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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[decorative border around page]] CONTENTS. Calendar, Almanac, Wages Table, Interest Tables, Domestic Postage, Foreign Postage, Stamp Duties, Principal Cities, their Distance from New York, with Difference in Time and Population; Population of States and Territories, Presidents of the United States, a Blank Space for every day in the year, Memoranda, Cash Account for each month, Annual Summary of Cash Account, Bills Payable and Receivable. [[line across page]] ECLIPSES FOR 1874. There will be four Eclipses this year, and a transit of Venus: I. A Total Eclipse of the Sun, April l6, invisible. II. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, May 1, invisible. III. An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, Oct. 10, invisible. IV. A Total Eclipse of the Moon, in the evening of Oct. 24, and morning of the 25th, visible throughout America. Begins at New York, Oct. 25, 0h. 45m. morning; Total at 2h. 4m.; Middle at 2h. 20 1/2m.; Total ends at 2h. 37m.; End of Eclipse at 3h. 55 1/2m. V. A transit of Venus, Dec. 8, invisible in America. Visible in Asia, Australia, and part of Africa and Europe. MORNING STARS. VENUS, until Feb. 23; MARS, after July 5; JUPITER, after Oct. 5; SATURN, after Jan. 24, to May 4. EVENING STARS. VENUS, from Feb. 23 to Dec. 8; MARS, until July 5; JUPITER, until Oct. 5; SATURN, until Jan. 24, and after May 4. PLANETS BRIGHTEST. MERCURY, Feb. 27, June 23, and Oct. 21, setting then after the Sun; also, April 18, Aug. 16, and Dec. 5, rising then before the Sun; VENUS, Nov. 2; MARS, not this year; JUPITER, March 17; SATURN, Aug. 3. THE FOUR SEASONS. WINTER begins Dec. 21, 0h. 36m. evening, 1873; SPRING begins, 1874, March 20, lh. 42m. evening; SUMMER begins June 21, l0h. 12m. morning; AUTUMN begins Sept. 23, 0h. 27m. morning; Winter begins Dec. 21, 6h. 26m. evening. CHURCH DAYS. Septuagesima Sunday ............................. Feb. 1 Sexagesima Sunday................................ " [[ditto for: Feb.]] 8 Quinquagesima Sunday............................. " [[ditto for: Feb.]] 15 Ash Wednesday.................................... " [[ditto for: Feb.]] 18 Quadragesima Sunday.............................. " [[ditto for: Feb.]] 22 Mid-Lent Sunday ................................ Mar. 15 Palm Sunday...................................... " [[ditto for: Mar.]] 29 Good Friday .................................... April 3 Easter Sunday .................................. April 5 Low Sunday....................................... " [[ditto for: April]] 12 Rogation Sunday ................................. May 10 Ascension Day.................................... " [[ditto for: May]] 14 Pentecost Sunday................................. " [[ditto for: May]] 24 Trinity Sunday................................... " [[ditto for: May]] 31 Corpus Christi................................... June 4 Advent Sunday .................................. Nov. 29