Eclipses, Terms, &c.

## ECLIPSES, 1872.

In the year 1872 there will be two Eclipses of the Sun, and Two of the Moon.

May 22nd.—A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, visible at Greenwich.

First contact with shadow

10h. 40m. 9s. p.m.

Middle of the Eclipse

11h. 18m. 2s. p.m.

Last contact with shadow

11h. 55m. 5s. p.m.

The first contact with the shadow occurs at 177 deg. from the northernmost point of the moon's limb towards the east; the last contact at 143 deg. towards the west; in each case for direct image.

June 5th.—An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, invisible at Greenwich.

Nov. 15th.—A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, visible at Greenwich.

First contact with shadow

5h. 1m. 7s. a.m.

Middle of the Eclipse

5h. 19m. 4s. a.m.

Last contact with shadow

5h. 37m. 1s. a.m.

The first contact with the shadow occurs at 11 deg. from the northernmost point of the Moon's limb towards the west; the last contact at 29 deg., towards the west in each case for direct image.

Nov. 30th.—A Total Eclipse of the Sun, invisible at Greenwich.

## UNIVERSITY TERMS, 1872

<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">TERMS.</th><th colspan="2">OXFORD.</th><th colspan="2">CAMBRIDGE.</th></tr><tr><th>Begins</th><th>Ends</th><th>Beg.</th><th>Ends</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Lent</td><td>Jan. 13</td><td>Mch. 23</td><td>Jan. 13</td><td>Mch. 22</td></tr><tr><td>Easter</td><td>Apr. 15</td><td>May 17</td><td>Ap. 5</td><td>June 21</td></tr><tr><td>Trin.</td><td>May 18</td><td>July 6</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 2. The Commencement June 18.

## QUARTER AND HALF QUARTER DAYS.

February 8th—Half Quarter Day.

March 25th—Lady Day.

May 9th—Half Quarter Day.

June 24th—Midsummer Day.

August 11th—Half Quarter Day.

September 29th—Michaelmas Day.

November 11th—Half Quarter Day.

December 25th—Christmas Day.

## LAW TERMS, 1872.

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

## FIXED AND MOVEABLE FESTIVALS, 1872.

<table><tbody><tr><td>Epiphany</td><td>Jan. 6</td></tr><tr><td>Septuagesima Sunday</td><td>28</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>Palm Sunday</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Annunciation—Lady day.</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>Good Friday</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>EASTER DAY</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>Low Sunday</td><td>April 7</td></tr><tr><td>St. George</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>Rogation Sunday</td><td>May 5</td></tr><tr><td>Ascen. Day—Holy Thurs.</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Pentecost—Whit Sunday</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Birth of Queen Victoria</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td>Trinity Sunday</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td>Corpus Christi</td><td>30</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.</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. 1</td></tr><tr><td>St. Thomas</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Christmas Day</td><td>25</td></tr></tbody></table>

The Year 5633 of the Jewish Era commences on October 3, 1872.

## 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>(Republic)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Greece</td><td>George I</td><td>1845</td><td>1863</td></tr><tr><td>Italy</td><td>Victor Emmanuel</td><td>1820</td><td>1861</td></tr><tr><td>Holland</td><td>William III</td><td>1817</td><td>1849</td></tr><tr><td>Portugal</td><td>Louis I</td><td>1838</td><td>1861</td></tr><tr><td>Prussia</td><td>Fredk. William</td><td>1797</td><td>1861</td></tr><tr><td>Russia</td><td>Alexander II</td><td>1818</td><td>1855</td></tr><tr><td>Saxony</td><td>John</td><td>1801</td><td>1854</td></tr><tr><td>Spain</td><td>Amadeus I</td><td>1845</td><td>1870</td></tr><tr><td>Sw. &amp; Nor.</td><td>Charles Louis XV</td><td>1826</td><td>1859</td></tr><tr><td>Turkey</td><td>Abdul Aziz</td><td>1830</td><td>1861</td></tr><tr><td>Wurtmberg</td><td>Charles I</td><td>1823</td><td>1864</td></tr></tbody></table>

JANUARY, 1872, (LEAP YEAR.)

MOON'S CHANGES.

LAST QUAR. 3rd, 59m. past 9, even.
NEW MOON, 10th, 58m. past 2, even.
FIRST QUAR. 17th, 2m. past 12, even.
FULL MOON, 25th, 14m. past 5, even.

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2"></th><th colspan="2">High Water<br>Lon. Bridge</th><th>Mn.<br>Tem-<br>perature.</th><th rowspan="2">EVENING AND<br>MORNING<br>STARS.</th></tr><tr><th></th><th></th><th>A.M.</th><th>P.M.</th><th>deg.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>M</td><td>Circum. BankHol., Scot.</td><td>5.15</td><td>5.35</td><td>37.3</td><td rowspan="10">Mercury rises an hour and a half before the Sun on the 15th; is in inferior conj. with Sun on 2nd at 4h. 35m. a.m.; in conj. with Moon on 9th at 12h. 57m. p.m., and with Saturn on 29th at 10h. 56m. p.m.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>T</td><td rowspan="3">Sun rises 8h. 8m.</td><td>5.54</td><td>6.16</td><td>37.0</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>W</td><td>6.39</td><td>7.2</td><td>36.7</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>T</td><td>7.27</td><td>7.54</td><td>36.4</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>F</td><td rowspan="2">Dividends due at Bank<br>Epiphany. Twelfth Day<br>1st after Epiphany</td><td>8.24</td><td>8.58</td><td>36.2</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>S</td><td>9.33</td><td>10.6</td><td>36.0</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>§</td><td rowspan="2">Fire Insurance expires<br>Sun sets 4h. 10m.</td><td>10.42</td><td>11.17</td><td>35.8</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>M</td><td>11.48</td><td>—</td><td>35.7</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>T</td><td rowspan="2">HILARY TERM BEGINS<br>[St. Hilary<br>Camb. Lent Term begins<br>2nd after Epiphany<br>Oxford Lent Term begins</td><td>12.18</td><td>12.48</td><td>35.8</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>W</td><td>1.17</td><td>1.46</td><td>35.9</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>T</td><td rowspan="2">Old Twelfth day</td><td>2.12</td><td>2.38</td><td>36.0</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>F</td><td>3.3</td><td>3.28</td><td>36.1</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>S</td><td rowspan="2">Sun rises 7h. 56m.<br>3rd after Epiphany</td><td>3.51</td><td>4.16</td><td>36.2</td><td rowspan="2">Venus is a morning star, in conj. with the Moon on 7th at 11h. 22m. a.m.</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>S</td><td>4.40</td><td>5.4</td><td>36.3</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>M</td><td rowspan="2">Conversion of St. Paul</td><td>5.26</td><td>5.50</td><td>36.4</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>T</td><td>6.13</td><td>6.35</td><td>36.5</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>W</td><td rowspan="2">Sun rises 7h. 49m.<br>Septuagesima</td><td>6.58</td><td>7.21</td><td>36.6</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>T</td><td>7.47</td><td>8.14</td><td>36.7</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>F</td><td rowspan="2">Sun rises 7h. 56m.</td><td>8.45</td><td>9.17</td><td>36.9</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>S</td><td>9.50</td><td>10.25</td><td>37.0</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>S</td><td rowspan="2">Conversion of St. Paul</td><td>11.1</td><td>11.36</td><td>37.2</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>M</td><td>—</td><td>12.8</td><td>37.4</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>T</td><td rowspan="2">Sun rises 7h. 49m.</td><td>12.37</td><td>1.2</td><td>37.7</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>W</td><td>1.25</td><td>1.46</td><td>37.9</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>T</td><td rowspan="2">HILARY TERM ENDS</td><td>2.6</td><td>2.25</td><td>38.1</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>F</td><td>2.43</td><td>3.2</td><td>38.3</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>S</td><td rowspan="2">Sun rises 7h. 49m.</td><td>3.18</td><td>3.35</td><td>48.4</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>S</td><td>3.52</td><td>4.8</td><td>38.4</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>M</td><td rowspan="2">Septuagesima</td><td>4.24</td><td>4.40</td><td>38.3</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>T</td><td>4.58</td><td>5.16</td><td>38.1</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>W</td><td>5.34</td><td>5.52</td><td>37.9</td></tr></tbody></table>

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.

JUNE, 1872.

## MOON'S CHANGES.

NEW MOON, 6th, 23m. past 3, morn.
FIRST QUAR. 14th, 19m. past 7, morn.
FULL MOON, 21st, 58m. past 6, morn.
LAST QUAR. 27th, 27m. past 9, even.

<table><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>S</td><td rowspan="2">1st after Trinity</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>S</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>M</td><td rowspan="2">Sun rises 3h. 49m.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>T</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>W</td><td rowspan="2">2nd after Trinity</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>T</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>F</td><td rowspan="2">St. Barnabas</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>S</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>S</td><td rowspan="2">TRINITY TERM ENDS</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>M</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>T</td><td rowspan="2">Sun sets 8h. 16m.</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>T</td><td rowspan="2">3rd after Trinity</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>F</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>S</td><td rowspan="2">Battle Waterloo, 1815</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>S</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>M</td><td rowspan="2">Accession of Q. Victoria</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>T</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>W</td><td rowspan="2">Proc. Q. Vic. Longest d.</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>T</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>F</td><td rowspan="2">[Camb. Term ends</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>S</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>S</td><td rowspan="2">4th after Trinity</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>M</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>T</td><td rowspan="2">Midsum. D. Sheriffselec.</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>W</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>T</td><td rowspan="2">[St. John Baptist</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>F</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>S</td><td rowspan="2">Coronation, 1838</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>S</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">High Water<br>Lon. Bridge</th><th>Mn.<br>Temperature.</th></tr><tr><th>A. M.</th><th>P. M.</th><th></th></tr><tr><th>h. m.</th><th>h. m.</th><th>deg.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>10.22</td><td>10.55</td><td>57°0</td></tr><tr><td>11.25</td><td>11.52</td><td>57°3</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>12.18</td><td>57°4</td></tr><tr><td>12.41</td><td>1.4</td><td>57°3</td></tr><tr><td>1.27</td><td>1.47</td><td>57°2</td></tr><tr><td>2.7</td><td>2.26</td><td>57°0</td></tr><tr><td>2.45</td><td>3.1</td><td>57°0</td></tr><tr><td>3.19</td><td>3.37</td><td>57°3</td></tr><tr><td>3.55</td><td>4.12</td><td>57°7</td></tr><tr><td>4.30</td><td>4.48</td><td>58°0</td></tr><tr><td>5.6</td><td>5.25</td><td>58°3</td></tr><tr><td>5.45</td><td>6.6</td><td>58°6</td></tr><tr><td>6.29</td><td>6.52</td><td>58°8</td></tr><tr><td>7.19</td><td>7.47</td><td>59°0</td></tr><tr><td>8.16</td><td>8.50</td><td>59°0</td></tr><tr><td>9.23</td><td>9.55</td><td>59°0</td></tr><tr><td>10.24</td><td>10.55</td><td>59°0</td></tr><tr><td>11.24</td><td>11.50</td><td>59°1</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>12.18</td><td>59°2</td></tr><tr><td>12.42</td><td>1.6</td><td>59°5</td></tr><tr><td>1.32</td><td>1.56</td><td>59°9</td></tr><tr><td>2.21</td><td>2.46</td><td>60°3</td></tr><tr><td>3.10</td><td>3.36</td><td>60°7</td></tr><tr><td>4.2</td><td>4.27</td><td>61°2</td></tr><tr><td>4.52</td><td>5.19</td><td>61°6</td></tr><tr><td>5.46</td><td>6.12</td><td>61°7</td></tr><tr><td>6.39</td><td>7.7</td><td>61°6</td></tr><tr><td>7.36</td><td>8.5</td><td>61°5</td></tr><tr><td>8.37</td><td>9.10</td><td>61°4</td></tr><tr><td>9.42</td><td>10.12</td><td>61°1</td></tr></tbody></table>

## EVENING AND MORNING STARS.

Mercury, Venus, and Mars rise just before the Sun, and are not favourable for observation.

Mercury is in conj. with the Moon on 4th at 7h. 21m. a.m.; with Mars on 18th at 4h. 14m. a.m.; with Venus on 18th at 5h. 38m. a.m., and in superior conj. with Sun on 24th at 9h. 46m. p.m.

Venus is in conj. with Moon on 5th at 3h. 16m. a.m., with Mars on 17th at 5h. 49m. a.m.

Mars is in conj. with Moon on 5th, at 4h. 46m. p.m.

Jupiter is visible in the west for about two hours after sunset, in conj. with Moon on 9th at 6h. 24m. p.m.

Saturn rises about two hours before midnight and is visible till daylight, in conj. with Moon on 22nd at 12h. 29m. p.m.

## METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

The Sun attains its greatest north declination on the 21st, giving about 16½ hours to the middle day. The day temperature is 71°, the night 50°. The average barometer is 29.96 inches. Rain-fall 19 inches on 11 days. Westerly winds are the most frequent. In this month occasionally a very clear night is attended with frost highly destructive to vegetation.

## NOTES OF THE MONTH.

18th, Cambridge Commencement.

NOVEMBER, 1872.

<table><thead><tr><th colspan="2">MOON'S CHANGES</th><th>High Water<br>Lon. Bridge</th><th>Mn.<br>Tem-<br>perature.</th><th>EVENING AND<br>MORNING<br>STARS.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>I</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>A.M.</td><td>deg.</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>S</td><td>All Saints</td><td>1.54</td><td>2.11</td><td>46°4</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>S</td><td>MICHAELMAS TM. BEGS.</td><td>2.28</td><td>2.45</td><td>46°3</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>S</td><td>23rd after Trinity</td><td>3.1</td><td>3.20</td><td>46°1</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>M</td><td>Sun rises 6h. 59m.</td><td>3.39</td><td>3.57</td><td>45°9</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>T</td><td>Gunpowder Plot</td><td>4.17</td><td>4.38</td><td>45°7</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>W</td><td>Length of day 9h. 20m.</td><td>5.0</td><td>5.24</td><td>45°5</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>5.51</td><td>6.17</td><td>45°3</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>F</td><td>[Lord Mayor's day</td><td>6.48</td><td>7.25</td><td>45°0</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>S</td><td>Pr. of Wales born, 1841</td><td>8.7</td><td>8.51</td><td>44°7</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>S</td><td>24th after Trinity</td><td>9.35</td><td>10.19</td><td>44°4</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>M</td><td>St. Martin. Half-qr. day</td><td>11.0</td><td>11.31</td><td>44°1</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>11.58</td><td>—</td><td>43°8</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>W</td><td></td><td>12.24</td><td>12.46</td><td>43°5</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>1.7</td><td>1.28</td><td>43°2</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>F</td><td>Eclipse of Moon, visible</td><td>1.47</td><td>2.6</td><td>42°9</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>2.27</td><td>2.44</td><td>42°6</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>S</td><td>25th after Trinity</td><td>3.3</td><td>3.21</td><td>42°3</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>M</td><td>Sun sets 4h. 8m.</td><td>3.39</td><td>3.56</td><td>42°0</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>4.14</td><td>4.31</td><td>41°8</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>W</td><td>Sun rises 7h. 27m.</td><td>4.50</td><td>5.10</td><td>41°6</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>T</td><td>Pr. F. W. Prussia b., 1840</td><td>5.31</td><td>5.52</td><td>41°4</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>F</td><td></td><td>6.15</td><td>6.39</td><td>41°2</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>S</td><td></td><td>7.6</td><td>7.38</td><td>41°1</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>S</td><td>26th after Trinity</td><td>8.14</td><td>8.53</td><td>41°0</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>M</td><td>MICHAELMAS TM. ENDS</td><td>9.29</td><td>10.2</td><td>40°9</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>10.36</td><td>11.7</td><td>40°9</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>W</td><td>Prs. of Teck born, 1833</td><td>11.35</td><td>11.58</td><td>41°1</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>T</td><td></td><td>—</td><td>12.20</td><td>41°3</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>F</td><td>Day 8h. 13m. long</td><td>12.40</td><td>1.0</td><td>41°6</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>S</td><td>St. Andrew</td><td>1.22</td><td>1.42</td><td>41°9</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°39 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.

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.

16

Royal Family: Ministry.

## THE ROYAL FAMILY.

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

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

2. Albert Edward Prince of Wales, born November 9th, 1841; married to Princess Alexandra of Denmark, March 10, 1863 (their children, Albert Victor Christian Edward, born January 8, 1864; George Frederick Ernest Albert, born June 3, 1865; 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, born August 6th, 1844.

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

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

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

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

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

AUNT TO THE QUEEN.—Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge, born July 25th, 1795, married May 7th, 1818, to the Duke of Cambridge (who died in 1850).

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

## THE MINISTRY.

First Lord of the Treasury,
Rt. Hon. W. Ewart Gladstone.
Ld. High Chancellor, Ld. Hatherley.
Lord President of the Council,
Most Noble Marquis of Ripon.
Lord Privy Seal, Viscount Halifax.
Secretary of State Home Departmt.
Rt. Hon. Henry Austin Bruce.
Secretary of State Foreign Depart.,
Rt. Hon. Earl Granville.
Secretary of State Colonial Depart.,
Rt. Hon. Earl of Kimberley.
Secretary of State War Depart.,
Rt. Hon. Edward Cardwell.
Secretary of State India Depart.
His Grace Duke of Argyll.
Chanc. of Exchequer, Rt. Hn. R. Lowe.

### IRELAND.

### SCOTLAND.

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London Bankers.

## LONDON BANKERS.

Agra Bank, Limited, 35, Nicholas-lane

Alliance Bank, Bartholomew-lane and
High-street, Borough.

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

Anglo-Austrian Bank, 18 & 19, Fenchurch-street.

Anglo-Italian Bank, Limited, 16, Leadenhall street.

Anglo-Egyptian Banking Company,
Limited, 27, Clement's-lane, London-street.

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

Bank of Australasia, 4, Threadneedle-street.

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

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

Bank of England, Threadneedle-st.;
Western Branch — 1, Burlington-gardens

Bank of Egypt, 26, Old Broad-street.

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

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

Bank of Scotland, 43, Lothbury.

Bank of South Australia, 54, Old
Broad-street.

Bank of Victoria, 3, Threadneedle-street

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

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

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

Baum, Sons, & Co., 58, Lombard-street

Bennett, W., 8, Bank-buildings, Metropolitan Cattle Market.

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

Brooks & Co., 81, Lombard-street.

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

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

Central Bank of London, 52, Cornhill;
3, High-st, Shoreditch; 110, High-street, Whitechapel; 26, Tooley-st., Borough.

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

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

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

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

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

Colonial Bank, 13, Bishopsgate-street
Within.

Colonial Bank of Australasia, 4,
Royal Exchange-buildings.

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

Continental Bank, 79, Lombard-street

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

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

Cunliffe, Roger, Sons, & Co., 6,
Princes-street; Mansion-house.

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

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

Drummond & Co., 49, Charing-cross.

English Bank of Rio Janeiro, Limited
(late Brazillian & Portuguese Bank),
13, St. Helen's-place.

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

Fuller, Banbury, Nix, Mathieson, &
Co., 73, Lombard-street.

Goslings & Sharpe, 19, Fleet-street.

Glyn, Mills, Currie, & Co., 67, London-street.

Grindlay & Co., 55, Parliament-street.

Harwood, Knight, & Allen, 33, Abchurch-lane.

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

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

Hoare & Co., 37, Fleet-street.

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, 24, Lombard-street.

Hopkinson, Charles, & Sons, 3, Regent
Street.

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

Imperial Ottoman Bank, 4, Bank-buildings.

Ionian Bank, 31, Finsbury-circus.

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

Lacey & Son, 60, West Smithfield, &
11, Bank-buildings, Metropolitan
Cattle Market.

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

London Joint Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street, Bank; 54, St. John-st., E.C.; 28, Borough High-st.; 124, Chancery-lane; and 69, Pall Mall.

London Bankers.

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London & Westminster Bank, 41,
Lothbury; 1, St. James's-square;
214, High Holborn; 32, Wellington-
street, Borough; 130, High-street,
Whitechapel; 4, Stratford-place,
Oxford-street; 217, Strand; 91,
Westminster Bridge-road.

London & South Western Bank, 7,
Fenchurch-street; 27, Regent-st.;
10, Loughborough-place, Brixton;
67 & 68, Park-street, Camden town;
Clapham-common; High-st., Hamp-
stead; 11, Seven Sisters-road, Hollo-
way; Manor-terrace, Kilburn;—
Westow-hill, Norwood; 98, High-
street, Peckham; High-st., Putney;
Circus-road, St. John's-wood; Com-
mercial-road, Stepney; Bank-bldg.,
Wandsworth; High-street, Forest-hill

London & County Banking Company.
21, Lombard-street; 112, Aldersgate-
street; Westbourne-grove, Bays-
water; Tranquil Vale, Blackheath;
193, Caledonian-road; Henrietta-
street, Covent Garden; Broadway,
Deptford; Stockwell-street, Green-
wich; 1, Amhurst-rd. East Hackney;
21, Hanover-square; 324 and 325,
High Holborn; 19, High-street,
Islington; High-street, Kensington;
Albert-gate, Knightsbridge; 165,
Westminster Bridge-road; 1, Provi-
dence-place, Limehouse; High-st.,
Newington; 441, Oxford-street; 6,
Berkeley-place, Edgware-road; 181
and 182, Shoreditch; High-street,
Borough; Broadway, Stratford,
Essex; 3, Victoria-st., Westminster;
Powis-street, Woolwich.

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

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

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

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

Martin & Company, 68, Lombard-st.

Merchant Banking Compy. of London,
Limited, 112, Cannon-street.

Midland Banking Company, 38, New
Broad-street.

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

National Bank of Scotland, 37,
Nicholas-lane.

National Bk. of Australasia, 47, Cornhill.

National Provincial Bank of England,
112, Bishopsgate-street, corner of
Threadneedle-street; 28, Baker-st.,
Marylebone; 14, Waterloo-place,
Pall Mall; 173, Upper-st. Islington.

National Bank, 13, Old Broad-street;
19, Gloucester-gardens, Bayswater;
189, High-street, Camden-town: 9,
Charing-cross; 23, Old Cavendish-
street; 21, Grosvenor-gardens, Bel-
gravia; 282, Pentonville-road; and
158, High-street, Notting-hill.

Oriental Banking Corporation, 40,
Threadneedle-street.

Praeds & Co., 189. Fleet-street.

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

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

Provincial Bank of Ireland, 40, Old
Broad-street.

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

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

Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., 15, Lom-
bard-street.

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

Scott, Sir Sm., Bart., & Co., 1, Caven-
dish-square.

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

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

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

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

The Metropolitan Bank, Limited, 75
and 76, Cornhill; Hammersmith;
Woolwich.

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

Union Bank of Australia, 1, Lothbury.

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

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

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

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

LEGAL TENDER.

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

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## POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.

### RATES OF POSTAGE OF INLAND LETTERS.

The New postal rates come into operation from the 5th October, 1871. The letter rates are as follows:—On every inland letter not exceeding

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

Any Letter exceeding the weight of 12 oz. is liable to a postage of 1d. for every ounce, beginning with the first ounce; for example: A letter weighing between 14 and 15 ozs. 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.

The Inland Pattern or Sample Post is abolished, and all Letters, whether closed or opened at the ends, are charged at the above new Rates of Postage.

### COUNTRY MAILS.

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

Before half-past 5 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 a quarter to 7 p.m.
For 2d. extra,

Before a quarter past 7 p.m.
Letters are received at St. Martin's-
le-Grand only, by four extra stamps,

Until half-past 7

Letters may be posted at the District Offices for places served by the Railway whose Terminus is in the District, by an additional fee of 2d.

Up to a quarter to 8

### PILLAR LETTER BOXES.

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 seven 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 6 and 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</td><td>£1</td><td>2d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>"</td><td>£1</td><td>3d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>"</td><td>£2</td><td>4d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>"</td><td>£3</td><td>5d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>"</td><td>£4</td><td>6d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>"</td><td>£5</td><td>7d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>"</td><td>£6</td><td>8d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>"</td><td>£7</td><td>9d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>"</td><td>£8</td><td>10d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>"</td><td>£9</td><td>11d.</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>"</td><td>£10</td><td>12d.</td></tr></table>

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

### REGISTRATION.

By the prepayment of a fee of fourpence 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

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be presented at the window and a receipt obtained for it.

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

For the Night Mails, the latest time for registering inland and foreign letters at the Chief Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and at the Head District and Branch Offices in London, on payment of the ordinary fee of 4d., is 5'30 p.m.; or on payment of a late fee of 4d. in addition to the registration fee, the latest time is 6 p.m. At the Town receiving houses the latest time for registering letters for the Night Mails is 5 p.m.

## REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN LETTERS.

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

## BOOK POSTAGE.

A Book-Packet may contain not only books, paper, or other substance in ordinary use for writing or printing, whether plain or written 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 usual appertaining to such articles in the way of binding and mounting, or necessary for their safe transmission by post, but also circulars when these are wholly or in great part printed, engraved, or lithographed.

The following are the rates of postage:—

On a registered newspaper, not exceeding with any supplement, and with any cover, 6 ozs. in weight ... ... ... ... ..., $\frac{1}{2}$d.

On a book—

If not exceedg. 2 oz. in weight... $\frac{1}{2}$d.

If exceeding 2 oz. in weight, for every additional 2 oz. or fractional part of 2 oz. ... ... $\frac{1}{2}$d.

On a post card ... ... ... ... $\frac{1}{2}$d.

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

## COLONIAL AND FOREIGN BOOK POSTAGE,

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

## POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS.

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

The cost of a reply to a Telegram may be prepaid.

## 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 a charge of $2$ per cent. The stamps must be presented in strips containing at least two stamps adhering to each other. Single stamps will not be received.

## POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.

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

## GOVERNMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES.

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

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<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">COUNTRIES.</th><th colspan="4">LETTERS<br/>Not exceeding</th><th rowspan="2">Regd. Newspapers<br/>and Publications<br/>not exceed. 4 ozs.</th><th rowspan="2">Unregistd. Books<br/>and Publications<br/>not exceed. 4 ozs.</th></tr><tr><th>½-oz.</th><th>1-oz.</th><th>1½-oz.</th><th>Every<br/>add.<br/>½-oz.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Alexandria, v. Brindisi ...</td><td>0 8</td><td>1 4</td><td>2 0</td><td>0 8</td><td>3</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>" v. Southampton ...</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Australia &amp; New Zealand, v.<br/>Southampton, c. ...</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>1</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>" v. Brindisi, c. ...</td><td>0 9</td><td>1 6</td><td>2 3</td><td>0 9</td><td>4</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Austria, v. Belgium ...</td><td>0 3</td><td>0 6</td><td>0 9</td><td>0 3</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>" v. Italy ...</td><td>0 8</td><td>1 4</td><td>2 0</td><td>0 8</td><td>4</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Azores ...</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>3</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Belgium direct ...</td><td>0 3</td><td>0 6</td><td>0 9</td><td>0 3</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>" v. France ...</td><td>0 4</td><td>0 8</td><td>1 0</td><td>0 4</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Brazil, v. Southampton ...</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>British Columbia, v. New York ...</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>uenos Ayres, v. Southampton, c.a.</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>" by French Packet ...</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Canada, by Canadian Packet ...</td><td>0 3</td><td>0 6</td><td>0 9</td><td>0 3</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Canada, v. United States ...</td><td>0 4</td><td>0 8</td><td>1 0</td><td>0 4</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Cape of Good Hope ...</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Ceylon, v. Brindisi ...</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>4</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>" v. Southampton ...</td><td>0 9</td><td>1 6</td><td>2 3</td><td>0 9</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Chili, v. Southampton, by French<br/>Packet, c. a. ...</td><td>1 6</td><td>3 0</td><td>4 6</td><td>1 6</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>China v. Southampton ...</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>" v. Brindisi by Brtsh. Packt.</td><td>1 3</td><td>2 6</td><td>3 9</td><td>1 3</td><td>4</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>" v. St. Petersburg, Pekin, &amp;c.</td><td>1 9</td><td>3 6</td><td>5 3</td><td>1 9</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>" v. Urga ...</td><td>1 2</td><td>2 4</td><td>3 6</td><td>1 2</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>" v. United States ...</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>" by French Packet ...</td><td>1 4</td><td>2 8</td><td>4 0</td><td>1 4</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cuba, c. a. ...</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>3</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Denmark, v. Belgium ...</td><td>0 4</td><td>0 8</td><td>1 0</td><td>0 4</td><td>3</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Egypt, v. Brindisi, c. a. ...</td><td>0 8</td><td>1 4</td><td>2 0</td><td>0 8</td><td>3</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>" v. Southampton, c. a. ...</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>1</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>" v. Belgium, c. a. ...</td><td>0 9</td><td>1 6</td><td>2 3</td><td>0 9</td><td>5</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Faroe Islands and Iceland ...</td><td>0 4</td><td>0 8</td><td>1 0</td><td>0 4</td><td>3</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Gibraltar, v. Southampton...</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Greece, by French Packet, c. a....</td><td>0 8</td><td>1 4</td><td>2 0</td><td>0 8</td><td>4</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Gaudaloupe, v. Southampton, c. a.</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Hamburgh, v. Belgium ...</td><td>0 3</td><td>0 6</td><td>0 9</td><td>0 3</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Hayti, c. a. ...</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Holland, v. Belgium ...</td><td>0 3</td><td>0 6</td><td>0 9</td><td>0 3</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>India, v. Southampton ...</td><td>0 9</td><td>1 6</td><td>2 3</td><td>0 9</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>" v. Brindisi, by Brit. Pkt.</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>4</td><td>7</td></tr></tbody></table>

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FOREIGN POSTAGE RATES.

<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">COUNTRIES</th><th colspan="4">LETTERS</th><th rowspan="2">Regd. Newspapers and Publications not exceed 4 ozs.</th><th rowspan="2">Unregistd. Books and Publications not exceed, 4 ozs.</th></tr><tr><th colspan="4">not exceeding</th></tr><tr><th>c. Prepayment compulsory<br/>a. Additional charge on delivery</th><th>1/2-oz.</th><th>1-oz.</th><th>1 1/2-oz.</th><th>Every add.<br/>1/2-oz.</th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Ionian Isles, v. Italy</td><td>0 8</td><td>1 4</td><td>2 0</td><td>0 8</td><td>4</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Italy direct</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Jamaica, v. Southampton</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Japan, v. Brindisi</td><td>1 3</td><td>2 6</td><td>3 9</td><td>1 3</td><td>4</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>" v. Southampton</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Java, v. Brindisi</td><td>1 3</td><td>2 6</td><td>3 9</td><td>1 3</td><td>a3</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>" v. Southampton</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>a2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Madeira</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Malta, v. Southampton</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>" v. France</td><td>0 8</td><td>1 4</td><td>2 0</td><td>0 8</td><td>3</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Mauritius, by French Packet</td><td>0 10</td><td>1 8</td><td>2 6</td><td>0 10</td><td>3</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Mexico, v. Southampton or<br/>Liverpool</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>a1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Natal</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Norway, v. Denmark or Sweden</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>5</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Peru, c. a.</td><td>1 6</td><td>3 0</td><td>4 6</td><td>1 6</td><td>a2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Portugal, v. Southampton, or<br/>Liverpool</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Prussia, v. Belgium</td><td>0 3</td><td>0 6</td><td>0 9</td><td>0 3</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Russia, v. Belgium</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>3</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Singapore, v. Brindisi</td><td>1 3</td><td>2 6</td><td>3 9</td><td>1 3</td><td>4</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>" v. Southampton</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Sweden, v. Denmark</td><td>0 5</td><td>0 10</td><td>1 3</td><td>0 5</td><td>4</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Switzerland, v. Belgium</td><td>0 3</td><td>0 6</td><td>0 9</td><td>0 3</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>United States</td><td>0 3</td><td>0 6</td><td>0 9</td><td>0 3</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>West Indies (British)</td><td>1 0</td><td>2 0</td><td>3 0</td><td>1 0</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>W. Coast of South America, c.a.</td><td>1 6</td><td>3 0</td><td>4 6</td><td>1 6</td><td>a2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1/3-oz.</td><td>2/3-oz.</td><td>1-oz.</td><td>Every<br/>add.<br/>1/3-oz.</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Canary Islands</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>France and Algeria</td><td>0 3</td><td>0 6</td><td>0 9</td><td>0 3</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Holland, v. France</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Jerusalem, by French Packet</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>a2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Spain and Portugal, v. France</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Switzerland, v. France</td><td>0 5</td><td>0 10</td><td>1 3</td><td>0 5</td><td>a2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Turkey, by French packet</td><td>0 6</td><td>1 0</td><td>1 6</td><td>0 6</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr></tbody></table>

Wills: Distances, &c.

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HOW TO MAKE A WILL.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PROVING WILLS.

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

PROBATE AND LETTERS
OF ADMINISTRATION.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>With<br>Will<br>annexed.</th><th>Without<br>Will<br>annexed.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Above the value of<br>£100 &amp; under £200</td><td>£2 0</td><td>£3 3</td></tr><tr><td>200 ,, 300</td><td>5 0</td><td>8 0</td></tr><tr><td>300 ,, 450</td><td>8 0</td><td>11 0</td></tr><tr><td>450 ,, 600</td><td>11 0</td><td>15 0</td></tr><tr><td>600 ,, 800</td><td>15 0</td><td>22 0</td></tr><tr><td>800 ,, 1000</td><td>22 0</td><td>30 0</td></tr><tr><td>1000 ,, 1500</td><td>30 0</td><td>40 0</td></tr><tr><td>1500 ,, 2000</td><td>40 0</td><td>45 0</td></tr><tr><td>2000 ,, 3000</td><td>40 0</td><td>60 0</td></tr><tr><td>3000 ,, 4000</td><td>50 0</td><td>75 0</td></tr><tr><td>4000 ,, 5000</td><td>80 0</td><td>120 0</td></tr></tbody></table>

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

FOREIGN MEASURES OF
DISTANCES.

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

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Museums: Public Offices.

## PUBLIC MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES.

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

College of Surgeons' Museum, Lincoln's-inn-fields (Hunterian Museum)—Member's Order; 12 till 5 from 1st March to 31st August; and from 12 till 4 from 1st October till end of February.

Histological Collection is open on Wednesdays from 11 till 5.

The Museum is closed during September.

Geological Museum, Jermyn Street—Daily.

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

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

India Museum, Charles Street, Whitehall—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, free, 10 to 4.

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

Museum of Antiquities, Guildhall—Daily, free.

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

Royal Institution, Albemarle Street—9 till 11, open to members only.

Society of Antiquaries, of London, Somerset House—personal introduction by a fellow.

Society of Arts, 18, John Street, Adelphi—every day from 10 to 4, and Saturday, 10 till 2—(Barry's paintings in the Lecture Theatre), free.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

## PRINCIPAL PUBLIC OFFICES.

Annuity, Govt., Office, 19, Old Jewry

Accountant General in Chancery, Chancery-lane.

Admiralty, Naval, Whitehall.

Admiralty, Civil, Somerset House

Audit Office, Somerset House

Bankruptcy Court, Basinghall-street

Board of Trade, Whitehall gardens

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

Civil Service Commission, Cannon-row, Westminster.

Commissioners of Patents for Inventions, Southampton-bdgs., Chancery Lane

Commissioners in Lunacy, 19, Whitehall-place.

Customs House, Lower Thames-st.

Duchy Cornwall Off., Buckingham-gt.

Ecclesiastical Commissioners Office, 11, Whitehall-place.

Emigration Commissioners, 8, Park-street, Westminster

Factory Inspectors Office, 10, Whitehll.

Public Offices: Holidays, &c.

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

General Registry Office, Somerset
House

Irish Off., 18, Gt. Queen-st., Westmr.

Inland Revenue Offices, Somerset
House

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

Land Registry Offices, Lincoln's-inn-
fields

Legacy and Succession Duty Office,
Somerset House

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

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

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

Metro. Board of Works, Spring-gdns.

Metropolitan School Board Offices,
Bridge-street, Blackfriars.

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

Paymaster-Gen.'s Office, Whitehall

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

Poor Law Board, Gwydyr House,
Whitehall

PrivySeal Office, 1, New-st., Spring-gds.

Public Carriages and Lost Property
Office, Scotland-yard.

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

Treasury, Privy Council Office, Home
Office, and India Offices, Whitehall.
War Office, Pall Mall.

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

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

## THE LAW COURTS.

### CHANCERY.

Lord High Chan., Ld. Hatherley

Mas. of Rolls, Rt. Hon. Ld. Romilly

Ld. Justices,

Rt. Hon. Sir W. M. James

Rt. Hon. Sir Geo. Mellish.

Vice Chan. — Hon. Sir Rich. Malins
Hon. Sir Jas. Bacon
Hon. Sir John Wickens.

### QUEEN'S BENCH.

Ld. 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 James Hannen

### COMMON PLEAS.

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

Judges, Hon. Sir James S. Willes
Hon. Sir John B. Byles
Hon. Sir H. S. Keating
Hon. Sir M. E. Smith
Hon. Sir W. B. Brett

### EXCHEQUER.

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

Barons, Hon. Sir Samuel Martin
Hon. Sir G. W. Bramwell
Hon. Sir W. F. Channell
Hon. Sir G. Pigott
Hon. Sir A. Cleasby

COURT OF PROBATE,

MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

Judge Ordinary, Lord Penzance
BANKRUPTCY.

Chief Judge, Sir Jas. Bacon

ADMIRALTY COURT.

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

## METROPOLITAN
COUNTY COURTS.

BLOOMSBURY.—Great Portland-sreet.

Bow.—Fairfield-road, Bow.

BROMPTON.—Whitehead's-grove.

CLERKENWELL.—Duncan-terrace, City
road.

CITY COURT for Small Debts, Guild-
hall-buildings, Basinghall-street.

LAMBETH.—New-road, Camberwell.

MARYLEBONE.—179, Marylebone-road

SHOREDITCH.—Court House, Old-
street-road; Registrar's Office, 12,
Charles-square, Hoxton.

SOUTHWARK.—Swan-st., Newington.

WESTMINSTER.—82, St. Martin's-lane

WHITECHAPEL.—Great Prescot-street,
Whitechapel.

## HOLIDAYS AT PUBLIC
OFFICES, 1872.

COMMON LAW OFFICES—March 29th,
30th; April 1st, 2nd; May 20th,
21st, 24th; June 20th; and Dec.
26th, 27th, 28th.

CHANCERY OFFICES — March 29th,
30th; April 1st, 2nd; Dec. 25th.

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.

Quarter Sessions: Income Tax.

29

such Lodger, setting forth that such immediate Tenant has no right of property or beneficial interest in the furniture, goods, or chattels so distrained or threatened to be distrained upon, and that such furniture, goods, or chattels are the property or in the lawful possession of such Lodger; and also setting forth whether any and what rent is due and for what period from such Lodger to his immediate Landlord; and such Lodger may pay to the superior Landlord, or to the Bailiff or other person employed by him as aforesaid, the rent, if any, so due as last aforesaid, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to discharge the claim of such superior Landlord. And to such declaration shall be annexed a correct inventory, subscribed by the Lodger, of the furniture, goods, and chattels referred to in the declaration; and if any Lodger shall make or subscribe such declaration and inventory, knowing the same or either of them to be untrue in any material particular, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. If any superior Landlord, or any Bailiff or other person employed by him, shall, after being served with the before-mentioned declaration and inventory, and after the Lodger shall have paid or tendered to such superior Landlord, Bailiff, or other person the rent, if any, which by the last preceding section such lodger is authorized to pay, shall levy or proceed with a distress on the furniture, goods, or chattels of the lodger, such superior landlord, bailiff, or other person shall be deemed guilty of an illegal distress, and the lodger may apply to

a Justice of the Peace for an order for the restoration to him of such goods; and such application shall be heard before a Stipendiary Magistrate, or before two Justices in places where there is no Stipendiary Magistrate, and such Magistrate or Justices shall inquire into the truth of such declaration and inventory, and shall make such order for the recovery of the goods or otherwise as to him or them may seem just, and the superior landlord shall also be liable to an action at law at the suit of the lodger, in which action the truth of the declaration and inventory may likewise be inquired into.

3. Any payment made by any lodger shall be deemed a valid payment on account of any rent due from him to his immediate landlord.

## QUARTER SESSIONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

The Justices of the Peace in every county, riding, or division for which Quarter Sessions of the Peace by law ought to be held, shall hold their general Quarter Sessions of the Peace in the first whole week after the 11th October, in the first week after the 28th December, in the first week after the 31st March, and in the first week after the 24th June.

A discretionary power, however, is given by Act 4 and 5 Gul. IV., cap. 47, as to holding the spring Quarter Sessions, by which the date may be altered, but so as not to be earlier than the 7th March, nor later than the 22nd April.

## INCOME TAX.

The revenue year 1872 began on the 6th of April, 1872, and ends on the 5th April, 1873, and the following duties on profits arising from property, professions, trades, and offices are to be charged for the said year, viz.: under schedules A, C, D, and E, 4d. in the pound; under schedule B, 2d.

Persons whose total incomes from all sources are less than £100 are not liable to the tax. Persons whose incomes exceed £100, and are less than £200, are entitled to an abatement of £60.

The following are the rates for the preceding and current years :

<table><tr><td>1867--68</td><td>5d.</td><td>1869-70</td><td>5d.</td></tr><tr><td>1868-69</td><td>6d.</td><td>1870-71</td><td>4d.</td></tr><tr><td>1871-72</td><td>6d.</td><td></td><td></td></tr></table>

Weights and Measures.

33

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

<table><tr><td>12 Lines</td><td>1 Inch</td></tr><tr><td>3 Barleycorns</td><td>1 Inch</td></tr><tr><td>3 Inches</td><td>1 Palm</td></tr><tr><td>4 Inches</td><td>1 Hand</td></tr><tr><td>9 Inches</td><td>1 Span</td></tr><tr><td>18 Inches</td><td>1 Cubit</td></tr><tr><td>2 1/2 Feet</td><td>1 Pace</td></tr><tr><td>5 Feet (a geometrical)</td><td>1 Pace</td></tr><tr><td>6 Feet</td><td>1 Fathom</td></tr><tr><td>5 1/2 Yards</td><td>1 Rod, Pole, or Perch</td></tr><tr><td>4 Poles or 22 Yds.</td><td>1 Chain</td></tr><tr><td>3 Miles</td><td>1 League</td></tr><tr><td>60 Geographical Miles, or</td><td>English Miles</td><td>1 Degree (or °)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">360 Degrees</td><td>The circumference of the Globe or any Circle</td></tr></table>

SUPERFICIAL.

<table><tr><td>144 Sq. Inches</td><td>1 Sq. Foot</td></tr><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>30 Sq. Acres</td><td>1 Yard of Land</td></tr><tr><td>100 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><tr><td>27 Cubic Feet</td><td>1 Cubic Yard</td></tr><tr><td>40 Cubic Feet of Rough or</td><td>1 Tom</td></tr><tr><td>50 Cubic Ft. Hewn Timber</td><td>or Load</td></tr><tr><td>42 Cubic Ft. Timber</td><td>1 shipping Ton</td></tr><tr><td>108 Cubic Feet</td><td>1 Stack of Wood</td></tr><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><tr><td>4 Nails</td><td>1 Quarter</td></tr><tr><td>4 Quarters</td><td>1 Yard</td></tr><tr><td>3 Quarters</td><td>1 Flemish Ell</td></tr><tr><td>5 Quarters</td><td>1 English Ell</td></tr><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><tr><td>16 Ounces</td><td>1 Pound (lb.)</td></tr><tr><td>14 Pounds</td><td>1 Stone</td></tr><tr><td>28 Pounds</td><td>1 Quarter (qr.)</td></tr><tr><td>4 Quarters</td><td>1 Hundredweight</td></tr><tr><td>20 Hundredwt.</td><td>1 Ton</td></tr></table>

HAY AND STRAW.

<table><tr><td>36 lbs.</td><td>Avoirdupois of Straw</td><td>1 Truss</td></tr><tr><td>56 lbs.</td><td>Old Hay</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>60 lbs.</td><td>New Hay</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>36 Trusses</td><td>1 Load</td></tr></table>

TROY.

<table><tr><td>24 Grains</td><td>1 Pennyweight</td></tr><tr><td>20 Pennyweights</td><td>1 Ounce</td></tr><tr><td>12 Ounces</td><td>1 Pound</td></tr></table>

APOTHECARIES.

<table><tr><td>20 Grains</td><td>1 Scruple</td></tr><tr><td>3 Scruples</td><td>1 Drachm</td></tr><tr><td>8 Drachms</td><td>1 Ounce</td></tr><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><tr><td>8 Drachms</td><td>1 Ounce</td></tr><tr><td>20 Ounces</td><td>1 Pint</td></tr><tr><td>8 Pints</td><td>1 Gallon</td></tr></table>

LIQUID MEASURE.

<table><tr><td>4 Gills</td><td>1 Pint</td></tr><tr><td>2 Pints</td><td>1 Quart</td></tr><tr><td>4 Quarts</td><td>1 Gallon</td></tr></table>

DRY MEASURE.

<table><tr><td>2 Gallons</td><td>1 Peck</td></tr><tr><td>4 Pecks</td><td>1 Bushell</td></tr><tr><td>3 Bushels</td><td>1 Sack</td></tr><tr><td>12 Sacks</td><td>1 Chaldron</td></tr><tr><td>8 Bushels</td><td>1 Quarter</td></tr><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>2</td><td>0 0 6</td><td>0 0 7⅓</td><td>0 0 8½</td><td>0 0 9½</td><td>0 1 0</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>0 1 0</td><td>0 1 2½</td><td>0 1 4¼</td><td>0 1 7¼</td><td>0 2 0</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>0 1 6</td><td>0 1 9½</td><td>0 2 1¼</td><td>0 2 4¼</td><td>0 3 0</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>0 2 0</td><td>0 2 4¼</td><td>0 2 9½</td><td>0 3 2½</td><td>0 4 0</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>0 2 6</td><td>0 3 0</td><td>0 3 6</td><td>0 4 0</td><td>0 5 0</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>0 3 6</td><td>0 3 7¼</td><td>0 4 2½</td><td>0 4 9½</td><td>0 6 0</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>0 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 9 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>0 1 0</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>0 15 0</td><td>0 18 0</td><td>0 1 0</td><td>0 1 4</td><td>0 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>0 2 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>0 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>0 3 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>0 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>0 4 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>0 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>0 5 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>0 10 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>0 15 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>0 20 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>0 25 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>0 30 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>0 35 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>0 40 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>0 45 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>0 50 0</td></tr></tbody></table>

METROPOLIS CAB FARES

One mile or part of a mile ... 1 0
Per mile after the first mile ... 0 6
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 for every fifteen minutes completed.

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

Luggage... For every package carried outside...

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

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

1 0

0 2

0 6

DIE SINKING.

Steel Dies sunk by the first Artists in London, in the newest and most Fashionable style, for stamping Paper and Envelopes with Crests, Mottoes, Cyphers, Monograms, Initials, Coats of Arms, and Business or Professional Devices, &c., &c.

Plain Crest Dies, from 5s. and upwards.

Crest with Motto, from 6s. 6d.

Crest, with Motto in Ribbon, underneath, or in Garter round, from 7s. 6d. and upwards.

Monogram, two letters, from 5s. and upwards.

Monogram, three letters, 7s. 6d, and upwards.

Address Dies, Old English or Plain Capital, from 4s. 6d. and upwards.

Business or Professional, from 4s. 6d. and upwards.

Arms, from 10s. and upwards.

Crest, Arms, and Motto, from 15s. and upwards.

Cypher—Initials reversed or entwined, from 5s. and upwards.

Designs and Drawings made free of charge, when an order is given for the Die, otherwise preliminary Pencil Sketches are charged 1s. each. All Dies are kept and registered by P. & C. for future use, unless ordered to be returned.

EMBOSSING.

PLAIN STAMPING.

No charge is made by PARTRIDGE & COOPER for PLAIN STAMPING the MEDIUM or BEST QUALITIES of NOTE PAPERS or ENVELOPES from PRIVATE DIES; but a charge of 1s. per ream is made for embossing the INFERIOR QUALITIES OF PAPER; also for the lower quality of Envelopes 1s. per 1000 extra is charged. Example—Note Papers over 6s. per Ream, and Envelopes over 9s. 6d. per 1000 are embossed free of charge. P. & C. are compelled to adopt this rule, consequent upon the very small profit attached to their low priced goods.

RELIEF STAMPING (Colour Raised, Ground White).

Note Paper, stamped from Die, in Colour (Relief), Blue, Green, Carmine, Brown, Scarlet, Mauve, or Black, 1s. 3d. per five quires, or 4s. 6d. per ream.

Envelopes, Note and Letter Sizes, 1s. per 100, or 9s. per 1000.

Envelopes, Official sizes, 1s. 6d. per 100, or 12s. 6d. per 1000.

Note Paper, stamped in silver, 15s. per ream.

Envelopes, stamped in silver, 4s. per 100, or 35s. per 1000.

Note Paper, stamped in gold, 22s. 6d. per ream.

Envelopes, stamped in gold, 5s. per 100, or 45s. per 1000.

CAMEO STAMPING (Ground in Colour, Relief White).

Note Paper, stamped Cameo, 1s. 6d. per ream.

Envelopes, stamped Cameo, 2s. per 1000.

*The Cameo style of Stamping is peculiarly adapted for commercial use.*

PARTRIDGE & COOPER'S STEEL PENS.

Nearly Twenty Millions sold annually.

These Pens are all made of the purest Steel, selected by hand with the greatest care; and at the very moderate price at which they are charged, "command an universal sale." They have been for many years extensively used in the Government and other Public Offices, from whom PARTRIDGE & COOPER have received the highest Testimonials in their favour.

\*\* None Genuine unless marked with the Makers' Name and Address.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Per Gross.<br>8. d.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1*. "Correspondence Pen." — This is a really good Steel Pen; adapts itself to almost any hand; very flexible and durable</td><td>1 3</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">* P. & C. are the original makers of this Pen, and although there are many imitations, it is still unequalled.</td></tr><tr><td>2. "FINE POINT PEN," for Ladies and light writing ...</td><td>1 3</td></tr><tr><td>3. "MEDIUM POINT PEN."—soft</td><td>1 3</td></tr><tr><td>4. "BROAD POINT."—Recommended for brief writing, round hand, and other bold writing</td><td>1 6</td></tr><tr><td>5.* "EXTRA BROAD POINT."—will write with comfort on Brown Paper</td><td>1 6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">* Parties who have hitherto been unsuccessful with Metal Pens, will find this as flexible and easy to write with as the Quill.</td></tr><tr><td>6. The "Law Pen."—Particularly adapted for the use of the Legal Profession—a broad point, flexible and durable, and is coated with an anti-corrosive preparation</td><td>2 0</td></tr><tr><td>7. "UNIVERSAL PEN."—The "Universal Favourite," a medium point, flexible</td><td>1 6</td></tr><tr><td>8. The "NEW UNIVERSAL PEN," made from the pure Blue Steel—soft and elastic, the nearest approach to the Quill</td><td>2 6</td></tr><tr><td>9. "SWAN PEN," bronze, strong and serviceable</td><td>1 6</td></tr><tr><td>10. "SWAN PEN," Albata ditto</td><td>2 0</td></tr></tbody></table>

[Continued.

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PARTRIDGE & COOPER'S
NEW VELLUM WOVE
CLUB-HOUSE PAPER,

Manufactured expressly to meet an universally experienced want, i.e., a Paper which shall in itself combine a perfectly smooth surface with total freedom from grease

## THE NEW VELLUM WOVE CLUB-HOUSE PAPER

Will be found to possess these peculiarities completely being made from the best linen rags only, possessing great tenacity and durability, and presenting a surface equally well adapted for quill or steel pen.

Surpasses all others for smoothness of surface, delicacy of colour, firmness of texture, entire absence of any colouring matter or injurious chemicals tending to impair its durability, or in any way affecting its writing properties.

The unprecedented success realized by the Proprietors of this incomparable Paper has raised up a host of worthless imitations, which are offered to the unwary under similar names. Purchasers therefore are cautioned, and particularly requested to observe that each sheet bears the fac-simile water-mark, "PARTRIDGE & COOPER'S VELLUM WOVE CLUB-HOUSE PAPER," without which none other is genuine.

\*\* This Title and Trade-mark having been duly registered, proceedings will be taken against any persons infringing our patent rights.

A Sample Packet, containing an Assortment of the various sizes, post free for 24 stamps.