OCCULTATIONS OF PLANETS AND FIXED STARS BY THE MOON, VISIBLE AT GREENWICH.

Disappearance.

Reappearance.

144 108 16 47
174 136 20 37
118 81 22 59

Angle

from

16 11 20 13 18 57

N.

Point.

Vertex.

14 9

h. m.

7 14 315 344 11 34 313 351 6 35 261 221

10 49

295 302

12 13 289 285

241 280 300 339 261 254

258 260

13 14 250 216 18 28 262 272 9 42 276 315

7 48 237 269 13 27 222 261 10 10 305 326

14 6 245 286

9 14 280 321

9 14 267 308

9 48 213 254

11 59 243 261
12 23
199 184
18 20 275 309

10 36 346 20 8 5 252 284

14 50 206 243

13 26 231 198

11 18 270 279

9 19 227 194 12 40 229 190 14 50 271231

OCCULTATIONS OF PLANETS AND FIXED STARS BY THE MOON, VISIBLE AT GREENWICH.

OCCULTATIONS OF PLANETS AND FIXED STARS BY THE MOON, VISIBLE AT GREENWICH,

PRELIMINARY NOTES FOR THE YEAR.

Septuagesima Sunday
Shrove Tuesday
Easter Sunday.
Whit Sunday...
Trinity Sunday
Advent Sunday

Dominical Letter
Golden Number
Cycle of the Sun
Epact

Roman Indiction
Julian Period

11

The Year 1851 is the third after Leap Year.

E
9

12
28
9
6564

ECLIPSES IN 1851.

January 17. MOON partially eclipsed, visible at Greenwich. Begins at 2h. 29.9m. P.M. mean time at Greenwich; middle at 4h. 50m.; ends at 7h. 10.1m. Magnitude of the eclipse (Moon's diameter --- 1) 0.465 on the northern limb.

AUTUMNAL

WINTER

February 1. SUN. An annular eclipse, invisible at Greenwich. Begins on the earth generally at 3h. 3-6m. A.M. mean time at Greenwich, in longitude 36° 1' E., and latitude 32° 57′ S.; ends on the earth generally at 8h. 45-1m. in longitude 146° 21' E.; and latitude 13° 13' S. Central eclipse begins generally at 4h. 23.6m. in longitude 70 44 E., and latitude 47° 41' S.; ends at 7h. 25-1m. in longitude 171° 49′ E., and latitude 280 27' S. This eclipse is visible in the Indian ocean.

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THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE YEAR.

SPRING Quarter begins March 21

4h 55m morning.

SUMMER

1 41 morning.

June 22
Sept. 23

3 51

afternoon.

Dec. 22

9 29 morning.

Begins.

Ends.
..Jan. 14....
Apr. 12
Lent Term
Easter Term
Apr. 30......June 7
Trinity Term......June 11......July 5
Michaelmas Term..Oct. 10......Dec. 17

......

The Act will be July 1.

CAMBRIDGE TERMS.
Begins. Divides.
Ends.
Lent....Jan. 13....
...Feb. 26 n....
Apr. 11
.July
Easter.. Apr. 30....June 1 m.....

4

TERMS AND RETURNS.

HILARY TERM begins 11th January-Ends 31st January.
EASTER TERM begins 15th April-Ends 13th May.
TRINITY TERM begins 27th May-Ends 17th June.
MICHAELMAS TERM begins 2nd Nov.-Ends 25th Nov.
OXFORD TERMS.

Feb. 16
March 4
April 20
June 8

July 13. MOON partially eclipsed, invi-
sible at Greenwich. Begins at 4h.34.5m.
A.M. mean time at Greenwich; middle
at 7h. 21 3m., ends at 10h. 8.1m. Mag-
nitude of the eclipse (Moon's diameter
= 1) 0-706 on the southern limb.
July 28. SUN totally eclipsed, visible at
Greenwich. Begins on the earth gene-
rally at Oh. 14.2m. P.M. mean time at
Greenwich, in longitude 106° 28′ W., and
latitude 36° 0' N.; ends on the earth ge-
nerally at 4h. 31.2m. in longitude 260 7'
Central
E., and latitude 200 28' N.
eclipse begins generally at 1h. 25-8m. in
longitude 137° 48′ W., and latitude 530
43 N.; ends at 3h. 39-6m. in longitude
520 50 E., and latitude 39° 6′ N.

At

Greenwich a partial eclipse is visible, beginning at 2h. 3 3m. P.M.; greatest phase at 3h. 11.6m., and ending at 4h. 15.2m.

15 Nov. 30

Mich.....Oct. 10... Nov. 12 m.. Dec. 16
The Commencement will be July 1,
TERMS IN ENGLAND
Usually taken in Leases.

25 March Lady Day | 29 Sept.. Mich. Day
24 June.. Midsum. 25 Dec... Christmas
IN SCOTLAND.
Candlemas... Feb. 2| Lammas
Aug. 1
Whitsunday May 15 Martinmas.. Nov. 11

* This term in Scotch leases does not depend upon the moveable Feast of Whitsuntide, but is permanent.

TRANSFER DAYS.

The Transfer Days are now Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Divi. dends are due at the following dates after an interval of three days, or if a Sunday intervenes of four days.

AT THE BANK.

shut, by paying at the Bank, India House, and South Sea House, 2s. 6d. extra for each Transfer; but no Transfer can be made after 1 o'clock on Saturdays.

HOLIDAYS KEPT AT THE PUBLIC OFFICES IN 1851.

By an Act of Parliament passed in 1834, much of the money business of the Exchequer is removed to the Bank of England. At the EXCHEQUER all holidays are abolished except Christmas Day and Good Friday.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, EXCISE, STAMPS, AND TAXES OFFICES.

Good Friday, April 18. Day appointed to be kept as the Queen's Birth-day. Prince of Wales's Birth-day, 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 Dock Companies of the United Kingdom. At the Stamps and Taxes Office, the Restoration of Charles II., May 29; Whit Monday and Tuesday (June 9 and 10), are kept in addition.

INDIA HOUSE.
Good Friday, April 18. 1
BANK OF ENGLAND.

Christmas Day, December 25.

Good Friday, April 18.

Christmas Day, December 25. And in the Transfer Offices, 1st May and 1st November in addition. N.B. Whenever the 1st May or 1st November falls on a Sunday the holiday will be kept on the Monday following.

SOUTH SEA HOUSE.-Same as Bank of England.

BRITISH MUSEUM.

The Public are admitted on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours of Ten and Four from the 7th September to the 1st of May; and between the hours of Ten and Seven from the 7th May to the 1st September. The Reading Room is open every day, except holidays, an hour earlier, but closes at the same times.

The Muscum is closed between the 1st and 7th January, the 1st and 7th May, and the

1st and 7th September, and on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Christmas Day. Any Special Fast or Thanksgiving Days ordered by Authority are kept in addition by all the above establishments.