td><td>0</td><td>10 11 1/2</td><td>0</td><td>13 1/4</td></tr><tr><td>75</td><td>0</td><td>12 4</td><td>0</td><td>14 4 1/2</td><td>0</td><td>16 5 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>1 0</td></tr><tr><td>100</td><td>0</td><td>16 5 1/4</td><td>0</td><td>19 2</td><td>0</td><td>1 1 1 1</td><td>0</td><td>1 7</td></tr><tr><td>200</td><td>1</td><td>12 10 1/2</td><td>1</td><td>18 4</td><td>2</td><td>3 10</td><td>2</td><td>14 9 1/2</td></tr><tr><td>300</td><td>2</td><td>9 3 1/4</td><td>2</td><td>17 6</td><td>3</td><td>5 9</td><td>4</td><td>2 2 1/2</td></tr><tr><td>1 yr</td><td>3</td><td>0 0</td><td>3</td><td>10</td><td>4</td><td>0 0</td><td>5</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table>

Weights and Measures.

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TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

LINEAL.

<table><tr><td>12 Inches</td><td>1 Foot (ft.)</td></tr><tr><td>3 Feet</td><td>1 Yard (yd.)</td></tr><tr><td>5/2 Yards</td><td>1 Rod or Pole (po.)</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>40 Poles or 220 Yds.</td><td>1 Furlong</td></tr><tr><td>8 Furlongs or 1760 Yds.,</td><td>1 Mile</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>12 Lines</td><td>1 Inch</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>3 Barleycorns</td><td>1 Inch</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>3 Inches</td><td>1 Palm</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>4 Inches</td><td>1 Hand</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>9 Inches</td><td>1 Span</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>18 Inches</td><td>1 Cubit</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>2 1/2 Feet</td><td>1 Pace</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>5 Feet (a geometrical)</td><td>1 Pace</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>6 Feet</td><td>1 Fathom</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>5 1/2 Yards</td><td>1 Rod, Pole, or Perch</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>4 Poles or 22 Yds.</td><td>1 Chain</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>3 Miles</td><td>1 League</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>60 Geographical Miles, or English Miles</td><td>1 Degree (or °)</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>360 Degrees</td><td>The circumference of the Globe or any Circle</td></tr></table>

SUPERFICIAL.

<table><tr><td>144 Sq. Inches</td><td>1 Sq. Foot</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>9 Sq. Feet</td><td>1 Sq. Yard</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>30 1/4 Sq. Yards</td><td>1 Sq. Pole</td></tr></table>

LAND.

<table><tr><td>40 Sq. Poles</td><td>1 Sq. Rood</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>4 Sq. Rds. or 4840 Sq. Yds.</td><td>1 sq. Acre</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>640 Sq. Acres</td><td>1 Sq. Mile</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>300 Sq. Acres</td><td>1 Yard of Land</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>1000 Sq. Acres</td><td>1 Hide of Land</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>40 Hides</td><td>1 Barony</td></tr></table>

SOLID OR CUBIC.

A *Cube* is a solid body, and contains length, breadth, and thickness, having six equal sides. A *cube number* is produced by multiplying a number twice into itself; thus 64 is a cube number, and is produced by multiplying the number twice into itself, as 4 by 4 by 4—64.

<table><tr><td>1728 Cubic Inches</td><td>1 Cubic Foot</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>27 Cubic Feet</td><td>1 Cubic Yard</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>440 Cubic Feet of Rough or</td><td>1 Ton</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>50 Cubic Ft. Hewn Timber</td><td>1 or Load</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>742 Cubic Ft. Timber,</td><td>1 shipping Ton</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>108 Cubic Feet</td><td>1 Stack of Wood</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>128 Cubic Feet</td><td>1 Cord of Wood</td></tr></table>

CLOTH.

<table><tr><td>2 1/4 Inches</td><td>1 Nail</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>4 Nails</td><td>1 Quarter</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>4 Quarters</td><td>1 Yard</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>3 Quarters</td><td>1 Flemish Ell</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>5 Quarters</td><td>1 English Ell</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>6 Quarters</td><td>1 French Ell</td></tr></table>

AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.

<table><tr><td>16 Drams</td><td>1 Ounce</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>16 Ounces...</td><td>1 Pound (lb.)</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>14 Pounds</td><td>1 Stone</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>28 Pounds</td><td>1 Quarter (qr.)</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>4 Quarters</td><td>1 Hundredweight</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>20 Hundredwt.</td><td>1 Ton</td></tr></table>

HAY AND STRAW.

<table><tr><td>36 lbs. Avoirdupois of Straw</td><td>1 Truss</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>56 lbs.</td><td>Old Hay</td><td>1</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>60 lbs.</td><td>New Hay</td><td>1</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>36 Trusses</td><td>1 Load</td></tr></table>

TROY.

<table><tr><td>24 Grains</td><td>1 Pennyweight</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>20 Pennyweights...</td><td>1 Ounce</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>12 Ounces</td><td>1 Pound</td></tr></table>

APOTHECARIES.

<table><tr><td>20 Grains</td><td>1 Scruple</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>3 Scruples...</td><td>1 Drachm</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>8 Drachms</td><td>1 Ounce</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>12 Ounces...</td><td>1 Pound</td></tr></table>

Apothecaries compound their medicines by this weight, but buy and sell their drugs by avoirdupois.

APOTHECARIES' FLUID MEASURE.

<table><tr><td>60 Minims</td><td>1 Fluid Drachm</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>20 Ounces</td><td>1 Pint</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>8 Pints</td><td>1 Gallon</td></tr></table>

LIQUID MEASURE.

<table><tr><td>4 Gills</td><td>1 Pint</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>2 Pints</td><td>1 Quart</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>4 Quarts</td><td>1 Gallon</td></tr></table>

DRY MEASURE.

<table><tr><td>2 Gallons</td><td>1 Peck</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>4 Pecks</td><td>1 Bushell</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>3 Bushels</td><td>1 Sack</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>12 Sacks</td><td>1 Chaldron</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>8 Bushels...</td><td>1 Quarter</td></tr></table>

<table><tr><td>5 Quarters</td><td>1 Load</td></tr></table>

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Interest Table: Cab Fares.

INTEREST TABLE FOR ONE YEAR.

By the annexed Tables unlimited calculations may be made. Thus to learn the interest upon £1.250 per annum add the sums given, £1,000, £200, £50; 2 per cent. is found by taking one half of 4 per cent.; 8 per cent., by doubling 4 per cent.; 7½ per cent., by adding 5 to 2½ per cent., and so on.

<table><thead><tr><th>Principal</th><th>2½ %</th><th>3 %</th><th>3½ %</th><th>4 %</th><th>5 %</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>£ 1</td><td>£ s. d.</td><td>£ s. d.</td><td>£ s. d.</td><td>£ s. d.</td><td>£ s. d.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>0 0 6</td><td>0 0 7¼</td><td>0 0 8½</td><td>0 0 9½</td><td>0 1 0</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>0 1 0</td><td>0 1 2½</td><td>0 1 4¼</td><td>0 1 7¼</td><td>0 2 0</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>0 1 6</td><td>0 1 9½</td><td>0 2 1¼</td><td>0 2 4¼</td><td>0 3 0</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>0 2 0</td><td>0 2 4¼</td><td>0 2 9½</td><td>0 3 2½</td><td>0 4 0</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>0 2 6</td><td>0 3 0</td><td>0 3 6</td><td>0 4 0</td><td>0 5 0</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>0 3 0</td><td>0 3 7¼</td><td>0 4 2½</td><td>0 4 9½</td><td>0 6 0</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>0 3 6</td><td>0 4 2½</td><td>0 4 10½</td><td>0 5 7¼</td><td>0 7 0</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>0 4 0</td><td>0 4 9¼</td><td>0 5 7¼</td><td>0 6 4¼</td><td>0 8 0</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>0 4 6</td><td>0 5 4¼</td><td>0 6 3½</td><td>0 7 2½</td><td>0 9 0</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>0 5 0</td><td>0 6 0</td><td>0 7 0</td><td>0 8 0</td><td>0 10 0</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>0 10 0</td><td>0 12 0</td><td>0 14 0</td><td>0 16 0</td><td>1 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>0 15 0</td><td>0 18 0</td><td>1 1 0</td><td>1 4 0</td><td>1 10 0</td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td>1 0 0</td><td>1 4 0</td><td>1 8 0</td><td>1 12 0</td><td>2 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>60</td><td>1 5 0</td><td>1 10 0</td><td>1 15 0</td><td>2 0 0</td><td>2 10 0</td></tr><tr><td>70</td><td>1 15 0</td><td>1 16 0</td><td>2 2 0</td><td>2 8 0</td><td>3 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>80</td><td>2 0 0</td><td>2 2 0</td><td>2 9 0</td><td>2 16 0</td><td>3 10 0</td></tr><tr><td>90</td><td>2 5 0</td><td>2 8 0</td><td>2 16 0</td><td>3 4 0</td><td>4 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>100</td><td>2 10 0</td><td>3 0 0</td><td>3 3 0</td><td>3 12 0</td><td>4 10 0</td></tr><tr><td>200</td><td>5 0 0</td><td>6 0 0</td><td>3 10 0</td><td>4 0 0</td><td>5 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>300</td><td>7 10 0</td><td>9 0 0</td><td>7 0 0</td><td>8 0 0</td><td>10 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>400</td><td>10 0 0</td><td>12 0 0</td><td>10 10 0</td><td>12 0 0</td><td>15 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>500</td><td>12 10 0</td><td>15 0 0</td><td>14 0 0</td><td>16 0 0</td><td>20 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>600</td><td>15 0 0</td><td>18 0 0</td><td>17 10 0</td><td>20 0 0</td><td>25 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>700</td><td>17 10 0</td><td>21 0 0</td><td>21 0 0</td><td>24 0 0</td><td>30 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>800</td><td>10 0 0</td><td>24 0 0</td><td>24 10 0</td><td>28 0 0</td><td>35 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>900</td><td>22 10 0</td><td>27 0 0</td><td>31 10 0</td><td>36 0 0</td><td>40 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>1000</td><td>25 0 0</td><td>30 0 0</td><td>35 0 0</td><td>40 0 0</td><td>50 0 0</td></tr></tbody></table>

METROPOLIS CAB FARES.

One mile or part of a mile ... 0 6

No fare to be less than one shilling.

By the hour or part of an hour 2 0

For every fifteen minutes (or part of fifteen minutes) above one hour, one-fourth part of the rate per hour.

If discharged beyond the radius of four miles from Charing Cross, for every mile or part of a mile ... 1 0

Luggage...For every package carried outside ... 0 2

Extra Persons.—For each person above two, for the whole journey ... 0 6

Children under the age of ten years, half-price. Two children to be counted as one adult person.

Winners of Races and University Boat Race.

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DERBY AND OAKS WINNERS.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th colspan="2">DERBY</th><th colspan="2">OAKS</th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1840</td><td>Little Wonder</td><td>Crucifix</td><td>1857</td><td>Blink Bonny</td><td>Blink Bonny</td></tr><tr><td>1841</td><td>Coronation</td><td>Ghuznee</td><td>1858</td><td>Beadsman</td><td>Governess</td></tr><tr><td>1842</td><td>Attila</td><td>Our Nell</td><td>1859</td><td>Musjid</td><td>Summerside</td></tr><tr><td>1843</td><td>Cotherstone</td><td>Poison</td><td>1860</td><td>Thormanby</td><td>Butterfly</td></tr><tr><td>1844</td><td>Orlando</td><td>Princess</td><td>1861</td><td>Kettledrum</td><td>Brown Duchess</td></tr><tr><td>1845</td><td>Merry Monarch</td><td>Refraction</td><td>1862</td><td>Caractacus</td><td>Feu de Joie</td></tr><tr><td>1846</td><td>Pyrrhus I.</td><td>Mendicant</td><td>1863</td><td>Macaroni</td><td>Queen Bertha</td></tr><tr><td>1847</td><td>The Cossack</td><td>Miami</td><td>1864</td><td>Blair Athol</td><td>Fille de l'Air</td></tr><tr><td>1848</td><td>Surplice</td><td>Cymba</td><td>1865</td><td>Gladiateur</td><td>Regalia</td></tr><tr><td>1849</td><td>Flyg. Dutchman</td><td>Lady Evelyn</td><td>1866</td><td>Lord Lyon</td><td>Tormentor</td></tr><tr><td>1850</td><td>Voltigeur</td><td>Rhcdycina</td><td>1867</td><td>Hermit</td><td>Hippia</td></tr><tr><td>1851</td><td>Teddington</td><td>Iris</td><td>1868</td><td>Blue Gown</td><td>Formosa</td></tr><tr><td>1852</td><td>Dan'l O'Rourke</td><td>Songstress</td><td>1869</td><td>Pretender</td><td>Brigantine</td></tr><tr><td>1853</td><td>West Australian</td><td>Cath'r'ne Hayes</td><td>1870</td><td>Kingcraft</td><td>Gamos</td></tr><tr><td>1854</td><td>Andover</td><td>Mincemeat</td><td>1871</td><td>Favonius</td><td>Hannah</td></tr><tr><td>1855</td><td>Wild Dayrell</td><td>Marchioness</td><td>1872</td><td>Cremorne</td><td>Reine</td></tr><tr><td>1856</td><td>Ellington</td><td>Mincepie</td><td>1873</td><td>Doncaster</td><td>Marie Stuart</td></tr></tbody></table>

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>COURSE</th><th>WINNER</th><th colspan="2">TIME</th><th>WON BY</th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>m.</th><th>s.</th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1829</td><td>Henley</td><td>Oxford</td><td>14</td><td>30</td><td>Many Lengths</td></tr><tr><td>1836</td><td>Westminster to Putney</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>36</td><td>0</td><td>1 minute</td></tr><tr><td>1839</td><td>Westminster to Putney</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>31</td><td>0</td><td>1 min. 45 secs.</td></tr><tr><td>1840</td><td>Westminster to Putney</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>29</td><td>30</td><td>2-3rds Length</td></tr><tr><td>1841</td><td>Westminster to Putney</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>32</td><td>30</td><td>1 min. 48 secs.</td></tr><tr><td>1842</td><td>Westminster to Putney</td><td>Oxford</td><td>30</td><td>45</td><td>13 secs.</td></tr><tr><td>1845</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>23</td><td>30</td><td>30 secs.</td></tr><tr><td>1846</td><td>Mortlake to Putney</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>21</td><td>55</td><td>Two Lengths</td></tr><tr><td>1849</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>22</td><td>0</td><td>Many Lengths</td></tr><tr><td>1849</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Oxford</td><td colspan="2">Foul</td><td>Foul</td></tr><tr><td>1852</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Oxford</td><td>21</td><td>36</td><td>27 secs.</td></tr><tr><td>1854</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Oxford</td><td>25</td><td>29</td><td>11 strokes</td></tr><tr><td>1856</td><td>Mortlake to Putney</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>25</td><td>50</td><td>Half Length</td></tr><tr><td>1857</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Oxford</td><td>22</td><td>50</td><td>35 secs.</td></tr><tr><td>1858</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>21</td><td>23</td><td>22 secs.</td></tr><tr><td>1859</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Oxford</td><td>24</td><td>30</td><td>Cambridge sank</td></tr><tr><td>1860</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>26</td><td>0</td><td>One Length</td></tr><tr><td>1861</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Oxford</td><td>23</td><td>27</td><td>48 secs.</td></tr><tr><td>1862</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Oxford</td><td>24</td><td>40</td><td>30 secs.</td></tr><tr><td>1863</td><td>Mortlake to Putney</td><td>Oxford</td><td>23</td><td>5</td><td>42 secs.</td></tr><tr><td>1864</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Oxford</td><td>21</td><td>48</td><td>23 secs.</td></tr><tr><td>1865</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Oxford</td><td>21</td><td>23</td><td>13 secs.</td></tr><tr><td>1866</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Oxford</td><td>25</td><td>48</td><td>15 secs.</td></tr><tr><td>1867</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Oxford</td><td>23</td><td>22</td><td>Half Length</td></tr><tr><td>1868</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Oxford</td><td>20</td><td>56</td><td>Six Lengths</td></tr><tr><td>1869</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Oxford</td><td>20</td><td>22</td><td>Three Lengths</td></tr><tr><td>1870</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>22</td><td>0</td><td>1½ Length</td></tr><tr><td>1871</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>23</td><td>5</td><td>One Length</td></tr><tr><td>1872</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>21</td><td>16</td><td>Two Length</td></tr><tr><td>1873</td><td>Putney to Mortlake</td><td>Cambridge</td><td>19</td><td>35</td><td>Three Lengths</td></tr></tbody></table>