474 M. Harrington—Chinese Official Almanac. 
The equation of time is disregarded as is common to most 
oriental nations. This custom takes its origin in the use of 
sale Is and is natural when the use of time-keepers is not 
common. We are not quite justified therefore 1 ms ieee nal on 
the sence of om correction as a fault in the Chinese 
Alm But the corrections for semi- yhanlite and for 
retenctiil are also oer and for their absence we can find no 
excuse. ‘T'hese corrections at Peking may amount to more 
that is only twice each year for sunrise or sunset we find that 
eae about four ite cent of these predictions are correct in the 
A 
B.— Times of Moon’s oe at Peking, as given in the 
nese Almanac. 
3p YEAR or Kuane Hst, 1877-78. 
Foreten Chinese| Foreign Chinese | pif, ||Foreign| Chinese, Foreign Chinese | DPD iff. 
| date. time. time. . date. date. time. time. 
wel i 4°45 p.M.| 4°38 p.M.|— 7||Aug. 9 1 1:03 p.M.| 1:09 P.M.|+ 6 
| 9 {12°01 p.m. j11°51 a.m. |—10 16 8 6l4p.m.| 613 am. |— 1 
28 16 3°00 a.m.| 2°56 a.mM.|— 4 24) 16 6°57 a.M. | 6°54 A.M. | — 3 
Mar. 7} 23 | 5-47 a.m.| 2°58 a.m.|+11||Sept.1| 24 | 50la.m.| 509am.|/+ 8 
aay VIII. 
15 1 {10°40 a.m. |10°40 a.m. 0 1 8-46 p.u.| 9°00 p.M.|+14 
22 8 8°55 p.mM.| 901 P.M./+ 6 14 8 6°45 p.u.| 7°01 pM. | +16 
29, 15 1°35 p.M.| 1°39 p.M.j|+ 4 22\| 16 |11°21 p.m.j11°29 P.M | + 8 
April 6 23 41716 aw. 113-18 a.m. (+ 2 30| 24 2-06 p.M.| 2°22 P.M. +16 
UL = 
14 rE 1°36 am. | 1°47 A.M. 1+11 |\Oct. 7 l 5-44 a.M.| 6°07 A.M.) + 23 
2) 8 23 AM. | 3°2 +15 14 8 111-28 am. 11°47 A.M. | + 19 
28 B 112-93 am, 129-314. M. + 9 22|. 16 3°17 p.M.| 3°34 P.M. +17 
May 5 = 7-05 p.M.| 7713 pM.}+ 8 29} 23 (10-07 p.m. |10°31 P.M. | +24 
13) 1 | 115 pM.| 1:26p.m./+11||Nov. 5| 1 | 4:34 P.m.| 4°59 P.M. |+25 
20; 8 | 842 4.M.| 859 4.m./417 13 9 7-30 a.m.| 7°51 A.M.|+21 
27; 15 |11°51 a.m. |12°04 pw. 1413 Ol 19 6°05 a.M.| 6°28 a.M.|+23 
June 4 - 12°57 03 P.M.j|+ 6 28) 24 5°51 a.M.| 6°13 A.M. +22 
. XI. 
11) 1 /10°18 p.m. 10-29 pw. |+11|\Dec. 5| 1 | 5°50 4.m.| 6-06 a.m. |/+16 
18; 8 | 2:10 pM.| 2:20 p.m. 1+10 9 | 5-20 a.M.| 5°30 a.m. |+10 
26 16 |12°39 am. |12-41au}4+ 2 20| 16 | 7-37 p.M.| 7°50 P. 3 
July 4 no 4°48 4 ere 3 27; 23 | 206 pM.| 218 pM.|+12 
11) 1 | 552aM.| 556a../+ 4|lJan. 3] 1 | 9-49PM.| 9°51 PM/+ 2 
2 8 P.M.| 8-57 pw.|— 1 12} 10 | 2:33 a.m.| 2304.8. |— 3 
25, 15 | 3-05 pm.| 3-02 pmji— 3 19) 17 | 757am.| 755 4M |— 2 
Aug.2 23 | G07 PM} 609PmM/+ 2 25) 23 111°35P.mM.{11-35Pm.| 9 
The times of the moon’s quarters and of the twonty- teat 
Chinese seasons are also given, and as they are given to 
