1896. NOTE.-The time given in this Almanac is local mean time, except when otherwise indicated. ECLIPSES. In the year 1896 there will be four eclipses, two of the Sun and two of the Moon. I. An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, February 13. Invisible to North America. Visible to the south-eastern coast of South America, Southern Africa and the South Atlantic and Antarctic Oceans. The line of Annulus passing through the Antarctic Ocean. II. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, February 28. Invisible to North America. Visible entire to Europe, Asia and Africa, and in part to Australia, the eastern extremity of South America and the Atlantic Ocean. III. A Total Eclipse of the Sun, August 9. Invisible to North America, exclusive of Alaska. Visible to the Arctic regions, eastern Europe, the northern half of Asia, including China and Japan, and the western portion of the North Pacific Ocean. The line of totality running through Nova Zembla and Yesso, Japan. At Sitka the eclipse will begin at 7 h. 37 m. P. M., the Sun setting slightly eclipsed at 7 h. 53 m. IV. A Partial Eclipse of the Moon, August 22-23. Visible entire to North and South America and the Sandwich Islands, and in part to the western extremities of Europe and Africa, to eastern Australia, and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Occurring as follows: First contact of shadow, 79 degrees from south point of the Moon's limb toward the east. = 0.735. (Moon's diameter = 1.) MERCURY will be Evening Star about January 23, May 16 and September 13; and Morning Star about March 5, July 3 and October 24. VENUS will be Morning Star till July 9; and then Evening Star the rest of the year. JUPITER will be Morning Star till January 24; then Evening Star till August 11; and then Morning Star again the rest of the year. ་ IMPORTS OF MERCHANDISE, WITH RATE OF DUTY, For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1895, compared with the corresponding period of 1894. [Abbreviation: n. e. s., not elsewhere specified.] NOTE. The new arrangement, combining free and dutiable is made to conform to the tariff classification which took effect August 28, 1894. Lime, chloride of, or bleaching powder... Mineral waters, all not artificial.. .dut..lbs. 12,582,646 .dut..lbs. 8,321,853 3,265,087 1059971593 3,409.937.8c 100 lbs. 722,265 5,294,467 870,768! 1,504,200 27,911,112 1,893,730 .free.tons .free..Îbs. 2,497,439 free.. 143,249 1,911,489 117,297 .25% 102.482 264,223 ..10% 1.639,480 1,853,996 519,296 13,488,825 784,613..1 to 3c lb. .free..lbs. 1.089,589 108,868 1,461,239 139,055 .free..lbs. 81,610,463 1,507,076 100,256,774 1,644.835 .free.gals. 1,627,965 356,416 2,047,542 460,929 Opium, crude or unmanufactured....free..lbs. 716,881 1,691,914 358,455 730,669 .dut..lbs. 1015133873 Med'ling w'h sl'v'ry ill'gal,1836 Jeff Davis' case dismissed,1869. Conf'derate gov't formed,1861. Conf'derate congress met, 1861 Battle Hornet & Resolute,1813. Lincoln left for Wash'n, 1861. First fugitive slave law, 1793. Pickens routs the British,1778. H.M. H.M. H. M.H.M.H.M. H. M. H.M.H.M. H. M. 8 25 7 7 5 21 8 26 7 205 7,8 25 |