A 
JANUARY— 1918. 
FEBRUARY— 1918. 
MARCH— 1918. 
APR!L-1918, 
Day of the 
Sundays, Festivals, 
Day ot the 
Sundays, Festivals, 
Day of the 
Sundays, Festivals, 
Day of the 
Sundays, Festivals, 
Mth.Wk. Yr. 
Astronomical Notes, &c. 
Mth.Wk. Yr. 
Astronomical Notes, &c. 
(Mth.Wk. Yr. 
Astronomical Notes, &c. 
Mth.Wk. Yr. 
Astronomical Notes, &c. 
I 
T 
1 
Circumcision 
I 
F 
32 
TCandlemas 
'1 
F 
60 
S. David. Fly Fishing begins 
I 
M 
91 
Easter Monday. Bank Hoi, 
| Stock Exchange closed 
2 
S 
33 
Purification of B.V.M. 
2 
S 
61 
S. Chad 
2 
T 
92 
Easter Tuesday 
2 
W 
2 
‘Barometer 29-806 in. 
3 
5 
34 
Sexagesima. S. Blasius 5 
3 
£5 
62 
3 rd in Lent 9 
3 
W 
93 
S. Richard 
3 
Th 
3 
4 
M 
35 
< Last Quarter 7.62 a.m. 
4 
M 
63 
♦Barometer 29-736 in. 
4 
Th 
94 
( Last Quarter 1. 33 p.m. 
4 
F 
4 
\{ Last Quarter 11.60 a.m. 
5 
T 
36 
S, Agatha 
5 
T 
64 
5 
F 
95 
Dividends due 
5 
S 
5 
Dividends due 
6 
W 
37 
♦Barometer 29-790 in, 
6 
W 
65 
( Last Quarter 0.44 a.m. 
6 
S 
96 
♦Barometer 29-760 in. 
6 
& 
6 
Epiphany 1 
7 
Th 
38 
7 
Th 
66 
S. Perpetua 
7 
S 
97 
Low Sunday 14 
7 
M 
7 
S. Distaff Plough Monday 
8 
F 
39 
Half Quarter Day 
8 
F 
67 
S 
M 
98 
[Old Lady Day 
8 
T 
S 
9 
S 
40 
9 
S 
68 
9 
T 
99 
Lady Day Fire Insur. ceases 
9 
W 
9 
Christmas Fire Ins. ceases 
IO 
s 
4i 
QuinqOAgesima 6 
IO 
3 
69 
4 th in Lent 10 
IO 
VV 
IOO 
L Easter Law Sittings begin 
JO 
Th 
IO 
II 
M 
42 
• New Moon 10.5 a.m. 
II 
M 
70 
f# New Moon 7.52 p.m. 
11 
Th 
IOI 
• New Moon 4.34 a.tn. 
II 
F 
ri 
Hilary Law Sittings begin 
12 
T 
43 
Shrove Tuesday 
12 
T 
7 1 
5. Gregory 
12 
F 
102 
12 
S 
12 
© New Moon 10.36 p.m. 
13 
W 
44 
Ash Wednesday 
13 
W 
72 
Duke of Connaught married 
13 
S 
IO3 
13 
s 
13 
1 st after Epiphany 2 
14 
Th 
45 
5. Valentine 
14 
Th 
73 
[1879 
14 
s 
104 
2nd after Easter 15 
[S. Hilary 
15. 
F 
46 
Kimberley relieved 1900 
15 
F 
74 
♦Temp. Day 49-7° Night 35-1° 
15 
M 
IOj' 
♦Teinp. Day 57-1° Night 38-9° 
H 
M 
14 
* 
16 
S 
47 
♦Temp. Day 45-4° Night 34-4° 
16 
s 
75 
Interest payable on f.i% 
i 5 
T 
15 
♦Temp. Day 43-2° Night 33-9° 
17 
S 
48 
1 st in Lent. Ember Wk. 7 
17 
S 
76 
Passion Sunday 11 
War Loan, 1929-1942 
16 
W 
16 
I-S 
iM 
49 
5 First Quarter 0,57 a.m. 
IS 
M 
77 
S. Edward |S. Patrick 
16 
T 
106 
i7 
Th 
17 
19 
T 
50 
19 
T 
7S 
J First Quarter 1.30 p.m. 
17 
W 
107 
1) First Quarter 4.8 a.m. 
t 8 
F 
18 
S. Frisco, 
20 
w 
5i 
Ember Day 
zo 
W 
79 
18 
Th 
I08 
19 
S 
19 
J> First Quarter 2.38 p.tn. 
21 
Th 
52 
21 
Th 
So 
S. Benedict. Vernal Equinox 
*9 
F 
109 
Primrose Day (18SI). 
20 
3 
20 
2 nd after Epiphany 3 
22 
F 
53 
Ember Day 
23 
F 
81 
20 
S 
no 
[S. Alphege 
21 
M 
21 
5. Agnes [S'. Fabian 
23 
S 
54 
Ember Day 
23 
S 
82 
♦Rainfall 1-63 in. 
21 
s 
in 
3 rd after Easier 16 
22 
T 
22 
S. Vincent 
24 
s 
55 
2 nd in Lent. 5. Matthias 8 
24 
£5 
53 
Palm Sunday 12 
22 
M 
1X2 
23 
W 
23 
♦Rainfall 1-88 in. 
25 
M 
50 
O Full Moon 9.35 p.m. 
25 
M 
84 
Annun. B.V.M. Lady Day 
23 
T 
II3 
S. George 
24 
Th 
24 
26 
T 
57 
♦Rainfall 1-54 in. 
26 
T 
85 
TO Full Moon 3.33 p.m. 
24 
W 
114 
25 
F 
25 
Conversion of S. Paul 
27 
W 
58 
27 
W 
86 
Hilary Law Sittings end 
25 
Th 
115 
S. Mark 
26 
S 
26 
Fall of Khartoum, 1885 
28 
Tii 
59 
28 
Th 
87 
Maundy Thursday 
26 
F 
Il6 
O Full Moon 8.5 a.m. 
37 
S 
27 
Septuagesima 4 
29 
F 
88 
Good Friday. 
27 
S 
117 
28 
M 
28 
LO Full Moon 3.14 a.m. 
* 
30 
S 
89 
Easter Eve 
28 
s 
Il8 
4 th after Easter 17 
29 
T 
29 
31 
s 
90 
Easter Day 13 
29 
M 
119 
♦Rainfall 1-57 in. 
30 
W 
30 
30 
T 
120 
31 
Th 
31 
* 
MAY— 1918. 
JUNE— 1918. 
JULY— 1918. 
AUGUST— 1918. 
Day of the 
Sundays, Festivals, 
Day of the 
Sundays, Festivals, 
Day of the 
Sundays, Festivals, 
Day of the 
Sundays, Festivals, 
Mth.Wk. Yr. 
Astronomical Notes, &c. 
Mth.Wk. Yr. 
Astronomical Notes, &c. 
Mth.Wk 
. Yr, 
Astronomical Notes, &c. 
Mth.Wk. Yr. 
Astronomical Notes, &c. 
I 
! 
W 
121 
SS. Philip and James 
1 
S 
152 
S.Nicomede. Int. payable on 
1 
M 
182 
( Last Quarter S.43 a.m. 
1 
Th 
213 
Lammas Dav 
<7 
Th 
122 
£5% War Loan, 1929-1947 
2 
T 
183 
2 
F 
214 
♦Barometer .29-785 in. 
3 
F 
123 
( Last Quarter 10.26 p.m. 
. : 
T ) Last Quarter 4.20 a.m. 
3 
W 
184 
♦Barometer 29-801 in. 
3 
S 
215 
fWar dec. on Germauy 1914 
4 
S 
I24 
'Barometer 29-792 in. 
2 
s 
153 
1 st after Trinity 22 
4 
Th 
185 
Tr. of S. Martin 
4 
i3 
216 
10th after Trinity 31 
5 
3 
125 
Rogation Sunday 18 
3 
M 
*54 
King bom 1865 
5 
F 
186 
Dividends due 
5 
M 
217 
Bank Holiday 
FS. John Evangelist 
4 
T 
155 
6 
S 
187 
218 
r« New Moon 8.30 p.m. 
6 
M 
126 
Rogation Day. Accession 
5 
W 
rad 
S. Boniface 
7 
S 
188 
6th after Trinity 27 
6 
T 
T rans figuration 
7 
T 
127 
Rogation Day [1910 
6 
Th 
157 
♦Barometer 29-814 in. 
8 
M 
1834 
• New Moon 8.22 a.m. 
7 
W 
219 
Name of Jesus 
8 
W 
128 
Rogation Day 
7 
F 
158 
9 
T 
190 
Midsummer Fire Ins. ceases 
8 
Th 
220 
9 
Th 
129 
Ascension Day. HalfQtr.D. 
8 
S 
159 
© New Moon 10,3 p.m. 
IO 
W 
191 
9 
F 
221 
S. Lawrence, fill. Quar, Day 
10 
F 
136 
• New Moon 1.1 p.m. 
9 
s 
160 
2 nd after Trinity 23 
II 
Th 
192 
IO 
S 
222 
II 
S 
131 
IO 
M 
16 1 
Ramadan begins 
12 
F 
193 
♦Temp. Day 73-8'' Night 63-2° 
11 
s 
223 
11 th after Trinity 32 
12 
3 
132 
Sunday aft. Ascension 19 
11 
T 
162 
S. Barnabas 
13 
S 
194 
12 
M 
224 
Grouse Shooting begins 
13 
M 
133 
♦Temp. Day 64-1° Night 43-8° 
12 
W 
163 
14 
s 
195 
7 tu after Trinity 28 
13 
T 
225 
1 H 
T 
134 
13 
Th 
164 
♦Temp. Day 71-1° Night 49-8° 
15 
M 
196 
S. Swithin 
14 
W 
226 
$ First Quarter 11.16 p.m. 
15 
W 
135 
Scotch Quarter Day 
14 
F 
165 
f 5) First Quarter 1.12 p.m. 
ID 
T 
197 
l First Quarter 6.26 a.m. 
13 
Th 
227 
16 
Th 
136 
TJ) First Quarter 8.14 p.m. 
15 
S 
166 
17 
IV 
19S 
16 
F 
228 
17 
F 
137 
Easter Law Sittings end 
16 
S 
167 
3 rd after Trinity 24 
18 
Th 
199 
17 
S 
229 
♦Temp. Day 72-7° Night 531° 
18 
S 
138 
hS. Dunstan 
17 
M 
1G8 
19 
F 
200 
18 
S 
230 
12 th after Trinity 33 
19 
3 
139 
Whitsun Day. Emb, Wk. 20; 
18 
T 
169 
Waterloo 1815 
20 
S 
201 
S. Margaret 
19 
M 
231 
20 
M 
140 
Whit Mondav. Bank Hoi. 
19 
W 
170 
21 
s 
202 
8th after Trinity 29 
20 
T 
332 
Black Game Shooting begins 
21 
T 
141 
Whit Tuesday 
20 
Th 
171 
Tr. of King Edward 
22 
M 
203 
S. Mary Magdalene 
21 
W 
233 
O Full Moon 5.2 a.m. 
22 
W 
142 
Ember Day 
21 
F 
172 
23 
T 
204 
O Full Moon 8.35 p.m. 
22 
Th 
234 
23 
Th 
143 
♦Rainfall 1-91 in. 
22 
S 
173 
Longest Day 
24 
Yu 
205 
Gibraltar taken 1704 
23 
F 
235 
r (Massacre 1572) 
24 
F 
144 
Empire Day. Ember Day 
23 
S 
174 
4 th after Trinity 25 
25 
Th 
206 
S. James 
24 
S 
236 
St. Bartholomew 
FO Full Moon 10.32 p.m. 
[Prince of Wales born 1894 
26 
F 
207 
S. Anne 
25 
5 
237 
13 th after Trinity 34 [ 
25 
S 
145 
Ember Day 
24 
M 
r?5 
S. John Baptist. Midsummer 
27 
S 
•208 
♦Rainfall 2-31 iu. 
26 
M 
238 
♦Rainfall 2-35 in.’ 
26 
3 
146 
Trinity Sunday 21 
Day. O F.Moon 10.38 a,m. 
28 
5 
209 
9 th after Irinity 30 
27 
T 
239 
f( Last Quarter 7.27 p.m. 
LQueen bom 18C7 
25 
T 
176 
20 
M 
210I 
( Last Quarter 1.14 p.m. 
28 
W 
240 
S. Augustin 
27 
M 
147 
Veil. Bede 
26 
W 
177 
30 
T 
211 
29 
Th 
241 
Beheading of S. John Baptist 
28 
T 
148 
Trinity Law Sittings begin 
27 
Th 
178 
♦Rainfall 2-03 in. 
31 
W 
212 
Trinity Law Sittings end. 
30 
1* 
242 
29 
W 
149 
- 
28 
F 
179 
Annual and Nov. to July 
31 
S 
243 
Relief of Candahar 1880 
30 
Th 
I SO 
Corpus Christi 
29 
S 
180 
S. Peter 
Game Certificates and 
31 
F 
15 r 
30 
£5 
181 
6th after Trinity 26 
Gun Licences expire 
• 
SEPTEMBER— 1918. 
OCTOBER— 1918. 
NOVEMBER— 1918. 
DECEMBER— 1918. 
Day of the 
Sundays, Festivals, 
Day of the 
Sundays, Festivals, 
Day of the 
Sundays, Festivals, 
Day of the 
Sundays, Festivals, 
Mth.Wk. Yr. 
Astronomical Notes, &c. 
Mth.Wk. Yr. 
Astronomical Notes, &c. 
Mth.Wk. Yr. 
Astronomical Notes, &c. 
Mth.Wk. Yr. 
Astronomical Notes, &c. 
I 
• 
244 
14 th after Trinity, 35 
I 
T 
274 
Pheasant Shooting begins 
1 
F 
305 
All Saints 
I 
£> 
335 
Advent Sunday 48 
IS. Giles 
2 
W 
275 
f published 
2 
S 
306 
All Souls 
[Q. Alexandra bora 1844 
2 
M 
245 
Partridge Shooting begins 
3 
Th 
276 
Charles Letts’s Diaries, 1919, 
3 
S 
307 
23 rd after Trinity 44 
2 
M 
336 
Interest payable on £5% 
3 
T 
246 
[Capitulation of Sedan 1870 
4 
F 
277 
r • New Moon 3,6 a.m. 
4 
M 
308 
[ © New Moon 9.2 p.m," 
War Loan 1929-1947 
4 
W 
247 
5 
S 
276 
Dividends due 
5 
T 
309 
Inkeiman 1854 
3 
T 
337 
• New Moon 3,19 p.m. 
5 
Th 
248 
© New Moon 10.44 a.m. 
6 
S 
279 
19 th after Trinity 40 
6 
W 
310 
♦Barometer 29-754 in. 
4 
W 
338 
♦Barometer 29-761 in. 
6 
F 
249 
[S. Faifh 
7 
Th 
311 
5 
Th 
339 
7 
S 
250 
S. Evurtius. 
7 
M 
280 
Mohammedan Year 1337 
8 
Fl 
S 
312 
* 
6 
F 
340 
IJ ewish year 5679 begins 
8 
T 
281 
[begins 
9 
313 
7 
S 
34i 
2 nd in Advent 49 
8 
3 
251 
15 th after Trinity 36 
9 
W 
282 
S. Denys 
IO 
S 
3*4 
24 th after Trinity 45 
8 
3 
342 
9 
M 
252 
IO 
Th 
283 
♦Barometer 29-724 in. 
fj) First Quarter 4,46 p.m. 
‘9 
M 
343 
Grouse Shooting ends 
10 
T 
253 
♦Barometer 29-825 in. 
it 
F 
284 
II 
M 
3x5 
Half-Quarter Day 
IO 
T 
344 
II 
W 
254 
- 
12 
S 
285 
Mich. Law Sittings begin 
12 
T 
316 
[Martinmas 
« 
W 
345 
D First Quarter 2.31 a.m. 
12 
Th 
255 
13 
3 
286 
20tii after Trinity 41 
13 
W 
317 
S. Britius 
12 
Th 
346 
♦Temp. Day 44-7° Night 35-4° 
13 
F 
256 
)) First Quarter 3.2 p.m. 
[ i) First Quarter 5.0 a.m. 
14 
Th 
318 
♦Temp. Day 48-9° Night 37-8° 
S, Machutus 
13 
F 
347 
14 
S 
257 
Holy Cross Day. 
14 
M 
287 
Mich. Fire Insurance ceases 
15 
F 
319 
14 
S 
348 
3 rd in Advent 50 
15 
3 
258 
16 th after Trinity 37 
15 
T 
288 
Interest payable on £4% 
l6 
S 
320 
Suez Canal opened 1869 
15 
S 
349 
16 
M 
259 
lEinber Week 
War Loan 1929-1942 
17 
3 
321 
25 th after Trinity 46 
16 
M 
35<3 
[Ember Week 
17 
T 
260 
♦Temp. Day 67-2° Night 49-Q : ’ 
16 
W 
289 
♦Temp. Day 57-7° Night 43-6° 
18 
M 
322 
O Full Moon 7.33 a.m. 
17 
T 
W 
35i 
O Full Moon 7.18 p.m. 
18 
W 
261 
Ember Day 
17 
Th 
290 
S'. Etheldreda 
19 
T 
323 
l8 
352 
Ember Day 
19 
20 
Th 
F 
262 
263 
f O Full Moon 1.1 p.m. 
Ember Day 
18 
19 
F 
S 
291 
292 
S. Luke 
O Full Moon 9.35 p.m. 
20 
21 
W 
Th 
324 
325 
19 
20 
Th 
F 
353 
354 
Ember Day 
21 
S 
264 
S. Matthew. Ember Day 
20 
s 
z 93 
21 st after Trinity 42 
22 
F 
326 
♦Rainfall 2-26 in. 
21 
S 
355 
S. 2 homos. Ember Day 
22 
3 
265 
17 th after Trinity 38 
21 
M 
294 
Trafalgar 1805 
23 
S 
327 
26 th after Trin. (last) 47 
356 
[Mich. Law Sittings end 
23 
M 
266 
Autumnal Equinox 
22 
T 
295 
24 
s 
328 
22 
3 
4 th in Advent. 51 
24 
T 
267 
23 
W 
296 
.♦Rainfall 2-75 in. 
25 
M 
329 
( Last Quarter 10.25 a.m. 
23 
M 
357 
[Shortest day 
25 
W 
268 
♦Rainfall 2-04 in. 
24 
Th 
297 
26 
T 
330 
24 
T 
358 
f ( Last Quarter 6.S1 a.m. 
26 
Th 
269 
S. Cyprian 
2 < 
F 
298 
j S. Crispin. 
27 
W 
33i 
25 
w 
359 
Christmas Day 
27 
F 
270 
( Last Quarter 4.39 a.m. 
26 
s 
299 
( Last Quarter 5.35 p.m. 
28 
Th 
332 
26 
Th 
360 
S. Stephen. Bank Holiday 
28 
S 
271 
[Michaelmas Day 
27 
s 
300 
22 nd after Trinity 43 
29 
F 
333 
27 
F 
361 
S. John 
29 
3 
272 
18 tu after Trinity. 39 
28 
M 
^OI 
SS. Simon and Jude 
30 
S 
334 
S. Andrew 
28 
S 
362 
Holy Innocents 
[ S. M ichaeland All Angels 
29 
T 
302 
29 
s 
363 
1 st after Christmas 52 
30 
M 
273 
S. Jcrotn 
30 
W 
303 
Tcates expire 
30 
M 
364 
♦Rainfall 2-04 in. 
31 
Th 
304 
Aug. to Oct. Game Certifi- 
1 31 
T 
! 365 
* The Monthly figures in the Calendar under the headings " Barometer," “Temperature," and “ Rainfall," show-the average of 77 years (1840-191(1) of 
the Height of Barometer, Mean Temperature (Highest by Day and Lowest by Night), and R aim all as taken at Greenwich Observatory. The heavy ruled 
line indicates the duration of the Law Sittings. 
