at London (see Cal.) .. 14
143 Historic Arrangement of Peerage..
.170 Holland, Statistics of...

99 HOUSE OF PEERS

..108 Household, Her Majesty's
Prince of Wales's
1.262 Hull, High Water at

Liberia, Statistics of..

PAGE

.319
280

PAGE

PAGE

.234

166

Leith, High Water at (see Calendar) 14 Metropolitan Police Courts.... ...110 Ottoman Empire, Statistics of....288
Letters, Registration of.
Office... ..110 Oudh, Statistics of .....
Colleges and schools....169 Owens College, Manchester.....
305 Mexico; Area, Population, Trade..280 OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Michael & George, SS., Order of 75
152 Middlesex Coroners...

Licences, Marriage

Excise

Lichfield Diocese

Lieutenant-Generals

LIFE ASSURANCE

315

Sheriff's Office

.213 MILITARY AND NAVAL DIRECTORY..146
Districts and Commands.. 120
Education

.215 Militia; Cost, Numbers, &c.
.216 Millbank Convict Prison

.215 Mines, Inspectors of

.214
.213

"Duration of

"Expectation of

Probabilities of

Lincoln Diocese

152

School of

Lincoln's Inn....

..108

.171

MINISTRY, THE
Mint, Royal
Missionary Bishops

Exertions..

.109

.152

109

299

.234

166

..133

Paraguay; Area, Pop., Trade.
Parallax of Sun, &c. (see Calendar) 12
Parkhurst Prison...

282

111

.301

.111 Parks, Public..

99 PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY, 1878 ....218
101 Parliaments, United Kingdom....224

65 Patent Office and Museum

..104 Patrick, St., Order of..

Liverpool Colleges
High Water (see Cal.).... 14
Livery Companies, London.. .208
Llandaff, Diocese
..152

Local Government Board. .....102
and Taxation ..212
London Banks and Bankers ......181
"Bishop of, Courts
..108

"Bridge, High Water (see Cal.) 14
"City Companies..
" City of

Coroner

Mistress of the Robes, Deprtmt.
Mohammedan Calendar
Moldavia, Statistics.
Money, Foreign, Value of
Legal Tender of

Montenegro, Statistics
Montserrat, Statistics
Moon, Eclipses of

.208

.206

Receipts and Expend...207

Diocese

256 Peeresses in their own Right..
..52 Pembroke Dockyard
Penang; Area, Population.
50 Pensioners, Staff Officers of
12 Pensions, Ármy.

Phases of the (see Calendar). 13
Phases for 1880

Rising and Setting.
.319 Morning and Evening Stars
102 Morocco; Area, Pop., Trade
105 Muscat, Statistics, &c.
296 Museum, British

and Middlesex Sheriffs' Office 109
Longitude, Length of a Degree. .307
Lord Advocate's Office

Great Chamberlain

.108

102

..280

Peerage, historically arranged

88

86

148

244

.120

136

12
281

Navy
Widows

146

.136

.III

241

283

.153

.106

.175

.302

Physicians to the Queen

67

....302

Royal College of

.176

14

52

Officers of
of Practical Geology..101, 302
Edinburgh

South Kensington ..101, 302
Museums, London

Music and Concert Halls
Musical Education (Trinity Coll.)..169
106 Mysor, Statistics of

..235
..206 Natal; Area, Population, Trade ..260
.109 National Debt
.117

Planets, Ris. and Sett. (see Cal.)
Signs of the
Pleas, Common, Division Court....107
Plymouth, Head Quarters
...148
Naval Hospital
Victualling Yard ......148
Pole Star (see Calendar)
Police Courts and Force, City......110
Metropolitan

Office...
Gallery, Officers of........104
Income and Expenditure. 113
Portrait Gallery. ..105
137 Poor Rates, England and Wales..196
Ireland...
Population of United Kingdom....197
Portland Convict Prison
Portsmouth Convict Prison....
Dockyard
Head Quarters..

.. 66
.80-87

99

Ireland.

.202

Scotland

.198

Native States of India

.276

Nautical Almanack Office

Lunacy, Commissioners in..

.105 NAVAL SERVICE

137

Education...

166

Registrars in

106

Madagascar, Statistics

280

Madras Presidency, Statistics

..234

Magnetic Elements, 1879

Magnetism, Terrestrial..

Malacca, Statistics

Masters in...

53 Navigators' Islands, Statistics ....281
55 Navy Agents

Malta: Area, Population, Trade..262
Man, Isle of

Manchester Diocese..

Head Quarters

New College, London

Estimates..
LIST..

.263 Netherlands, Statistics of
152 Netley Army Medical School

.119 Portugal; Area, Pop., Trade

148

14

.110

202

.III

.111

.148

..148

...283

Post Office Telegraph, Length of ..306

Head and Branch Offices....104

143

.137

Cards

281

District Offices

.148

148

..148

Money Orders

.169 Nevis, Statistics...

Office Annuities

166 New Brunswick, Statistics
.248 Newfoundland; Area, Trade, &c...249
.110 Newgate Prison...

..247

Regulations

POSTAL GUIDE....

.ITO

Royal Victoria Hospital

..319

104, 319

.319

..215

.319

.319

.306, 314

320
149, 150
.1(9
62

...313

.132 New South Wales; Area, Pop.....251
.214 Newspaper Offices in London
.313 New Zealand; Area, Pop., Trade..255
171 Nicaragua; Area, Pop., Trade....269
305 Noon at Greenwich and elsewhere 50
305 North-Western Provinces, India ..242
Norway; Area, Pop., Trade.......287
Norwich Diocese
Notes for the Year

12

Mars, Rising, &c. (see Calendar)
Master of the Horse, Department of 66
Mauritius; Area, Pop., Trade ....244
Mean Declination.

Telegraphs...
Union, Countries in
Presbyterian Churches
Colleges...
Presidents, United States..
Primitive Methodists, Members, &c.157
Prince Edward Island
Prison Inspectors.

.248

99

.152

Prisons

.110

... II

58

58

.311

275

Monthly (see Calendar) .... 13 PRIVY COUNCIL
Nova Scotia; Area, Pop., Trade ..247
Oaks, Winners of
OBITUARY, 1877-78..
Occultations, Eclipses, &c.

68

Office

..298
...229

Judicial Committee IC6

Seal'Office

...102

52

Probabilities of Life

..167

OCCURRENCES, REMARKABLE, 1877-78 225
OFFICES, GOVERNMENT..

99

Law.

106

169 Official Referees, Supreme Court..107
.. 12 Oldenburg; Area, Pop., Trade ...275
.105 Omnibuses and Cabs

.296

Probate Division Court......
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION...
Proper Lessons, Table of
Prussia; Area, Population, Trade..274
Public & Private Buiidir gs, London 302
Record Office

....216
.....107
...166
49

.104

Meteorology (see Calendar)

Methodist Churches

Works Loan Board

...105

.237

Punjab, Statistics of

234

52 Quarter Sessions

.112

Salisbury Diocese...
Salmon, Close Time for

Fishery Commissioners
Salt Tax, India...

69 Surgeons, College of

.169

Her Majesty's

.257 Surrey Sheriff's Office
Coroners

.153

.300 Sussex Sheriff's Office

106 Weather Forecasts
.106 Weights and Measures, English ..312
176, 302
French ..311
67 Wellington College.
.109 Welsh Sovereigns, or Princes...... 59
.110 Wesleyan Body, The
.109

99, 306 Sweden; Area, Population, Trade 287
.237 Switzerland: Area, Pop., Trade....288
Sandhurst Military Colleges .167 Tasmania; Area, Pop., Trade. 254
Sandwich Islands, Statistics ......283 Taxation, Local...
San Salvador; Population, &c. .268 Taxes, Table of
Sarawak.

.266 Taxing Masters in Chancery

Saturn, Rising, &c. (see Calendar).. 12 Telegraphs, Postal
Saxe Coburg and Gotha, Statistics 276 TEMPERATURE, Average Daily
Saxony; Area, Population, Trade..275 Temple, Inner and Middle

Scandinavia, Statistics

School Board, London

Inspectors.....

of Mines..

..287 Terms, University

.211 Terrestrial Magnetism
.ICI Thames Conservancy
Championship..

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169, 301 Theatres

101 Theological Colleges
101 Thibet

101 Thistie, Order of

188 TIDE CONSTANTS.
198 Tides, Theory of

79

.212

.172

157

Training Colleges ..168, 172
West African Settlements
.260

Indies, British Possessions..256
Western Australia, Statistics..
Westminster Chapter....

Court of Burgesses.
School....

.253

.151

319 Wheat, Annual Average Prices.... 98
14 Whitechapel County Court

.108 Widows' Pensions...

11 Wild Birds' Preservation

55 Wills, Stamp Duties on..
.105 Winchester Diocese..
298 Windward Islands

304 Winners of Races, 1846-78..

168 Woking Convict Prison..
242 Woods and Forests Office
69

.109

136

.299

318

.151

.257

.298

.III

.103

Forests, and Land Revenues 116
48 Woolwich Garrison...
...148

Royal Military Academy.... 166
Worcester Diocese
..153

Works and Public Buildings ..102, 135
Worship, Places of Public
Wreck Commission..

Baronets..

Chief Officers.

County Statistics

Peerage, &c.

.199

Representative Peers

Sovereigns of
Staff of

Scottish Bench

199

Episcopal Church

of London
154 Trade, Board of

...

...158

..107

...212
Wine, and other Duties ..318 Wurtemburg; Area, Pop., Trade..276
87 Tobago, Statistics..
.258 Yeomanry Cavalry, Cost of.. .134, 136
62 Tothill Fields House of Correction. 110 York, Diocese....
120 Tower Liberty, Coroner for the....109 Zanzibar, Statistics

..151

..291

52

.273

The EQUINOXES happen when Spring and Autumn begin, and the SOLSTICES at Summer and Winter.

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Shebet
Adar

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INNS OF COUrt Law (EatinG) TERMS. Hilary begins Jan. 11, ends Jan. 31. Easter begins April
22, ends May 19. Trinity begins June 10, ends June 30. Michaelmas begins Nov. 2, ends Nov. 25.

Jewish Calendar. (A.D. 1879, A.M. 5639-40.)

THE YEAR 5639 commenced Sept. 28, 1878.

Jan. 5 Fast of Tebeth

25 New Moon

Feb. 24 New Moon

Mar. 6 Fast of Esther

July 8 Fast of Tamuz

21 New Moon

Tamuz
Ab

29 Fast of Ab

Aug. 20 New Moon

Elul

Ι

Sept.18 First day of New Year, 5640 Tishri

2nd day

20 Fast of Gedaliah

..

April 8 Festival of Passover

Nisan

27 Fast of Atonement

2 Festival of Tabernacles

2nd day..
8th day
ends

2nd day

16

I

8 Festival of Great Hosanna
9 Festival of the Eighth Day
10 Festival of the Law

21

22

18

18 New Moon

"

June 22 New Moon

1 Nov. 16 New Moon

6 Dec. 10 Festival of Dedication

NOTE.-All Jewish Sabbaths, Festivals, and Fasts commence the previous Evening at Sunset.

Mohammedan Calendar. (1296-97.)

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Kislev

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OTHER CELESTIAL PHENOMENA.

January 1. Day breaks at 6h. 2m.
morn., and Twilight ends at 6h. 6m.

at 5h. P.M. aft., the length of the Day being
7h. 51m.

03

at

Noon.

Noon. Noon.

D. H.

31204
30124
1024
20143

41032

4320I

4321 O

43012

10 6 56 9 7 1 29

41302

11 8 20 9 25 2 20 10

1 33 9 43

2

58 46 16

3 18 15.

42013

Jan. 2. Earth at least distance
from the Sun, 8h. aft.

Jan. 3. Occultation of Arietis.
The disappearance takes place at
3h. 48m. aft., 330° from the vertex;
the reappearance at 4h. 25m. aft.,
261° from the vertex.

Jan. 5. Mercury stationary at
6h. aft.

Jan. 7. A near approach of
Geminorum to the Moon. The
least distance between the star
at
and moon's limb will occur
5h. 14m. aft., 139° from the vertex.
Jan. 10. Mars in the descending
Node, 1h. morn.

Jan. 10. Venus at greatest dis-
tance from the Sun, 4h. morn.
Jan. 16. Mercury at greatest
elongation west, 24°, 8h. aft.

Jan. 19. Mars in conjunction
with the Moon, 6h. mrn. 83° 41′ N.
Jan. 20. Mercury in conjunc-
tion with the Moon, 1h. aft. 3°

16' N.

Jan. 22. Eclipse of the Sun, in-
visible at Greenwich; see p. 52.
Jan. 23. Venus in conjunction
with the Moon, 1h. aft. 2° 37′ S.
Jan. 23. Jupiter in conjunction
with the Moon, 2h. aft. 1°54′ S.
Jan. 24. Venus and Jupiter in
conjunction, 3h. morn. 0° 47′ S.
Jan. 27. Saturn in conjunction
with the Moon, 7h.morn. h 7° 18'S.
Jan. 31. Occultation of 17 Tauri.
The disappearance takes place at
11h. 39m. aft., 91° from the vertex;
the reappearance at Feb. 1d. oh.
23m. morn., 3° from the vertex.

In this month the Mornings in-
crease 25m., & the Afternoons 46m.

MORNING AND EVENING
STARS.

MERCURY is a morning star,
but cannot be well observed in
this month, owing to its great
southern declination.

VENUS is an evening star in
the later portion of the month; is
in Sagittarius till åbout the 11th,
when it enters Capricornus.

MARS is a morning star, in
Ophiuchus.

JUPITER is an evening star;
situated in Capricornus.

h SATURN is situated in Pisces.
and is rapidly improving its posi-
tion for observation.

SEMIDIAMETER OF SUN AND PLANETS.

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