THE

BRITISH ALMANAC

And Family Cyclopædia,

FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD

1897, 60661

BEING THE SIXTY-FIRST OF THE REIGN OF HER PRESENT MAJESTY:

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE ASTRONOMICAL AND OTHER
PHENOMENA OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS A MASS
OF OTHER INFORMATION OF A PRACTICALLY
USEFUL CHARACTER.

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DOMINI. MANET IN ET

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Dominical Letter

Golden Number...

Epact..

Solar Cycle

Roman Indiction
Julian Period, Year of

The Solar Cycle is a period of 28 years, within which the Dominical or Sunday Letters and those that express the other festivals, &c., return in the same order as before.

The Roman Indiction is a period of 15 years, used by the Romans or the time of taxing their provinces.

The Julian period contains 7980 years (being the above 3 periods multiplied together), and is used in astronomical and chronological calculations throughout the world.

EPOCHS CORRESPONDING WITH A.D.

66ro of the Julian Period.

5897 of the Creation of the World.

THE YEAR 1897 IS

5658 of the Jewish Era commences Sept. 27. 4241 since the deluge.

1864 since the death of Jesus Christ.

1897.

1827 since the destruction of Jerusalem.
1315 of the Mohammedan Era (com. July 2).
121-2 of the independence of the U.S," of
America (July 4).

105-6 of the French Republic (Sept. 23).

THE SEASONS.

Vernal Equinox,

Spring begins

Summer Solstice,

Summer begins

Autumnal Equinox,

Autumn begins

Winter Solstice,

Winter begins

September
December

21

4 22 A.M.

Greenwich Mean Time.

FESTIVALS, HOLIDAYS, &c., OBSERVED BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND: Those marked (f) are "fixed" to the dates given, the others are "moveable" according to the incidence

7 First Sunday in Lent 1 SS. Philip & James (f) 21 St. Matthew (f). 23 Annun.of the V.M. (f) 27 Ascension of our Lord 29 S.Mich & All Angls (f) 23 Holy Innocents (f) Ember Days are March 15, 12, and 13, June 9, 11, and 12, September 15, 17, and 18, and December 15, 17, and 18. Rogation Days are May 24, 25, and 25.

There are no "Bank Holidays" in the countries named below, but the dates given are usually observed as Public Holidays and business is more or less suspended.

Rev. H. E. Ryle, D.D., Pres. of Queen's College, Cambridge. T. H. Fischer, Q.C., a Master in Lunacy, vice Sir Francis Maclean.

Viscount Cranborne, M.P., Chairman of Hertfordshire Quarter Sessions.

Lord Justice Lopes, Chairman of Wiltshire Quarter Sessions. T. Bryant, F.R.C.S., Surgeon-Extraordinary to the Queen, vice Sir J. Erichsen, Bart., deceased.

B. B. Cubitt, Private Secretary, vice A. J. Gibson, to Hon. St. John Brodrick, M.P., Under-Secretary for War.

Richard Davies, Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey.
James Pierce Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham in the Peerage of
Ireland.

Colonel Gilbert, Chief Constable of Cornwall.

W. H. White, Secretary to Royal Inst. of British Architects.

4

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:. Feb. 2
I 18
1 Mar. 4

,, 15

ISH CALENDAR. 5657

Tebet 27
Sebat I

30 Adar I

I

New Moon,

F.. New Moon, 30 Vendas

Fast of Esther,

13 14, 15 Nisan I

9, F. Purim,

New Moon,

.., 12, T.

17, S.

18, M., 19, T.

26, T., 27, W. Nov. 25, Th., 26, F. Dec. 20, M.

25, S., 26, S.

18

Ab I

10

30 Elul 5658 Tisri 1, 2

I

Fast of Guedaliah,
Kipur,
Tabernacle,

Hosana Raba,
Feast of 8th day,

3

10

15, 16

21

22, 23

I

30 Kislev I

25 30 Tebet i

New Moon, 30 Hesvan
New Moon,
Hanuca,
New Moon,
Commences at
1897 H.M.
April 9... 6 30

Sabbath

1897 H.M. Jan. 15... 4 0

99 29... 4 30

Feb. 19... 5 o
Mar. 5.5 30

"

1897 Oct.

H.M. I... 5 O

30... 7 O Aug. 20... 6 30 Sept. 3... 6 Nov. 19... 3 30 19... 6 o "" 17.5 30 1898-Jan. 14 4h. om.

The Dominical or Sunday Letter is the letter of the alphabet to indicate the incidence of the Sundays in the Ecclesiastical Calendar thus in 1897 the Dominical letter is C, the third letter January 3 is therefore a Sunday.

The Golden Number is the number of years elapsed in the Lunar Cycle or period of 19 years, at the end of which period the same aspects of the moon recur within an hour and a half of the same times,

The Epact is a number representing the age of the moon on the first day of the new year.

EPOCHS CORRESPONDING WITH A.D. 1897.
THE YEAR 1897 IS-

ECCLESIASTICAL CALENDAR. A

FESTIVALS, HOLIDAYS, &c., OBSERVED BY THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Those marked (f) are "fixel" to the dates given, the others are "moveable" according to the incidence

25 St. James (f)
August

24 St. Bartholomew (f)
September.

"

28 Advent Sunday
30 St. Andrew (f)

December.

21 St. Thomas (f)
25 Nativityof our Lord(f)
26 St. Stephen (f)
27 St. John (f)..

7 First Sunday in Lent 1 SS. Philip & James (f) 21 St. Matthew (f). 25 Annun.of the V.M. (f) 27 Ascension of our Lord 29 S.Mich & All Angls (f) 23 Holy Innocents (f) Ember Days are March 15, 12, and 13, June 9, 11, and 12, September 15, 17, and 18, and December 15, 17, and 18. Rogation Days are May 24, 25, and 25.

CONTINENTAL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. Berman ta đ There are no "Bank Holidays" in the countries named below, but the dates given are usually observed as Public Holidays and business is more or less suspended.

FRANCE.

New Year's Day, Jan. 1.
Easter Mon., April 19.
Ascension Day, May 27.
Whit Monday, June 7.
National Fête, July 14.
Assumption, Aug. 15.
All Saints' Day, Nov. 1.
Christmas Day, Dec. 25.

BELGIUM.

New Year's Day, Jan. 1.
Easter Mon., April 19.
Ascension Day, May 27.
Whit Monday, June 7.
National Fête, July 21.
Assumption, Aug. 15.
All Saints' Day, Nov. 1.
Christmas Day, Dec. 25.

SWITZERLAND.
New Year's Day, Jan. 1.
Good Friday, April 16.
Easter Mon., April 19.
Whit Monday, June 7.
National Fête, Sept. 19.
Christmas Day.

Proverb-Example is better than precept.

GERMANY.
New Year's Day, In. 1.
Good Friday, April 16.
Easter Mon., April 13.
Ascension Day, May 27.
Whit Monday, June 7.
Day of Prayer, Nov. 18.
Christmas Day, Dc, 25.

Proverb-Courtesy costs nothing.