chief accountant of the Bank of England, not later than 1 month and 5 days before the date on which the dividends are due. THE TRANSFER DAYS are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. OXFORD TERMS. Begins. Lent Term Ends. Tickets for preparing Transfer of Stock must be given in at each Office before 1 o'clock.-Private Transfers may be made at other times than as above, by paying 2s. 6d. extra for each Transfer; but no Transfer can be made after 1 o'clock on Saturdays. May 1 and Nov. 1 are closed days for the purposes of transfer. For Transfer of Bank Stock the books are shut for at least ten days before the dividends become due; in all other Stocks the Transfers can be made at any time (except on the holidays); but a month before the dividends become due they are made ex dividend. HOLIDAYS KEPT AT THE PUBLIC OFFICES IN 1877. At the EXCHEQUER all holidays are abolished except Christmas Day and Good Friday. EXCISE, STAMPS, AND TAXES OFFICES. Good Friday, March 30. Day appointed to be kept as the Queen's Birthday. Coronation Day, June 28. Prince of Wales's Birthday, Nov. 9. Christmas Day, Dec. 25. All the above days are also ordered to be kept as holidays by the officers and servants of the Custom House and the Dock Companies of the United Kingdom, except the Prince of Wales's Birthday and the Coronation Day. At the Stamps and Taxes Office, the Restoration of Charles II., May 29; Whit Monday and Tuesday (May 21 and 22) are kept in addition. CAMBRIDGE TERMS. EXPENSE OF TRANSFER. Bank Stock, not exceeding £25 98.; above that sum, 12s. Private transfer days, 2s. 6d. extra. Transfers in Consols and other Govern ment Stocks are exempt from duty. BANK HOLIDAYS. Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday, First Monday in August, Christmas Day. Note.-Bills of Exchange falling due on Good Friday and Christmas Day are payable on the previous day; those due on the other holidays being payable on the following day. LAW SITTINGS, 1877. HILARY SITTINGS begin 11th January-End 28th March. EASTER SITTINGS begin 10th April-End 18th May. 1. Brit. Museum closes. 1. Quarter Sessions commence. 1. Leipzig fair-manufactured goods and pleasure, the business commences 3 or 4 days earlier. 5. Half-yearly dividends due. See p. 13. 8. Brit. Mus. opens, 10-4; Reading Room, 9-4. 9. Fire Insurance due at Christmas must be paid by this day, or the policy becomes void. 12-13. Denbigh-cattle, horses, sheep; gen. 26. Brunswick-miscellaneous, including ma nufactured goods. Registration.-Births.-To be registered within MONTHLY NOTICES. Circumcision. 1{Bank Hol. in Scotland. 30 Tu 30 31 W 31 PROPER LESSONS. Romans 2, r. 17 "" 8, v. 18 12, v. 22 Rev. 21 to r. 9 Sundays and Remarkable Days 6 Epiphany: Twelfth Day. 71 Sun. after Epiphany. Pr. Alb. V. of Wales b. 1864. Plough Monday. 42 days by personal notice to the registrar of the district, without any fee. Deaths. To be registered in the same manner as births, but within 5 days, as the undertaker has to give a certificate to the minister, who, if he buries the body without one, is bound to give notice forthwith to the registrar. As the cause of death is to be entered, sound discretion should be exercised in ascertaining its real nature, for which important purpose every facility should be given. 65; or 66 IGen. 2, v. 4; or Job 38 Colossians 2, v. 8-18 23 13 to v. 26 Rev. 21 v. 9 to 22 v. 6 ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA. Mercury, in the constellations Sagittarius and Capricornus, is visible after sunset, about the 11th, at greatest elongation, 18° 57′ E. Venus, in the constellations Scorpio and Sagittarius, is a morning star. On the 9th in conjunction with Jupiter at 0° 34' S. On the 15th, rises at 6h 14m A.M.; on the 25th, in conjunction with v1 and va Sagittarii. Mars, in the constellations Libra and Scorpio, is visible in the mornings before sunrise. On the 15th, rises at 3h 58m A.M.; on the 26th, in conjunc tion with the star o Ophiuchi, at 0° 6' N. Jupiter, in the constellation Sagittarius, is visible in the mornings before sunrise. On the 15th, rises at 5h 49m A.M. Saturn, in the constellation Aquarius, is visible in the evenings after sunset. On the 15th, sets at 7h 58m P.M. Uranus, in the constellation Leo, is visible in the mornings. On the 15th, passes the meridian at 2h 7m A.M. Neptune, in the constellation Aries, is visible in the evenings. On the 15th, passes the meridian at 6h 23m P.M. The Moon, on the 9th, at 9h P.M. in conjunction with Mars at 5° 38′ N.; on the 11th, at 7h P.M., with Jupiter, at 5° 29' N.; at midnight, with Venus, at 5° 54' N.; on the 15th, at 2h A.M., in Apogee; on on the 16th, at 2h A.M., in conjunction with Mercury, at 3° 13' N.; on the 18th, at 2h A.M., with Saturn, at 1° 20' S.; on the 29th, at 3h A.M., in Perigee. Hebrew Calendar. 5637. The Constellation Canis Major will be on the meridian about midnight in the beginning, and Gemini and Canis Minor about the middle of the month. Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites. Third Satellite. On the 24th Im., at 6h 45m 19s A.M. h m Eq. Time Clock bef. Sun 1 28 8 m 444 4 28 19 40.7 20 46'4 21 45'6 22 40'0 23 44'0 24 50'9 25 47.5 26 48.5 27 53'0 28 49'8 Sun Sun's sets Dec. 29.8 36.3 82.7 29 50'0 26.5 30 49'6 30.9 31 56.1 42.3 27.7 30.5 39.2 2 49 35 21 Moon's h m O 1 3 59 22 s 59 4 1 22 53 38 8 4 56 4 2 22 48 4 8 8 5 23 4 3 22 41 35 5 88 5 50 4 4 22 68 7 6 16 4 5 22 27 7 8 7 6 42 4 7 22 20 7 8 4 8 22 12 23.7 88 6 98 6 10 8 5 7 33 4 9 22 3 24.7 7 57 4 11 21 54 25.7 11 8 5 8 21 4 12 21 45 26.7 6 17 12 8 4 8 44 4 14 21 35 27.7 7 16 28.7 7 59 8 32 3 0.9 8 55 52 1.9 9 12 4 21 20 40 2.9 9 25 4 23 20 28 3.9 9 38 13 8 3 9 7 4 15 21 25 4 25 20 15 4.9 20 4 28 19 9 48 5.9 9 57 6.9 10 8 10 22 8.9 10 38 9.9 11 1 4 30 19 4 31 19 12 29 4 33 19 6 52 25 7 50 12 42 4 35 18 36 27 7 47 13 10.9 11 39 16 8 5 d 16.7 17.7 18.7 19 7 20.7 « 22.7 751 7 58 8 7 8 19 8 32 8 47 m h 0 6 0 13 0 22 0 34 0 47 1 2 17 12 Day brk. Southing Moon of the sets 6 m2 6 2 6 1 5 59 5 55 5 50 h m 9 m42 2 3 4 2 4 50 5 35 6 21 7 7 55 9 36 10 29 0 a 10 1 41 2 23 32 8 44 11 7 3 4 morn. 3 5 6 52 Twil. OS ends 6a5 6 10 6 16 6 22 6 28 6 36 semi-di. 16' 18" 16 18 16 18 16 18 16 17 16 17 High Water, Morn. Aftern. h m h m 2 32 2 57 3 22 348 4 13 4 37 5 1 5 50 6 35 8 15 9 19 10 35 0 49 1 37 11 46 2 18 3 26 16 17 3 58 18 5 1 19 22 23 3 42 4 13 4 44 5 16 5 32 20 5 48 6.6 21 625 6 46 7 8 7 33 8 0 8 31 9 7 9 52 10 35 11 17 11 58 0 36 1 35 2 26 3 13 Day 27 1 7 28 29 2 2 250 3 36 30 31 MONTHLY 2. Candlemas-day. Scotch quarter-day. 15. Last day for objecting to owners' votes for Guardians. Tenancy.-A yearly tenant must give notice to quit half a year before the expiration of the current year of his tenancy. If, by agreement, a quarter's notice is to be sufficient, such notice must also expire with the tenancy, if that is yearly. Wills.-All wills made in England after Jan. 1838, come under the provisions of the Wills Act, of which an abstract was given in Brit. Almanac for 1838. By it, all property may be disposed of by will; a will must be in writing, and must be signed at the bottom or end by the testator, or, if he is unable, by some person on his behalf, by his direction, and in his presence; and two, or more, attesting witnesses (who must be present at the same time) must also sign the will in the presence of the testator. If the testator wishes Morning. 4 S. Genesis 3 11 S. 9 to v. 20 14 Ash Wed. Isaiah 58 to v. 13 18 S. Genesis 19, v. 12-30 25 S. 27 to v. 41 " Day ofthe 12 M Year 7 W 38 35 Sexagesima Sunday. 23, v. 13 Mark 2, v. 13-23 PROPER LESSONS. 99 Matthew 26, v. 57 Mark 2 to v. 23 32 (High Spring Tides. Partridge shooting ends. elongation 26° 41' W. 33 Candlemas Day. Sundays and Remarkable Days 43 39 Half-Quarter Day. ........ 11 S 42 Shrove Sunday. 41 Queen Victoria mar. 1840. 45 13 Tu 44 Shrove Tuesday. 48 .. 18 S 19 M 20 Tu 51 Prs. Louise of W. b. 1867. 21 W 22 TH 53 52 23 F 54 24 S 55 St. Matthias. 59 NOTICES. to acknowledge or reward the attesting witnesses, he must do it some other way than by a bequest: for legacies to attesting witnesses, or to the wife or husband of an attesting witness, are void. No person under 21 can make a valid will. Wills are revoked by subsequent marriage; otherwise a will can only be revoked by destruction, or by the making of a new one; and alterations in wills must be made in the same manner as a will is made. Wills are to be construed as if made immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention is expressed; and properties bequeathed in general terms include all property in the possession of the testator at his decease, whether acquired before or after the will was made. [If persons make their own wills, without legal assistance, let them express themselves in a plain simple way, avoiding roundabout phrases, or attempts to imitate legal phraseology.] ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA. Mercury, in the constellation Capricornus, is visible before sunrise about the 20th, at greatest Acts 21 to v. 17 Venus, in the constellation Capricornus, is a morning star. On the 15th, rises at 6h 35m A.M. Mars, in the constellations Scorpio and Sagittarius, is visible in the mornings before sunrise. On the 15th, rises at 3h 48m A.M. Jupiter, in the constellation Sagittarius, is also visible in. the mornings before sunrise. On the 15th, rises at 4h 14m A.M. Saturn, in the constellation Aquarius, is too near the Sun for observation. Uranus, in the constellation Leo, is in opposition to the Sun on the 11th, and at transit is in R.A., 9h 41m 2s, Dec. 14° 42' N. Neptune is in the constellation Aries. On the 15th, passes the meridian at 4h 22m P.M. The Moon, on the 7th, at 2h P.M., in conjunction with Mars, at 5° 28' N; on the 8th, at noon, with Jupiter, at 5° 28' N on the 11th, at 2h A.M., with Mercury; at 4h A.M., in Apogee; at Sh A.M., in conjunction with Venus, at 2° 59' N; on the 14th, at 3h P.M., with Saturn, at 1° 42' S; and on the 26th, at 2h P.M., in Perigee. Day THERMOMETRICAL REGISTER. 6789 1 h m 2 7 39 3 7 37 4 7 36 5 7 34 7 32 7 7 31 Eq. Time Sun Clock rises bef. Sun 8 7 29 42.1 45'0 38.7 33.7 34.2 44.2 48.3 42.2 44.6 m S 55 14 2 4 49 16 14 84 51 16 14 14 4 53 16 14 19 4 55 15 14 22 4 57 15 14 264 58 15 5 4 14 6 13 53 8 13 33 13 14 28 5 0 14 7 27 14 30 5 2 14 10 7 25 14 30 11 7 23 14 30 5 12 7 21 14 30 5 13 7 20 14 28 5 9 13 14 7 18 14 26 5 11 12 15 7 16 14 23 5 13 12 16 7 14 14 19 5 15 12 17 7 12 14 15 5 17 11 18 7 10 14 10 5 19 11 19 7 8 14 4 5 20 11 52 32 11 50 29 7 20 7 6 13 57 5 22 10 46 7.1 24 40 21 7 4 13 50 5 24 10 18 12 54 5 35 8 11 12 42 5 36 48 87 Moon's THE MOON'S CHANGES. Last Quart. 5th day, 5h. Om. morn. New .13th day, 8h. 59m. morn. First Quart....21st day, 4h. 15m. morn. Full ...... .27th day, 7h. 14m. aftern. 67 Moon rises 966 D's Dec. on the 1st, 0°; 8th, 28° 28' S; 16th, 0°; 22nd, 28° 30' N; 28th, 0°. M. L. of Day's D. Day incr. 1 6 11 16 10 0 21 10 19 26 h m 9 a 32 10 55 9 6 9 24 9 42 ... O / m h m d h 42 18.9 3 27 24 19.9 morn. 4 14 6 20.9 0 18 5 2 48 ( 1 38 5 50 29 22.9 2 56 6 40 10 10 23.9 4 9 7 32 10 51 24.9 5 11 11 37 8 24 25.9 6 0 9 16 32 0 a 35 13 26.9 6 35 10 6 1 43 27.9 0 10 54 2 55 28.9 7 19 11 39 4 9 7 34 0 a 22 5 21 1.1 7 46 1 3 2.1 7 56 1 2 6 34 4 0 49 D 9 34 9.1 10 18 5 29 2 11 12.1 13.1 O 5 29 15.1 6 58 morn. 0 24 Day Twil. O's ends semi-di. brk. 1 21 5m43 1 39 5 36 2 155 20 11 2 34 5 5 1 Southing Moon of the sets m h 9 6 9 19 9 34 9 53 17 51 11 59 0 33 1 2 1 25 11 1 46 2 6 12 2 23 2 38 13 14 2 52 3 21 3 8 3 35 15 3 50 4 4 16 4 18 4 33 17 4 48 5 3 18 5 19 5 34 19 5 51 6 10 20 6 55 21 6 31 7 22 23 7 54 22 8 33 9 21 10 16 11 5 11 51 0 29 1 25 2 12 9 10 24 25 0 58 26 27 28 |