562 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F. 



Divide the given centuries by 7 before tlie alteration in the calendar, and 

 find the remainder under C b ; or divide by 4 after the alteration, and find 

 the remainder under C a : the letter next opposite the remainder and in the 

 left hand column of letters is the letter for the given centuries.* In a line 

 drawn from this letter to the opposite letter in the right hand column, and 

 over the given tens, is found the letter for the given tens. Find the same 

 letter in the left hand column. In a line drawn from this letter to the 

 opposite letter in the right hand column, and under the given units,t is 

 found the letter for the given units, i.e., for the given year. 



The number of jilaces this letter is removed from the given month, in the 

 same line as the month, indicates the day of the month on which the first 

 Sunday falls. 



Examples. 



1066. William the Conqueror croiotied Monday, Christmas Day. 



Divide 10 by 7, and find the remainder, 3°, under C b, and opposite 

 C. In a line drawn from C to the opposite letter B in the right hand 

 column, and over 60, is found V. Find V in the left hand column. In a line 

 drawn from V to the opposite letter T in the right hand column, and under 6 is 

 found B, which is the letter for 1066. As B is found opposite December 

 three places removed, the first Sunday in that month fell on the the 3rd, 

 and the second would fall on the 10th, the third on the 17th, the fourth on 

 the 24th, and the following day would be Monday, the 25th. 



1815. Battle of Waterloo, Sunday, l%th June. 



Divide 18 by 4, and find the remainder, 2, under C a, and opposite D. 

 In a line draM'n from D to the opposite letter C in the right hand column, 

 and over 10, is found C. Find C in the left hand column. In a line drawn 

 from C to the opposite letter B in the right hand column, and under 5 (in 

 the upper group of units), is found B, which is the letter for 1815. B is 

 found opposite June four places removed, and the first Sunday in' that month 

 fell on the 4th, the second on the 11th, and the third on the 18th. 



Christopher Columbus sailed Friday, 3rd August, 1492. 



Note. — T is the letter for the year 0, as 4 was the first Leap Year ; the 

 letters for 1752 are G. for Jan. and Feb., P. from 1st March till 2nd Sept. 

 inclusive, and B for the rest of the year. 



* 3, 2, 1 imder C a take the next letter but one opposite the remainder. Before the year 

 700, take the number of the century : when there are no centuries take O. 



t Use the upper group of units, when the tens are in italics. 



9.— AN AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL DEBT. 



By JAMES J. FENTON, F.S.S., of the Government Statist's Office, 



Victoria. 



Now that there is a fair prospect of the establishment in the 

 near future of an AustraUan Federal Union, not in name 

 only, but with all the powers, responsibilities, and functions of 

 an active Government, this is perhaps an opportune time to 

 discuss the bearing of some of the financial aspects of that 



