MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. Exceeding £10 and not exceedg. £50 2 Exceeding £50 1 0 6 If drawn by two or more Horses 200 0 15 0 0 10 0 Half of the above Duties. Stamps are also now used instead of payments by fees in proceedings in Bankruptcy and Insolvency, in the High Court of Admiralty, and in all proceedings in Chancery. DUTIES ON LEGACIES AND ON SUCCESSION TO REAL PROPERTY Of the Value of 201. or upwards, out of Personal Estate, or charged upon Real Estate, &c.; and upon every share of Residue:To a child or parent, or any lineal descendant or ancestor of the deceased, 17. per cent. To a brother or sister, or their de scendants, 3 per cent.-To an uncle or aunt, or their descendants, 54 per cent.-To a great uncle or great aunt, or their descendants, 64. per cent.-To any other relation, or any stranger in blood, 10. per cent. -Legacy to husband or wife, exempt. SPOILED STAMPS. The days for claiming the allowance at Somerset-house, are Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from 12 to 2 o'clock, and at 3, New Bankbuildings, on Mondays from 11 to 2, for London; from the country, on the other days from ten to four o'clock. If parties reside within ten miles of London, application must be made within six calendar months from the time the stamps became spoiled, when not upon executed instruments; and when upon such instruments, within six months from their date. If parties reside beyond the said limit of ten miles, the appli cation must also be made within six months from the date, when the stamps are upon executed instruments; but in all other cases, within twelve months from the date of the stamps becoming spoiled. The affidavit in support of the application, when not made before a Commissioner at Somerset-house, or a Distributor of Stamps in the Country, when such Distributor is authorized to administer the same, must be upon a stamp of 2s. 6d., and made before a Master Extraordinary in Chancery. ASSESSED TAXES. From April 5, 1854. Duties on Male Servants. For every Servant 18 years of £. s. d. age or upwards 1 1 0 under 18 years of age 0 10 6 Waiters in taverns 1 1 0 Under Gardeners and Gamekeepers, each.... 0 10 6 0 Servants let to hire 18 years of age 1 1 under 0 10 6 INHABITED HOUSE DUTY. On every inhabited dwelling house, of the value of 207. per an. or upwards If used for the sale of goods, as a shop or warehouse, the shop or warehouse being on the ground-floor; or for the retail sale of beer, wines, or spirits; or if occupied by a tenant or farmservant for husbandry purposes only, for every 20s. of annual value-the sum of.. occupied for any other purposes, If for every 20s. of annual value.... one Horse or Mule one Pony or Mule less than 13 hands in height.. And where such Carriages shall be kept and used solely for the purpose of being let for hire without horses CARRIAGES USED BY COMMON CARRIERS, FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS AND OCCASIONALLY OF PASSENGERS. Carriage with four wheels...... 268 less than four wheels 168 ON HORSES.J ...... Race Horses, each Horses for riding or drawing Carriages charged with duty, exceeding the height of 13 hands, each.... Other Horses or Mules exceed ing the height of 13 hands, each Ponies or Mules not exceeding the height of 13 hands, kept for riding or drawing a taxable Carriage, each... Ponies or Mules kept for other purposes, each.. Farmer, Teacher, or Preacher, Roman Catholic Priest, Physician, Surgeon or Apothecary, Clergymen and Dissenting Ministers, for one riding-horse, "if only one be kept, and it be not used in drawing a taxable carriage". 3 17 0 6d. 9d. tation duly registered— On a gamekeeper, acting under a depu :1 66 If assessed as a servant If not so assessed......... On every other person using dog, gun, net, or engine, for the taking or killing of game 4 0 10 By 1 and 2 Will IV., cap. 32, persons licensed to deal in game are to take out a certificate, charged with a duty of 2; but certificated persons may sell game to li censed dealers, if paying a duty of 31. 138. Gd. and 10 per cent. additional. STAGE COACH DUTIES. Duties on Passengers conveyed for hire by 52 per cent. on the gross amount of fares. RULE FOR CALCULATING INTEREST, at 5 per Cent. Multiply the Pounds by the Days, and divide the Product by 365. The Quotient gives the Interest at 5 per cent. in Shillings. TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND OTHER PAYMENTS. Y Pr. M. Pr Week Pr. D. Y. Pr. M. Pr Week Pr. D. Y. Pr. M. Pr Week Pr. D. If the Wages be Guineas instead of Pounds, for each Guinea add one Penny These are the denominations of Troy Weight when used for weighing gold, silver, and precious stones (except diamonds). But Troy Weight is also used by Apothecaries in compounding medicines, and by them the ounce is divided into 8 drams, and the dram into 3 scruples, so that the scruple is equal to 20 grains. For scientific purposes the grain only is used; and sets of weights are constructed in decimal progression, from 10,000 grains downwards to of a grain. The carat, used for weighing diamonds, is 3 grains. The term, however, when used to express the fineness of gold, has a relative meaning only. Every mass of alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into 24 equal parts; thus the standard for coin is 22 carats fine, that is, it consists of 22 parts of pure gold, and 2 parts of alloy. 5. ANGULAR MEASURE; OR, DIVISIONS OF THE CIRCLE. 60 Seconds 60 Minutes 30 Degrees 90 Degrees 360 Degrees, or 12 Signs 1 Circumference. MEMORANDA FOR NEXT YEAR, 1857. N.B. As towards the end of each year, or even earlier, information concerning the ensuing year is often wanted, we add to the current Almanac a synopsis of that which is to succeed it, as follows: May 1, Friday. July 12, Sunday. 19, 26, Aug. 1, Saturday. Oct. 11, Sunday. " Nov. 1, 8, 17, LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS. HOLIDAYS. BANK AND SOUTH SEA HOUSE. March 21. Good Friday November 1. All Saints May 1. St. Philip and St. James December 25. Christmas Day tit The Holidays at the Bank, as here stated, relate to the Transfer of Stock and Payment of dividends only; with respect to the general Bustness, the Close Holidays are Good Friday and Christmas Day. The only Holidays at the Exchequer and India House are Good Friday and Christmas Day. At the Custom House, and the several Public Dock Companies, by 3 and 4 William IV. cap. 51, the holidays are Christmas Day and Good Friday, and days appointed by her Majesty's Proclamation for a General Fast or General Thanksgiving, and the days appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's Birthday, and the Prince of Wales's Birthday. At the Excise and Stamp Offices, the Holidays are the same as in the Customs, with the addition of Whit Monday, March 25, and May 29th. All holidays that full on a Sunday (except the Saints' Days) are kept on the Monday following. TRANSFER DAYS AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND, &c. An Account of the various PUBLIC FUNDS, the Days and Hours of transacting Business, and the Times when Dividends and Interest are due thereon. Hours for buying, selling, and transferring, from 10 to 3,-accepting, 9 to 3,-and payment of dividends, 9 to 3, daily, Sundays and holidays excepted. + Hours for transferring, 12 to 1,-receiving dividends, from 9 to 3. Hours for transferring, 12 to 3,-receiving dividends, 9 to 2, Tuesdays and Thursdays; 9 to 1, Saturdays A QUARTER SESSIONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1856. By 1 Will. IV. c. 70, it is enacted, that "justices of the peace in every County, Riding, or Division for which Quarter Sessions of the Peace ought to be held, shall hold their General Quarter Session of the Peace in the first week after the 11th of October, in the first week after the 28th of December, in the first week after the 31st of March, and in the first week after the 24th of June," the particular day of the week being fixed upon at their discretion.-By 4 & 5 Will. IV. c. 47, for preventing the interference of the Spring Assizes with the April Quarter Sessions, justices are empowered, at Epiphany Sessions, to name two of their own body to fix the day for holding the next General Quarter Sessions. All business relating to the assessment and application of county rates to be transacted in open court, and public notice of Quarter Sessions to be given in two county newspapers. BEDFORDSHIRE-) BERKS-Abingdon, M. Dec. 31, 1855; June 30.-Reading, April 7, Oct. 13. CAMBRIDGE County, at Cambridge, F. Jan. 4, April 11, July 4, Oct. 17-For the Town, the Monday before. CHESHIRE Chester, M. as Berks. CORNWALL-Bodmin, Tu. July 1, Oct. 14.-Truro, Th. Jan. 3, April 10. CUMBERLAND-Cockermouth, in April and Oct.-Carlisle, in Jan. and July. DERBYSHIRE-Derby, Tu. as Bucks. DEVONSHIRE-Exeter, Tu. as Bucks. DORSETSHIRE-Dorchester, Tu. as Bucks. DURHAM-Durham, M. as Berks. ELY, ISLE OF -Wisbeach, W. Jan. 2, July 2-Ely, April 9, Oct. 15. ESSEX-Colchester & Harwich, M. as Berks.-Chelmsford, Tu. as Bucks. GLOUCESTERSHIRE-Gloucester, Tu. as Bucks. HAMPSHIRE-Winchester, Tu. as Bucks. HEREFORDSHIRE-Hereford, M. as Berks. HERTFORDSHIRE-Hertford, M. as Berks.-St. Albans, the same Week. HUNTINGDONSHIRE-Huntingdon, Tu. as Bucks. KENT-Maidstone, Th. Jan. 3, Tu. April 8, Th. July 3, Tu. Oct. 14Canterbury, Tu. Jan. 1, Fri. April 11, Tu. July 1, Fri. Oct. 17. LANCASHIRE Lancaster, Tu. as Bucks.-Adjournments are held at Preston, Salford, and Liverpool, LEICESTERSHIRE-Leicester, Tu. as Bucks. LINCOLNSHIRE-City of Lincoln. Sat. Jan. 5, April 12, June 5, Oct. 18Bourne, Tu. April 8, July 1-Boston, Oct. 14-For the parts of Lindsey-Spilsby, Tu. Jan. 8, July 8-Kirton, Fr. as CambridgeLouth, Tu. April 13, Oct. 21-For the parts of Kesteven-Bourne, M. as Berks. Sleaford, Th. Jan. 3, April 10, July 3, Oct. 16. MONMOUTHSHIRE-Usk, M. as Berks. NORFOLK-At the Shire House, Norwich, Tu. Jan. 1, W. April 9, July 2, Oct. 15-Norfolk, W. Jan. 2-Adjourned to King's Lynn, Tu. Jan. 8, April 15, Oct. 21; and to Swaffham, M. June 30; and to Walsingham, Fr. Jan. 11, July 4. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE--Northampton, W. Jan. 2, April 9, July 25, Oct. 15-Peterborough, same days. NORTHUMBERLAND-Newcastle, W. Jan.2-Morpeth, Th. April 10-Hexham, Th. July 3-Alnwick, Oct. 16-Berwick upon Tweed, S. Oct. 18. |