Tb15 St. Swithin. 12 39 O 12 H 14 Apogee. THE "SHIPPING WORLD" YEAR BOOK ALMANACK, 1890. High Waterl JULY. Lond, Bdge] AUCUST. High Water Lond. Bdge mrn. aft. mrn. aft. [2.23 p.m. 12 14 W O Full Moon, 3 Perigee. I 47 2 13 M I 1 5 1 31S 2 1 56 2 223 2 46 3 12 M 3 37 4 3 R 4 28 4 54 W 5 21 5 477 6 13 6 38 F 8 9 Last Qr., 7 5 7 33 S 9 TH 10 4.43 a.m. 8 0 8 2910 FII 12 8 59 9 32 M 11 10 5 10 39 12 11 11 11 42 W 13 12 O High Water Lond. Bdge mrn. aft. 3 11 3 33 3 54 4 16 4 37 4 57 5 15 5 36 5 56 6 17 639 7 2 7 29 7 58 8 35 9 18 10 4 10 48 11 26 6 33 55 7 20 7 45) ค 10 Apogee. 12 2 O 31 12 54 1 14 I 34 I 13 1 35 14 New Moon, 1 51 1 56 2 14 2 7 2 22 M 15 7.53 a.m. W16 [12.49 a.m. 2 38 2 51 2 30 2 47 16 Ta 17 New Moon, 3 6 3 22 2 9 2 28 17 F18 Apogee. 2 47 3 4 M 18 S 19 3 22 3 39,1 19 送 20 3 55 4 13 W 20 M21 4 31 4 47 TH 21 22 St. Mary Mag. 5 4 5 21 F 22 [1.19 p.m. IV 23 5 39 5 58 S 23 First Qr., 6 17 638 24 St. Barth. F 25 First Qr., 7 7 24 M 25 S 26 St. Anne. 27 8 50 9 26 W 27 M 28 fb 29 W 30 31 O Full Moon, 12 511 19 31 4.35 a. m. 751 8 18 26 10 210 37TH 28 St. Augustine. [Perigee. 11 14 11 49 F 29 Perigee. Last Qr., 8.23 p.m. Lond. Bdge mrn. aft. 4 7 4 26 2 5 19 5 39 To 6 16 23 W 6 50 7 196 Moon, NOVEMBER. (Last Qr., 8.23 p.m. 9 27 10 14 S 8 Apogee. 10 54 11 299 P. of Wales' 12 25 0 45 11 St. Martin. New Moon, 1 37 1 5213 SII 12 M13 14 11.5 p.m. W15 16 New Moon, 2 6 2 20 F14 2 35 2 51|S 15 3 6 11.5 p.m. 3 2216 4 40 4 55 5 12 5 29! 9 12 10 2 10 48 11 31 Oo6 12 1 24 I 45 12 33 0 59 2 6 2 28 2 48 3 7 3 3 3 18 17 3 34 3 50 18 5 50 6 13 640 7 8 St. Matthew 7 42 8 24 8 7 8 44 25 [12.59 p.m. aft. I 3 Apogee. 5 55 6 18 Last Qr., 1.26 p.m. 6 45 7 12 7 41 8 13 8 48 9 26 5.57 a.m. 2 28 2 48 Andrew. 3 18 3 58 3 38 29 3 5 3 27 4 1630 [Apogee. Advent Sun. 3 45 4 3 4 20 4.38 31 St. Silvester. ༤འཛ < 13 5 POSTAL INFORMATION. INLAND POSTAGE RATES.-Letters to any part of the United Kingdom (the Channel Islands included), if not exceeding 1 oz., are charged id; exceeding 1 oz., but not exceeding 2 oz., 1d; and id for every additional 2 oz. or fra tion of 2 oz. An inland letter must not exceed 18 in. in length, 9 in. in width, and 6 in. in depth, except Parliamentary petitions and addresses to the Queen. A letter addressed to a provincial post office to be called for is kept a month; if addressed to a person on board a ship expected to arrive there it is kept two months. Unstamped or unpaid letters are charged double postage on delivery. The Registration Fee for Inland and Foreign letters is 2d. BOOK OR NEWSPAPER POST.-Any book packet, open at both ends, may be sent to any part of the United Kingdom at a rate of-not exceeding 2 oz., id; 4 oz. id, 6 oz. 14d, 8 oz. 2d, 16 oz. 4d, and d for every additional 2 oz. Newspaper and Supplement d; on a Postal Card d. No book packet may exceed 5 lbs. in weight, 18 in. in length, 9 in. in width, or 6 in. in depth, unless On a it be sent to or from a Government office. Newspapers going abroad must be posted within eight days of, and inclusive of day of publication, and must be prepaid. INLAND PARCEL POST.-Foran Inland Postal Parcel of a weight of-not exceeding 1 lb. 3d, 2 lb. 41d, 3 lb. 6d, 4 lb. 74d, 5 lb. 9d, 6 lb. rod, 7 lb. 1s, 8 lb. is itd, 9 lb. 1s 3d, 10 lb. Is 44d, 11 lb. Is 6d, to be prepaid in ordinary postage stamps. The dimensions allowed are: Maximum length 3 ft. 6 in., maximum length and girth combined 6ft. TELEGRAPHIC AND CABLE RATES.-Throughout United Kingdom 6d for 12 words, including the address; d for every additional word. Cables to Austria 4d per word, Belgium 2d, France 2d, Germany 2d, Holland 2d, Hungary 44d, Italy 4d, Norway 4d, Portugal 54d, Russia in Europe 64d, Spain 44d, Sweden 5d, Switzerland 3d, Turkey in Europe 7d. To the United States, is to is 6d per word. Australia, 9s 2d to 98 9d; India, 4s; by Submarine Co. (via Turkey), 3s 8d per word. MONEY AND POSTAL ORDERS FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM.-Sums not exceeding 10 can be remitted by Post Office Order as follows: Under 20s, 2d; 20s and under £2, 3d; £2 and not exceeding £4, 4d; £4 and not exceeding £7. 5d; above £7 and not exceeding £10, 6d. Such Orders must be presented for payment within 12 months. Postal Orders, payable within 3 mouths, are issued as follows: For is or is 6d, at d; 2s to 10s 6d, rd; 15s and 20s, ind. They are payable not only at any place in the United Kingdom, but can be cashed at Malta, Gibraltar, and Constantinople. Foreign Postal Orders are procurable at moderate rates. TELEGRAPH MONEY ORDERS (INLAND).-Money can be wired between London, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Margate, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Portsmouth, Scarborough, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Cork, and Dublin-in sums not exceeding £10, on payment of cost of Telegram (minimum 9d), and the following commission:-For sums not exceeding £1, 4d; £2, 6d; £4, 8d; £7, 10; and £10, IS. STAMP DUTIES AND REGULATIONS. INLAND BILLS OF EXCHANGE OR PROMISSORY NOTES.-For any sum not exceeding £5, id; £10, 2d; £25, 3d; £50, 6d; £75, 9d; £100, Is; £200, 25; and is for every £100 or fractional part of £100. FOREIGN B LLS.-Foreign Bills, drawn in, but payable out of the United Kingdom. If drawn singly, or otherwise than in a set of three or more, the same duty as Inland Bills. If drawn in sets of three or more, for every Bill of each set, not exceeding £25, 1d duty; £50, 2d; £75, 3d; £100, 4d; £200, 8d; £300, 15; £400, Is 4d; £500, is 8d; £750, 2s 6d; £1,000, 3s 4d; £1,500, 5s; £2,000, 6s 8d; and for every £1,000 or fractional part of £1,000, 35 4d. Receipt or Discharge for payment of £2 or upwards, id. Party, 6d. Affidavit or Declaration, 2s 6d. Agreement, under hand only, of any matter of the value of £5 or upwards, 6d. Bonds to secure any sum, commence Bills of Lading, 6d. Charter at is 3d not exceeding £50, and increase is 3d for every £50 and fractional part of £50 up to £300, then increase 25 6d for every £100 and fractional part of £100 and upwards. |