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shows the difference between standard and local time. This would cost 

 nothing, it would be a slight saving of expense, and of itself would soon 

 lead to standard time being adopted everywhere except in the Presidency 

 towns, for, when local time could no longer be obtained from the telegraph 

 offices, standard time would soon come into general use. 



In the Presidency towns there are local observatories which give a 

 daily time signal, and indirectly control the time in general use. These 

 time signals should be converted to Greenwich time, a change which would 

 be to the advantage of the shipmasters for whose benefit they are primarily 

 intended. Added to this the standard time should be used in all Govern- 

 ment offices and shown by all clerks directly controlled by Government. 



If this were done the experience of other countries has shown that the 

 general public would soon come to adopt the standard time, and, having 

 once appreciated its advantages, would soon wonder how they had bo long 

 endured the old system. 



APPENDIX. 



List of Countries, Colonies and Dependencies in which Greenwich 

 time has been adopted as the standard civil time. Taken from Prof. 

 Milne's table of civil times, printed in the Geographical Journal, 

 February, 1899. 



Austria, Ih. F. Malta, 1 h. F. 



Bechuanaland, U h. F. Natal, 2 h. F. 



Belgium, G. M. T. New South Wales, 10 h. F. 



Bosnia, 1 h. F. Norway, 1 h. F. 



Bulgaria, 2 h. F. Orange Free State, 1| h. F. 



Canada,* 4 h. to 8 h. S. Pescadores, 9 h. F. 



Cape Colony, U h. F. Queensland, 10 h. F, 



Congo Free State, 1 h. F. Rhodesia, 1| h. F. 



Denmark, 1 h. F. Romania, 2 h. F. 



German EmiDii^e, lb. F. South Australia, 9 h. F. 



Herzegovina, 1 h. F. Sweden, 1 h, F. 



Hungary, 1 h. F. Switzerland, 1 h. F. 



Italy, 1 h. F. Tasmania, 10 h. F. 



Japan, 9 h. P. Transvaal, 1^ h. F. 



Korea, 9 h. F. Turkey, 2 h. F. 



* 1. Intercolonial time, Nova Scotia, Princo Edward's Island, 4 h. S. 



2. Eastern time, New Brunswick, Montreal, Ontario, 5 h. S, 



3. Central time, Manitoba, Kenatin, G h. S. 



4. Mountain time, Gaskatchewan, Assiiiiboia, Alberta, Atliabasca, 7 h. S. 



5. Pacific time, Bi-itish Columbia, 8 li. S. 



