THE

BANKING ALMANAC,

Directory,

YEAR BOOK AND DIARY,

FOR

1862;

CONTAINING

A DIARY,

THE

OF

CALENDAR-OFFICIAL DIRECTORY-STATISTICS OF PRICES OF PUBLIC STOCKS-DIGEST
BANKING STATISTICS-ANALYSIS OF THE ACTS OF PARLIAMENT OF LAST SESSION-AN
ABSTRACT OF THE NEW STAMP ACT-PARLIAMENTARY DIRECTORY-LIFE ASSURANCE
DIRECTORY-ANNUAL CHRONOLOGY-BANKING AND COMMERCIAL RETROSPECT-LIST
MERCANTILE FAILURES-BALANCE SHEETS OF FAILED FIRMS;

OF

AND A

Complete Banking Directory.

EDITED BY D. MORIER EVANS.

PRICE FIVE SHILLINGS.

LONDON:

RICHARD GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS, 5, PATERNOSTER ROW;

WATERLOW AND SONS, LONDON WALL, BIRCHIN LANE,

AND 49, PARLIAMENT STREET;

AND MAY BE HAD OF ALL

BOOKSELLERS.

LONDON:

WATERLOW AND SONS, PRINTERS, CARPENTERS' HALL,

LONDON WALL.

Metropolitan Buildings Office, 72 Registrar of Certificates and Affi-

1 Epiphany.....

April 20

June 8

June 15

Nov. 30

Golden Number:...

Jan. 6 Easter Sunday....

Epact

30 Shrove Sunday.. Mar. 2 Whit Sunday

Solar Cycle

23 First Sunday in Lent Mar. 9 Trinity Sunday

Dominical Letter · E Good Friday...... April 18 Advent Sunday

[For 1863.-Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18; Easter Day, April 5; Whitsunday, May 24.]

The year 5623 of the Jewish Era commences on September 25, 1862.

The year 1279 of the Mahommedan Era commences on June 29, 1862.

ECLIPSES IN 1862.

1. June 12, a total Eclipse of the Moon, invisible at Greenwich. 2. June 27, a partial Eclipse of the Sun,

invisible at Greenwich. 3. November 21, a partial Eclipse of the Sun, invisible at Greenwich. 4. Decem-

ber 6, a total Eclipse of the Moon, visible (as a partial one) at Greenwich, [Begins at 5.45 a.m. ends 9.34 a.m.]

5. December 21, a partial Eclipse of the Sun, invisible at Greenwich.

LAW TERMS.

.....

Hilary Term begins 11 Jan. ......ends 31 Jan. | Trinity Term begins 27 May....ends 17 June.

Easter Term...... 15 April

13 May Michaelmas Term... 2 Nov... .....25 Nov.

When any of the days between the Thursday before and the Wednesday next after Easter-day fall within Easter Term, the

Sittings in Easter Term are suspended, and the Term prolonged for an equal number of days; whilst the commencement of

Trinity Term is postponed, and its continuance prolonged for the like period. (11 GEO. IV., and 1 WM. IV., c. 70, s. 6.)

UNIVERSITY. TERMS.

QUARTER DAYS FOR RENTS AND LEASES.

In England.-Lady Day, 25 March; Midsummer, 24 June; Michaelmas, 29 September ;

Christmas, 25 December. In Scotland.-Candlemas, 2 February; Whitsunday (fixed, not

moveable) 15 May; Lammas, 1 August; Martinmias, 11 November.

Counting-House Calendar for 1862.

Useful for showing the day of the week on which any particular day of the month will fall, and vice versa.