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Eclipses, Terms, &c.

## ECLIPSES, 1877.

In the year 1877 there will be three Eclipses of the Sun and two of the Moon.

February 27th.—Total Eclipse of the Moon, partly visible at Greenwich. First contact, 5h. 29.6m. p.m.; last contact, 9h. 1m. p.m. The Moon will rise at 5h. 28m. p.m.

March 15th.—Partial Eclipse of the Sun, invisible at Greenwich.

August 9th.—Partial Eclipse of the Sun, invisible at Greenwich.

August 23rd.—A Total Eclipse of the Moon, visible at Greenwich. First contact, 9h. 13.7m. p.m.; last contact, 24th, 1h. 9.1m. a.m.

September 7th.—A Partial Eclipse of the Sun, invisible at Greenwich.

## UNIVERSITY TERMS, 1877.

<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>Begins</th><th>Ends</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Lent</td><td>Jan. 15</td><td>Mar. 24</td><td>Jan. 13</td><td>Mar. 23</td></tr><tr><td>Easter</td><td>Apr. 4</td><td>May 18</td><td>Apr. 6</td><td>June 22</td></tr><tr><td>Trin.</td><td>May 19</td><td>July 7</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 3. The Commencement June 19.

## 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.

## 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 ... ... ... 3,883,003

## LAW TERMS, 1877.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Begins</th><th>Ends</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Hilary Term</td><td>Jan. 11</td><td>Mar. 28</td></tr><tr><td>Easter</td><td>Apr. 10</td><td>May 18</td></tr><tr><td>Trinity</td><td>May 29</td><td>Aug. 8</td></tr><tr><td>Michlms.,</td><td>Nov. 2</td><td>Dec. 21</td></tr></tbody></table>

## FIXED AND MOVABLE FESTIVALS, 1877.

<table><tbody><tr><td>Epiphany</td><td>Jan. 6</td></tr><tr><td>Septuagesima Sunday</td><td>Feb. 11</td></tr><tr><td>Quinquagesima, Shrove S.</td><td>Feb. 11</td></tr><tr><td>Ash Wednesday</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Quadragesima, 1st in Lent</td><td>18</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>25</td></tr><tr><td>Good Friday</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>EASTER SUNDAY</td><td>April 1</td></tr><tr><td>Low Sunday</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>St. George</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>Rogation Sunday</td><td>May 6</td></tr><tr><td>Ascen. Day—Holy Thurs.</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Pentecost—Whit Sunday</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Birth of Queen Victoria</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Trinity Sunday</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>Corpus Christi</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>Accession of Q. Victoria...</td><td>June 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—Mchlms. D.</td><td>Sept. 29</td></tr><tr><td>Birth of Prince of Wales..</td><td>Nov. 9</td></tr><tr><td>St. Andrew...</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>1st Sunday in Advent</td><td>Dec. 2</td></tr><tr><td>St. Thomas...</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Christmas Day</td><td>25</td></tr></tbody></table>

The Year 5638 of the Jewish Era commences on September 8th, 1877.

## 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>Germany</td><td>Fredk. William</td><td>1797</td><td>1861</td></tr><tr><td>Greece</td><td>George I</td><td>1845</td><td>1863</td></tr><tr><td>Holland</td><td>William III</td><td>1817</td><td>1849</td></tr><tr><td>Italy</td><td>Victor Emmanuel</td><td>1820</td><td>1861</td></tr><tr><td>Portugal</td><td>Louis I</td><td>1838</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 II</td><td>1801</td><td>1854</td></tr><tr><td>Spain</td><td>Alfonso XII.</td><td></td><td>1875</td></tr><tr><td>Sw. &amp; Nor.</td><td>Oscar II</td><td>1829</td><td>1872</td></tr><tr><td>Turkey</td><td>Murad Effendi</td><td>1840</td><td>1876</td></tr><tr><td>Wurtmberg</td><td>Charles</td><td>1823</td><td>1864</td></tr></tbody></table>

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JANUARY, 1877.

MOON'S CHANGES.

LAST QUAR., 6th, 17m. past 2, even.
NEW MOON, 14th, 27m. past 1, even.
FIRST QUAR., 22nd, 53m. past 3, even.
FULL MOON, 29th, 38m. past 8, morn.

High Water
Lon. Bridge

Mn.
Tem-
perature.

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

<table><thead><tr><th>A.M.</th><th>P.M.</th><th>deg.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2.32</td><td>2.57</td><td>37.3</td></tr><tr><td>3.22</td><td>3.48</td><td>37.0</td></tr><tr><td>4.13</td><td>4.37</td><td>36.7</td></tr><tr><td>5.1</td><td>5.26</td><td>36.4</td></tr><tr><td>5.50</td><td>6.13</td><td>36.2</td></tr><tr><td>6.35</td><td>6.59</td><td>36.0</td></tr><tr><td>7.23</td><td>7.49</td><td>35.8</td></tr><tr><td>8.15</td><td>8.44</td><td>35.7</td></tr><tr><td>9.19</td><td>9.58</td><td>35.8</td></tr><tr><td>10.35</td><td>11.11</td><td>35.9</td></tr><tr><td>11.46</td><td>—</td><td>36.0</td></tr><tr><td>12.19</td><td>12.49</td><td>36.1</td></tr><tr><td>1.14</td><td>1.37</td><td>36.2</td></tr><tr><td>1.59</td><td>2.18</td><td>36.3</td></tr><tr><td>2.36</td><td>2.54</td><td>36.4</td></tr><tr><td>3.10</td><td>3.26</td><td>36.5</td></tr><tr><td>3.42</td><td>3.58</td><td>36.6</td></tr><tr><td>4.13</td><td>4.29</td><td>36.7</td></tr><tr><td>4.44</td><td>5.1</td><td>36.9</td></tr><tr><td>5.16</td><td>5.32</td><td>37.0</td></tr><tr><td>5.48</td><td>6.6</td><td>37.2</td></tr><tr><td>6.25</td><td>6.46</td><td>37.4</td></tr><tr><td>7.8</td><td>7.33</td><td>37.7</td></tr><tr><td>8.0</td><td>8.31</td><td>37.9</td></tr><tr><td>9.7</td><td>9.52</td><td>38.1</td></tr><tr><td>10.35</td><td>11.17</td><td>38.3</td></tr><tr><td>11.58</td><td>—</td><td>38.4</td></tr><tr><td>12.36</td><td>1.7</td><td>38.4</td></tr><tr><td>1.35</td><td>2.2</td><td>38.3</td></tr><tr><td>2.26</td><td>2.50</td><td>38.1</td></tr><tr><td>3.13</td><td>3.36</td><td>37.9</td></tr></tbody></table>

EVENING AND
MORNING
STARS.

Mercury is an evening star in the S.W. horizon for a short time after sunset; at greatest elongation, 18° 57' E., 11th, 6 a.m. ; in conj. with the Moon, 16th, 2 a.m. in inferior conjunct. with the Sun, 26th, 11 p.m.

Venus is a morning star in the S.E. horizon a short time before sunrise; in conjunct. with Jupiter, 9th, 3 p.m., and with the Moon, 11th midnight.

Mars rises before Venus as a morning star; in conj. with the Moon, 9th, 9 p.m.

Jupiter rises after Mars and before Venus; in conjunc. with the Moon 11th, 7 p.m.

Saturn is an evening star setting W.S.W., about 8 p.m.; in conjunc. with the Moon, 18th, 2 a.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, 1877.

<table><caption>MOON'S CHANGES.</caption><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>High Water<br>Lon. Bridge</th><th>Mn.<br>Temperature.</th><th>EVENING AND<br>MORNING<br>STARS.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>W</td><td></td><td>A. M.</td><td>P. M.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>h. m.</td><td>h. m.</td><td>deg.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>F</td><td>Sun rises 4h. 28m.</td><td>5.50</td><td>6.8</td><td>62°4</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>S</td><td>10th after Trinity</td><td>6.26</td><td>6.48</td><td>62°4</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>M</td><td>Bank Holiday</td><td>7.11</td><td>7.35</td><td>62°4</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>T</td><td>[Dk. Edinburgh bn. 1844]</td><td>8.6</td><td>8.40</td><td>62°3</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>W</td><td>TRINITY TERM ENDS</td><td>9.21</td><td>10.5</td><td>62°2</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>10.47</td><td>11.29</td><td>62°1</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>12.7</td><td>62°0</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>S</td><td>Half-Qu. D. Dog days e.</td><td>12.41</td><td>1.10</td><td>62°0</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>S</td><td>11th after Trinity</td><td>1.36</td><td>2.0</td><td>62°1</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>M</td><td></td><td>2.23</td><td>2.47</td><td>62°1</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>T</td><td>Sun sets 7h. 23m.</td><td>3.9</td><td>3.32</td><td>62°1</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>W</td><td></td><td>3.54</td><td>4.17</td><td>62°0</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>T</td><td>Sun rises 4h. 49m.</td><td>4.37</td><td>4.58</td><td>61°9</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>5.19</td><td>5.37</td><td>61°7</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>S</td><td>12th after Trinity</td><td>5.58</td><td>6.19</td><td>61°5</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>6.42</td><td>7.5</td><td>61°3</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>S</td><td>Eclipse of the Moon</td><td>7.32</td><td>8.3</td><td>61°1</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>M</td><td>St. Bartholomew</td><td>8.37</td><td>9.22</td><td>61°0</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>10.10</td><td>10.55</td><td>60°9</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>W</td><td></td><td>11.38</td><td>—</td><td>60°8</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>12.13</td><td>12.42</td><td>60°7</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>1.5</td><td>1.27</td><td>60°7</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>S</td><td>13th after Trinity</td><td>1.46</td><td>2.5</td><td>60°6</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>2.21</td><td>2.35</td><td>60°5</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>M</td><td>St. Augustine</td><td>2.49</td><td>3.4</td><td>60°5</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>3.18</td><td>3.32</td><td>60°3</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>W</td><td></td><td>3.47</td><td>4.2</td><td>60°1</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>4.17</td><td>4.32</td><td>59°9</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>4.45</td><td>5.0</td><td>59°7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>5.15</td><td>5.31</td><td>59°4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>5.50</td><td>6.11</td><td>59°2</td></tr></tbody></table>

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, 13th, Grouse shooting begins in England and Scotland. 20th, Black Cock shooting begins. Lodger claims to vote must be sent in before the 25th. 31st, Salmon fishing ends.

SEPTEMBER, 1877.

MOON'S CHANGES.

NEW MOON, 7th, om. past 1, even.
FIRST QUAR., 14th, 7m. past 11, morn.
FULL MOON, 22nd, 34m. past 3, even.
LAST QUAR., 30th, 20m. past 6, morn.

High Water
Lon. Bridge

Mn.
Tem-
perature.

EVENING AND
MORNING
STARS.

Mercury is in conjunc. with the Moon, 9th, 8 a.m. and in inferior conjunc. with the Sun, 26th, 11 p.m. Venus sets in the W. S. W. soon after the Sun; in conjunct. with the Moon, 14th, 5 p.m.

Mars rises about sunset and sets before sunrise; in oppositn, with the Sun, 5th, midnight and in conjunc. with the Moon, 21st, 5 a.m. *Jupiter* is an evening star set-ting in the S.W. about two hours before midnight; in conj. with the Moon, 14th, 5 p.m. *Saturn* rises more to the E. than Mars, and about the same time, and sets a short time be-fore sumise; in opposition with the Sun, 9th, 2 p.m., and in conj. with the Moon, 21st, 3 p.m. The *Sun* enters Libri, 22nd, 11 p.m., and *Autumn* commences.

<table><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>S</td><td>[Fire of London, 1666</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>S</td><td>14th after Trinity</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>S</td><td>French Repub. pro. 1870</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>T</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>T</td><td>Sun sets 6h. 35m.</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>F</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>S</td><td>Com. Jewish Year, 5638</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>S</td><td>15th after Trinity</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>S</td><td>Sebastopol taken, 1855</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>M</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>T</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>W</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>T</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>F</td><td>Duke Wellington d. 1852</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>S</td><td>Ember Day</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>S</td><td>16th after Trinity</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>M</td><td>Sun rises 5h. 38m.</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>T</td><td>[Ember Day</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>W</td><td>Battle of Alma, 1854</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>T</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>F</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>S</td><td>St. Matthew. Emb. D.</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>S</td><td>Autumn Equinox</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>M</td><td>17th after Trinity</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>T</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>W</td><td>Sun sets 5h. 50m.</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>T</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>F</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>S</td><td>St. Michael. Quar. Day</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>S</td><td>18th after Trinity</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>[Int. due on India Bonds</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>A. M.</th><th>P. M.</th></tr><tr><th>h. m.</th><th>h. m.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>6.33</td><td>6.58</td></tr><tr><td>7.30</td><td>8.7</td></tr><tr><td>8.51</td><td>9.45</td></tr><tr><td>10.34</td><td>11.18</td></tr><tr><td>11.55</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td>12.28</td><td>12.55</td></tr><tr><td>1.19</td><td>1.43</td></tr><tr><td>2.4</td><td>2.25</td></tr><tr><td>2.45</td><td>3.7</td></tr><tr><td>3.28</td><td>3.47</td></tr><tr><td>4.7</td><td>4.27</td></tr><tr><td>4.47</td><td>5.6</td></tr><tr><td>5.25</td><td>5.45</td></tr><tr><td>6.8</td><td>6.31</td></tr><tr><td>6.58</td><td>7.30</td></tr><tr><td>8.7</td><td>8.52</td></tr><tr><td>9.46</td><td>10.32</td></tr><tr><td>11.13</td><td>11.50</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>12.19</td></tr><tr><td>12.42</td><td>1.0</td></tr><tr><td>1.18</td><td>1.35</td></tr><tr><td>1.50</td><td>2.4</td></tr><tr><td>2.18</td><td>2.32</td></tr><tr><td>2.46</td><td>3.0</td></tr><tr><td>3.13</td><td>3.28</td></tr><tr><td>3.43</td><td>3.59</td></tr><tr><td>4.15</td><td>4.30</td></tr><tr><td>4.46</td><td>5.3</td></tr><tr><td>5.24</td><td>5.46</td></tr><tr><td>6.12</td><td>6.40</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.

OCTOBER, 1877.

<table><caption>MOON'S CHANGES.</caption><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>High Water<br>Lon. Bridge</th><th>Mn.<br>Temperature.</th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>A.M.</th><th>P.M.</th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>h. m.</th><th>h. m.</th><th>deg.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>M</td><td>Cam. Mich. Term begs.</td><td>7.14</td><td>7.57</td><td>53°9</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>8.44</td><td>9.38</td><td>53°8</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>W</td><td>Sun rises 6h. 5m.</td><td>10.25</td><td>11.4</td><td>53°7</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>11.40</td><td>—</td><td>53°5</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>F</td><td>Dividends due at Bank</td><td>12.10</td><td>12.34</td><td>53°3</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>S</td><td>Sun sets 5h. 27m.</td><td>12.58</td><td>1.19</td><td>52°9</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>S</td><td>19th after Trinity</td><td>1.39</td><td>1.59</td><td>52°5</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>M</td><td></td><td>2.20</td><td>2.40</td><td>52°1</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>3.0</td><td>3.20</td><td>51°8</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>W</td><td>Oxford Mich. Term begs.</td><td>3.39</td><td>3.59</td><td>51°6</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>4.19</td><td>4.38</td><td>51°4</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>4.56</td><td>5.16</td><td>51°2</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>S</td><td>[Fire Insurance expires</td><td>5.39</td><td>6.5</td><td>50°9</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>S</td><td>20th after Trinity</td><td>6.31</td><td>7.2</td><td>50°6</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>7.39</td><td>8.21</td><td>50°3</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>9.6</td><td>9.53</td><td>50°0</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>W</td><td>Dchs. Edinburgh b. 1853</td><td>10.32</td><td>11.7</td><td>49°8</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>T</td><td>St. Luke</td><td>11.37</td><td>—</td><td>49°6</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>12.0</td><td>12.22</td><td>49°3</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>S</td><td>[Bat. of Trafalgar, 1805</td><td>12.39</td><td>12.58</td><td>49°1</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>S</td><td>21st after Trinity</td><td>1.14</td><td>1.29</td><td>48°9</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>1.45</td><td>1.59</td><td>48°7</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>T</td><td>Sun rises 6h. 38m.</td><td>2.14</td><td>2.29</td><td>48°5</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>W</td><td></td><td>2.46</td><td>3.0</td><td>48°2</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>T</td><td>Battle of Balaklava, 1854</td><td>3.17</td><td>3.34</td><td>47°9</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>3.53</td><td>4.11</td><td>47°6</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>S</td><td>[St. Simon and St. Jude</td><td>4.29</td><td>4.49</td><td>47°3</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>S</td><td>22nd after Trinity</td><td>5.12</td><td>5.37</td><td>47°0</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>M</td><td></td><td>6.5</td><td>6.36</td><td>46°8</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>7.12</td><td>7.53</td><td>46°6</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>W</td><td>All Hallows' Eve</td><td>8.35</td><td>9.22</td><td>46°5</td></tr></tbody></table>

EVENING AND MORNING STARS.

*Mercury* may be seen in the E. a short time before sunrise; in conj. with the Moon, 5th, 10 p.m.; at greatest elongn. 18° 2' W., 12th, 10 a.m.

*Venus* sets in the S.W. soon after the Sun; in conj. with the Moon, 9th, 11 p.m.

*Mars* is an evening star, setting about two hours after midnight; in conjunc. with the Moon, 18th, 10 a.m. Mars appears lower in the heavens than Saturn.

*Jupiter* is an evening star, setting in the S.W. about 8 p.m.; in conjunc. with the Moon, 12th, 7 a.m.

*Saturn* is an evening star, setting in W.S.W. about three hours after midnight; in conj. with the Moon, 18th, 7 p.m.

*Neptune* is in opposition with the Sun, 29th, 11 a.m.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

The middle day is about 10½ hours. The average *day* temperature is 58°, *night* 44°. The mean height of the barometer is 29.86 inches. The rainfall averages 2.8 inches on 13 days. The winds are most frequent from W.S.W.

NOTES OF THE MONTH.

1st, Pheasant shooting begins. 18th, Fox hunting begins. 29th, Hare hunting begins and Game certificates expire.

NOVEMBER, 1877.

MOON'S CHANGES.

NEW MOON, 5th, 47m. past 8, morn.
FIRST QUAR., 12th, 44m. past 11, even.
FULL MOON, 20th, 19m. past 10, even.
LAST QUAR., 27th, 5m. past 10, even.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>High Water<br>Lon. Bridge</th><th>A.M.</th><th>P.M.</th><th>Mn.<br>Tem-<br>perature.</th><th>EVENING AND<br>MORNING<br>STARS.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>T</td><td>All Saints</td><td></td><td>10. 3</td><td>10.39</td><td>46'4</td><td rowspan="2">Mercury is in conjunc. with the Moon, 5th, 3 a.m., in superior conj. with the Sun, 13th, 5 p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>F</td><td>MICHAELMAS TM. BEG.</td><td></td><td>11.12</td><td>11.41</td><td>46'3</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>23rd after Trinity</td><td></td><td></td><td>46'1</td><td rowspan="2">Venus sets in the S.W. horizon abt. two hours after the Sun; in conj. with the Moon, 8th, 11 p.m., and with Jupitor, 10th, 4 a.m.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>S</td><td>Gunpowder Plot</td><td></td><td>12.30</td><td>12.52</td><td>45'9</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>M</td><td></td><td></td><td>1.15</td><td>1.37</td><td>45'7</td><td rowspan="10">Mars is an evening star setting near the W. abt. an hour after midnight; in conjunc. with Saturn, 4th, 4 a.m., and with the Moon, 15th, 10 a.m.</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>T</td><td></td><td></td><td>1.58</td><td>2.19</td><td>45'5</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>W</td><td></td><td></td><td>2.38</td><td>2.59</td><td>45'3</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>T</td><td></td><td></td><td>3.19</td><td>3.39</td><td>45'0</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>F</td><td>Pr. of Wales born, 1841</td><td></td><td>4. 0</td><td>4.20</td><td>44'7</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>S</td><td>[Martin. Half-Qr. Day</td><td></td><td>4.40</td><td>4.59</td><td>44'4</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>S</td><td>24th after Trinity St.</td><td></td><td>5.19</td><td>5.43</td><td>44'1</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>M</td><td></td><td></td><td>6. 8</td><td>6.35</td><td>43'8</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>T</td><td></td><td></td><td>7. 4</td><td>7.36</td><td>43'5</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>W</td><td></td><td></td><td>8.10</td><td>8.46</td><td>43'2</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>T</td><td></td><td></td><td>9.26</td><td>10. 0</td><td>42'9</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>F</td><td>Sun sets 4h. 8m.</td><td></td><td>10.33</td><td>11. 2</td><td>42'6</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>S</td><td></td><td></td><td>11.26</td><td>11.50</td><td>42'3</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>S</td><td>25th after Trinity</td><td></td><td></td><td>12.12</td><td>42'0</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>M</td><td></td><td></td><td>12.31</td><td>12.50</td><td>41'8</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>T</td><td></td><td></td><td>1. 9</td><td>1.28</td><td>41'6</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>W</td><td>Prs. F. W. Prussia b. 1840</td><td></td><td>1.46</td><td>2. 4</td><td>41'4</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>T</td><td></td><td></td><td>2.21</td><td>2.40</td><td>41'2</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>F</td><td>Sun rises 7h. 33m.</td><td></td><td>3. 0</td><td>3.19</td><td>41'1</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>S</td><td></td><td></td><td>3.40</td><td>4. 3</td><td>41'0</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>S</td><td>26th after Trinity</td><td></td><td>4.24</td><td>4.48</td><td>40'9</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>M</td><td></td><td></td><td>5.12</td><td>5.38</td><td>40'9</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>T</td><td>Prs. of Teck born, 1833</td><td></td><td>6. 6</td><td>6.35</td><td>41'1</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>W</td><td>Sun sets 3h. 55m.</td><td></td><td>7. 6</td><td>7.40</td><td>41'3</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>T</td><td></td><td></td><td>8.15</td><td>8.49</td><td>41'6</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>F</td><td>St. Andrew</td><td></td><td>9.26</td><td>9.59</td><td>41'9</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th>A.M.</th><th>P.M.</th><th>Mn.<br>Temperature.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>10. 3</td><td>10.39</td><td>46'4</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11.12</td><td>11.41</td><td>46'3</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>12. 6</td><td>46'1</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12.30</td><td>12.52</td><td>45'9</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1.15</td><td>1.37</td><td>45'7</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1.58</td><td>2.19</td><td>45'5</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.38</td><td>2.59</td><td>45'3</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3.19</td><td>3.39</td><td>45'0</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4. 0</td><td>4.20</td><td>44'7</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4.40</td><td>4.59</td><td>44'4</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5.19</td><td>5.43</td><td>44'1</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6. 8</td><td>6.35</td><td>43'8</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7. 4</td><td>7.36</td><td>43'5</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8.10</td><td>8.46</td><td>43'2</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9.26</td><td>10. 0</td><td>42'9</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10.33</td><td>11. 2</td><td>42'6</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11.26</td><td>11.50</td><td>42'3</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>12.12</td><td>42'0</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12.31</td><td>12.50</td><td>41'8</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1. 9</td><td>1.28</td><td>41'6</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1.46</td><td>2. 4</td><td>41'4</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2.21</td><td>2.40</td><td>41'2</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3. 0</td><td>3.19</td><td>41'1</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3.40</td><td>4. 3</td><td>41'0</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4.24</td><td>4.48</td><td>40'9</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5.12</td><td>5.38</td><td>40'9</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6. 6</td><td>6.35</td><td>41'1</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7. 6</td><td>7.40</td><td>41'3</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8.15</td><td>8.49</td><td>41'6</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9.26</td><td>9.59</td><td>41'9</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

The length of the middle day is about 9 hours. The mean *day* temperature is 49°, *night* 38°. The mean height of the barometer is 29'93 inches. The rainfall averages 2'4 inches on 12 days. The most frequent wind is the S.W., but N.E. winds are common. There are about 11 frosty nights. The mean temperature falls to the 25th, then rises again.

NOTES OF THE MONTH.

1st, Borough Councillors elected. 9th, Mayors and Aldermen of Boroughs elected. 11th, Martinmas, Scotch Quarter day. 15th, Attorneys to take out Certificates.

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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 :—1. 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; Louise 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 (married to Alexandra Maria, Grand Duchess of Russia), 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, Duke of Connaught, 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, 1855 to Prince Teck.

## THE MINISTRY.

First Lord of the Treasury and Lord Privy Seal,

Rt. Hon. Earl of Beaconsfield

Ld. High Chancellor, Lord Cairns.

Lord President of the Council,

Rt. Hon. Duke of Richmond.

Chancellor of the Exchequer,

Rt. Hon. Sir S. H. Northcote, Rt.

Secretary of State Home Depart.

Rt. Hon. Richard Assheton Cross.

Secretary of State Foreign Depart.,

Rt. Hon. Earl of Derby.

Secretary of State Colonial Depart.,

Rt. Hon. Earl of Carnarvon.

Secretary of State War Depart.,

Rt. Hon. Gathorne Hardy.

Secretary of State India Depart.,

Rt. Hon. Marquis of Salisbury.

First Lord of the Admiralty,

Rt. Hon. George Ward Hunt.

Postmaster Gen., Lord J. J. R. Manners.

The above form the Cabinet.

President of the Board of Trade,

Rt. Hon. Sir C. Adderley, Rt.

Chief Secretary for Ireland,

Rt. Hon. Sir Mich. H. Beach, Rt.

Vice-President Com. of Council,

Rt. Hon. Viscount Sandon.

President of Local Govt. Board,

Rt. Hon. G. Sclater-Booth.

Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster,

Right Hon. Col. T. E. Taylor

Com. -in-Chief, Duke of Cambridge.

Com. of Works, Rt. Hon. Gerard Noel

Under Home Secs., Sir H. S. Ibbetson,

Hon. A. F. O. Liddell.

Un. Colon. Secs., James Lowther, Esq.,

R. G. Herbert, Esq.

Under Foreign Secs., Hon. R. Bourke,

Lord Tenterden, C.B.

Un. India Secs., Lord G. Hamilton,

Sir Louis Mallet.

Un. Secs. for War, Hon. J. C. Vivian

Earl of Cadogan.

Attorney-General, Sir John Holker.

Solicitor-General, Sir H. S. Giffard.

Master of Horse, Earl of Bradford.

Ld. Chamberlain, Marq. of Hertford.

Vice-Chamberlain, Viscount Barrington.

### IRELAND.

Ld. Lieutenant, Duke of Abercorn.

Attorney-Gen., Rt. Hon. G. C. A. May.

Solicitor-General, Hon. D. Plunket.

### SCOTLAND.

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

Keeper of Grt. Seal, Earl of Selkirk.

Ld. Clerk. Reg., Rt. Hn. Sir W. G. Craig, Bt.

Ld. High Com., Earl of Rosslyn.

Ld. Jsice. Clerk. Rt. Hn. Lord Moncrieff.

Ld. Advocate, Rt. Hon. E. S. Gordon

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Bills of Exchange, &c.

FORMS OF
BILLS OF EXCHANGE, &c.

BILL OF EXCHANGE.

A bill of exchange is an unconditional written order from one person (A) to another (B) for the payment of a sum of money there nnamed to a third person (C) at a specified time, absolutely, and at all events. A is called the *drawer*, B the *drawee*, C the *payee*. When B accepts the order and agrees in a certain manner required by law, to pay the money, he is called the *acceptor*, and is said to have "accepted" the bill.

The following is the ordinary form of a Bill of Exchange :—

£100 (due June 4th, 1876.)

London, 1st March, 1876.

Three months after date pay to our order, the sum of one hundred pounds, value received.

To PARKER & SMITH.

Mr. William Brown,
Glasgow.

The acceptor on receipt of bill then writes "accepted" with his name across the bill, adding the name of his bankers, if he desires it to be paid through them, thus—

Accepted, William Brown,
Payable at the London Joint Stock
Bank.

The drawer must then sign his name at the back of the bill.

The times at which bills are made payable are various. The most common kind of bill is one payable on demand. But bills are also frequently made payable *at sight*, that is to say as soon as they have been presented for acceptance and have been accepted: *a certain time after sight*, that is to say a certain time after acceptance: *a certain time after date*, that is to say a certain time after the date of drawing of the bill. They also differ in the manner in which, and the person to whom, they are made payable. They may be made payable to the payee, in which case they are not strictly speaking negotiable at all: or to the *payee or bearer*, or to *bearer* simply, in which cases the property in them can be transferred by mere delivery, or to the *payee or his order*, in which case they can only be transferred by indorsement. The term indorsement includes a delivery by, as well as the signature of, the holder who transfers the bill.

There are two kinds of bills of exchange, Inland and Foreign. An *inlaid bill* is one drawn in any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Islands Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark, and the Islands adjacent to any of them (being parts of the domination of her Majesty), and made payable in or drawn upon any person resident in any part of the said United Kingdom or Islands. A *foreign bill* is one drawn by a person residing in none of the above places, in other words, abroad. If a Foreign Bill—

£60 London, May 1st, 1876.

At sixty days after sight, pay the First of Exchange (second and third not paid) to the order of Messrs. Norton and Rose, the sum of sixty pounds sterling, value received, which place to account.

To JOSEPH MARTIN & Co.

Messrs. Wheeler & Co.,
Berlin.

A PROMISSORY NOTE.

A promissory Note is an absolute promise in writing to pay a specific sum, at a specified time, to a person therein named or to his order, or to the bearer. The note must be signed, and the person who signs the note is called the maker.

The following is the simplest form a promissory note :—

London, January 1st, 1876.

Three months after date I promis to pay Mr. William Jones or order the sum of one hundred pounds, value received.

£100. EDWARD CLARK.

The person in whose favour the note is drawn must then endorse the name on the back, in the usual way.

Promissory Notes were made negotiable by the Statutes 3 and 4 Anne, 9, and 7 Anne, c. 25, and placed in a respects upon the same footing as Inland Bills of Exchange.

LEGAL TENDER.

A tender of payment of money "shall be a legal tender—in case of gold coins for a payment of an 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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Pope..Hon. A. Evelyn Ashley

Portsmouth..Sir J. D. Elphinstone, Bart,
Hon. Thomas C. Bruce

Preston..E. Hermon; John Holker

RADNOR..Hon. Arthur Walsh

New Radnor..Rt. Hon. Marquis Hartington

Reading..George J. S. Lefevre; Sir F. H. Goldsmid, Bart.

East Retford..F. J. S. Foljambe; William
Beckett Denison

Richmond..Hon. John Charles Dundas

Riton..Earl de Grey

Rochdale..Thomas B. Potter

Rochester..P. W. Martin; J. Goldsmid

RUTLAND..Rt. Hon. G. J. Noel; G. H. Finch

Rye..John Stewart Hardy

St. Ives..Charles T. Praed

Salord..C. E. Cawley; W. T. Charley

Salisbury..G. R. Ryder; Dr. J. A. Lush

Sandwich..H. A. Brassey; Right Hon. E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen

Scarborough..Sir Charles Legard, Bart.;
Sir H. Johnstone, Bart.

Shaftesbury..Vere F. Bennett-Standard

Sheffield..John A. Roebuck; A. J. Mundella

South Shields..James C. Stevenson

New Shoreham..Rt. Hon. Stephen Cave;
Sir Walter W. Burrell, Bart.

Shrewsbury..C. C. Cotes· H. Robertson.

SHROPSHIRE, North..Viscount Newport;
Stanley Leighton

SHROPSHIRE, South..Major-Gen. Rt. Hon.
Sir P. Herbert; Col. E. Corbett

SOMERSET, East..Major R. S. Allen; R.
Bright

SOMERSET, Mid.. R. H. Paget; R. N.
Grenville

SOMERSET, West..Lt.-Col. Hon. A. W. Hood;
Major Vaughan H. Lze

Southampton..Sir Fred. Perkins; Rt. Hon.
Russell Gurney

Southwark..J. J. Locke; Lieut.-Colonel F. M.
Beresford

STAFFORD, North..Rt. Hon. Sir C. B. Ad-
derley; Colin Minton Campbell

STAFFORD, East..Michael Arthur Bass;
S. C. Allsopp

STAFFORD, West..Francis Monckton; A.
Stavely Hill

Stafford..Capt. T. Salt; A. Macdonald

Staleybridge..Tom Harrop Sidebottom

Stamford..Adm. Sir. J. C. D. Hay, Bart C.B.

Stockport..C. H. Hopwood, Q. C.; F. Pennington

Stockton..Joseph Dodds

Stoke-on-Trent..Robert Heath; Dr. Edward
V. Kenealy

Stroud.. Alfred J. Stanton; Sam. S. Marling

SUFFOLK, East..Lord Rendlesham; Lt.-
Col. F. St. John N. Barne

SUFFOLK, West..Lieut.-Col. Windsor Parker;
Thomas Thornhill

Sunderland..Edward T. Gourley; Sir H. M.
Havelock, Bart.

SURREY, East..James Watney, William
Grantham

SURREY, Mid..Sir Henry W. Peek, Bart;
Sir J. J. Lawrence, Bart.

SURREY, West..George Cubitt; Lee Steere

SUSSEX, East.. George Burrow Gregory;
Montagu D. Scott

SUSSEX, West..Lt.-Col. Sir W. B. Barttelot,
Bart; Earl of March

Swansea, &c..Lewis L. Dillwyn

Tamworth..Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart.;
Robert William Hanburv

Taunton..Alexander Charles Barclay;
Sir Henry Jame

Tavistock..Lord Arthur J. E. Russell

Tewkesbury..William E. Price

Thirsk..Sir W. P. Gallwey, Bart.

Tiverton.. Sir John H. Amory; Rt. Hon.
W. N. Massey

Tower Hamlets..Capt. Charles T. Ritchie;
Joseph D'Aguilar Samuda

Truro..Sir F. M. Williams, Bt.; Lieut-Col.
Sir J. Macnaghten Hogg, K.C.B.

Tynemouth..Thomas E. Smith

Wakefield..Thomas K. Sanderson

Wallingford..Edward Wells

Walsall..Sir Charles Forster, Bart.

Wareham..J. S. W. S. E. Drax

Warrington..Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart.

WARWICK, North..Charles N. Newdegate;
William Bromley Davenport

WARWICK, South..Earl of Yarmouth; Sir
J. Yardley Wilmot, Bart.

Warwick..G. W. Repton; A. W. Peel

Wednesbury, Alexander Brogden

Wenlock..Alex. H. Brown; Cecil T. W
Forester

Westbury..Abraham Leverton

Westminster..William Henry Smith; Sir
Charles Russell, Bart.

WESTMORLAND..Earl of Bective; Hon.
William Lowther

Weymouth and Melc. Regis..H. Edwards;
Sir Fred. J. W. Johnstone, Bart.

Whitby..William H. Gladstone

Whitehaven..Rt. Hon. G. A. F. C. Bentinck

Wigan..Lord Lindsay; Thomas Knowles

WIGHT ISLE OF..Alexander D. W. R.
Baillie Cochrane

Wilton..Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart.

WILTS, North..George Bucknall S. Estcourt
Sir George S. Jenkinson, Bart.

WILTS, South..Rt. Hon. Lord Henry F.
Thynne: Viscount Folkestone

Winchester..W. B. Simonds; Arthur Rober
Naghten

Windsor..R. Richardson Gardner

Wolverhampton..Right Hon. C. P. Villiers
T. Matthias Weguelin

Woodstock..Lord Randolph Churchill

WORCESTER, East..Henry Allsopp; T. E
Walker

WORCESTER, West..Wm. E. Dowdeswell
Fredk. Winn Knight

Worcester..Alex. C. Sherriff; T. R. Hill

Wycombe..Lt.-Col. Hon. W. H. P. Carlington

YORK, North Riding..Frederick Acclom
Milbank: Viscount Helmsley

YORK, East Riding..Christopher Sykes;
W. H. H. Broadley

YORK, West Riding North Div..Lord F. C.
Cavendish; Sir Matthew Wilson, Bt.

YORK, West Riding, South Div.. Walter
W. S. Stanhope; Lewis R. Starkey

YORK, West Riding, East Div..Christopher
B. Denison; Joshua Fielden

Yark..George Leeman; James Lowther

## SCOTLAND, 60 Members.

ABERDEEN, East..Lt.-Cl. Hn. Sir A. Gordon

ABERDEEN, West..Ld. Douglas W. Gordon

Aberdeen..J. F. Leith

ARGYLL..Marquess of Lorne, K.T.

AYR, North..Roger Montgomerie

AYR, South..Col. Claud Alexander

Ayr, Irvine, &c..Sir W. I. Cunningham, Bt.

BANFF..Robert W. Duft

BERWICK..Hon. R. Baillie Hamilton

BUTE..Charles Dalrymple

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CAITHNESS..Sir John G. T. Sinclair, Bart.

CLACKMANNAN & KINROSS,..Right-Hon.

William P. Adam

DUMBARTON,..Arch. Orr Ewing

DUMFRIES..Capt J. J. Hope Johnstone

Dumfries, &c.....Ernest Noel

Dundee.. Jas. Yeaman; Edward Jenkins

EDINBURGH..Earl of Dalkeith

Edinburgh.. Duncan McLaren; Jas. Cowan

Edinburgh & St. Andrew's Universities..

Dr. Lyon Playfair

ELGIN & NAIRN..Viscount Macduft

Elgin, Banff, &c..Mountstuart E. Grant

Duff

Falkirk, &c..John Ramsay

FIFE..Sir R. Anstruther, Bart.

FORFAR.. James W. Barclay

Glasgow.. Dr C. Cameron; Geo. Anderson; Alexander Whitelaw

Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities..Right

Hon E. S. Gordon

Greenock..James J. Grieve

HADDINGTON..Lord Elcho

Haddington, &c..Sir H. R. Ferguson Davie,

Bart.

Hawick, &c..George O. Trevelyan

INVERNESS..Donald Cameron

Inverness, &c..Charles F. Mackintosh

Kilmarnock, &c..J. Fortescue Harrison

KINCARDINE..M.-Gen. Sir G. Balfour, K.C.B.

Kirkcaldy, &c..Sir G. Campbell, K.C.S.I.

KIRKCUDBRIGHT..John Maitland

LANARK, North..Sir T. E. Colebrooke, Bt.

LANARK, South..Sir Windham Anstruther,

Bart.

Leith, &c..Donald R. Macgregor

LINLITHGOW..Peter Mc Lagan

Montrose, &c..Rt. Hon. William E. Baxter

ORKNEY & SHETLAND, Samuel Laing

Paisley..William Holms

PEEBLES & SELKIRK,..Sir G. G. Montgomery Bart.

PERTH..Sir Wm. Stirling Maxwell, Bart.

Perth..Hon. A. F. Kinnaird

RENFREW..Col. William Mure

ROSS & CROMARTIE..Alexander Matheson

ROXBURGH..Sir George H. S. Douglas, Bt.

St. Andrews, &c..Edward Illice

STIRLING..Sir William Edmonstone, Bart.

Stirling, &c..H. Campbell Bannerman

SUTHERLAND..Marquis of Stafford

Wick, &c..John Pender

WIGTON..Robert Vans Agnew

Wigton, &c..Mark John Stewart

IRELAND, 103 Members.

ANTRIM..J. Chaine; Hon. E. O'Neill

ARMAGH..E. Wingfield Verner; Maxwell Charles Close

Armagh..Captain G. De la P. Beresford

Athlone..Edward Sheil

Bandon..Alexander Swanston

Belfast..James P. Corry; William Johnston

CARLOW..Henry Bruen; Arthur M. Kavanagh

Carlow..Henry Owen Lewis

Carickfergus..Marriott R. Dalway

CAVAN..Charles J. Fay; Joseph G. Biggar

CLARE..Right Hon. Sir C. O'Loghlen, Bt.;
Lord Francis Conyngham

Clonmel..Arthur John Moore

Coleraine..Daniel Taylor

CORK..McCarthy Downing: Wm. Shaw

Cork .. Nich. Daniel Murphy; William Goulding

DONEGAL..Marquis of Hamilton; William Wilson

DOWN..Lord A. E. Hill Trevor; James
Sharman Crawford

Downpatrick..John Mulholland

Drogheda..Dr. William H. O'Leary

DUBLIN..Ion Trant Hamilton; Right Hon.
Lieut.-Col. T. E. Taylor

Dublin..Sir Arthur Guinness, Bt.; Maurice
Brooks

Dublin University..Hon David Robert
Plunket; Edward Gibson

Dundalk..Philip Callan

Dungannon..Thomas Alexander Dixon

Dungarvan..John O'Keeffe

Ennis..Captain William Stacpoole

Enniskillen..Viscount Crichton

FERMANAGH..William H. Archeale
Lieut-Col. Hon. Henry A. Cole

GALWAY..Capt. John P. Nolan; Mitchel
Henry

Galway.. George Morris; Dr. M. F. Ward

KERRY..Henry A. Herbert; Rowland P.
Blennerhasset

KILDARE..Charles Henry Meldon; Right
Hon. W. H. F. Cogan

KILKENNY..G. Leopold Bryan; P. Martin

Kilkenny..Benjamin Whitworth

KING'S Co..Sir Patrick O'Brien, Bart.
Serjt. David Sherlock

Kinsale..Eugene Collins

LEITRIM..Dr. J. Brady; Capt. F. O'Beirn

LIMERICK.. William Henry O'Sullivan
Edmund John Synan

Limerick.. Isaac Butt LL.D.; R. O. Shaughnessy

Lisburn..Sir Richard Wallace, Bart.

LONDONDERRY..Dr. Richard Smyth; R.
Hon. Hugli Law

Londonderry..Charles Edward Lewis

LONGFORD..Major M. W. O'Reilly; Geor-
Errington

LOUTH..Alexander Martin Sullivan
George Harley Kirk

Mallow..John George MacCarthy

MAYO.. George Ekins Browne; John
O'Conner Power

MEATH.. Nicholas Ennis; Charles
Parnell

MONAGHAN..Sir J. Leslie Bart; Sewallis
Shirley

New Ross..John Dunbar

Newry..William Whitworth

Portarlington..Captain Hon. L. Dawes
Damer

QUEEN'S Co..Kenelm T. Digby; Edmund Dease

ROSCOMMON..C. O. O'Conor (The O'Conor
Don); Hon. C. French

SLIGO..Denis M. O'Conor; Sir Robert
Goore Booth, Bart.

TIPPERARY..Hon. W. M. F. O. O'Callaghan
Stephen Moore

Tralee..D. O'Donoghue (The O'Donoghue)

TYRONE..John Wm. E. Macartney; Hon.
H. W. L. Corry

WATERFORD..Lord Charles W. Beresford
Sir John Esmonde, Bart.

Waterford..Richard Power; Major Purcell
O'Gorman

WESTMEATH..Patrick J. Smyth; Rt. Hon.
Lord Montagu

WEXFORD..Sir George Bowyer, Bart.
Chevalier Keyes O'Clery

Wexford..William Archer Redmond

WICKLOW.. William Richard O'Byrne
Hon. W. W. Fitzwilliam Dick

Youghal..Sir Joseph Neal McKenna

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BANKING DIRECTORY.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

Governor—HENRY HUCKS GIBBS, ESQ.

Deputy-Governor—EDWARD HOWLEY PALMER, ESQ.

DIRECTORS:

Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq.
John William Birch, Esq.
Herbert Brooks Esq.
Arthur E. Campbell, Esq.
Robert W. Crawford, Esq.
Mark Wilks Collet, Esq.
James Pattison Currie, Esq.
Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq.

Henry R. Grenfell, Esq.
John Saunders Gilliat, Esq.
Charles H. Goschen, Esq.
Thomson Hankey, Esq.
Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq.
Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq.
The Right Hon. J. G. Hubbard
Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq.

Alfred Latham, Esq.
George Lyall, Esq.
A. Matheson, Esq.
James Morris, Esq.
A. C. de Rothschild, Esq.
A. G. Sandeman, Esq.
H. C. Smith, Esq.
Clifford Wigram, Esq.

BRANCH BANKS:

WEST END (LONDON), 1, Burlington
Gardens, Col. P. M. Francis
BIRMINGHAM, W. Chippindale
BRISTOL, Frederick Howard
HULL, G. R. Lempriere
LEEDS, R. B. Turner

LIVERPOOL, T. R. Stolterfoht
MANCHESTER, E. W. Nix
NEWCASTLE, R. B. Fairley
PLYMOUTH, C. K. Lee
PORTSMOUTH, H. S. J. Ross

Agra Bank Limited, 35, Nicholas lane.
Alexanders, Cunliffes, & Co., 30,
Lombard-street

Alliance Bank, Lim., Bartholomew-lane

Anglo-Austrian Bank, 31, Lombard-st.

Anglo-Californian Bank, Limited, 3,
Angel Court, Throgmorton-st., E.C.

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

Anglo-Foreign Banking Co., Limited,
2, Bishop-gate-street Within, E.C.

Anglo-Hungarian Bank, 18 & 19, Fen-
church-street, E.C.

Anglo-Italian Bank Limited, 16, Lead-
enhall-street

Anglo-Peruvian Bank, Limited, 4
Bank-buildings

Australian Joint Stock Bank, 18, King
William-street, E.C.

Bank of Alexandria, 8, Moorgate-
street, E.C.

Bank of Australasia, 4, Threadneedle-st.

Bank of Belgium and Holland, Li-
imted, 31, Lombard-street, E.C.

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

Bank of British North America, 3,
Clement's-lane, E.C.

Bank of Egypt, 26, Old Broad-street

Bank of England, Threadneedle-street;
1, Burlington-gardens

Bank of Montreal, 9, Birchin-lane, E.C.

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

Bank of New Zealand, 50, Old Broad-
street

Bank of Roumania, 9, Moorgate-st., E.C.

Bank of Scotland, 43, Lothbury

Bank of South Australia, 54, Old Broad-
street

Bank of Victoria, 3, Threadneedle-st.

Barber, James, Son, & Co., 136, Lead-
enhall-street

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

Barker, G. & Co., 39 & 40, Mark-lane,
E.C.

Barnetts, Hares, Hanburys, & Lloyd,
60 and 62, Lombard-street

Bennett & Son, 4, Bank-buildings,
Metropolitan Cattle Market, N.

Biggerstaffe, W. & J., 63, West Smith-
field

Branches—6, Bank-buildings, Metro-
politan Cattle Market, and Foreign
Cattle Market, Deptford

Birkbeck Bank, 29 & 30, Southampton-
buildings

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

British (The) and Foreign Exchange
and Investment Bank, Limited, 56,
Threadneedle-street, E.C.

Brooks & Co., 81, Lombard-street

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

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

Burt, Frederick, & Co., 71 & 72,
Cornhill, E.C.

Cates & Son, 84, King William-st.,
E.C.

Central Bk. of London, Lim., 52, Cornhill

Branches—31, High-st., Shoreditch;
110, High-st., Whitechapel; 26,
Tooley-st., Borough; and Blackfriars-
road, corner of Stamford-st., S.E.;
95, Newgate-st., E.C.

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Banking Directory.

Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and
China, Hatton-ct., Threadneedle-st.

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

Cheque Bank, Lim., 20, Cockspur-st.

City Office—124, Cannon-st.

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

City Bank, 5, Threadneedle-street,
corner of Finch-lane

Branches—34, Old Bond-st.; 159 and
160, Tottenham-court-road; 61 and 63,
Ludgate-hill; 219 and 221, Edgware-
road; and 7, Lowndes-ter., Knights-
bridge; Aldgate buildings, Aldgate

Cocks, Biddulph & Co., 43, Charing-cross

Colonial Bank, 13, Bishopsgate-street
Within, E.C.

Colonial Bank of New Zealand, 8,
Moorgate-street, E.C.

Commercial Banking Company of
Sydney, 39, Lombard-street

Consolidated Bank, Limited, 52,
Threadneedle-street

Branch—450, West Strand

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

Cunliffe, Rogers, Sons, & Co., 6, Prin-
ces-street, Bank

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

Drummond & Co., 49, Charing-cross

Dimsdale, Fowler, Barnard, and
Dimsdales, 50, Cornhill, E.C.

English Bank of Rio de Janeiro
Limited, 13, St. Helen's-place

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

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

Gillett, 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.

Green, Tomkinson & Co., 32, Nicho-
las-lane, E.C.

Grindlay & Co., 55, Parliament-street

Harwood, Knight, & Allen, 18, Cornhill

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

Hill, Chas., & Sons, 17, West Smithfield

Branch — 2, Bank-buildings, Metro-
politan Cattle Market

Hoare & Co., 37, Fleet-street

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation, 32, Lombard-street

Hopkinson, and Sons, 3, Regent-street

Imperial Bank Limited, 6, Lothbury

Branches—Victoria-st., Westminster,
and 1, Sydney-place, Onslow-square

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

International Bank of Hamburgh and
London, 113, Cannon-street

Ionian Bank, 31, Finsbury circus

King, H. S., & Co., 45, Pall-mall, and
65, Cornhill

Lacy & Son, 13, West Smithfield

Branches—11, Bank-buildings, Metro-
politan Cattle Market; and Foreign
Cattle Market, Deptford

Land Mortgage Bank of India Limited,
4, East India-avenue, Leadenhall-st.

Land Mortgage Bank of Victoria,
Limited, 17, King's Arms-yard, E.C.

London Bank of Commerce, Limited,
5, Lothbury, E.C.

London Bk. of Mexico & South America
Limited, 144, Leadenhall-street

London (The) Banking Association,
Limited, 57½, Old Broad-street

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

London & County Bank, 21, Lombard-st.

Branches — 112, Aldersgate-street;
Westbourne - grove, Bayswater;
Tranquil-vale, Blackheath; 48,
Onslow-gardens, Brompton; 193,
Caledonian-road; Henrietta-street,
Covent-garden; Broadway, Dept-
ford; Stockwell-street, Greenwich;
1, Amherst-road, East Hackney; 12,
King-street west, Hammersmith; 21,
Hanover-square; 324 and 325, High
Holborn; Upper-street, Islington;
High-street, Kensington; Albert-
gate, Knightsbridge; 165, West-
minster Bridge-road; 680, Commer-
cial-road east, Limehouse; Newng-
ton-butts; 441, Oxford-street; 6,
Berkeley place, Edgware-road; 181
and 182, Shoreditch; Borough, High-
street; Broadway, Stratford, Essex;
3, Victoria-street, Westminster;
and Powis-street. Woolwich

London & Foreign Banking Co., Bartholomew-house, Bartholomew-lane, E.C.

London and Hanseatic Bank, Limited
36, Lombard-street, E.C.

London and Provincial Bank Limited,
7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury

Branches—163, Edgware-road; 560,
Kingsland-road; 163, High-street,
Stoke Newington; and Sussex-place,
South Kensington

London Provident Bank, 27, Moorgate-street, E.C.

London and River Plate Bank, 40,
Moorgate-street

Londcn and San Francisco Bank,
Limited, 22, Old Broad-street, E.C.

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

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London and South Western Bank, Limited, 7, Fenchurch-street

*Branches*—27, Regent-street; High-st., Acton; 1, Anerley-road, Anerley; Campbell-terrace, Bow; Loughborough-place, Brixton, S.W.; 250, Camberwell-road; Park-st., Camden-town; Clapham-common; Uxbridge-road, Ealing; 10, City-road; High-st., Forest Hill; High-st., Hampstead; Seven Sisters-road, Holloway; 228, Kentish Town-road; Station-road, Kilburn; High-st., Lower Tooting; 137, Ladbrook-grove, Notting-hill; High-street, Peckham; High-street, Putney; Wellington-road, St. John's-wood; Uxbridge-road, Shepherd's-bush; Station-road, South Norwood; Commercial-road, Stepney; 3, Eldon-place, Streatham; High-st., Sydenham; Westow-hill, Upper Norwood; Bank-buildings, Wandsworth; 202, Fulham-road, S.W.; Railway-terrace, Wimbledon

London & Westminster Bank, Lothbury

*Branches*—1, St. James's-square; 214, High Holborn; 6, Borough High-st.; 130, High-st., Whitechapel; 4, Stratford-place, Oxford-st.; 217, Strand; 91, Westminster Bridge-road

London Joint Stock Bank, 5, Princes-st.

*Branches*—69, Pall-mall; 124, Chancery-lane; Charterhouse-street; Cattle-market, Islington; Foreign Cattle-market, Deptford; 28, Borough High-st.; 9, Craven-road, Paldington.

London and Yorkshire Bank, Limited, 59, Old Broad-street, E.C.

Maritime Bank of Canada, 33, Lombard-st.

Martin and Company, 68, Lombard-st.

McCulloch & Co., 41, Lombard-st., E.C.

Mercantile Bank of the River Plate, Limited, 6, Lombard-street, E.C.

Merchant Banking Company of London, Limited, 112, Cannon-street

Merchants' Bank of Canada, 32, Lombard-st.

Metropolitan Bank Lim, 75, Cornhill

Midland Banking Company, 38, New Broad-street

Morton, Rose & Company, Bartholomew-house, Bartholomew-lane, E.C.

Mutual Banking Company (The), 35, Lombard-st.

National Bank, 13, Old Broad-street

*Branches*—68, Bishop's-road, Bayswater: 189, High-st., Camden-town; 9, Charing-cross; 23 Old Cavendish-st.; 21, Grosvenor-gardens, Belgravia; 286, Pentonville-road; 158, High-st., Notting-hill

National Bank of Australasia, 149, Leadenhall-street

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

National Bank of New Zealand, 37, Lombard-street, E.C.

National Bank of Scotland, 37, Nicholas-lane

National Provincial Bank of England, 112, Bishopsgate-street, corner of Threadneedle-street

*Branches*—53, Baker-st., St. Marylebone; 212, Piccadilly, St. James's; 218, Upper-st., Islington; 8, Serle-st., W.C. (temporary)

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

Oriental Bank Corporation, Thread-needle-street

Praeds and Co., 189, Fleet-street

Prescott & Co., 62, Threadneedle-street

Provincial Bank of Ireland, 42, Old Broad-street

Ransom, Bouverie, and Co., 1, Pall-mall east

Richardson and Co., 13, Pall-mall

*Branch*—23, Cornhill

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

Royal Bank of Scotland, 124, Bishopsgate-street Within

Russian Bank (for Foreign Trade), 40, Lombard-street, E.C.

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

Scott, Sir Sam., Bart. & Co., 1, Cavendish-square

Seyd & Co., 1A, Princes-street, Mansion-house

Shank, J., 4, Bank-buildings, Metropolitan Cattle Market

Smith, Payne, & Smiths, 1, Lombard-street, E.C.

Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited, 10, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street, E.C.

Stanton & Co. (Continental Bank), 79, Lombard-street, E.C.

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

Union Bank of Australia, 1, Bank-buildings, Lothbury

Union Bank of London, 2, Princes-street, Bank

*Branches*— Charing - cross; Argyll-place, W.; Chancery - lane, and Holborn-circus

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

Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thornton, & Co., 20, Birchin-lane

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

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Postal Regulations.

POST OFFICE REGU-
LATIONS.

RATES OF POSTAGE OF
INLAND LETTERS.

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 1d. for every ounce, beginning with the first ounce; for example: A letter weighing between 14 and 15 oz. must be pre-paid 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 from London 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.

And by payment of 1s. fee at the Office at the North side of the Portico,

Until 7.45 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>... 3d.</td></tr><tr><td>”</td><td>” £2</td><td>... 4d.</td></tr><tr><td>”</td><td>” £3</td><td>... 5d.</td></tr><tr><td>”</td><td>” £4</td><td>... 6d.</td></tr><tr><td>”</td><td>” £5</td><td>... 7d.</td></tr><tr><td>”</td><td>” £6</td><td>... 8d.</td></tr><tr><td>”</td><td>” £7</td><td>... 9d.</td></tr><tr><td>”</td><td>” £8</td><td>... 10d.</td></tr><tr><td>”</td><td>” £9</td><td>... 11d.</td></tr><tr><td>”</td><td>” ... £10...</td><td>... 1s.</td></tr></table>

These Orders are available for presentation within Twelve months, instead of One Month, as heretofore.

This scale does not apply to Orders issued on the Colonies and places abroad.

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 Colonies. 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.

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

Postal Regulations.

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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,—may also be sent by book post.

The following are the rates of postage :—

* On a registered newspaper ... ... ½d.

* On a book packet or unregistered newspaper :

  * If not exceeding 2 ozs. in weight ½d.

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

* On a post card ... ... ... ... ½d.

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

## 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.

## PRIVATE WIRES.

The Post Office undertakes to construct and afterwards maintain, upon the payment of an annual rental, at the specified rates, a line of private wire between the place of business or residence of a firm or private individual and a Postal Telegraph Office, or between two or more places of business or residences; except where it may be desired to have a line of private telegraph between two towns which are connected by means of the public postal wires.

## 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.

## 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.

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Principal Public Offices.

PRINCIPAL PUBLIC
OFFICES.

Accountant - General in Chancery,
Chancery-lane.

Admiralty, Civil, 17, New-st., Spring-
gardens, S.W.

Admiralty, Naval, Whitehall.

Adjutant-General's Office, Pall-mall.

Alien Office, Home Office, Whitehall.

Annuity, Govt., Office, 19, Old Jewry

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

Bankruptcy Court, 33, Lincoln's Inn,
and Basinghall-street.

Board of Green Cloth, Buckngm. Pal.

Board of Trade, 7, Whitehall-gardens

Burial Acts Office, Whitehall, S.W.

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

Charity Commissioners' Office, 8, York-
street, St. James's-square.

Civil Service Commissioners, Cannon-
row Westminster.

City Police Commissioners' Office, 26,
Old Jewry.

City Remembrancer's Office, Guildhall

City Solicitor's Office, Guildhall, E.C.

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, Sessions
House, Newington-causeway.

Colonial and Foreign Offices, 13,
Downing-street

Commander-in-Chief's Office, War
Office, Pall-mall

Commissionnaires' Office, Exchange-ct.,
Strand.

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

Commissioners of Patents for Inven-
tions, 25, Southampton-buildings,
Chancery-lane.

Commissioners of Police, 4, Whitehall-pl

Comptroller of Corn Returns, 1, White-
hall gardens.

Conservators of the River Thames, 41,
Trinity-square, Tower-hill.

Convict Prisons Board, 44, Parliament
street.

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

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

Customs House, Lower Thames-st.

Duchy Cornwall Off., 1, Buckingham-
gate.

Duchy of Lancaster Office, Lancaster,
place, Strand.

Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Office,
10, Whitehall-place.

Emigration Commission, Downing-
street, Westminster

Education Dept., Whitehall, S.W.

Factory Inspectors' Office, Whitehall

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

Friendly Societies Office, 13, Delahay-
street; and Friendly Societies Re-
gistration Office, 28, Abingdon-street

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

Inclosure Commission Office, 3, St.
James's-square

Incorporated Law Society, 113,
Chancery-lane

India Office, Charles st., Westminster.

Inland Revenue Office, Somerset-house

Irish Off., 17 & 18, Great Queen-street,
Westminster.

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

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

Judges' Chambers, Rolls garden,
Chancery-lane

Land Registry Offices, 34, Lincoln's-
inn fields

Legacy and Succession Duty Office,
Somerset House

L. Gazette Office, 6, Craig's-Court,
Charing Cross

Lloyd's Rooms, Royal Exchange.

Local Government Board, Whitehall.

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

Lost Property Office, Scotland-yard.

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

Metropolitan Board of Works, Spring-
gardens.

Metropolitan School Board Offices,
Victoria Embankment, Blackfriars.

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

Ordnance Survey Office, 46, St.
George's-road, S.W.

Parks, Palaces, and Public Buildings
Office, 12, Whitehall-place.

Passport Off., Foreign Off., Whitehall
Paymaster-Gen.'s Office, Whitehall

Pharmaceutical Society Offices,
Bloomsbury-square

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

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Sct.,
105, Jermyn street.

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

Public Offices: Foreign Telegram Time Table, &c.

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Probate Office, Principal Registry and Department for Personal Applications Somerset-house

Public Record Office, Rolls House, Chancery lane.

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

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

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

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

Registry of Designs, 25, Southampton-buildings.

Royal Army Clothing Department, Grosvenor-road, Pimlico

Royal Marines Office, 7, New street, Spring gardens

Science and Art Department, Crom-well road, South Kensington.

Sheriff of London's Office, 13A, Gresham-street, W.

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

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

Stationery Office, Princes st. Storey's gt.

Stock Exchange, New Court, Throg-morton-street.

Treasury, Privy Council and Home Office, Whitehall.

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

Victualling Office, Admiralty, S.W.

War Office, Pall Mall.

West Indian Encumbered Estates Commission, 2, Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square.

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

## 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.

## COMMISSIONAIRE'S TARIFF.

BY DISTANCE.—2d. half-a-mile of under, 3d. one mile, and over half-a-mile.

BY TIME.—6d. per hour, or 2d. per quarter of an hour. When taken by time, the Commissionaire is to do 3½ miles per hour, if walking.

Should the employer pay the fare of a commissionaire by rail, boat, or omnibus, he may require him to execute his duty by the time tariff.

N.B.—The commissionaire may charge 1d. per mile for every seven pounds exceeding one stone.

BY DAY of ten hours, 3s. 6d.; half-day, 2s. 6d. CALLING CARRIAGES, 2d.

No return fare except when employed or it sent more than 3 miles from post.

## 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>H.</th><th>M.</th><th>S.</th><th></th><th>GREENWICH TIME</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Valencia, Ireland</td><td>12</td><td>41</td><td>16</td><td>P.M.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dublin</td><td>12</td><td>25</td><td>21</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Falmouth</td><td>12</td><td>20</td><td>11</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Edinburgh</td><td>12</td><td>12</td><td>44</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Lisbon</td><td>12</td><td>36</td><td>33</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Gibraltar</td><td>12</td><td>21</td><td>25</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Madrid</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>52</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Paris</td><td>11</td><td>50</td><td>38</td><td>A.M.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Berne</td><td>11</td><td>30</td><td>16</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Christiania</td><td>11</td><td>18</td><td>6</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Rome</td><td>11</td><td>10</td><td>11</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Berlin</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>28</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Malta</td><td>11</td><td>1</td><td>55</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Naples</td><td>11</td><td>2</td><td>58</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Vienna</td><td>10</td><td>54</td><td>32</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Stockholm</td><td>10</td><td>47</td><td>45</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Constantinople</td><td>10</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Alexandria</td><td>10</td><td>0</td><td>34</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>St. Petersburg</td><td>9</td><td>58</td><td>44</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Suez</td><td>9</td><td>49</td><td>43</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Aden</td><td>8</td><td>59</td><td>40</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Bombay</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>48</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Colombo</td><td>6</td><td>40</td><td>44</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Madras</td><td>6</td><td>39</td><td>4</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Calcutta</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>43</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Bangkok</td><td>5</td><td>18</td><td>8</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Singapore</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>40</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Batavia</td><td>4</td><td>52</td><td>40</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Shanghai</td><td>3</td><td>34</td><td>12</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Nagasaki</td><td>3</td><td>20</td><td>12</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Port Darwin</td><td>3</td><td>16</td><td>36</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>Adelaide</td><td>2</td><td>45</td><td>36</td><td></td><td>"</td></tr><tr><td>New York</td><td>4</td><td>56</td><td>3</td><td>P.M.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>San Francisco</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>36</td><td></td><td>"</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 arrange-
ments) 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, Lin-
coln's-inn-fields (Hunterian Mu-
seum)—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 Col-
lection 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, White-
hall—Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-
day, and Saturday, free, 12 till 4.

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 Friday, free.

National Portrait Gallery South Ken-
sington.

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

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

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

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

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

Tower of London, Crown Jewels, 6d.;
Mondays & Saturdays Free.

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, 3½, 4, and 5
per cent.

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

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Holidays at Public Offices, &c.

## HOLIDAYS AT PUBLIC OFFICES, 1877.

**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, in cluding 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.

## REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

**BIRTHS.**—Persons should cause their children to be registered within forty-two days after birth, by giving personal notice to the Registrar of their district, without any fee whatever. Registration may be effected after the expiration of the forty-two days, and within six months on payment of 7s. 6d.; but after six months no birth can be registered.

**DEATHS.**—Intimation should be given of deaths in the same manner as births. This is of importance to be done early as the undertaker must have a certificate to give to the minister who reads the funeral service, without which he may refuse to bury the body.

Ambassadors: Law Courts.

37

BRITISH AND FOREIGN AMBASSADORS.

<table><thead><tr><th>COUNTRY.</th><th>BRITISH AMBASS. &amp;C. ABROAD</th><th>FOR. AMBASS. IN ENGLAND.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>America</td><td>Sir Edw. Thornton, K.C.B.</td><td>Hon. Edward Pierrepont.</td></tr><tr><td>Argent. Repub.</td><td>Hon. L. W. Sackville West</td><td>Don Diego de Alvear.</td></tr><tr><td>Austria</td><td>Rt. Hn. Sir A. Buchanan, G.C.B.</td><td>Count Beust.</td></tr><tr><td>Belgium</td><td>John Saville Lumley, Esq., C.B.</td><td>Baron Henri Solvyns.</td></tr><tr><td>Brazil</td><td>G. Buckley Mathew, Esq., C.B.</td><td>Baron de Penedo.</td></tr><tr><td>Central America.</td><td>Sidney Locock, Esq.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chili</td><td>Horace Rumbold, Esq.</td><td>Don Alberto Blest Gana.</td></tr><tr><td>China</td><td>Sir T. F. Wade, Esq., K.C.B.</td><td>M. Felipe Zapata</td></tr><tr><td>Colombia</td><td>Robert Bunch, Esq.</td><td>Lieut.-General Bülow.</td></tr><tr><td>Denmark</td><td>Sir Chas. L. Wyke, K.C.B.</td><td>General Salazar.</td></tr><tr><td>Equator</td><td>Frederic Hamilton, Esq.</td><td>Marquis D'Harcourt.</td></tr><tr><td>France</td><td>Rt. Hon. Lord Lyons, G.C.B.</td><td>Count Münster.</td></tr><tr><td>Germany</td><td>Rt. Hon. Lord Odo Russell</td><td>M. J. Gennadius (Ch. d'Affé)</td></tr><tr><td>Greece</td><td>Hon. William Stuart, C.B.</td><td>Count Monabrea</td></tr><tr><td>Italy</td><td>Sir Aug. Berkeley Paget, K.C.B.</td><td>Terashima Munenori.</td></tr><tr><td>Japan</td><td>Sir Harry Parkes, K.C.B.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Morocco</td><td>Sir John H. D. Hay, K.C.B.</td><td>Count C. M. E. G. de Byland</td></tr><tr><td>Netherlands</td><td>Adm. Sir E. A. J. Harris, K.C.B.</td><td>Mirza Malkam Khan.</td></tr><tr><td>Persia</td><td>W. T. Thomson, Esq. C.B.</td><td>Don Pedro Galvez.</td></tr><tr><td>Peru</td><td>Spenser St. John, Esq.</td><td>Duke de Saldanha.</td></tr><tr><td>Portugal</td><td>R. B. D. Morier, Esq., C.B.</td><td>Count de Schouvaloff.</td></tr><tr><td>Russia</td><td>Rt. Hn. Lord Aug. Loftus, G.C.B.</td><td>Marq. de Casalaiglesia</td></tr><tr><td>Spain</td><td>Rt. Hon. Austen H. Layard</td><td>Baron Hochschild.</td></tr><tr><td>Sweden</td><td>Hon. Edw. M. Erskine</td><td>A. Streckeisen (Cons. Gen.)</td></tr><tr><td>Switzerland</td><td>Edwin Corbett, Esq.</td><td>Musurus Pacha.</td></tr><tr><td>Turkey</td><td>Rt. Hn. Sir H.G. Elliot, G.C.B.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

THE LAW COURTS.

COURT OF APPEAL.

Rt. Hn. Lord Cairns (Ld. Chancellor)
Rt. Hn. Sir A. Cockburn (Ch.J.Q.B.)
Rt. Hn. Sir G. Jessel (Mas. of the Rolls)
Rt. Hn. Lord Coleridge (Ch. Jus.C.P.)
Rt. Hn. Sir Fitzroy Kelly (Ch.B.Ex.)
Rt. Hon. Sir W. M. James
Rt. Hon. Sir Geo. Mellish
Rt. Hon. Sir R. Baggallay

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 W. V. Field

COMMON PLEAS.

Ld. Ch. Just., Rt. Hn. Ld. Coleridge
Judges, Hon. Sir W. B. Brett
Hon. Sir W. R. Grove
Hon. Sir G. Denman
Hon. Sir T. D. Archibald
Hon. Sir Nath. Lindley

CHANCERY.

Lord High Chan., Lord Cairns
Mas. of Rolls, Sir G. Jessel.
Vice Chan. — Hon. Sir Rich. Malins
Hon. Sir Jas. Bacon
Hon. Sir Charles Hall

EXCHEQUER.

Ld. Ch. Baron, Rt. Hon. Sir F. Kelly
Barons, Hon. Sir G. W. Bramwell
Hon. Sir A. Cleasby
Hon. Sir Charles E. Pollock
Hon. Sir R. P. Amphlett
Hon. Sir J. W. Huddleston.

PROBATE, DIVORCE, AND ADMIRALTY.

President, Sir James Hannen
Judge, Sir R. J. Phillimore
Admiralty Adv., J. P. Deane, Esq.
Reg., H. C. Rothery, Esq.
Regs. C. of Prob., A. Middleton, Esq.
E. F. Jenner, Esq.
H. L. Strong, Esq.
D. H. Owen, Esq.

BANKRUPTCY.

Chief Judge, Sir Jas. Bacon

Weights and Measures.

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 1/2 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., 1 Mile</td><td></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<br>English Miles</td><td>1 Degree (or °)</td></tr><tr><td>360 Degrees</td><td>The circumference of<br>the Globe or any Circle</td></tr></table>

SUPERFICIAL.

<table><tr><td>144 Sq. Inches</td><td>1 Sq. Foot</td></tr><tr><td>9 Sq. Feet</td><td>1 Sq. Yard</td></tr><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><tr><td>4 Sq. Rds. or 4840 Sq. Yds.</td><td>1 sq. Acre</td></tr><tr><td>640 Sq. Acres</td><td>1 Sq. Mile</td></tr><tr><td>300 Sq. Acres</td><td>1 Yard of Land</td></tr><tr><td>1000 Sq. Acres</td><td>1 Hide of Land</td></tr><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>40 Cubic Feet of Rough or {</td><td>1 Ton</td></tr></table>

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

<table><tr><td>42 Cubic Ft. Timber, 1 shipping Ton</td><td></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>

Interest Table: Cab Fares.

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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>1</td><td>0 0 6</td><td>0 0 7⅓</td><td>0 0 8⅓</td><td>0 0 9½</td><td>0 1 0</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>0 1 0</td><td>0 1 2⅓</td><td>0 1 4¼</td><td>0 1 7¼</td><td>0 2 0</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>0 1 6</td><td>0 1 9⅓</td><td>0 2 1¼</td><td>0 2 4¼</td><td>0 3 0</td></tr><tr><td>4</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>5</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>6</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>7</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>8</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>9</td><td>0 4 6</td><td>0 5 4¼</td><td>0 6 3½</td><td>0 7 2½</td><td>0 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>10</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>20</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>30</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>40</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>50</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>60</td><td>1 10 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>70</td><td>1 15 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>80</td><td>2 0 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>90</td><td>2 5 0</td><td>2 14 0</td><td>3 3 0</td><td>3 12 0</td><td>4 10 0</td></tr><tr><td>100</td><td>2 10 0</td><td>3 0 0</td><td>3 10 0</td><td>4 0 0</td><td>5 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>200</td><td>5 0 0</td><td>6 0 0</td><td>7 0 0</td><td>8 0 0</td><td>10 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>300</td><td>7 10 0</td><td>9 0 0</td><td>10 10 0</td><td>12 0 0</td><td>15 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>400</td><td>10 0 0</td><td>12 0 0</td><td>14 0 0</td><td>16 0 0</td><td>20 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>500</td><td>12 10 0</td><td>15 0 0</td><td>17 10 0</td><td>20 0 0</td><td>25 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>600</td><td>15 0 0</td><td>18 0 0</td><td>21 0 0</td><td>24 0 0</td><td>30 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>700</td><td>17 10 0</td><td>21 0 0</td><td>24 10 0</td><td>28 0 0</td><td>35 0 0</td></tr><tr><td>800</td><td>10 0 0</td><td>24 0 0</td><td>28 0 0</td><td>32 0 0</td><td>40 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>45 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 ... I 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.