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Contents The World's Greatest

GREATEST FIRES Date HIGHEST Air Mails London MOU1'TAINS 5 1666 Order Moscow 1812 Peak Feet R ange Chicago I Boat Race Results 27 Paris 1871 Everest 29,141 Himalayas 1871 2 Godwin .. Austen 28,278 Baltistan Boston 3 Illampu Calendars for Four Years 31 Baltimore ... 1872 25,248 Andes 1904 4 McKinley 20,464 Alaskan San Francisco 5 Channel Swimming 27 Salonica 1906 Cotopaxi 19,613 Ecuador Andes 1917 6 Mount Logan 19,539 Rockies Cinemas 7 Mount Elias 19,500 Rockies 12 8 Kilima .. Njaro 19,325 CITY POPULATIONS Tanganyika Commercial Phrases .. 9 Popocatepetl 17,785 Mexico 24 London (1931 census)...... 8,202,818 10 Ararat 16,916 Armenia Cricket Champions New York ... 6,981,927 II Mont Blanc 15,781 Alps 27 Berlin ··· 4,332,034 Chicago ...... 3,375,329 Distances from London 7 & 22 .Paris ... 3,000,000 Tokyo ...... •.• .. . 2,270,000 LARGEST ISLANDS Domestic Hints 13 & 14 Moscow ...... 2,000,000 Vienna ...... · 1,842,763 Area Sq. Miles English Monarchs 9 Philadelphia ...... 1,823,000 Greenland ... 827,300 Buenos Aires ...... 1,722,000 New Guinea 330,000 Exhibitions Borneo 285,000 12 NOTE.- The first four include what is known Baffin Land as Greater London, Greater Berlin, etc. The 237,000 Madagascar 228,000 First Aid 14 figures for Tokyo are those previous to earth .. Sumatra quake of 1923, and for Vienna those estimated 160,000 Fish in Season 14 in Dec., 1929. Great Britain 88,745 (Australia, 2,974,581 sq. miles, is geographically Football Final Results an island, but always regarded as a continent.) 27 (EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC Golf Champions 27 ERUPTIONS Date Pompeii 79 LONGEST TUNNELS Great War, Chief Dates of 19 Lisbon ...... 1531and1755 Neapolitan 1857 Miles Horse Racing, Classic Winners 29 Krakatoa 1883 Pvrenees ... 25 Martinique . 1902 Ben Nevis 15 Imperial and Foreign Mails 7 San Francisco .. . 1906 Simplon ... 121 Messin a .. . 1908 Loetschberg 9;;; Licenses 22 North and Central Italy ... 1920 St. Gothard 9t Japan (Tokyo and Yokohama) 1923 Mont Cenis 7i NapierN.Z . ... 1931 Connaught (Canada) 5 London Statistics 11 Rove (France) ...... 4~ (S. section of Marseilles- Rhone canal) Motor Registration Letters .. 21 & 22 BRIDGES Severn ··· . .. 4 miles and 624 yards' Totley (L.M.S.)...... 3 miles and 950 yards Passports 7 Gandy Tampa Bay, 6 miles long. Blackwall ...... It James River, Virginia, 5 ~ miles long. (407 yards under River Thames) Pioneer Men and Women 11 Tay, 2 miles long. Rotherhithe ...... I mile and 440 yards Sydney, 3, 770 feet, opened in 1932. (510 yards under river) Forth, I ~ miles long. Trans-Andine Rly. (S. America) ... Postal Information 5 Rio Salado I A . u ,, Dulce f rgent1ne. Sevenoaks ...... Mt. Roberts (Alaska) ... U· Ready Reckoner 25 Hardinge, India. u Victoria, Canada. Royal Family ····- 9 Queenborough, U .S.A. Significance of Christian Names Brooklyn, U.S.A., 5,989 feet long. GREATEST WATERFALLS 15 Height in Ft. Sutherland (N. Zealand) ...... Sportsman's Reckoner SHIP CANALS Miles 1,904 29 Ribbon (Yosemite Park, California) 1,162 Suez 100 Roraima (British Guiana) ... Sports Records Kiel 1,500 27 61 Yosemite Valley- Upper ... 1,430 Panama 50 Kalambo {S. Africa) Elbe and Trave 1,400 Strange Facts 17 41 Garvarnie {France) .. . 1,385 Manchester 35 Takkakaw (Brit. Columbia) 1,200 Theatres Welland 26 Bridal Veil (Yosemite) .. . 12 Amsterdam ... 620 16~ Victoria (Zambesi River) .. . 400 Wages Table 25 lguassu (between Argentine and Brazil) 210 Niagara ...... 167 Weights and Measures LARGEST OCEANS (The total descent is 326 feet) 23 Schaffhausen (Switzerland) ... Sq. miles Mean depth 100 Pacific .. . World's Greatest 3 63,986,000 2~ m. NOTE- The height i~ no index to the grandeur A tlantic 30,000,000 2 m . Indian ... of the falls or volume of water. Victoria and 28,350,000 2 m. Niagara are regarded as the world's greatest, Arctic ... 5,541,600 despite their size. Postal Infortnation Principal Charges Telephone Service Inland Letter Post. 2 oz. 11d .: every addi­ London: (Within 10 miles of Oxford Circus. ) tional 2 oz. -!d . Max. length, 24 inches; width, Exclusive line to business premises within z.. 12 inches. mile radius of exchange 40/.. per quarter ; auxili .. Imperial and F oreign Post. Letter rate to ary line to same premises, 35/... Exclusive line British Possessions generally : M andated ter .. to private residence, 32/6 per quarter : auxiliar y ritories . (except Iraq and Transjordan), the line, 30/-. U .S.A., Egypt, and the British Post Office at T angier, H d. for 1 oz. and Id. for each succeed .. Provinces (Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, ing oz. Rates for letters to all other destinations Manchester) : Exclusive line to business prem .. (including Iraq and Transjordan ), 2 ~ d. for 1 oz. ises within a radius of 2 miles of exchange, 37/6 and 1-!d . for each additional oz. Postcards, l! d .; per quarter ; auxiliary line to same premises, reply postcards 3d. ; small packets (to certain 32/6. Exclusive line to private residence, 30/ .. -per 11111111111111111 1111111111111 11 1111111111111111111 1 countries only), U d . per 2 oz., minimum charge quarter ; auxiliary line, 27{6. 6d. ; printed papers, t d. per 2 oz.; commercial Provinces (All Other Places.) 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4 = Imperial and Foreign Mails Aporoximate Time taken in the transmission of Correspondence (other than Parcels) from LONDON to certain places abroad. Place. Days. Place. Days. Place. Days. Ac·cra 14 Cologne by Air ... 6~ hrs. New York ...... 6-8 Adelaide .. . 29 Colombo...... 16-18 Oporto ...... 2-2~ Aden .. . . . 10 Copenhagen ...... 2 Oslo ...... 2 ~ Alexandria 5-8 ,, by Air 1 Ottawa ··· ··· ··· 7-10 by Air 3~ Cyprus ...... 7 Panama ···· ...... 13-19 Algi~;s H -4 Demerara ...... 16-21 Paris ...... 7.12jhrs. Amsterdam 12 hrs. Durban ...... 19 ,, by Air ...... 6 hrs. ,, by Air ... 6 hrs. Fiji \via Vancouver) 29-30 Port Said ...... 6-9 Antwerp ...... 12 hrs. Fremantle .. ,. ... 26 Prague ...... a.2 111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111 111 Athens ...... 4 Gibraltar ...... 3 t Pretoria ...... 19 Auckland (via Suez) 38-40 Gothenburg ...... 2' Quebec ...... 7-9 Barbados ... 13-18 Grand Canary ... 6-9 Rio de Janeiro ... 14-20 Barcelona 1~ Halifax, N.S...... 8-10 Rome...... 2 Batavia 24-25 Hamburg ...... 1 Rotterdam ...... 11 hrs. Beirut 8-9 Hobart ··· ...... 33-35 ,, by Air... 5 hrs. Belize ... 14-21 Hongkong (via Suez) 28-29 St. John's, N.F. ... 8-17 Bergen 1~-2 Honolulu...... 17-19 San Francisco...... 10-12 Berlin 1 Iceland ...... 5-8 Shanghai (via Suez) 32-34 ,, by Air JO hrs. Istanbul (Constant'ople) 3~ Sierra Leone ··· ... 11-15 Bermuda .. . 9-13 Jamaica ...... 12-17 Singapore...... 22-23 Bombay .. . 15 Karachi ...... 16 Stockholm ...... 2 B0rcleaux··· 21 hrs ,, by Air ... 7~ Sydney ...... 31 Boston 7-9 Lagos ··· ...... 15 Tokio (via Siberia)... 14-17 Bremen ··· 18~ hrs. Lisbon ...... 2-2~ Trinidad ...... 22-28 Brindisi .. . 3 Lourenco Marques 20 Valparaiso ...... 10-15 Brisbane .. . 32 Madeira ...... 4-6 Vancouver ...... 12-15 Brussels ...... 8-13 hrs. Madras ...... 16 Vienna ...... 2 ,, by Air 5 hrs. Madrid ...... 2-2~ Vigo ...... 3 Buenos Aires ... 17-23 Malta...... 3~-5 Washington( D.C. 7-9 Cairo ...... 5-8 Marseilles ...... 1 Wellington via Suez) 38-40 Calcutta ... 17 ,, by Air ... 13 hrs. Winnipeg...... 9-12 Callao ... 18-26 Melbourne ... 30 Yokohama ( viaSibed~ ) 14-17 Cape Town 17 Mexico ...... 11-13 Zanzibar ...... 18-27 Chicago 7-9 Montreal ...... 7-10 Zurich ...... 20 hrs. Cologne 16 hrs. Naples ...... 2l; ,, by Air ... 11 hrs. NOTE.-The times shown are those of actual transmission, and do not include the time occupied in collection and delivery: Distances from London (Nautical Miles) 100 Nautical Miles= 115.152 Statute Miles. Aden ...... 4,610 Havana .. ... 4,265 Philadelphia ...... 3,461 Alexandria ...... 3,098 Hongko'ng ::: ...... 9,677 Port Said ...... 3,213 Algiers ...... 1,712 Istanbul ...... 3,100 Quebec ...... 2,938 Amsterdam ... 188 Jamaica ...... 4,243 Rangoon .. . 7,919 Antwerp ...... 173 Jersey ...... 272 Rio de Janeiro ... .. 5,192 Auckland Lagos ... 4,112 Rotterdam ... 164 (via Panama) ... 11,295 Lisbon ...... 1,024 St. Vincent, C.V .... 2,503 Bergen ... 591 Madeira ...... 2,469 San Francisco Bombay 6,267 Malta ...... 1,280 (via Panama) ... 8,028 Bordeaux ...... 681 Marseilles ...... 1,990 Shanghai ...... 10,447 Buenos Aires ... 6,279 Melbourne (via Suez) 11,070 Singapore ...... 8,237 Calcutta ... 7,914 Montevideo ...... 6,165 Southampton ...... 189 Cape Town ... 6,102 Montreal ...... 3,077 Suez ...... 3,300 Colombo ...... 6,704 New Orleans ... 4,783 Teneriffe ...... 1,680 Copenhagen ...... 683 NewYork ...... 3,287 Genoa ...... 2,160 ...... Valparaiso Oslo ... 650 (via Panama) Gibraltar ... 1,300 Ostend ...... 99 7,399 Arrival the Mail 11 Gothenburg ...... 576 Panama 4,783 Yokohama of Halifax .. . 2,696 Pernambuco 4,112 (via Suez) ... 11,142 Passports PASSPORTS.- Application for Foreign Office Anne's Gate Buildings, Dartmouth Street, passports must be made in the form printed on Westminster, S.W.l" (' Phone Victoria 8540), the back of the Regulations (to be had on appli­ or to "The Branch Passport Office, 36 Dale cntion), and must be accompanied by two c0pies of a photograph of the applicant, one Street, Liverpool." Applications should reach copy being duly certified by the recommender. the Passport Office not less than four days Applications should be ericlosed in a cover before that on which the Passport is to be addressed to " The Passport Office, 1 Queen issued. The charge for a Passport is ?s. 6d.

------,i ~L;...._ The Royal Family His Majesty George V., by the Grace of God, MONARCHS-BEFORE THE CONQUEST of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British SAXONS Began to Reign Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender Egbert (first " King of the English") A .D. 827 of the Faith, Emperor of India, b. June 3, 1865; Ethelwulf ...... 839 m. July 6, 1893, Princess Victoria Mary, daughter Ethelbald ...... 858 of Duke and Duchess of Teck; entered the Ethelbert · ...... 858 Royal Navy; on the death of his elder brother, Ethelred I...... 866 the Duke of Clarence, on Jan. 14, 1892, became Alfred (the Great) ...... 871 I Heir to the Throne ; became Duke of Cornwall Edward (the Elder) ...... 901 on the accession of his father, King Edward, Athelstan ...... 925 1901. Created Prince of Wales, Nov. 9, 1901, after Edmund I. (the Magnificent) ...... 940 returning from tour to Australasia. On King Edred ...... ··· ... 946 1111111 1111111 Edward's death, May 6, 1910, became King, and Edwy ...... 955 was crowned in Westminster Abbey, June 22, Edgar (the Peaceable) ...... 958 1911. Visited India. On the outbreak of war Edward (the Martyr) ...... 975 the King and Queen and family threw their SAXONS Reigned energies whole~heartedly intO aiding all efforts Ethelred ll. (the Unready) ... A.D. 979-1013 for the amelioration of those suffering poverty and bereavement. The name of the Royal Edmund ll. (Ironside) divided King. House was changed to that of Windsor by spec .. dom with Canute for 7 months 1016 ial decree in 1917. Had m·agnificent reception in DANES Paris, Nov., 1918, and in" Armistice week" was Sweyn 1013-1014 enthusiastically greeted on drives through Canute 1017-1035 London. Lost his youngest son, Prince John, · Harold I. 1035-1040 suddenly on Jan. 18, 1919. In 1925 their Majesties Hardicanute 1040-1042 displayed much interest in the Wembley Exhibi.. SAXONS, RESTORED tion. The death of Queen Alexandra in Nov., Edward the Confessor ...... 1042-1066 1925, broughtsympathyfrom all parts of the Em­ Harold ll...... 1066 pire to the King. His grave and prolonged illness SINCE THE CONQUEST from Nov., 1928, evoked world-wide sympathy. NORMANS Reigned In 1930 the King resumed his customary activi .. Access. Died Age (Years) ties. In Jan., 1931, his eldest sister, the late Prin .. William I. 1066 1087 60 21 cess Royal, died. His Majesty made a reduction William II. 1087 1100 43 13 of £50,000 from the State allowance in Sept., Henry I. 1100 1135 67 35 1931, in connection with the national financial Stephen 1135 1154 50 19 , difficulties. PLANTAGENETS Her Majesty Queen Mary, b. at Kensington Henry ll. 1154 1189 56 35 Palace on May 26, 1867, and was christened Richard I. 1189 1199 42 10 Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline John 1199 1216 50 17 Claudine Agnes. Spent most of her childhood Henry Ill. 1216 1272 65 56 at White Lodge, Richmond ; her marriage to Edward I. 1272 1307 68 35 the Duke of York, in 1893, was a great joy to Edward ll. 1307 1327 43 20 Queen Victoria and the Empire. Queen Mary Edward Ill. 1327 1377 65 50 has travelled round the world, and everywhere Richard ll. 1377 Dep. 1399 34 22 has won regard. She has one brother living. HOUSE OF LANCASTER Her Majesty never slackened her practical phil .. Henry IV. 1399 1413 47 13 anthropy in the war, and her sympathy was Henry V. 1413 1422 34 9 shown on innumerable occasions. Their Majest .. Henry VI. 1422 Dep. 1461 49 39 ies celebrated their silver wedding on July 6,1918 . HOUSE OF YORK The King and Queen's children are: Edward IV. 1461 1483 41 22 Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Edward V. 1483 1483 13 0 Richard Ill. 1483 1485 35 2 Sorting the Mail Patrick David, H.R.H . the Prince of Wales, b. TUDORS June 23, 1894. Henry VII. 1485 1509 53 24 Orders being checked and sorted. Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke Henry VIII. 1509 1547 I 56 38 Great care is taken to see that any error of York, b. Dec. 14, 1895. Married Lady Eliza· Edward VI. 1547 1553 16 6 beth Bowes-Lyon, April 26, 1923 ; a daughter, Mary I. 1553 1558 43 5 is immediately rectified. Each order is Princess Elizabeth, b . April 21 , 1926; a second Elizabeth 1558 1603 70 44 given its own identification mark and daughter was born Aug. 21, 1930, and was STUARTS may be traced at any time during the christened Margaret Rose. James l.(England)1603 1625 59 22 Princess Royal, b . April 25, 1897 ; married Feb. James VI. (Scotland) various processes. 28, 1922, Viscount Lascelles, K.G., (now Earl of Charles I. 1625 beh. 1649 48 24 Roll Films are passed to their res­ Harewood), and has two sons. Commonwealth declared May 19, 1649 Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector 1653-1658 pective darkrooms for manipulation. of Gloucester, b .. March31, 1900; G.C.V.0.,1922. Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector 1658-1659 These darkrooms are of the most up­ Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund, Charles II. 1659 1685 55 25 to-date design, being hygienic, healthy b. Dec. 20, 1902. James II. 1685 abdicated 1688 William Ill.and } 1689 1702 51 13 and spacious so that our Employees The King's Sisters. H .R.H. the late Princess Mary II. 1694 33 6 may obtain the very best results from Royal, was the King's eldest sister. She died on Anne 1702 1714 49 12 your order whilst working under Jan. 4, 1931. She had two daughters, the elder HANOVER of whom m. Prince Arthur of Connaught; Oct. George I. 1714 1727 67 13 ideal conditions. Unfortunately, 15, 1913; the younger m. Lord Carnegie in George ll. 1727 1760 77 33 being dark rooms, we cannot shew Nov., 1923 , and has a son, b . 1929. George lll. 1760 1820 81 59 you the interior. H.R.H. Princess Victoria Alexandra Olga George IV. 1820 1830 68 10 Mary, b. July 6, 1868. William IV. 1830 1837 72 7 Her Majesty the Queen of Norway, b. Nov. Victoria 1837 1901 81 63 2_6, 1869 : m. Prince Charles of Denmark (now KENT ·King of Norway), July 22, 1896. Has one child, Edward VII. 1901 1910 69 Piince Olaf, b. Julv 2, 1903 , who m. Princess WINDSOR Martha of.Sweden on March 21, 1929. George V . 1910

9 ~ Pioneer Men and Worrien

Sir John Alcock and Sir Arthur Whitten Brown Miss Violet Cordery was the first woman were the first men to fly non .. stop a cross the motorist to circle the globe by motor car. Atlantic (June 1919.) · Miss Ivy Williams w as ·the first woman barrister illllllllllll Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins, ·M.C. was the first in England, being called in May, 1922. man to explore the Arctic by submarine. (1931) Miss Ethel Watts, B.A., was the .first- woman President W . T. Cosgrave was the first man to to pass (in January, 1924) the final examination be President of Dail Eirann whe·n the first of the Institute of C hartered Accountants. cabinet of the Irish Free State was constituted in September, 1922. .Miss 0. M. Keogh was the first woman elected (in May, 1925) a member of the Dublin Stock Viscount Snowden was the first man to intro .. Exchange. · duce a Labour Budget, April, 1924. Miss Victoria Drummond is the first woman to be a fully qualified sea.. going engineer. Mr. F. S. Smyth was the first man to lead an expedition that conquered the peak of Mount Kamet, 4 miles high, the second highest Miss Sheila MacDoOald ascended Kiimanjaro in mountain in the British Empire. August, 1927, being the first woman to dq. so.

An average speed of 379 miles per hour was Miss A . Earliart was the first woman to fly the attained by Flight .. Lieutenant Stainforth in the Atlantic, June, 1928. Schneider Trophy Contest in 1931, his highest speed being 408.8 m.p.h., the first man to travel Miss Margaret Bondfield was the first woman · at that pace. to enter a British Cabinet. She was . sworn a member of the Privy Council, May 8th, 1929. Mr. Kaye Don was the first man to travel at 110 miles per hour in a Motor Boat. (1931) Miss Amy Johnson was the first woman to accomplish a solo flight to Australia, creating Sir Malcolm Campbell in 1932, established at the same time a second record, as regards a new record for speed on land by travelling time,"in her flight as far as India. at 253.968 m.p.h., the first man to do so. Miss Susan Lawrence became in 1930 the first woman Chairman of the National Labour Captain Matthew Webb was the first man to Party. swim the Channel. He crossed from Dover to Calais in 21 hours 45 minutes in 1875. Miss Winifred S. Brown was the first woman to win the King's Cup Air Race, July 5th, 1930. Heinrich Hertz in 1887 found that when an electric spark was produced, energy was radi .. Miss Marjorie Foster won the King'~ Prize at ated into surrounding space and may be said Bisley, being the first woman to do so, July 19, to be the first man to discover Wireless. 1930. London Statistics Nearly 3,000 false fire alarm calls are made in a Parks and open spaces are Hyde (364 acres), year, and they are increasing. Washing Roll Films Kensington Gardens (275), Green (53), Green­ \Ve next shew you Roll Films in the More than 119,000 of the people living in wich (188), Regent's and Primrose Hill (472), London were born in foreign countries, nearly process of washing. Thousands of films 30,000 of them in Russia. Richmond (2,358), St. James's (93). Burnham are treated in this way by us daily. Beeches and Fleet Wood (439), Epping (5,560) There are just under 50,000 Scotsmen in London and just over 52,000 Irishmen. Highgate Wood (69), West Ham (77), Battersea \ The number of Londoners who live beyond 85 (200), Blackheath (267), Clapham Common years steadily increases ; in one recent year the (220), Dulwich (72), Golder's Hill (36), Reaper gathered in London more than 6,000 people who were octogenarians. Hackney Downs (42), Hampstead Heath (240) , Kenwood (120), Streatham 1Common (66), The gross valuation of the administrative County of London on April 6th, 1931, was Victoria Park . (217) . ~ London's Parks and f83,600,000, and the rateable value of the City Gardens number 1,000, being 33,000 acres and of London £8,482,913 an increase during the year of £420,000. 10 per cent of its total area.

10 11 Theatres, Cineinas &c. Doinestic Hints Theatres ADELPHI. 410Strand,W.C. Temple Bar 7611 LYRIC. Shaftesbury Avenue. Gerrard 3686 ALDWYCH. Strand,W.C. 2. Temple Bar 6404 NEW. St. Martin's Lane, W .C.2 Temple Bar 3878 ALHAMBRA. Leicester Square. Gerrard 5064 NEW SCALA. Charlotte St., Fitzroy Square, Smell of Paint. To get rid of the smell of oil Glass should be washed in cold water, which AMBASSADOR'S. West Street, Shaftesbury W.1. Museum 6010 paint, let a pailful of water stand in the room gives it a brighter and clearer look than when Avenue. Temple Bar 1171 OLD VIC. Waterloo Road, S.E.1. Hop 3424 newly painted. washed with warm water ; or what is better, APOLLO. Shaftesbury Avenue,W.1. Ger. 6970 PALACE. Shaftesbury Avenue, W.!. Gerrard CAMBRIDGE. Cambridge Circus, W.C.2 6834 wash in warm water and rinse in cold water. Temple Bar 6056 PALLADIUM. 7-8 Argyll St., Oxford Circus, COMEDY. Panton Street, Haymarket, S.W.1 W .1. Gerrard 1004 Water of every kind, except rain water, will Gerrard 8978 PHOENIX. Charing Cross Road. Temple Bar speedily cover the inside of a tea.-kettle with an To take Ink-Stains out of a Col~ured Table­ COURT. Sloane Square, S.W.1. Sloane 5137 8611 unpleasant crust ; this may easily be guarded CRITERION. Piccadilly Circus,W.!. Ger. 3844 Cover. Dissolve a teaspoonful of oxalic acid in PICCADILLY. !Opposite Regent Palace Hotel) against by placing a clean oyster.-shell or a piece DALY~S. Leicester Square,W.C.2. Gerrard 0201 a teacup of hot water: rub the stained part well Regent 4506 {11 DRURY LANE. Covent Garden. Temple Bar PLAYHOUSE. Charing Cross. Whitehall 7774 of stone or marble in the tea.-kettle. The shell with a flannel or linen rag dipped in the solu .. 7171 PRINCES. Shaftesbury Avenue, W.1. Temple or stone will always keep the int~rior of the tion. Trv this for cleaning brass as well. DUCHESS. Catherine Street, Aldwych,W.C.2 Bar 3633 kettle in good order, by attracting the particles DUKE OF YORKS. St. Martin's Lane, W .C. PRINCE EDWARD. Old Compton & Greek · of earth or of ston e. Temple Bar 5122 Streets (just off Cambridge EMBASSY. Swiss Cottage, N .W. Primrose Circus). Regent 1527 Oil or Grease may be removed from a hearth Hill 2211 PRINCE OF WALES. Coventry St., Leicester To Render Shoes Waterproof. Warm a little by covering it immediately with hot ashes, or EVERYMAN. Hampstead, N.W. Hampstead · Square, W. I. Gerrard 7482 with burning coals. 7224 QUEEN'S. Shaftesbury Avenue, ·WI. Gerrard beeswax and mutton suet until it is liquid, and FORTUNE. (People's), Russell Street, Drury 9437 rub some of it slightly over the edges of the sole Lane. Temple Bar 7373 REGENT. Euston Rd., N.W.1. Terminus 6321 where the stitches are. GAIETY. Strand. Temple Bar 6991 ROYALTY. Dean Street, W .!. Gerrard 2690 Fruit Stains from Linen. To remove them, GARRICK. Charing Cross Road, W .C.2 SADLER'S WELLS. Rosebery Avenue, E.C.1 rub the part on each side with yellow soap, then Temple Bar 8713 -4 · Clerkenwell 1121 tie up a piece of pearlash in the cloth, etc., and GLOBE. Shaftesbury Avenue, W.1. Ger. 8724 SAVILLE. Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C. Temple When Velvet gets Crushed from pressure, hold GRAFTON. Tottenham Court Road. Museum Bar 4011 the parts over a basin of hot water, with the soak well in hot water, or boil ; afterwards ex .. 1424 SAVOY. Strand, W.C.2. Temple Bar 8888 lining of the article next the water; the pile will pose the stained part to the sun and air until HAYMARKET. Haymarket, S.W .1. White­ SHAFTESBURY. Shaftesbury Avenue, W.1 soon rise and assume its original beauty. the stain is removed. hall 9832 Gerrard 6666 HOLBORN EMPIRE. Holborn. Holborn 5367 ST. JAMES'. King Street, S.W.1. Gerrard3903 HIS MAJESTY'S. Haymarket, S.W .1. Gerrard ST. MARTIN'S West Street, Shaftesbury Av., 0606 W.C.2. Temple Bar 1444 Neat Mode of Soldering. 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Cranbourn Street Victoria 0283 When cold the surfaces will be found firmly book or paper, and then press upon it pieces of Leicester Square. Gerrard 0648 WHITEHALL. Whitehall. Whitehall 6692 LONDON PAVILION. Piccadilly Circus. WINTER GARDEN. Drury Lane, W .C ~ 2 . soldered together. blotting-paper, one after another, so as to ab­ Gerrard 0704 · Holborn 8881 sorb as much of the grease as possible. Have LYCEUM. Strand, W.C.2. Temple Bar 7617 WYNDHAM'S. Charing Cross Road, W.C.2. ready some fine clear essential oil of turpentine LYRIC . . Hammersmith. Riverside 3012 Temple Bar 3028 Maps and Charts. Maps, charts, or engravings heated almost to boiling state, warm the greased may be effectively varnished by brushing a very leaf a little and then with a soft clean brush, Cinemas delicate coating of gutta.-percha solution over apply t:A.e heated turpentine to both sides of the their surface. ·It is perfectly transparent, and is spotted part. By repeating this application, the ACADEMY. 165 Oxford Street. Gerrard 2981 METRO POLE. Victoria. Victoria 4673 said to improve the appearance of pictures. BY NEW GALLERY. RegentSt.,W.1. Regent6641 grease will be extracted. Lastly, with another ASTORIA. Charing Cross Rd. Gerrard 5528-9 coating both sides of important documents they AVENUE PAVILION. !QI Shaftesbury Avenue NEW VICTORIA. Opposite Victoria Station brush dipped in rectified spirit of wine, go over W .1. Gerrard 3981 Victoria 2544 can be kept waterproof and preserved perfectly. the place, and the gre·ase wilrno longer appear, CAPITOL. Haymarket. Regent 4455 PLAZA. Piccadilly, W. Regent 7201 POLYTECHNIC. Regent St. Langham 1744 neither will the paper be discoloured. CARLTON. Haymarket. Regent 2211 REGAL. Marble Arch. Paddington 9911 Easy Method of Breaking Glass to any Required DOMINION. Tottenham Court Road, W. RIALTO. Piccadilly Circus, W . Gerrard 3488 Figure. Make a small notch by means of a file Museum 1139 STOLL. 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12 13 "' Significance of Dotnestic Hints Christian N am.es Oil Paintings hung over the mantef,piece are Alan (Celtic) Harmony Walter (German) A Conqueror liable to wrinkle with the heat. Albert (Saxon! All Bright Wilfred . (Saxon) Bold and Peaceful FISH IN SEASON Alfred (Saxon All Peace William . (German) Defending many Andrew \Greek Courageous Straw Matting may be cleaned with a large Anthony (Latin) Flourishing Ada . German) Same as Edith coarse cloth dipped in salt and water, and then c~ ~~~~~~it~~ Archibald German) A Bold Observer Agatha Greek) Good Wiped dry. The salt prevents the matting from ..!!.~ ~ -<~2..£'.-Bridget . Irish) Shining bright mon method of rubbing with black-lead. Mackerel - -- - S S S S S S - - - Daniel Hebrew) God is Judge Caroline (Latin) Noble Spirited Pilchard ---- - S S S S S S S David. Hebrew) Well Beloved Catherine (Greek) Pure or Clean Plaice S -- ·- S S S S S S S S Denis. j Greek) .Belonging to the God Cecilia • (Latin) from Cecil Salmon - S S S S S S S - - - - of Wine Charlotte (French) All Noble Why is the flesh of sheep that are fed near the Skate S S S S - --- S S S S Dou•glas. Gaelic) Dark Grey Cicely . !A coruption of Cecilia) sea more nutritious than that of others ? Smelt S S S S - -- - S S S S Edgar. . Saxon) Happy Honour Clara . . Latin) Clear or bright Because the saline particles (sea salt) which they Sole S - - S S S S S S S S S Edmund Saxon) Happy Peace Constance Latin) Constant find with their green food gives purity to their Sprat S S ------S S Edward Saxon) Happy Keeper Dorothy . ~Greek) The Gift of God blood and flesh. Turbot S S -- S S S S S S S S Edwin Saxon) Happy Conqueror Edith . . Saxon) Happiness Whitebait - S S S S S S S - - -- Ernest Greek) Ernest, Serious Eleanor . . Saxon) All fruitful Whiting_ S S - - - S S S S S S S Eustace (Greek) Standing Firm Elizabeth} Why does the marbled appearance of fat in Felix . (Latin) Happy Elisabeth . (Hebrew) God of the Oath meat indicate that it is young and tender? Francis . (German) Free or Eliza Because in young animals fat is dispersed Frederic. (German) Rich Peace Ellen . . (Another form of Helen) through the muscles, but iri old animals it is FIRST AID Geoffrey. German) Joyful Emma • (German) A Nurse laid in masses on the outside of the flesh. George Greek) A Husbandman Ethel . . · ~Anglo-Saxon) Noble Burns and Scalds. Cover with Cooking Soda Gilbert Saxon) Bright as Gold Eva or Eve Hebrew) Life and place wet cloths over it. White of Egg and Godfrey . German) God's Peace Florence Latin) Blooming, flourishing Guy . i(French) A Leader Why is apple sauce eaten with pork and goose? Olive Oil, Linseed Oil, plain or mixed with Gertrude jGerman) All truth chalk or whiting. Do not Prick blisters. Harold (Saxon) A Champion Grace . Latin) Favour Because it is slightly laxative, and therefore Cramp. Warmth with~ little gentle rubbing. Henry (German) A Rich Lord Harriet German) Head of the House tends to counteract the effects of rich and stim.. Herbert (German) A bright Lord Helen Greek) Alluring ulating meats. The acid of the apples also Drowning. !. Loosen clothing. 2. Empty lungs Hugh. (Dutch) High, .Lofty Hilda • (German) Warrior Maiden neutralizes the oily nature of the fat and pre .. of water by placing body on its stomach and Jacob . Hebrew! A Supplanter Irene . . . (Greek) Peace vents biliousness. lifting it by the middle so that the head hangs James . Hebrew Beguiling Jane or Jeanne (Feminine of John) down. Jerk the body a few times. 3. Pull tongue John Hebrew The Grace of the forward. 4. Imitate motion of respiration by ! Janet or } (Little Jane) Lord Jeannette Why are raw oysters more wholesome than alternately compressing and expanding the Laurence . (Latin) Crowned with Laurels Joan . . !Hebrew) Feminine of John those that are cooked? lower ribs about 20 times a minute. 5. Apply Lewis or Louis (French) The Defender of the Joyce . . French) Pleasant When cooked, they are partly deprived of salt warmth and friction to extremities. 6. By hold .. people · Judith . Hebrew) Praising water, which promotes their digestion ; their al .. ing tongue forward, closing the nostrils and Martin . (Latin) Martial Katherine (Form of Catherine) • bumen also becomes h ard (like hard boiled eggs) . pressing the Adam's apple back, direct inflation Maurice. (Latin) Sprung of a Moor Laura . . . (Latin) A Laurel can be tried. 7. When breathing begins, get Michael . (Hebrew) Who is like God patient into a warm bed, give warm drinks or Lilian, Lily . !Latin) A Lily spirits, fresh air and quiet. Nicholas. (Greek) Victorious over the Lois . Greek) Better Why is cabbage rendered more wholesome by people Louisa . . German) Feminine o f Louis being boiled in two waters ? Fainting. Place flat on back, allow fresh air and Norman. (French) One born in Nor­ .Lucy • . . (Latin) Shining sprinkle with water. Because cabbages contain an oil, which is apt mandy Mabel . . (Latin) Lovely or Loveable to produce bad effects, and prevents some per.. Insect Bites. Apply strong liquid Ammonia, or Oswald (Saxon) Ruler of a house Mar~aret or } (Greek) A Pearl sons from eating "green " vegetables. When a strong solution of Washing Soda, or a tea .. Owen (British) Well-Descended Mar1ory boiled in two waters, the first boiling carries off spoonful of Epsom Salts dissolved in 1 oz. of Patrick (Latin) A Nobleman Martha .. lHebrew) A Lady the greater part of this oil. water, or the Blue Bag should be u sed. Paul . (Latin) Small, Little Mary • . . Hebrew) Bitter Lightning. Dash cold water over a person struck. Percival . (French) A place in France Maud . . . German Form of Matilda (English) Adaption of " Pierce Matilda . . German! A Lady of Honour Mad Dog or Snake Bite. Tie cord tight above Percy . Why is mint eaten with pea soup? Eye " May . . . \Latin) Month of May wound, suck wound, cauterize with caustic or Peter . (Greek) A Rock or Stone Mildred . . Saxon) Speaking mild The properties of mint are stomachic and anti· white·hot iron. Philip . (Greek) A Lover of Hor~es Millicent . Latin) Sweet Singer spasmodic. It is therefore useful to prevent the Scr;,tch or Slight Wound. Do not wash a scratch Reuben . (Hebrew) The Son of Vision NellieorNelly A short form of H elen) flatulence that might arise, especially from soups or slight wound with soap and water, but apply Olive, Olivia (Latin) Speaking mild made of green or dried peas. Richard . (Saxon) Powerful Iodine, which has powerful antiseptic proper.. Robert (German) Famous in Counsel Phyllis . . (Greek) A green bough ties, at once all over the wound and allow it to Roger . (German) Strong Counsel Rachel . . (Hebrew) A lamb dry. Iodine sterilizes the wound and makes dirt Rowland } Rose . . . (Latin) Rose Why is loose clothing warmer than tight art-· harmless. Do not use iodine that is stale. (German) Counsel for the Land icles of dress ? or Roland Sunstroke. Loosen clothing, get patient into Simon .. (Hebrew) Obedient ~~::l:~e } . (Latin) Little Rose Because the loose dress encloses a stratum of shade and apply ice to h ead. Solomon (Hebrew) Peaceable R osamond . (Saxon) Rose of Peace warm air which the tight dress shuts out; for Test of Death. Hold mirror to mouth, if living, Stephen . (Greek) A Crown or Garland Sarah . \Hebrew) A Princess the same reason, woollen articles, though not moisture will gather. Thomas. (Hebrew) A Twin Sibyl . . Greek) A Prophetess warmer in themselves, appear so, by keeping Timothy (Greek) A fearer of God Stella . . Latin) A Star warm air near the body. Telephone. If ambulance is wanted ask Ex­ change for " Ambulance." Victor (Latin) Conqueror Susan . . (Hebrew) A Lily Vincent (Latin) Conquering Ursula . (Latin) A she bear Vivian (Latin) Living Winifred (Saxon) Winning Peace

14 15 Strange Facts

A worm can produce a clicking sound like The 1,900 million inhabitants of the earth are that of a grasshopper; but it is so low that it can supposed to speak 3,424 languages. only be heard when a number of worms are making the noise together. A sponge is a skeleton, not of one animal only but of countless thousands. They are the A caterpillar's body is divided into thirteen lowest form of animal life, combined in a jelly .. ~ segments. like mass which separates from the skeleton when the living sponge is taken out of the Men of science estimate that the temperature water and dried. at the surface of the sun is about 6,500 degrees Gtl•• 11 111 1111111!111111 11 111111111111111 1111 111 1111111 1111 illlllllllll ll l centigrade or 11, 732 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature of boiling water on the earth is Pearls are produced chiefly by oysters. Some ... only 100 degrees centigrade. times a particle of foreign matter gets imbedded -~ in the flesh of the oyster and causes it great . r The smallest distance that can be measured irritation. To cover it the oyster secretes layer by mechanical means is about one twenty .. five after layer of pearly matter which transforms thousandth part of an inch. the irttruding,matter into a thing of beauty. ~ ~G Cet\turies ago a party of Danish invaders Pure newly d,i~dlled water has no taste. Tap approached a Scottish camp by night. A bare .. water has a definite taste because it contains in footed Dane stepped on a thistle, and his howl solution both gases and mineral salts and a min­ of pain raised the alarm. The attack was repel1 ute proportion of vegetable and animal matter.. led, and the Scots ever afterwards held the thistle in veneration. The early kilt was not a separate garment, but Deer have an air passage close under their eye .. the lower part of the plaid arranged in folds f lids which allows them to breathe in that way. under the belt. As there were no pockets in the Highlander's dress the sporran, a purse case, l·, The oldest newspaper still being printed is came into use. It was originally a simple bag of the" Tsung Pao," or Peking News, which began goat or badger skin hung round the waist. publication fourteen hundred years ago, cent.. uries before printing was invented. The first Scientists think that there has been animal real English newspaper was " The . Review," life in ~ some form on the earth for at least started by Defoe in 1704. 36,000,000 years. The expectation of life of the · average ~nglishman is about sixty .. five years. Asbestos was burned when the earth was a fiery mass, and it cannot be b~i:ned aI)y mpre. The Ostrj.ch Produces an egg larger than that 1 of any othCr b~rd. It is about twelve times the There is a clock in the Royal Observatory at · size of a hen''s egg. The humming .. bird's is the Greenwich which has never varied more than smallest. · It is no larger than a small pea. one.. twentieth of a second in a day. .,. There are equally accurate clocks in the observatories of The lines on our hands help the sense of Leyden, Berlin, and Washington. touC:h. By making little valleys arid ridges they increase the surface of the skin, and by going in We yawn when we are tired because the act different O.irections and exposing the ends of helps to fill our lungs with oxygen. Yawning is the nerves they help us to distinguish different " catching " because it very often happens that surfaces. a person yawns because the air he is breathing has not enough oxygen to satisfy him. Others present also yawn because they need more There are great tracts of land at the North oxygCn. and South Poles on which the foot of man has never trod. There are also vast areas in central Every new shirt when it comes from the Africa and central Asia unexplored by white manufacturers is fastened into shape by thir .. men. teen tiny pins. Sir Rowland Hill first suggested the use of Astronomers believe that the number of prepaid stamps as a means of franking letters. bright stars in the sky is about one hundred He did not invent stamps. They had been used million. If all the dark stars that can never be for many years previously for legal documents. ·seen were added astrbnomers estimate that the number may be three thousand million. The Light travels at 186,000 mil ~ s per second, and Roll Films being greatest number of stars that can be seen at any. sound at only 367 y:z rds per second, so that the one time by the naked eye is between three and further we are from the gun the longer the in­ dried four thousand. terval is between the time we see the flash and hear the explosion. The only English word with all the vowels in We now pass on to the it is "behaviour." drying of roll films-after There are several species of kangaroos in development and wash· The resemblance to a face, which may be seen Australia and New Guinea that spend the great .. on a full moon on a clear night, is the result of er part of their time in trees. They differ from ing. Large electrically the shadows cast by the mountains, which are the ordinary kangaroo in having fore and hind he a t e d and controlled the principa~ features of the moon's landscape. legs approximately the same length. chambers built on the most scientific lines being The green colouring of plants is made by the In olden times suspected persons were often sun to enable the plant to use the sunlight. If sentenced to undergo "Ordeal by fire," which used. the plant is grown in the dark the green stuff, meant that they had to walk over burning coal or chlorophyll, is not produced, and the leaves or red hot metal. If they escaped without injury become white. their innocence was believed to be proved.

16 17 Chief Dates of the Great War

1914 1917 Aug. 4. Britain declares war on Germany 111111111111111 Aug. 7. Germans enter LiCge Feb. 1. Germany begins " unrestricted sub- 1111 1111111!1111111111 111 111 1111111111111111111111111\ Aug. 13. British bombard Dar-es-Salaam marine warfare " Aug. 23 . Battle of Mons Feb. 23. British regain Kut Aug. 25-31. Battle of Tannenberg Mar. 11 . British capture Bagdad Aug. 26. First battle of Le Cateau Mar. 15. Tsar abdicates Aug. 28. Battle of Heligoland Bight Mar. 17. Russian revolution Aug. 31. Dominion forces capture Samoa Mar. 20. British hospital ship Asturias torpe­ L Sept. 6-10. First battle of the Marne doed Sept. 12-20. First battle of the Aisne Mar. 26-27. First battle of G aza Sept. 22. Cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy April 6. United States declares war against torpedoed Germany Oct. 20. First battle of Ypres begins April 9. Vimy R idge captured Nov. 1. Battle of Coronel April 16-20. French attack on the Aisne Nov. 3. Germans bombard Yarmouth April 19. Second battle of Gaza Nov. 9. German raider Emden destroyed June 7. British storm Messines Ridge Nov. 14. Earl Roberts dies July 31. Third battle of Ypres begin ~ Dec. 8. Battle of the Falklands Sept. 4-30. Series of air raids on London, etc. Dec. 16. Germans bombard Scarborough, Oct. 19·20. Zeppelin raids on Midlands, East- Whitby and the Hartlepools ern Counties and London Dec. 24. Air raid on Dover Oct. 24. ' Austrians break through at Caporetto Dec. 25. Air raid.on Kent Nov.·20. First battle of Cambrai 1915 Dec. 9. Capture of Jerusalem Jan. 24. Battle of Dogger Bank Dec. 18. Air raid on Kent, Essex and London Feb. 19. Naval attack on Dardanelles forts 1918 Feb. 21. Air raid on Essex Jan. 28-29. Air raidsi on .Kent, Essex and April 22. Second battle of Ypres begins London · April 25. Allied landing in Gallipoli May 7. Lusitania torpedoed Feb. 16-19. Air raids on Kent, Essex and May 23. Italy declares war on Austria London May 31-June 1. Zeppelin raid on East London Mar. 12-13. Zeppelin raid on East Riding, July 9. German S. W. Africa surrenders Yorks Sept. 7 -8. Zeppelin raid on East Suffolk and Mar. 13-14. Zeppelin raid on Du·rham London Mar. 21. German offensive on the Somme Sept. 25. Battle of Loos began · Mar. 30. Big Bertha shells Paris Sept. 26-28. First battle of Kut April 9. Fourth battle of Ypres begins Oct. 3-8. Allies land forces at Salonica April 22-23. Naval attack on Zeebrugge Oct. 12. Bulgaria enters war against Allies May 10. Naval attack on Ostend Oct. 12. Nurse Cavell shot May 19-20. Air raids on Kent, Essex and Dec. 20. Evacuation of Anzac London 1916 May 27-June 18. Third battle of the Aisne July 15-17. Second battle of the Marne Jan. 31-Feb. I. Zeppelin raid on West Suffolk July 18. Allied counter-attack in France and Midland Counties Aug. 2. Allied forces land at Archangel Mar. 19. Air raid on Dover, Deal, Margate and Rams gate Aug. 8-12. Allied attack before Amiens Sept. 2. Canadian troops storm Wotan Line April 17. German attack on Verdun Sept. 12. Americans attack at St. Mihiel April 24. Irish rebellion in Dublin Sept. 13. Austria issues Peace Notes April 25. Germans bombard Lowestoft Sept. 19. Great British attack in Palestine April 29. Surrender of Kut to Turks Sept. 29. Surrender of Bulgaria May 15. Austrians attack in the Trentino Oct. 1. British occupy Damascus May 31. Battle of Jutland Oct. 4. German Peace Note to President June 5. Lord Kitchener drowned .. Wilson July 1. Battle of the Somme begins Oct. 6-12. Second battle of Le Cateau July 7. British occupy Tanga, German East , ~. Oct. 12. Germans accept President Wilson's Africa terms July 27. Captain Fryatt shot Oct. 14. Allies' victory in Belgium Aug. 9. Italians capture Gorizia Oct. 18. Zeebrugge and Bruges occupied Aug. 17. Ru mania joins the Allies Oct. 31. Surrender of Turkey Roll Films being trimmed, sorted Sept. 3. First Zeppelin brought down in Eng. land at Cuff!ey Nov. 3. Surrender of Austria !f t Nov. 9. Abdication of the Kaiser and graded Sept. 15. Tanks first in action in battle of the Somme Nov. 10. British reach Mons Nov. 11 . Armistice with Germ.any After the drying process the roll films are trimmed, Oct. 24. French recapture Douaumont Nov. 14. Von Lettow's forces surrender sorted and graded, when they again pass on to the Nov. 13-18. Battle of the Ancre Nov. 21. German fleet surrenders Nov. 21". British hospital ship Britannic torpe- various printing rooms· to be enlarged to our famous doed Nov. 22. King Albert re-enters Brussels Dec. 6. British occupy Cologne Jerome Post Card and other size enlargements. Nov. 27-28. Zeppelin raid on Yorkshire, etc. Nov. 28. Airraid on London 1919 Dec. 13. Second battle of Kut begins Dec. 16. Fall of Bucharest June 28. Peace Treaty signed at Versailles July 19. Peace celebrations in Great Britain

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Clare MR. Wiltshire BE. Lines. (Lindsey) EM. Bootle IF. Cork MS. Stirlingshire BG. Birkenhead EN. Bury IH. Donegal MT.,MU.,MV. B.I. Buckinghamshire EO. Barrow-in-Furness I]. Down Middlesex BJ. Monaghan EP. Montgomeryshire IK. Dublin MW. Wiltshire BH. East Suffolk ER. Cambridgeshire IL. Fermanagh MX., MY. Middlesex BK. Portsmouth ES. Perthshire IM. Galway N ., NA.,NB.,NC ,ND., BL. Berkshire ET. Rotherham IN. Kerry NE ,NF. Manchester BM. Bedfordshire EU. Brecknockshire 10. Kildare NG. Norfolk BN. Bolton EV. Essex IP. Kilkenny NH. Northampton BO. Cardiff EW. Huntingdonshire IR. Offaly (King's NI. Wicklow BP. West Sussex EX. Gt. Yarmouth County) NK. Hertfordshire BR. Sunderland EY. Anglesey IT. Leitrim NL. Northumberland BS. Orkney F. Essex IU. Limerick NM. Bedfordshire BT. Yorkshire (E.Rid.) FA. Burton-upon- IW. Londonderry NN. Nottinghamshire BU. O ldham Trent IX. Longford NO. Essex BV. Blackburn FB. Bath IY. Louth NP. Worcestershire BW. Oxfordshire FC. Oxford IZ. Mayo NR. Leicestershire BX. Carmarthenshire FD. Dudley J. Durham NS. Sutherlandshire BY. Croydon FE. Lincoln JA. Stockport NT. Salop C. Yorkshire (W .Rid.) FF. Merionethshire JB. Berkshire NU. Derbyshire CA. Denbighshire FG. Fifeshire JC. Caernarvonshire NV. Northamptonshire CB. Blackburn FH. Gloucester JD. West Ham NW. Leeds CC. Caernarvonshire FI. Tipperary (N.Rid.) JE. Isle of Ely NX. Warwickshire CD. Brighton FJ. Exeter JF. Leicester NY. Glamorganshire CE. Cambridgeshire FK. Worcester JG. Canterbury O .,OA., OB., OC.,OE., CF. West Suffolk FL. Soke of Peter· JH. Hertford OF.,OG.,OH. CH. Derby borough JI. Tyrone Birmingham Cl. Laoighis (Queen's FM. Chester JK. Eastbourne 01. Belfast Corner of Drying Room County) FN. Canterbury JL. Lines. (Holland) OK., OL., OM., ON., CJ. Herefordshire FO. Radnorshire JM. Westmorland OP. Birmingham 1•1 CK. Preston FP. Rutlandshire JN. Southend-on-Sea OR. Southampton The prints or enlargements are then CL. Norwich FR. Blackpool JO. Oxford OS. Wigtownshire washed by the latest method and CM. Birkenhead FZ. Edinburgh JP. Wigan OT.,OU. Southampton dried by electrical drying and CN. Gateshead FT. Tynemouth JR. Northumberland OV. Birmingham CO. Plymouth FU. Lines. (Lindsey) JS. Ross and Cromarty OW. Southampton glazing machines, as shewn above. CP. Halifax FV. Blackpool JT. Dorset OX. Birmingham You will notice all prints being CR. Southampton FW. Lines. (Lindsey) JU. Leicestershire OY. Croydon examined so as to maintain our CT. Lines. (Kesteven) FX. Dorsetshire JV. Grimsby P., PA., PB., PC., PD., high standard of work. All faulty CU. South Shields FY. Southport JW. Wolverhampton PE.,PF.,PG.,PH. Surrey CV. Cornwall G., GA., GB. Glasgow JX. Halifax PI. Cork prints are rejected for reprinting CW. Burnley GC. London }Y. Plymouth PK., PL. Surrey immediately to save delay so that CX. Huddersfield GD., GE. Glasgow K., KA., KB., KC., KD. PM., PN. East Sussex CY. Swansea GF. London Liverpool PO. West Sussex we can adhere to our forty-eight­ D. Kent GG. Glasgow KE. Kent PP. Buckinghamshire hour service. DA. Wolverhampton GH., GJ., GK. London KF. Liverpool PR. Dorsetshire DB. Stockport GM. Motherwell and KG. Cardiff PS. Shetland DC. Middlesbrough Wishaw KH. Kingston~upon~ PT. Durham County DD. Gloucestershire GN., GO., GP. London Hull PU. Essex

20 l _____ 21 Motor Registration Letters PV. Ipswich ST. lnverness.-shire UT. Leicestershire WN. Swansea PW. Norfolk SU. Kincardineshire UU.,UV.,UW. Lo ndon WO. Monmouthsh ire PX. W est Sussex SV. Kinross-shire UX. Salop WP. Worcestershire Weights & Measures PY. Yorkshire (N .Rid.) SW. Kirkcudbright- UY. Worcestershire WR. Y orkshire(W .Rid.) 0 QQ. London shire V., VA. Lanarkshire WS. Leith (Edinburgh) WEIGHTS AND MEASURES THE METRIC SYSTEM R .,RA.,RB. Derbyshire SX. West Lothian VB. Croydon WT., WU. Yo rkshire RC. Derby (Linlithgowshire) VC. Coventry (W . Rid.) LENGTH LENGTH MEASURE RD. Reading SY. Midlothian VD. Lanark WV. Wiltshire 12 inches = 1 foot JO millimetres = 1 centimetre= 0·39370113 inch RE., RF. Staffordshire T ., TA. Devonshire VE. Cambridge WW.,WX.,WY. York­ 3 feet = 1 yard 10centimetres= 1 decimetre = 3·9370113 inches 5 ~ yards= 1 pole RG. Aberdeen TB., TC., TD., TE., TF. VF. Norfolk shire (W . Rid.) 10 decimetres = ! " ETRE = 1·0936143 yards RH. Kingston.-upon Lancashire VG. Norwich X . Northumberland 4 poles = 1 chain 10 metres =! dekametre = 10·936143 yards Hull TG. Glamorganshire VH. Huddersfield XA., XB., XC., XD., JO chains = 1 furlong 10 dekametres= i'hectometre= 109·36143 yards Rl. Dublin TH. Carmarthenshire VJ. Herefordshire XE., XF. London 8 furlongs = 1 mile 10hectometres= 1 kilometre=0·62137 mile RK. Croydon TI. Limerick VK. Newcastle.-upon XG. Middlesbrough CAPACITY A kilometre is about i of a mile, so that 8 RL. Cornwall TK. Dorset Tyne XH. London .. 4 gills = 1 pint kilometres is equivalent to about 5 miles. RM. Cumberland TL. Lines. (Kesteven) VL. Lincoln Xl. Belfast 2 pints = 1 quart RN. Preston TM. Bedford VM. Manchester XK., XL., XM., XN., WEIGHT MEASURES 4 quarts = 1 gallon 10 milligrams =! centigram = 0·15432 grain RO. Hertfordshire TN. Newcastle-upon- VN. Yorkshire(N .Rid.) XO.,XP.,XR. London 2 gallons = 1 peck RP . .:-.:vcthamptonshire Tyne VO. Nottinghamshire XS. Paisley 4 pecks = 1 bushel 10 centigrams = 1 decigram = l ·5432 grains RR. Nottinghamshire TO. Nottingham VP. Birmingham XT., XU., XY., XW., 10 decigrams = 1 gramme = 15·4323 grains 8 bushels = 1 quarter 10 grammes = 1 dekagram = 5·6438 drams RS. Aberdeen TP. Portsmouth VR. Manchester XX., XY. London 'I( 36 bushels = 1 chaldron RT. East Suffolk TR. Southam11ton VS. Greenock Y., YA., YB., YC., YD. 10 dekagrams = ! hectogram=3·5274 oz. RU. Bournemouth (Borough) VT. Stoke-on-Trent Somersetshire WEIGHT 10 hectograms=! Kll.OGR.UI = 2·2046223 lb. RV. Portsmouth TS. Dundee VU. Manchester YE., YF. London 16 drams = 1 ounce JO kilograms = 1 myriagram= 22·046223 lb. RW. Coventry TT. Devonshire VV. Northampton YG. Yorkshire(W.Rid.) 16 ounces = 1 pound 10 myriagrams= l quintal = 1·9684 cwt. RX. Berkshire TU. Cheshire VW ., VX. Essex YH. London 14 pounds = 1 stone 10 quintals = 1 tonne =0·9842 ton RY. Leicester TV. Nottingham VY. York YI. Dublin 8 stone = 1 hundredweight CAPACITY MEASUR ES S. Edinburgh TW. Essex . W.,WA.,WB. Sheffield YK., YL., YM., YN., 20 hundredweights = 1 ton 10 millilitres = 1 centilitre = 0·0704 gill SA. Aberdeenshire TX. Glamorganshire WD. Warwick YO.,YP.,YR. London APOTHECARIES' MEASURE 10 centilitres =!decilitre =0·17598 pint SB. Argyllshire TY. Northumberland WE. Sheffield YS. Patrick (Glasgow) 10 decilitres =! LITRE = !·7598 pints SC. Edinburgh U., UA., UB. Leeds WF. Yorkshire (E.Rid.) YT., YU., YV., YW., 20 grains = 1 scruple 10 litres = ! dekalitre = 2·1997 gals. SD. Ayrshire UC. London WG. Stirling YX., YY. London 3 scruples = 1 drachm 10 dekalitres = 1 hectolitre = 2·7497 bushels SE. Banffshire UD. Oxfordshire WH. Bolton Z. Dublin 8 drachms = 1 ounce (apothecaries ounce) 1 cubic cm. (water)= 1 gram; 1,000 cubic cm. SF., SG. Edinburgh UE. Warwickshire WI. Waterford Zl. Dublin lwater) or 1 litre= l kilogram; 1 cubic metre SH. Berwickshire UF. Brighton WJ. Sheffield ZZ. Dublin 60 minims = 1 fluid drachm (1,000 litres, 1,000 kilograms) = 1 metric ton. SJ. Buteshire UH. Cardiff WK. Coventry 0 Allotted to certain cars 8 fluid drachms = 1 fluid ounce. SK. Caithness.. shire Ul. Londonderry WL. Oxford brought temporarily to WOOL WEIGHT SL. Clackmannanshire UK. Wolverhampton WM. Southport Great Britain SQUARE SURFACE OR LAND MEASURE C love, d. = 7 lbs. SM. Dumfriesshire 0 The square foot contains 1# sciuare inches Stone, st. = 2 Cloves= 14 lbs. SN. Dunbartonshire 8ki. re~Js n Distances from London Yard=9 feet=l,296 inches Tod, ed. = 2 Stones= 1 qr. SO. Moray(Elginshire) UN. Denbighshire Rod, Pole, or Perch=30i yards=272! feet Wey, w:y. = 6~ Tod= 1 cwt. 2 qrs. 14 lbs. SP. Fifeshire UO. Devonshire ~[ Rd. -Rail Town I Rd . jRai! Chain= 16 rods= 484 yards=4,356 feet Pack, pk. = 240 lbs. SR. Angus(Forfarshire) UP. Durham County Aberdeen ... 488 523 Liverpool ... 202 201 Rood=40 rods= 1,210yards= 10,890 feet Sack sk. = 2 Weys = l3 qrs. SS. East Lothian UR. Hertfordshire Ayr ... 392 40lt Lowestoft ... 113 118 Acre=4 roods=160 rods=4,840 yards Last, la. = 12 Sacks= 39 cwt. (Haddingdonshire) US. Govan (Glasgow) Barrow ... 292 265 Manchester··· 188 183 t Yard of Land= 30 acres=120 roods Birmin~ham 108! 113 Margate .. . 70 74- Hide= 100 acres= 400 roods WORSTED YARN MEASURE Blackburn ... 207 212 Middlesboro' 248 2381 M ile = 640 acres = 2,560 roods = 6,400 chains= Wrap 80 yards ; Hank, 560 yards = 7 wraps. Licences Blackpool ... 240 2261 Newcastle- 102,400 rods, poles, or perches, or 3,097,600 Counts are reckoned according to the number Motor, Dog, Gun and Establishment Licences Bolron ... 194 196 upon-Tyne 273 268 square yards. of hanks in a lb. can be obtained at almost all Money Order Boston, Lines. 120 107 Newhaven ... 59 56 An Acre rough!, stated has four equal sides of Offices. £ s. d. Bournemouth 103! 107i Newport.Mon 148 141 69i yards : accurate measurement gives each COTTON WOOL WEIGHT Motor Driver ...... 0 5 0 Bradford ... 197 !9U Northampton 65 65 '1 side 208·71 feet Cotton Wool, Bale variable; U.S.A . average Motor Cycle, engine of which has a cy .. Brighton ... 52 50 ! Norwich ... 109 115 T h e sides of a square half-acre would be 147·581 477 lbs.; Egyptian, 719 lbs.; East Indian, 396 lbs.; linder capacity not exceeding 150 cubic Bristol ... 114 118 Nottingham ... 124t 123! feet, and of a square quarter.. acre 104·355 feet Brazilian, 220 lbs. centimetres ...... 0 15 0 Burnley ... 205 ! 21U Oldham ... 183i"l88t Motor Car. Motor Cycle ) not over JO Cardiff ... 160 153 Penzance ... 282 305 CUBIC OR SOLID MEASURE COTTON YARN AND SILK MEASURE Motor Scooter I 224 lb. 1 0 Chatham 30 34! Plymouth ... 213 226! Cubic Foot •.. = 1,728 Cubic Inches Thread= 1~ yards ,, ,, over 224 lb. 3 0 0 Coventry ... 90 l 94 Poole .. . 105 113 Lea, or Skein= 120 yards Motor Cycle with Trailer or Sidecar an Deal ... 71 84i Portland ... 135 146 Cubic Yard ... = 27 Cubic Feet, 21•033 Bushels Stack of Wood . = J08 Cubic feet Hank= 7 Skeins, or Leas extra ...... 100 Derby ... 125! 128! Portsmouth ... 73 73 Spindle= 18 Hanks Motor Tricycle ...... 4 0 0 Dover ... 72 77! Queenboro' ... 47 49 Shipping Ton •. = 40 Cubic Feet Merchandise Shipping Ton . . = 42 Cubic Feet of Timber Reels of Cotton vary from 30 to !, 760 yards, Motor Car lprivate) not over 6 h .p. . .. 6 0 0 Dundee ... 423 45lt Ramsgate ··· 70 79 but the length must be correctly specified. and £1 per unit of h .p. extra Edinburgh ... 396 392 Reading ... 38¥ 36 Ton of Displacement of a ship= 35 Cubic feet Carriages. Drawn by horses or mules : Falmouth ... 263 291 Rochester ... 29 331 FISH MEASURE With four or more wheels and construct .. Fishguard ... 257 269 St. Helens ... 193 192 MEASURES OF TIME ed to be drawn by two or more horses Folkestone ... 70 71 Salford ... 183l 187l Herrings are sold by the Cran, containing 26 ~ or mules ...... 2 2 0 Fowey ... 240 265 Sheerness ... 51 51 I• 60 Seconds...... = 1 Minute imperial gallons except on the West Coast, Isle To be drawn by one horse or mule only 1 1 0 Gamon ... 195 195! Sheffield ... 163 158! 60 Minutes ...... = !Hour of Man, and in Ireland, where they are sold by With less than four wheels ...... 0 15 0 Glasgow ... 397 40lt Skegness ··· 142 13H 24 Hours ...... ; . = !Day the Maze, which contains 5 long hundreds of Hackney Carriage ...... 0 15 0 Gloucester ... 104 114 Southampton 76 78 (23h. 56m. 45 .- = 1 Sidereal Day.) 123 each. On the East Coast of England they (If taken out after 30th Sept., half above rates.) Grangemouth 400 413 Southend 40 36 7 Days ...... • ... . = !Week are sold by the Lase, which contains 13,200 fish . Gamekeepers. Great Britain ...... 2 O O Gravesend ... 22 241 South Shields 279 268 . 28 Days ...... = 1 Lunar Month They are counted by the Warp, which is 4. Game Dealers. Persons dealing in game Greenock ... 421 42zt Stockport ... 177 177! \ t• 28, 29, 30, or 31 days . ... = 1 Calendar Month 33 Warps= ! Long Hundred, 132; JO Hundred= are to take out a licence ...... 2 0 0 Grimsby ... 168 155 Stoke-'n-Tr'nt 148t 146 12 Calendar Months .... = 1 Year 1Thousand,1,320; JO Thousand= ! Last, 13,200. (Licence not required for the sale of rab .. Halifax ... 199! 193 1 Stranraer ... 404 405 365! days...... = 1 Common Year bits, woodcock, snipe, landrail or deer) Hartlepool ... 257 247 Sunderland ... 270 261 366 Days ...... = 1 Leap Year BREAD WEIGHT lbs. oz. drs. Expires lst July Harwich 75 71 Swansea ... 191 198! 365d. 5h. 48m. 46s ...... = 1 Tropical Year 1 peck loaf • ...... 17 6 2 Hawkers. Annual licence ...... 2 0 0 Heysham ... 251 267 Tilbury ... 23 22t 1 half peck loaf ...... 8 11 1 Pedlars. Police licence ...... 0 5 0 Holyhead ... 258 263! Torquay ... 193 200 • quartern loaf ...... 4 5 8 ~ Dog. Great Britain ...... ··· 0 7 6 Huddersfield 196 203 l; Walsall ... 116i 120! HAY AND STRAW MEASURE 1 ~uartern (or quarter peck) of flour 3 8 0 Firearms. To carry a gun or firearm of Hull ... 219 197 Whitby ... 243 244 Truss of Straw= 36 lbs. Truss of Old Hay=56lbs. Bakers are not allowed to sell bread by the any description (to ·expire 3lst July) 0 10 0 King's Lynn .. . 103 97 Wick ··· 669 729 Truss of New Hay (to September lst)= 6o lbs. peck or quartern. It is generally sold in 4 lb. (Persons holding game licences, soldiers, Leeds ... 190.l 185t Wolver- Load= 36 Trusses- Straw, 11 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 lbs.; and 2 lb. loaves (usually called quartern and sailo rs and volUnteers are exempt) Leicester ... 971 99 hampton 12 lt 125 Old Hay, 18 cwt. ; New Hay, 19 cwt. 1 qr. 4 lbs. half quartern loaves). Game. To kill game annually from lst Leith ... 398 392 Yarm'th, N or. 124 1122 Aug. to 31st Julv ...... 3 0 0 Littlehampt'n 60 61 York ... 197 U 88 t ;2 23 ~---~ -~ Collltnercial l.)hrases ab initio {Latin). From the beginning in re (Latin). In the matter of (as regards the ad infinitum (Latin). Without end person.) ad valorem. (ad val. ) (Latin) According to value inter alia (Latin). Among o ther things. Affidavit. A written declaration on oath Ready Reckoner inter se (Latin). Between themselves. amende honorable (French). Satisfactory in toto (Latin). Entirely. . apology intra vires (Latin). Within their powers. Price I Per I Per Per Per Per amour propre (French). Self-respect Inventory. A list of the articles comprised in an each. doz. 3 doz. gross. 100. 1,000. PRICE PER lb.= £ s. d. per cwt. Assignment. An abso lute transfer of property estate, describing each article separately and Assurance. The present usage is to distin guish ,. d. '· d. £ ' · d. I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. lb. cwt. lb. cwt. precisely. t= 0 3 0 0 9 0 3 0 0 2 I I 0 10 lb. cwt. life assurance from fire and m arine 1.0.U. A memorandum of debt given by a Average. When the sum insured is less than t = 0 6 0 I 6 0 6 0 0 4 2 2 I 8 d. £ s. d. borrower to a lender, requiring no stamp, i= 0 9 0 2 3 0 9 0 0 6 3 3 2 6 s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. the value of the property, the assured but to be wholly written by the borrower, 1 = 10030 l = O 2 4 8!= 3 17 0 I 41= 7 11 8 becomes his own insurer for the excess 0 12 0 0 8 4 4 3 4 t = O 4 S 8!= 3 19 4 I 4t= 7 14 0 d ated, and addressed to some person. It= I 3 0 3 9 0 15 0 0 10 5 5 4 2 value, and h as to bear his share of an y loss Lessee. Holder of, tenant (of h ou se, etc.) !=0 7 0 8!= 4 I S I 41= 7 16 4 that may occur rateably with the under­ It= I 6 0 4 6 0 18 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 I = 0 9 4 9 = 4 4 0 I S = 7 18 8 under lease. It= I 9 0 5 3 I I 0 0 14 7 7 5 10 writer or Company. Lessor. Person who lets on lease. li=O 11 8 9!= 4 6 4 I St= 8 I 0 Bailee. A person to whom goods are entrusted "'I 2=20060 I 4 0 0 16 s 8 6 8 L etter of Credit. A letter empowering the 2t= 2 3 0 6 9 It= O 14 0 9t= 4 8 8 I St= S 3 4 for a specific purpose. I 7 0 0 18 9 9 7 6 li = O 16 4 9!= 4 11 0 bearer to obtain money from the. party 2t= 2 6 0 7 6 I 10 0 I O 10 10 8 4 I Si= S 5 8 " Bear ,, A speculator for a fall in price. One addressed. 2 = 0 IS 8 10 = 4 13 4 16 = S80 who sells for future delivery that. which he 2l= 2 9 0 8 3 I 13 0 I 2 II II 9 2 2t=l I 0 10!= 4 15 8 Lien. A right to retain property until a debt 3=3 0090 I 16 0 I S 0 12 10 0 I 6!= 8 10 4 does not possess, expecting to buy at a lower due in respect of it to the person detaining ... 2t= I 3 4 10! = 4 18 0 I 6t= 8 12 8 price before he h as to deliver. 3i= 3 3 0 9 9 I 19 0 I 7 I 13 10 10 Zi= l 5 8 10i = 5 0 4 it is satisfied. 3!= 3 6 0 10 6 2 2 0 I 9 2 14 11 8 I 6!= 8 15 0 B ill of Sale. (B./S.). In English law, a formal locum tenens (Latin). A temporary substitute. 3 = I S 0 11 = S 2 s I 7 = 8 17 4 deed assigning personal property, the u su al 3i= 3 9 0 II 3 2 5 0 I 11 3 15 12 6 3t= I 10 4 m ., mille. A thousand. 4 = 4 0 0 12 0 2 s 0 I 13 4 16 13 4 11! = 5 s 0 I 7t= 8 19 8 mode of transferring ships, and valuable as modo etformti (Latin). In the manner and form. 4!= 4 3 0 12 9 3t= l 12 s Il t = 5 7 4 I 7! = 9 2 0 mercantile securities over stock#in#trade, 2 11 0 I IS 5 17 14 2 31 = 1 IS 0 1l i = S 9 8 I 7i = 9 4 4 modus operandi (Latin). Plan of working. 4!= 4 6 0 13 6 2 14 0 I 17 6 IS 15 0 furniture, etc. NOTE.-A bill of sale is void Moiety. The h alf of anything. 4!= 4 9 0 14 3 4 = I 17 4 I 0 = 5 12 0 IS = 968 and of no effect u n less registered in accord ­ 2 17 0 I 19 7 19 15 10 4! = 1 19 8 I 0!= 5 14 4 I 81 = 9 9 0 Mortgage. A conditional conveyance of prop­ 5 = 5 0 0 15 0 3 0 0 2 I 8 20 16 8 ance with statute. erty as security for money lent, etc., 4t= 2 2 0 I 0t= 5 16 8 I 8! = 9 II 4 Bona /ide (Latin). In good faith. 5t= 5 3 0 15 9 3 3 0 2 3 9 21 17 6 41= 2 4 4 becoming void on the performance of the 5t= 5 6 0 16 6 3 6 0 2 5 10 I 0!=5 19 0 I Si= 9 13 8 " Bull." A speculator for a rise in price. One condition. 22 IS 4 5 =2 6 8 I I = 6 I 4 I 9 = 9 16 0 who buys for future delivery expecting to sell 5i= 5 9 0 17 3 3 9 0 2 7 II 23 19 2 5!= 2 9 0 I 1!= 6 3 8 I 91= 9 18 4 Mortgagee. One to whom a mortgage is made 6 = 6 0 0 18 0 3 12 0 2 10 0 25 0 0 at a profit before he has to take delivery. or given. The person who lends the money. 6t= 6 3 0 18 9 5t= 2 11 4 I lt = 6 6 0 I 9!= 10 0 S carte blanche (French). Full discretion. 3 15 0 2 12 I 26 0 10 5!= 2 13 8 I 1! = 6 8 4 I 9!= 10 3 0 Mortgagor. The person who receives the 6t= 6 6 0 19 6 3 18 0 2 14 2 27 I S ceteris Paribus (Latin). Other things being equal money lent on mortgag~ . 6 =2 16 0 I 2 =6 10 8 I 10 = 10 5 4 Collateral Security. Security given above main 6i= 6 9 I O 3 4 I 0 2 16 3 2S 2 6 61= 2 18 4 I 2!=6 13 0 I 10!= 10 7 8 Nominee. One who is nominated by ariother. 7 =' 70110 4 4 0 2 18 4 29 3 4 security. non sequitur (Latin ). It does not follow. 6t=3 0 s I 2t= 6 15 4 I IOt = IO 10 0 Consignee. The party to whom good s are 7i= 7 3 I I 9 4 7 0 3 0 5 30 4 2 6!= 3 3 0 I 21= 6 17 8 I 101= 10 12 4 nota bene. (N .B.) (Latin). Note well. 7t= 7 6 I 2 6 3 2 6 31 5 0 con signed. par. Equality of nominal and market value. 7 = 3 5 4 I 3 = 7 0 0 I 11 = 10 14 S Consignor. The Party wh o consign s, or sends, 71= 7 9 I 3 3 ! rn - ~ 3 4 7 32 5 10 7!= 3 7 8 I 3l; = 7 2 4 l lli=IOl7 0 pari Passu (Latin). On an equal footing. 8=80140 4 16 0 3 6 8 33 6 8 goods to another per procuration. (p.p. or per.pro.). Signed by 7t = 3 10 0 I 3t= 7 4 8 I llt= IO 19 4 Consols. C onsolidated funds Bi= 8 3 I 4 9 4 19 0 3 8 9 34 7 6 an authorized person on behalf of his 5 7! = 3 12 4 I 31=7 7 0 I 11! = 11 I 8 Consul. The commercial representative of one 8t= 8 6 I 6 5 2 0 3 10 10 35 8 4 s = 3 14 8 I 4 = 7 9 4 20 = 1140 principal. 81= 8 9 I 6 3 5 5 0 3 12 11 36 9 2 country residing officially in another, whose Policy. A do cument containing the contract of duties are to facilitate business, and repre­ 9=90170 5 8 0 3 15 0 37 10 0 assurance or insurance. 9!= 9 3 I 7 9 5 11 0 3 17 I 38 10 10 sent the merchants of his nation Post date. T o date a document in advance of Contango. Stock Exchange charge for carrying 9t= 9 6 I 8 6 5 14 0 3 19 2 39 11 8 the real date. 9t= 9 9 I 9 3 5 17 0 4 I 3 40 12 6 the arrangement to pay m o ney or deliver Power of Attorney. A document which em- shares over to the next account day 10 = 10 0 I 10 0 6 0 0 4 3 4 41 13 4 Wages Table powers one person to act fo r another. !Ol= 10 3 I 10 9 6 3 0 4 5 5 42 14 2 Days of Grace. Days allowed by law or custom Premium. Payment made for insurance. Bonus for payment o f Bills of Exchange (except 10!= 10 6 I 11 6 6 6 0 4 7 6 43 15 0 PerYear. IPerMonth.I Per Week. I Per Day. primii faciR. (Latin). At the first glance. 10!= 10 9 I 12 3 6 9 0 4 9 7 44 15 10 those payable at sight or on demand) after Promissory note. A note by one person prom- specified day of payment II = 11 0 I 13 0 6 12 0 4 II S 45 16 8 £ £ $. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ising to p ay a sum of money to another, or l ll= 11 3 I 13 9 6 15 0 4 13 9 46 17 6 1 Debenture. Acknowledgment of a debt. An to bearer, at a certain date, or at sight, or 0 I 8 0 0 4t 0 0 01 instrument of the nature of a bill or bond, I It= 11 6 I 14 6 6 IS 0 4 IS 10 47 18 4 2 0 3 4 0 0 91 0 0 It on demand I Ii= 11 9 I 15 3 7 I 0 4 17 II by which a debt is claimable. M ay bear pro-rata (Latin). Proportionately. 4S 19 2 3 0 5 0 0 I I! 0 0 2 interest or confer som e peculiar advantage. 1 0 = 12 0 I 16 0 7 4 0 5 0 0 50 0 0 4 0 6 s 0 I 6! 0 0 2! prox. Proximo, next month. 1 Ot= 12 3 I 16 9 7 7 0 5 2 I 51 0 10 Discount. An allowance m ade for money paid Proxy. A deputy; a stamped p'ower of attorney 5 0 s 4 0 I 11 0 0 Ji before it is due. To discount a Bill is to buy 1 Ot= 12 6 I 17 6 7 10 0 5 4 2 S2 I 8 6 0 10 0 0 2 3! 0 0 4 or authority to vote or act for another. I Ol= 12 9 I IS 3 7 13 0 5 6 3 53 2 6 from the holder the right to receive the quid Pro quo (Latin). One thing for another. 7 0 II 8 O 2 Si 0 0 4t money upon it when due. I I = 13 0 I 19 0 7 16 0 5 8 4 54 3 4 8 0 13 4 0 3 I 0 0 5i Rate of Exchange. The difference between the I ll= 13 3 I 19 9 7 19 0 5 10 5 Duties. Taxes levied by the custom-house value of money in different places. 55 4 2 9 0 IS 0 0 3 5t 0 0 6 upon goods exported or imported I It= 13 6 2 0 6 8 2 0 5 12 6 56 5 0 10 0 16 8 0 3 !Oi 0 0 6! Rebate. An allowance made as discount. I I!= 13 9 2 I 3 5 0 5 14 7 eg., exempli gratiii (Latin). For example. Sequestrate. To take possession for creditors. s 57 5 10 11 0 18 4 0 4 21 0 0 71 E. & O .E. Errors and omissions excepted. I 2 = 14 0 2 2 O 8 8 0 s 16 8 58 6 s 12 I 0. 0 0 4 7t 0 0 8 sine die (Latin). Indefinitely. 1 2t= 14 3 2 2 9 8 11 0 5 IS 9 59 7 6 f.o.b. Free on board. f.o.c. Free of charge. sine qua non (Latin). An indispensable 13 I I S 0 5 0 0 Q 8t force majeure (French). Circumstances beyond 1 2!= 14 6 2 3 6 8 14 0 6 0 10 60 s 4 14 I 3 4 0 s 4t 0 0 91 condition. I 2!= 14 9 2 4 3 17 0 6 2 11 o ne's control. status quo (Latin). Existing state of affairs. s 61 9 2 15 I 5 0 0 5 9i 0 0 91 Garnishee. A person warned not to pay m oney I 3 = 15 0 2 5 0 9 0 0 6 5 0 62 10 0 16 I 6 8 0 6 I! 0 0 IOt subpoena (Latin). A writ commanding the I 3!= 15 3 2 5 9 9 3 0 6 7 I owed to another, because the latter is in­ attendance of a person in court under a 17 I 8 4 0 6 6t 0 0 lit debted to the garnisher who gives the I 3!= 15 6 2 6 6 9 6 0 6 9 2 ~·l~ 1g 18 I 10 0 0 6 11 0 0 Iii penalty. I 3!= 15 9 2 7 3 9 9 0 warning; to cause a debtor's money to be sub rosii (Latin). Secretly. 6 11 3 65 12 6 19 I II 8 0 7 3! 0 I Ot I 4 = 16 0 2 8 0 9 12 0 6 13 4 held in this way. Syndicate. An association of capitalists to carry 66 13 4 20 I 13 4 0 7 8l 0 I It Guarantor. One who m akes a guaranty. 1 4!= 16 3 2 8 9 9 15 0 6 15 5 67 14 2 30 2 10 0 0 11 6t 0 I 7i out some undertaking. 1 4! = 16 6 2 9 6 9 18 0 6 17 6 Guaranty. A warrant of surety ; a contract to ultra vire (Latin). Beyond their powers. 68 15 0 40 3 6 8 0 IS 4t 0 2 2! see performed what another has undertaken I 4!= 16 9 2 10 3 10 I 0 6 19 7 69 IS 10 50 4 3 4 0 19 2i 0 2 9 Vsance. Time allowed for p ayment of foreign 1 5 = 17 0 2 11 0 10 4 0 idem. \id.) ((Latin). The same. bills of exchange. 7 I S 70 16 8 60 5 0 0 I 3 I 0 3 3! in camera (Latin). In secret. 1 5!= 17 3 211 9 10 7 0 7 3 9 71 17 6 70 5 16 8 , 0 3 10 v. versus (Latin). A gainst. I 6 11 ) 1 in curia (Latin). In open court. 1 St = 17 6 2 12 6 10 10 0 7 s 10 72 IS 4 80 6 13 4 I 10 91 • 0 4 4t vice versa {Latin). The order being changed. I 5t= 17 9 2 13 3 10 13 0 Indemnity. Security from damage or loss. ;

26 27 Classic Winners Grand National 4 Miles 856 yards The Derby (3 Years) 1 mile 4 furlongs Year Winner and Price Weight Year Winner and Price Jockey 1922 Music Hall (100/9) 9y 11 8 19zz Captain Cuttle (10/1) S. Donoghue 1923 Sergeant Murphy (100/6) 13y 11 3 J923 Papyrus (100/15) S. Donoghue J924 Master Robert (25/11 l1y 10 5 J924 Sansovino (9/2) T . Weston 1925 Double Chance (100/9) 9y 10 9 1925 Manna (9/1( S. Donoghue J926 Jack Horner (25/1) 9y 10 5 1926 Coronach 11/2) J. Childs 1927 Sprig (8/1) lOy J2 4 J927 Call Boy (4/1) E. C. Elliott 1928 Tipperary Tim (100/l) lOy 10 O 1928 Felstead (33/1) H . Wragg 1929 Gregalach (100/1) 7y 11 4 1929 Trigo (33/1) J. MarshalJ 1930 Shaun Goliin (J00/8) JOy 11 7 1930 Blenheim (18/1) H. Wragg 1931 Grakle (100/6) 9y 11 7 193J Cameronian (7/2) F. Fox ___,llllllllll J932 Forbra (50/l) 7y 10 7 1932 April the Fifth (100/6) F. Lane The St. Leger(J Yrs.) 1 mile 6 furlongs--- 132 yds The Oaks (3-Yr. Fillies). 1 mile 4 furlongs- ~ Year Winner and Price Jockey Year Winner and Price Jockey J921 Polemarch (50/1) J. Childs 1922 Pogrom (5/4) E. Gardner ~ 1922 Royal Lancer (33/l ) R. Jones J923 Brownhylda (10/1) V. Smythe '! 1923 Tranquil (100/9) T. Weston 1924 Straitlace (100130) F. O'Neil J924 Salmon Trout (6/1) B. Carslake 1925 Saucy Sue (30 JOO) F. Bullock J925 Solario (7/2) J. Childs 1926 Short Story (5/J) R . Jones 1926 Coronach (8/15) J. Childs 1927 Beam (4/1) T Weston 1927 Book Law (7/4) H. Jelliss 1928 Toboggan (100/15) T . Weston 1928 Fairway (7/4J T W eston 1929 Penny·come-quick(ll/10 H.Jelliss 1929 Trigo (5/1) M. Beary 1930 Rose of Enfi land (7/1) G Richards 1930 Sing a pore (4 1) G. Richards 1931 Brulette (7 2) G. Elliott J931 Sandwich (9/1) H . w ·ragg 1932 Udaipur(lO/l ) M . Beary Two Thousand Guineas (3 Years). 1 mile One Thousand Guineas (3·Yr Fillies). J mile Year Winner and Price Jockey Year Winner and Price - Jockey 1922 St. Louis (6/l 1 G. Archibald 1922 Silver Urn (10/1) B .Ca rsl ~~ J923 Ellangowan (7/1) E Elliott 1923 Tranquil (5/2) E. Gardner 1924 Diophon (11/2) G. Hulme 1924 Plack (8/1) E. Elliott J925 Manna. (100/8 1 S. Donoghue 1925 Saucy Sue (1/4) F. Bullock J926 Colorado \100/8) T . Weston 1926 Pillion (25/J) R. Perryman 1927 Adam's Af,ple (20/1 ) J. Leach 1927 Cresta Run (10/1) A. Balding 1928 Flamingo 5/1) E. Elliott 1928 Scuttle (J5/8) J. Childs 1929 Mr. Jinks (5/ZJ H . Beasley J929 Taj Mahal (33/1) Sibbritt 1930 Diolite (10/1) F. Fox 1930 Fair Isle (7/4) T. Weston 1931 Cameronian (100/8) J. Childs 1931 Four Course (100/9) C. Elliott J932 Orwell (evens) R. Jones J932 Kandy (33/l) C. Elliott Showing the Amount Sums invested will produce at differ~ .Sportsman's Reckoner ent odds. O dds 1/.. 2/6 5/- 10/- £1 Oddo 1/- 2/6 51· 10/- £1 Against s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. 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