Railway Comp., Gt. Northern. 380 | School, Freemasons, Females 418 Gt. Western. 380 Males .. 418 Raine's Charities 409 232 Rangers, &c.......... 165 Grey Coat, Westin... 342 Record-Office 287 341 Records & Writs, Clerks of . 286 Ladies' Charity 409 Rectors and Vicars. 318 339 Recruiting Department 281 Mercers' Grammar 339 Refuge for the Destitute 420 Merchant Tailors 340 Regent's Canal Company 378 National Society 327 Register of Deeds, Middlesex 291 Orphan Working 409 Office in Chancery.... 286 Philological 410 Office of Birtlis, &c.. 185 Queen Elizabeth's.... 341 & Record of Seamen 162 Reading 339 (Lloyd's) of Shipping 377 Repton 340 Religious Tract Society. 326 341 Retired Army Officers 253 413 Report Office ... 286 Royal Naval Female .. 414 Royal Arsenal, Woolwich .... 277 Rugby 341 Naval Hospitals 231 41) Naval Med. Supp. Fund. 233 St. Margaret's Hospital 342 Navy 200 339 Academy of Arts.. 354 341 Academy of Music.... 358 Shrewsbury. 339 Artillery. 267 340 Engineers 270 409 Forests 165 Yorkshire Society's .. 412 Hunt 153 Schools, Inspectors of 143 Marines. 272 Schoolmasters, Society for.... 418 Marine Office 229 Science and Art, Board of Military College. 282 Trade, Department of 161 Military Asylum 283 Scotch Mines Corporation 376 Military Academy.. 276 Secretaries of State ....... 158 Observatories 229 Serjeants at Law. 291 Society 352 Sewers, Metropol. Commis. of 381 Society of Literature .. 358 Sheriffs of Counties..... 299 Soc. for the Protection of London.. 363 of Life from Fire.. 421 Ship Owners' Society. 381 Rupture Society 406 Ships, Denomin. and Classes of 217 Russia Company 375 Small Debts, Society for 419 St. Mich. and St. Geo., Knts.of 120 Sons of Clergy, Corporation of 324 St. Patrick, Society of 413 Anniversary of 325 Knights of 111 Sovereigns of Europe ........ 103 School Charities 409 South-Sea Company 375 School, Archbp. Tenison's 342 Southwark, Borough Court of 296 Aske's Hospital.. 409 Stamp and Tax Offices 176 Beccles .... 343 State-Paper Office 287 Birmingham 340 Stationery-Office 184 Blind 410 Statistical Society 359 Britislı and Foreign 412 Steam Vessels, List of Govmnt. 221 Blue Coat, Westm. 342 Storekeeper Gen's. Department 227 Bury.. 340 Strangers' Friend Society..... 418 Charter-House 342 Sunday Schools, Society for .. 326 Christ's Hospital 339 Suppression of Vice, Soc. for.. 421 City of London 368 Surveyors' Department (Adm.) 226 Clergymen's Orphans 325 Taxing Masters, Chancery 285 ...... ..... Tenths Office...... 156 Thistle, Knights of the 110 War Dep. Sec. of State's Office 274 Tithe Commissioners 186 War-Office... 274 Trade, Board of ..... 160 Store Department 275 Protection Society 377 - Contract Department 275 Transports and Prisoners of -Clothing Department. ... 275 War, Directors of .. 228 Small Arm Department 276 Travellers' Society 417 Water-Works, East London,. 380 Treasury 165 Grand Junction 381 Trinity-house 233 New River.... 380 Truss-Society, City of London 406 Stbwrk & Vxhll 380 National 405 West Middlesex 381 University, Cambridge 332 Lambeth...... 381 Durham 334 Westminster Court .... 295 College.. 336 West India Committee 377 London 335 West India Islands, Office for 167 Vaccine Establishmt., National 406 Widows, Distressed, Soc. for 419 Institution, London.. 407 Medical Men's, S. for 415 Van Diemen's Land Company 376 Woods and Forests, Office of.. 164 Vicar-General's-Office 292 Yeomen of the Guard ........ 151 Vice-Chancellor's-Officers.... 287 Young Females, Soc.for protect. 422 Victualling-Offices ... 231 | Zoological Society .... 357 .... 441 SCOTLAND. 435 Advocates ... 434 Lyon-Court 434 Antiquaries, Society of. 440 Magistrates of Edinburgh ... 435 Arts, Society of 441 Manufactures, Trustees for 444 Banks.... 444 Naval and Mil. Academy Baronets 429 Officers of State 432 Bishops 436 Peers 423 Chamber of Commerce 445 Peeresses 428 Chancery Office 434 Police Court 435 Chapel Royal .. 432 Post-Office. 442 College of Physicians 438 Privy Scal. 432 Surgeons. 440 Queen's Household 432 King's. 437 Regalia, Commissioners for 432 Marischal 437 Register of Sasines.... 434 Courts of Law.. 433 Royal Archers........ 432 Customs 442 Royal Burghs, Convention of.. 444 Deans Society... 440 Edinburgh Academy.. 438 Institution Excise.... 443 Scots Episcopal Church 436 Fisheries, &c., Trustees for.... 444 Sheriffs 435 Freemasons, Grand Lodge of.. 445 Signet-Office.. 434 General Assembly 436 Staff-Officers 433 Highland and Agricul. Soc. 445 Stamp and Tax-Office. 443 High School of Edinburgh.... 438 Teind Court 434 Horticultural Society 441 Universities 436 Inland Revenue 443 Wernerian Society 441 Keepers of Palaces 432 ... 436 ..... 441 .... Admiralty, Court of 466 Aldermen, Dublin 469 Linen Hall 479 Apothecaries' Hall. 478 Lord Lieutenant's Household 464 Archdeacons 472 Lord Lieutenants 465 Arms, Office of.. 463 Magistrates of Dublin 469 Banks.. 479 Maynooth College 476 Baronets 462 Metropolitan Court of Armagh 471 Bishops 459 Newry and Mourne, exempt Board of Education 473 Jurisdiction of 472 Castle Chapel 464 Ordnance Office 465 Chamber of Commerce. 479 Peers 447 Civil Service, Payınaster of 469 Peeress. 459 Commissioners, Ecclesiastical. 473 Physicians, College of. 477 _ of Education. 473 Police Courts 469 Encumbered L'ost-Office 470 Estates ..... 472 Prerogative Court 471 Poor Law .... 473 Privy Council 446 for Endowed Public Works, Board of 472 Schools... 472 Queen's Counsel and Sergeants 467 for Trade and University 474 Manufactures 472 475 Consistorial Court 471 Record Office 469 Courts of Law.. 466 Register-Office 468 Crown Solicitors 469 Royal Irish Academy 478 Custodes Rotulorum 465 Royal Dublin Society. 478 Customs. 469 Royal Academy of Painting .. 479 Deans 471 Royal Hibernian Mil. School 479 Engineer Depart. Royal 466 / Sheriffs 468 Excise 470 Staff Officers, 465 Free-Masons 480 Stamp-Office. 470 General Survey and Valuation State-Officers 464 of Ireland.. 472 Surgeons, College of 478 Inland Revenue Office 470 University of Dublin 473 Insolvent Debtors, Commiss.. 467 | COLONIES AND ISLANDS. Antigua 488 Gold Coast 495 Newfoundland 484 Australia 492 Grenada 487 New South Wales, 490 Bahama Islands., 486 Guernsey.. 491 New Zealand 492 Barbadoes 486 Guiana. 489 Nova Scotia 484 Bengal 473 Heligoland 482 Pr. Edward's Island 484 Bermuda 489 Honduras 466 Sierra Leone 495 Berbice 489 Hong Kong... 492 St. Christopher 488 Bombay .... 374 Ionian Islands 482 St. Helena 494 British Guiana .. 489 Jamaica 485 St. Lucia . 487 Canada...... 483 Jersey 481 St. Vincent 486 Capeof Good Hope 493 Labuan 495 Tobago 487 Ceylon 490 Madras 374 Trinidad 487 Demerara and Es- Malta 482 Turks and Caicos sequibo 489 Man, Isle of 481 Islands... 486 Dominica 489 Mauritius 494 Vancouver's Island 485 Falkland Islands. . 495 Montserrat 488 Van Diemen's Land 491 Gambia 495 Nevis 488 Victoria .... 491 Gibraltar 481 New Brunswick, . 484 Virgin Islands.... 488 Page ..6,7 ... 79 PRELIMINARY NOTES. Esplanatory Notices . . . ai 1856 rising and Sun-setting 3, 4 Hizh Wales at Outports. 5 Heights of High Water at the Londoa Docks for 1856.... 10 Notes for the Year.. Eclipses in 1856. . 11 The Foer Quarters of the Year : 11 Terms and Returns ... 11 Traufer Dars 19 Holidase at Public Offices 12 Qaarier-Sessions ..... 13 THE CALENDAR... 14-37 Hebrev and Mohamme dar Calendars ...14-36 MISCELLANEOUS REGIS TER, Queen's Hoovebold Page English Bishops and Deans 31 Courts of Law ....SI Lords Lientenant 34 Foreign Ministers in Eng land, and Queen's Minis- 54 Lord Mayor and Aldernen of London .. 55 SCOTLAND . 56 IRELAND, . 57 COLONIES .. 60 COMMERCE. Bank Directors 62 Branch Banks 02 East Judia Directors 62 Bankers in London 62 Army Agents. 63 Navy Agents 63 EDUCATION. University of Oxford . . . 63 Cambridge . 65 Page Foundation Schools .... 69 Scotch Uuiversities. 70 Dublin University, 71 Queen's University and Colleges ... 71 Maynooth College .. Belfast Tustitucion... 72 Inns of Court 72 Scientific Institutions ... 72 MISCELLANEOUS INFOR MATION. Table of Kings and Queens 76 Circuits of the Judges .. 76 Central Criminal Court . 76 Law and other Public : 77 Iron- Masters . Quarterly Meetings... Hackney Carriage Fares . 79 Allowance to witnesses.. 80 Metropolitan WaterComps. 80 Gas do... 80 Fire-Engine Stations General and Twopenny Post Office .... . .. 38 London ... 65 moath...: 80--63 Mail Routes 83-87 Principal Club Houses . . 87 Fire and Life Insurance Companies 68--90 Exhibitionis, &c., open to the Public kratuitously. 90 ... 80 .... 67 ... 68 ..... ..... 92 . 69 LONDON: Price One Shilling, stitched in a wrapper; or, bound in cloth with the Companion to the Almanac, Four Shillings. LONDOX: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SOXS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS. EXPLANATORY NOTICES. EXPLANATORY NOTICES. Explanalion of the column headed “ Thermometrical Register." Tue Thermometrical Register commences with Nov. 1854, and closes with Oct. 1855, inclusive. These registers have been carefully copied from those made at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and which are also deposited with the Royal Society. They show the highest and lowest ranges within each twenty-four hours, from twelve different readings. Each month is placed with its corresponding month, as affording the most ready and advantageous means of comparison, although by this arrangement the register of the last two months of 1854 follows the ten months of 1855, which are all we can give up to the day of publication, Erplanation of the columns headed “ Length of day," Day's increase or decrease," “Day breaks," and “ Twilight ends." The column headed “Length of day" contains the number of hours and minutes between sunrise and sunset. The column headed "Day's increase" expresses the number of hours and minutes which the day has increased since the shortest day; and, where the column is headed “Day's decrease," it expresses the number of hours and minutes which the day has decreased since the longest day; for example, the length of the longest day in 1836 is put down in the column “ Length of day" at 16h. 31m.; and on the 6th of July following we find that the length of the day, or the number of hours and minutes between sunrise and sunset, is set down at 16h. 23m.; hence the day has decreased 10m. since the longest day, and, accordingly, in the column “ Day's decrease," we find opposite July the 6th Oh. 1]m. Equation of Time. In this Almanac the calculations are all made for mean time (given by the clock), instead of apparent time (given by the sun-dial), which latter had been used up to the year 1833. It must be obvious that, for all practical purposes, mean time is the most useful; and to obtain it from apparent time, the columns in the Almanac headed "Equation of Time" should be used. The column “ Equation of Time" ought, for example, to be consulted when persons are desirous of setting their clock by a sun-dinl. When clock after sun is written above the number of minutes and seconds opposite to the day, then the clock ought to be set so much slower than the sun-dial, and the contrary. Moonlight. Tile Moon's age is set down in days and the nearest tenths of days from the time of change. Thus it is New Moon on the 7th of January at Ilh. lim. afternoon, and there. fore at noon on the 8th she is 12h. 43m. old, which is set down as five-ténths. The fraction of the day of course continues the same throughout the lunation. " LIST OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ERAS WITH THE YEAR 1856. [In those Eras which begin with the Christian year, the year alone is stated; in those which begin at a different season, the month in which the 1st of January, 1836, occurs is also giren.] Correspondence Abbre. A.U.C. Year of the World (Constantinopolitan account) with 1956, viations, Roman Year ... 2009 7364 A.M. Const, Ditto (Alexandrian account) 7348 A.M. Alex. Ditto (Jewish account).. 23rd Thebet 5616 A.M. Era of Nabonassar 8th Pharmuti 2704 Ær. Nab. Egyptian ..... 25th Cohinc 2602 A. Ey. Julian Period 6369 Jul. Per. Dioclesian, or of Martyrs ... 25th Cohiac 1572 Er. Diocl. Seleucides, or Grecian Audynæus 2167 Ær. Seleuc. Death of Alexander 3d month of 2179 A. Mor. Alex. Era of Tyre.. .... Audynæus 1980 Ær. Tyr. Cæsarian of Antioch (Greek) A dynaus 1904 Cars, Ant Ditto (Syrian) i. Canun 1903 Era of Abraham 4th month of 3971 Ær. Abr. Spanish, or of the Cæsars 1.94 A. Caes. Persian Era of Yezdeyird III. (Parsee account) 1223 A. Pers, Armenian common year.. ..5th Kngkots 1303 An Arm. Ditto ecclesiastical year 12th Kasuots 1304 Hegira ...22nd Rabiu II. 1272 Α.Η. Kaliyug.............. Poos or Margaly 4957 Cal. Salivahana Ditto 1778 Saca. Vikramalitya • Ditto 1912 Sumvat. |