KINGSTON, JAMAICA.-MEAN RESULTS FOR THE YEAR 1891.-ELEVATION 60 FEET. in. February January 30.050 30.052 March April May June 90.4 76.8 85.6 91.2 76.9 85.6 89.4 87.1 84.1 in. July - 30.009 Means 29-998 29.941 74.1 84.7 87.5 71.5 16.0 67.5 70.3 0.673 The barometric pressure is the reading of the barometer corrected for instrumental error and reduced to 32° and sea level. 08.8 70.6 0.704 0.749 72 16.7 69.8 72.8 0.728 0.807 79 PART II. GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. The Reigning Queen and Empress. VICTORIA I., Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, born at Kensington Palace, London, May 24, 1819, the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George III., and of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, widow of Prince Emich of Leinin gen. Ascended the throne at the death of her uncle, King William IV., June 20, 1837; crowned at Westminster Abbey, June 28, 1838. Married, February 10, 1840, to His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who was born August 26, 1819, and died December 14, 1861. Children of the Queen. I Princess Royal, Victoria, born November 21, 1840; married, January 25, 1858, to Friedrich Wilhelm, born October, 18, 1831; died June, 1888; eldest son of Wilhelm I., German Emperor and King of Prussia, of which marriage there are issue living six children:-1. Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, born January 27, 1859; Emperor of Germany, married February 27, 1881, to Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Augustenburg, born May 3, 1860; issue, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, born May 6, 1882. 2. Princess Charlotte, born July 24, 1860; married February 18, 1878, to Prince Bernhard, eldest son of Duke George II. of Saxe-Meiningen; offspring of the union is a daughter, Fredora, born May 12, 1879. 3. Prince Heinrich, born August 14, 1862. 4. Princess Victoria, born April 12, 1866. 5. Princess Sophie, born June 14, 1870. 6. Princess Margarethe, born April 22, 1872. II. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, born November 9, 1841; married March 10, 1863, to Princess Alexandra, born December 1, 1844, eldest daughter of King Christian IX. of Denmark. Offspring of the union still living are four children-1. George, born June 3, 1865. 2. Louise, born February 20, 1867; married 27th July. 1889, to the Duke of Fife. 3. Victoria, born July 6, 1868. 4. Maud, born November 26, 1869. III. Princess Alice Maud Mary, Grand-duchess of Hesse, born April 25, 1843; married July 1, 1862, to Ludwig IV., reiguing Grand-duke of Grossherzogthum Hessen, born September 12, 1837, the son of Prince Karl, eldest brother of Grand-duke Ludwig III., and of Princess Elizabeth of Prussia. Offspring of the union still living:-1. Victoria, born April 5, 1863, married April 30, 1884, to Prince Louis of Battenberg, R.N. 2. Elizabeth, born November 1, 1864, married June 15, 1884, to the Grand-duke Serge of Russia. 3. Irene, born July 11, 1866; married 24th May, 1888, to Prince Henry of Prussia. 4. Ludwig, born November 25, 1868. 5. Victoria, born June 6, 1872. The Grand-duchess died December 14, 1878. IV. Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, born August 6, 1844; entered the Royal Navy, August 31, 1858; married January 21, 1874, to Grand-duchess Marie of Russia, only daughter of Emperor Alexander II. Offspring of the union are five children :--1. Alfred, born October 15, 1874. 2. Marie, born October 29, 1875. 3. Victoria, born November 25, 1876. 4. Alexandra, born September 1, 1878. 5. Beatrice, born April, 26, 1884. V. Princess Helena, born May 25, 1846; married July 5, 1866, to Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, born January 22, 1831. Offspring of the union still living are four children :-1. Christian, born April 14, 1867. 2. Albert John, born February 26, 1869. 3. Victoria, born May 3, 1870. 4. Louise, born August 12, 1872; married 6th July, 1891, to Prince Aribert Joseph Alexander of Anhalt. VI. Princess Louise, born March 18, 1848; married March 21, 1871, to John Douglas Sutherland, Marquis of Lorne, K.T., G.C.M.G., born August 6, 1845, eldest son of the eighth Duke of Argyll. VII. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, born May 1, 1850; married March 13, 1879, to Princess Louise of Prussia, born July 25, 1860. Offspring of the union are three children :-1. Margaret Victoria Augusta Charlotte Norah, born January 15, 1882. 2. Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert, born January 13, 1883. 3. Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth, born March 17, 1886. VIII. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, born April 7, 1853; married April 27, 1882, to Princess Helena of Waldeck, born February 17, 1861. Offspring of the union are two children :--1. Alice Mary Victoria Augusta Pauline, born February 25, 1883. 2. Leopold Charles Edward George, Duke of Albany, born July, 19, 1884. Prince Leopold died March 28, 1884. IX. Princess Beatrice, born April 14, 1857; married July 22, 1885, to Prince Henry of Battenberg. Offspring of the union are four children :1. Alexandra, born 23rd November, 1886. 2. Victoria Eugenie Julia Eva October 24, 1887. 3. Leopold Arthur Lewis born 21st May, 1889. 4. A son born 3rd October, 1891. Cousins of the Queen. I. Prince Ernest August, third Duke of Cumberland, born Sept. 21, 1845, the grandson of Duke Ernest August of Cumberland, fifth son of King George III.; married December 21, 1878, to Princess Thyra of Denmark, born September 29, 1853. Offspring of the union are four children:-1. Maria Louisa, born October 11, 1879. 2. George, born October 28, 1880. 3. Alexandra, born September 29, 1882; Olga, born July 11, 1884; Christian born 4th July, 1885, and Ernest born 17th November, 1887. II. Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, born March 26, 1819, the son of Duke Adolph of Cambridge, sixth son of King George III.; Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief the British Army. III. Princess Augusta, sister of the preceding, born July 19, 1822; married June 28, 1843, to Grand-duke Friedrich Wilhelm of MecklenburgStrelitz, born October 17, 1819, the son of Grand-duke George and of Princess Marie of Hesse-Cassel. Has issue, Adolf. Friedrich, born July 22, 1848. IV. Princess Mary, sister of the preceding, born November 27, 1833; married June 12, 1866, to Prince Franz von Teck, born August 27, 1837, son of Prince Alexander of Würtemburg and of Claudine Rhéday, Countess von Hohenstein. Offspring of the union are four children :-1. Victoria, born May 26, 1867. 2. Albert, born August 13, 1868. 3. Franz Josef, born January 9, 1870. 4. Alexander, born April 14, 1874. THE TWO ADMINISTRATIONS. THE following is a comparative List of the Administration of Lord Salisbury and of Mr. Gladstone, as the former stood on Lord Salisbury's retirement from office, and as the latter stood on the date of the publication of the Handbook : |