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ANNIVERSARIES,

VESTIVALS,
OCCURRENCES, ETC.

Moon's

Age.

M.

DURATION OF MOONLIGHT.
Fouths
Rispe.
Before Sunrise.

After Sunset.

fets. Rises. before

Sets.

Artern. Aftern.
Woon.

O'Clock.

O'Clock.
M. 6.

17 8 9 10 11 12

H. ».0 1 2 3 4 5 1 T St. Giles. Partridge-Shooting

5 13 Legins.

0 12 6 46 1 63 9 56 2F Great Fire of London, 1966 5 16 0 31 6 44 2 53 10 67 3 S L. A. Thiers dled, 1877 6 16 0 50 6 42 3 43 Morn.

10 415 12th Sund, AFT. TRINXY 6 18 i 106 40 4 23 0 9 6 M Malta captured, 1800

5 20 1 30 6 371 4 57 1 29 6'T Flight of the King of Naples, 18 0 5 21 1 50 6 35 5 21 | 2 54 7W Dr. Johnson born, 1709 5 23 2 10 6 32 5 47 4 20

14 8 T Nativity of l'irgin Mary 6 24 2 31 6 29 6 10 5 45 9 F Sebastopol taken, 1875 5 26 2 516 27 6 31 7 9

16 108 lungo Park born, 1771 5 27 3 12 6 25 6 69 8 30

17 11 S 13th SUND. AFT. TRINITY 6 29 3 33 6 23 7 26 9 60

18 12 M Francois Gulzot died, 1874 5 31 3 51|6 20 8 1 11 4

19 13 | TV Charles J. Fox died, 1806 5 32 4 15 6 18 8 41 Aftern.

20 14 W Duke of Wellington died, 1852 5 34 4 36 6 16 9 26 1 12

21 16T Ember Week

5 35 4 57 6 14 10 21 2 3 16 F James II. died, 1701

6 37 6 19 6 12 11 21 2 43 17 s Lambert, Bishop 6 38 5 40 6 9 Morn. 3 16

24 18 3 14th SUND APT. TRINITY 5 40 6 16 7 0 21 3 45

25 19 M Battle of Poictiers, 1.358 5 42 6 22 6 6 1 28 4 8

26 20 TU Siogo of Paris begna, 1870 5 436 43 6 2 2 33 4 28 21 W St. Matthew 5 45 7 46 0 3 394 46

28 22 T' Lord Denman died, 1854 6 47 7 25.5 68 4 46 5 5

29 23 F John Penn died, 1878

5 48 7 46 5 56 5 535 21 24 S Dean Milman died, 1868

8 6 5 54 7 5 5 41 25 $ 15th SUND. AFT. TRINITY' 5 51 8 27 5 52 8 14 6 7 26 M Holy Alliance ratifled, 1815 ó 53 8 47 6 60 9 26 6 35 27 TU Strasbourg capitulated, 1870 5 55 9 7 5 47 10 361 7 11 28 W Sir Thomas Biddulph died, 1878 ó 56 9 27 5 45 11 41 7 51

Michaelmas 29 The St. Michael.

Day

5 58 9 46 5 43 Altern. 8 51 30 F St. Jerome

6 69 / 10 6.5 41 1 371 9 67

HIGH WATER AT

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Year.
Mr. ! Aftern Morn Altern
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6 5 6:8 3 7 3 30 244
6 651 7 26 3 53 4 20

245 8 0 8 43 4 60 6 25 246 9 30 10 15 6 8 6 55 247 11 0 11 37 7 40 8 26 248

0 10 9 2 9 35 249 0 37 1 2 10 2 10 27 250 1 28 1 50 10 53 11 16 251 2 13 2 35 11 33 Midn. 252 2 55 3 15

0 20 263 3 37 4 0 0 40 1 2 254 4 18 4 38 1 25 1 43 255 4 57 5 18 2 3 2 22 256 6 35 5 68 2 43 3 0. 257 6 20 6 46 3 23 3 45 268 7 16 7 47 4 10 4 40 269 8 23 97 5 12 5 48 260 9 55 10 35 6 32 7 20 261 11 10 11 45 8 0 8 35 262

0 10 9 10 9 35 263 0 35 0 53 10 0 10 18 264 1 12 1 30 10 37 10 55 265 1 45 2 0 11 10 11 25 266 2 17 2 30 11 42 11 65 267 2 45 3 0

0 10 268 3 17 3 35 0 25 0 42 269 3 50 4 8 1 0 1 15 270 4 25 4 45 1 33 1 60 271 6 2 6 20 2 10 2 27 272 5 45 6 10 2 45 3 10273

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ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES.

Venus is a morning star, rising on the 8th at ih. 47m. a.m , or 3h. 37m. The Moon is near Saturn during the nights common to the 11th and 12th, before sunrise ; on the 18th at 2h. 11m. a.m., or 3h. 29m. before the Sun; the distance between the planet and the Moon decreasing as the night and on the 28th at 2h. 39m. a.m., or 3h. 18m. before the Sun. She is in her advances. She is near Jupiter during the whole of the next night, and near ascending node cn the 13th, and near the Moon on the 20th. Murs during the night of the 15th. She will be near Venus during the morning of the 20th, and Mercury during the morning of the 25th. Her Marg rises on the 7th at 10h. 3m. p.m.; on the 17th at 9h. 41m. p.m., phases or times of change are :

and on the 27th at 9h. 24m.p.m. He is due south on the 1st at 6h. 24m. a.m.;

in the middle of the month at 6h. 3m. a.m.; and on the last day of the First Quarter on the 1st at 2 minutes after 2h. in the afternoon.

month at 5h. 26m. a.m. He is near the Moon on the 15th, in quadrature Full Moon Cth

morning. with the Sun on the 21st, and in his ascendio : node on the 27th. Last Quarter

morning. Full Moon 23rd ,, 55

morning.

Jupiter vises on the 7th at sh. 46m. p.m., or 2h. 18m. after sunset; on First Quarter 30th ,, 18

afternoon.

the 17th at Sh. 7m. p.m., or 1h. 58m. after sunset; and on the 27th at She is nearest the Earth on the 6th, and most distant from it on the 18th 7h. 28m., or 1h. 41m. after sunset. He is due south on the 1st at th. 51m. at midnight.

a.m.; on the 15th at 4h. Om. a.m.; and on the last day at 2h. 69m. a m.

He is near the Moon on the 13th, and stationary among the stars on MERCURY is an evening star, setting on the 3rd at th. 56m. p.m., or 14m. the 14th. after sunset, which interval slowly increases to 21m. on the 8th, to 23m. on the 13th, to 21m. on the 18th, the planet settiog on this day at 6h.31m. p.m. Satuan rises on the 7th at 8h. 22m. p.m., or 1h. 50m. afler sunset; on the On the 23rd he sets at 6h. 20m. p.m., or 21 minutes after sunset; and on the 17th at 7h. 42m.p.m , or 1h. 33m. after sunset ; and on the 27th at 7h. Im. 28th at 6h. 10m. p.m., or 25 minutes after sunset. He is in his descending p.m , or 1b. 14m. after sunset. He is due south on the 1st at 4h. Im. a m., node on the 19th, near the Moon on the 25th, and at his greatest distance on the 15th at 3h. 5m. a.m., and on the last day at 2h. 3m. a.m. He is near from the Sun on the 29th.

the Moon on the 12th.

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AMOUNT OF Coxsolidated STOCK. THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

(Rate of Interest, £3 10s. per Cent per Annum, payable Quarterly.)

£ (Office, Spring-gardens.-Hours 9 to 4; Saturdays, 9 to 2.)

13,095,725 16 11 The Metropolitan Board of Works was constituted by the Metropolis Up to Dec. 31, 1878

Created since

2,150,000 0 0 Management Act of 1865. Under this and subsequent Acts it has carried out several special works, such as the Main Drainage of London, the con

15,245,725 16 11 struction of the Victoria, Albert, and Chelsea Embankments on the Thames,

Redeemed

11,400 O O the formation of Queen Victoria-street, Northumberland-avenue, &c. It has opened up or widened other thoroughfares, such as Garrick-street,

15,234,325 16 11 Southwark-street, Burdett-road, Holborn (Middle-row), Park-lane, Shoreditch, Great Eastern-street, Harrow-road, the improved thoroughfare from

APPLICATION OF THE MONEY RAISED BY Suci Srock. Hart-street, Bloomsbury, to Shoreditch, &c.; formed Finsbury and South- Total amount raised up to 31st December 1878 (including £

d. wark Parks; and preserved open spaces, such as Hampstead-heath, Black- £202 14s. 8d. in respect of allowances for brokerage 1876 heath, Shepherd's-bush, Clapham-common, &c. Among the works now and 1877, brought in on both sides of the Account) 12,374,472 8 proceeding are the widening of Coventry-street, Tooley-street, &c., making Received since the final instalment of the Loan of 1879 is a new street from Piccadilly to Hart-street, Bloomsbury, and the clearance receivable in 1880)

2,320,452 7 0 of sites for Artisans' Dwellings. It has purchased the tolls of all the Bridgos that cross the Thames in the Metropolitan area. Its principal

14,694,924 15 6 general duties comprise the control over the formation of streets and the line of buildings therein, the testing of gas and of gas-meters, the mainte

8. d. nance of the Fire Brigade (a force of upwards of 400), the maintenance of

Brought forward

12,105,007 5 the Main Drainage System, and of parks and commons. It is the “Metro- Loans Advanced :

***£

8. politan Authority,” under the Water, Tramways, Petroleum, Artisans' To Managers of Metropolitan Asylums Dwellings, Contagious Diseases (Animals), Slaughter-houses, Explosive

District

50,000 0 0 Substances, and other Acts. It raises money (in Metropolitan Consolidated To Vestries and District Boards ...

198.600 0 Stock) not only for its own works, but for advances to the Managers of the

To Guardians for Poor Law Purposes. 96,300 0 0 Metropolitan Asylums District, the School Board for London, the Vestries, To other Bodies

73,000 0 0 the District Boards, the Metropolitan Boards of Guardians, and other cor

418,100 0 0 porations within the Metropolis. Members of the Board are elected by the

Transfers in respect of Improvements : respective Vestries and District Boards in the Metropolis. The Corporation To Fire Brigade Capital Account, Staof the City of London elects three members.

tions, &c.

21,938 0 1 CHAIRMAN:

To Main Drainage and Main Sewers AC

count Lieut.-Col. Sir James M. M'Garel Hogg, Bart., K.C.B.,

£2000 M.P.

62,870 67 To Victoria Embankment...

15,476 0 6 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

To Albert Embankment

37 2 2 St. Giles District-Adams, B. H., 51, Bedford-square, W.C.

To Wapping and other Improvements... 57,381 17 6

277 7 6 St. George, Hanover-sq.-Brewer, W.,M.D., 21, George-st., Hanover-sq., W. To Northumberland Avenue St. Marylebone--Carr, Charles, 70, Hamilton-terrace, St. John's-wood, N.W. To Sun-street Improvement

10,000 0 0 Poplar District-Cook, E. R., Woodford, Essex, E.

To Street Improvements under Act of Chelsea --Cox, Robert, 29, Cherne-walk. Chelsea, S.W.

1877

655,555 8 11 St. Luke, Middlesex-F. Ingoldly, 11, Finsbury-square.

To Metropolitan Toll Bridges

562,420 16 7 St. Martin-in-the-Fields---Dalton, W. H., 30, Coleherne-road, S.W. To Dwelling-house Improvement Fund 300,000 0 0 St. Marylebone-Edwards,

George, Cant-rbury Villa, 119, Maida Vale, W. St. James, Westminster-Elam, T. H., Frisleigh, Isleworth-on-Thames.

1,685,956 19 10 Islington-Elt, C. H., 41, Gibson-square, Islington, N.

Deduct unexpended Balances : St. Matthew, Bethnal Green-Ewin, A., Norlington House, Leytonstone,

€ s, d. St. George-in-the-East-Fairclough, T. M Bramley-hill, Croydon.

Queen Victoria-street

14,150 9 10 St. Leonard, Shoreditch-Fell, W. H., 19, Clapton-common, E.

Southwark-street

218 13 8

Hampstead-heath ... City of London-Figgins, Alderman J., 85, Russell-square, W.C.

41,229 4 5

1,393 5 1 Lambeth-Fowler, F. H., The Lodge, Brixton-oval, 8.W.

Chelsea Embankment 25,466 15 10 Kensington-Freeman, R., 25, Earl's-terrace, Kensington, W.

1,614,727 155 St. Pancras-Furnias, R., 22, Grove-terrace, Highgate-road, N.W. Holborn District-Hall, 5.0., 1, Brunswick-row, Queen's-square, W.C.

14,167,835 09 St. Saviour's District-Harris, C., 15, Fenchurch-street, E.C.

Balance in hand, Dec. 31, 1879

527,089 14 9 Woolwich-Jackson, W. P., Thomas-street, Woolwich, Strand District-Jones, J., 338, Strand, W.C.

(14,694,924 15 6 Fulham District-Lammin, W. H., 18, Buckingham-street, Adelphi, W.C. Bermondsey-Legg, Cyrus, Rochfort Tower, South Norwood S.E.

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD. St. George, Hanover-sq.- Leslie, J., Caledonian Hotel, Adelphi-terrace, W.C. Plumstead with Lewisham-Lloyd, J. R., The Shrubbery, Belmont-hill, The treasurer's account, published in abstract, "gives the valuation of Lee, 8. E.

England and Wales for county rates at Lady Day, 1879, at £114,994,217, an Wandsworth District-Meaden, G. P., High-street, Clapham, S.W.

increase of £2,200,000 upon the previous year. The valuation for police rates, Mile End Old Town-Moore, T., 144, Mile End-road, E.

£74,541,997, an increase of rather less than one million. The amount raised by Whitechapel District-Munro, D., 138, Mile End-road, E.

county rates was £914,025, the average amount of the rate being 1 18-160. in Limehouse District-Nathan, w., Sunny Lodge, Hendon, Middlesex. the pound; this amount was less by £207,279 than the preceding year. Police St. George the Martyr, Southwark--Pocock, A., Southwark Bridge-rd. rates were about the same each year-namely, £567,355, the amount of the Islington-Reddish, J., 9, Highbury New Park, N.

rate being 1 13-16d. in the pound. The total of local and imperial taxation Greenwich-Richardson, G. B., 10, Btainton-place, Shooter's Hill-road, S.E. was £2,046,818, which was £234,465 below the previous year. The expenditure Paddington-Mr. H. P. Roche.

upon the police was £1,060,293 ; upon prosecutions and conveyance of priCamberwell-Rogers, E. Dresser, Hanover-park, Peckham, 8.E.

soners, £130,090; upon prisons, £120,114; lunatic asylums, £351,997 ; Hackney District-Runtz, J., Lordship-road, Stoke Newington, N.

salaries of county officials, £269,998; loans repaid with interest, £397,261; City of London-Saunders, J. E., Deputy, 9, Finsbury Circus, E.C.

and all other expenses came to £364,591; the total expenditure being St. Mary, Newington--Selway, W. K., 19, Manor-road, Walworth, S.E.

£2,694,344, or £174,965 below that of 1878. The loans outstanding against Hampe tead-Stone, 8., The Hollies, Haverstock-terrace, N.W.

the county authorities at the close of the year amounted to £2,963,014. City of London-Taylor, H. L., Deputy, 10, Queen-street, Cheapside, E.C. Lambeth-Taylor, R., Deputy, 1, Gothic Villas, Church-road, Brixton, s.W.

THE METROPOLITAN GAS SUPPLY. Clerkenwell-Thompson, E.J., 25, Highbury-crescent, n. Rotherhithe with St. Olave District-Tolhurst, J., Glenbrook, Beckenham. Towards the close of the Session 1880, an instructive Report was issued, conSt. Leonard, Shoreditch-Turner T., 56, New Gloucester-street, Hoxton.

taining the accounts of the gas companies of the metropolis for the previous St. Pancras-Watkins, J., 110, Gloucester-road, Regent's-park, N.W.

year. The total capital and borrowed money of the companies is no less than Westminster District—White, T. J., 14, Parliament-street, S.W.

£12,681,818, divided follows :-Chartered, £9,096,771; Commercial Engineer, Sir Joseph Wm. Bazalgette, C.B.

£690,00); Phenix, 1,208,000; South Metropolitan, £826,688; London,

£2200 Superintending Architect, George Vulliamy, Esq.

£860,359, making a total of £12,681,818. The accounts of the South Metro

1750 Solicitor, Reginald Ward, Esq.

politan Company include a half-year's independent working of the late

1200 Clerk of the Board, J. E.'Wakefield, Esq.

Surrey Cousumers' Company, January to June, 1879. The total income of

1000 Accountant, Arthur Gunn, Esq.

the Chartered Company was £2,677,335 ; of the Commercial, £300,460; of

1000 Chief of Fire Brigade, Captain 8. M. Shaw, C.B."

the London, £312,000; of the Phænix, £380,994; and of the South Metro1150

politan, £355,970, giving a total income of all the companies, from all The Act of last Session, 43 and 44, c. 25, empowers the Metropolitan sources, of £3,926,769. All the companies showed an increase in their in Board of Works to expend money and borrow to a large amount for Metro- come as compared with 1878-the Chartered, £158,587; the Commercial, politan purposes. The Board may up to Dec. 31, 1881, expend £10,000 on £16,731 ; the London, £30,836; the Phænix, £15,468; and the South the Fire Brigade, and £30,000 on parks, commons, and open spaces. From Metropolitan, £25,640; or a total increase of £247,261. The gross profit of Jan. 31 to Dec. 31 next the Board may expend £3,766,579 58. iid. Among the Chartered showed an increase over 1878 of £55,800, the Commercial an the amounts which may be expended are £42,028 3s. 5d. under the Street increase of £2000, the London a decrease of £1569, the Phonix an increase Improvements Act, 1872; £25,000 for parks, commons, and open spaces ; of £4286, and the South Metropolitan an increase of £5155. The gross profit of £25,000 for the Thames Embankments and other places, including the the Chartered Companywas £787,495, of the Commercial £83,348, of the London Northumberland-avenue; £7000 on the obelisk on the Victoria Embank- £73,111, of the Phænix £111,707, and of the South Metropolitan £107,414, ment; £112,051 28. 6d. on the toll bridges ; and £1,000,000 under the giving a total gross profit of £1,163,077. The Chartered Company realised on Improvement Act of 1877, and £500,000 for artisans' and labourers' dwell-capital and borrowed money a gross profit of £8 133. 20. per cent, and on ings, besides other suns set forth in the schedule annexed to the Act, in gas rental a gross profit of £38 14s. 3d. per cent; the Commercial, addition to advances to public bodies. The borrowing powers amount £12 18.7d. per cent and £35 158. 1d, per cent; the London, £8 9s. 11d. per to £156,372 28. 10d., and for loans to other bodies £368,100, making cent and £30 18s. 11d. per cent; the Phænix, £9 48. 11d. per cent and £853,472 28. 100. The Board may issue “Metropolitan Bills" and make £37 16s. 1d. per cent; and the south Metropolitan, £12 198. iod. per cent arrangements with banks as to the issue of the same securities. There are and £40 168. 4d. per cent, giviug an average of £9 3s. 5d. per cent on the twanty-seven sections in the Act, and two schedules to carry the Act into capital and borrowed money of all the companies, and of £37 193. 8d. per execution.

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