HANDBOOK OF JAMAICA

FOR 1893.

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

ΤΟ

His Excellency Sir Henry Arthur Blake, K.C.M.G., CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF OF JAMAICA,

AND ITS DEPENDENCIES,

BY HIS OBEDIENT SERVANTS,

THE COMPILERS.

SOLD BY

Mr. Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, London, S. W.
Mr. Arthur Hylton, 128 Harbour Street, Kingston.

Messrs. Aston W. Gardner & Co., 127 Harbour Street, Kingston.
Mr. James Gall, Freemason's Hall, 76 Harbour Street, Kingston.
Messrs. W. McCartney & Co., Antillean House, 16 King Street, Kingston

Mr. Justin McCarthy, 8 King Street, Kingston.
Messrs. DeCordova & Co., 51 Port Royal Street, Kingston.
Messrs. Rouse & Wood, 14 Church Street, Kingston.
Mr. John Milholland, 95 Harbour Street, Kingston.
Mr. Mortimer C. DeSouza, 7 Church Street, Kingston.
Messrs. L. D. Baker & Co., Port Antonio.

Messrs. Kerr & Co., Montego Bay.

AND AT

The Government Printing Office, 79 Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica.

CALENDAR FROM JANUARY 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST, 1893.

JANUARY, 1893.

Equation of Time.

Day of

M.

W.

Th.

hr. min. hr. min. min.
5 35 6 19 SUBTR.
6 19
3
20

5 35

6

5 34
5 34

6 20

5 33

6 20

5 32

6 20

5 31

6 21

5 31

6 21

5 31

6 21

30

22

Th. ASCENSION DAY. Jamaica ceded to the English, 5 30
[1655. 5

30

5 30

5 29

5 28

5 28

5 28

27

5 27

5

27

Su. TRINITY SUNDAY.

Full Moon.

MAY, 1893.

Jamaica discovered by Columbus, 1494.

NOTES.

5TH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER.
Moon's Last Quarter.

W.

Th.

F.

SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION.
New Moon.

WHIT SUNDAY.
Moon's First Quarter.

Queen Victoria born, 1819.

Th.
F.
S.

Su. 1ST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

M.

New Moon.

W. Earthquake, 1692. Moon's Last Quarter.

Th.

JUNE, 1893.

S.

Su. 2ND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

M.

T.
W.
Th.
F.
S.

Su.

M.

Coronation Day.

Full Moon.

3RD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY,

Accession of Queen Victoria, 1837.

Mean Time of
Sunrise. Sunset.

27

5 26

5 26

5 26

26

5 26

5 26

26

5 25
5 25

5

25

5 26

5 26

5 25

5 25

5 25

5 25

5 25

5 25
5 25

5 25

5 25

5 26

5 26

5 26

5 26

5 26

T.

W.

Th.

F.

5 27

S.

St. John Baptist. Midsummer Day. Quarter Day. 5 27
Su. 4TH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

5 27

M.

5 26

5 26

5 26 Moon's First 5 26 [Quarter. 5 26

5 27

5 28

5 28

5 28

29