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DIRECTIONS FOR THE SONS OF ENGLAND JUBILEE SERVICE AROUND THE WORLD.

1. Members of Societies will meet at their lodge rooms, or some convenient place, and, clad in their regalia, march in procession, carrying the Union Jack at their head, to the church selected.

2. Where there are two or more lodges in the locality they will attend one combined service, which shall be held in a church or place selected by the joint committee.

3. The President shall, on arrival, deliver the Union Jack to the minister, to be draped upon the pulpit or upon the reading desk.

4. The service shall commence at 3.30 p.m.

5. The opening hymn shall be the "Old Hundredth"—"All people that on earth do dwell."

6. At 4 p.m. precisely, according to astronomical time, being the time at which the sun passes over each locality, the congregation will stand and sing the three verses of the National Anthem, "God Save the Queen," to be immediately followed by (1) The collect of thanksgiving for Her Majesty's accession to the throne; (2) The prayer for the Queen and Royal Family, as formerly used in the thanksgiving service on 20th June.

7. The rest of the service to be a usual Sunday afternoon service, but with an interval to permit of the National Anthem being sung as above, at the proper time, according to the time-table herewith.

8. The collection shall be given, as has been desired by Her Majesty, to some charitable purpose.

9. The closing hymn shall be, "The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended." No. 477, A. & M.

10. The lodges will invite the colonial and municipal authorities and all sister societies to attend the service.

By request, Barlow Cumberland, President Sons of England in Canada.


TIME-TABLE COMPILED FROM THE REPORTS RECEIVED

OF THE

DIAMOND JUBILEE SERVICES

WHICH WERE HELD AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES IN SUCCESSION

AT 4 P.M. ON SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1897.

The National Anthem was sung at 4 p.m., local time, or, in Australia and Canada, where "Standard Time" is used, at the equivalent local minute as shown, being the time at which the sun passed over each place at 4 p.m., "Sun Time."

The day commenced at Longitude 180°. The second column gives the equivalent time at Windsor Castle throughout the twenty-four hours.

PLACE. Local Time. Time atWindsor Castle.
  p.m.20th. a.m.20th.
FIJI ISLANDS:    
Levuka (Long. 178° 56' E.) 4.00 4.05
Suva 4.00 4.08
NEW ZEALAND:    
Napier 4.00 4.20
Auckland 4.00 4.21
AUSTRALIA:    
Brisbane 3.50 5.50
Sydney 3.55 5.55
Hobart 4.11 6.11
Melbourne 4.20 6.20
Adelaide 3.46 6.46
Perth 4.16 8.16
Empress of India Longitude120° 26' E. 7.58
  p.m. p.m.
SOUTH AFRICA:    
Durban (Port Natal) 4.00 1.56
Addington 4.00 1.57
East London 4.00 2.08
King William's Town 4.00 2.11
Graham's Town 4.00 2.14
Port Elizabeth 4.00 2.18
Cape Town 4.00 2.46
ATLANTIC OCEAN:    
Ships at Sea Longitude  
Teutonic 9° 27' W. 4.37
State of Nebraska 11° 18' W. 4.45
Tantallon Castle 14° 33' W. 4.58
Greek 17° 38' W. 5.11
Greek 20° W. 5.20
Numidian 20° 43' W. 5.23
Pavonia 21° 30' W. 5.26
Catalonia 22° 6' W. 5.28
Mohawk 22° 40' W. 5.31
Magdalena 27° 22' W. 5.49
St. Paul (U.S.M.) 33° 12' W. 6.13
Konigen Luise 49° 13' W. 7.12
Berlin (U.S.M.) 65° 32' W. 8.22
  p.m.  
NEWFOUNDLAND:    
St. John's 4.00 7.31
CANADA:    
Cape Breton    
Sydney 4.01 8.01
Prince Edward Island    
Charlotte town 4.12 8.12
Nova Scotia    
New Glasgow 4.10 8.10
Truro 4.13 8.13
Halifax 4.14 8.14
Springhill 4.17 8.17
Stellarton 4.17 8.17
Windsor 4.17 8.17
Digby 4.23 8.23
Yarmouth 4.24 8.24
New Brunswick    
Moncton 3.20 8.20
St. John 3.24 8.24
Fredericton 3.27 8.27
Woodstock 3.30 8.30
Quebec—    
Sherbrooke 3.48 8.48
Lennoxville 3.48 8.48
Richmond 3.49 8.49
Quebec 3.50 8.56
St. Lambert's 3.54 8.54
St. Lambert's 3.54 8.54
Ontario    
Cornwall 3.59 8.59
Ottawa 4.03 9.03
Brockville 4.03 9.03
Carleton Place 4.04 9.04
Smith's Falls 4.04 9.04
Almonte 4.05 9.05
Arnprior 4.05 9.05
Kingston 4.07 9.07
Pembroke 4.08 9.08
Deseronto 4.09 9.09
Belleville 4.09 9.09
Belleville 4.10 9.10
Campbellford 4.11 9.11
Peterborough 4.11 9.11
Port Hope 4.13 9.13
Bowmanville 4.14 9.14
Burke's Falls 4.15 9.15
Lindsay 4.15 9.15
Oshawa 4.15 9.15
Cannington 4.16 9.16
Whitby 4.16 9.16
Huntsville 4.17 9.17
Bracebridge 4.17 9.17
Orillia 4.18 9.18
Aurora 4.18 9.18
Toronto 4.18 9.18
St. Catharines 4.18 9.18
Welland 4.18 9.18
Niagara Falls 4.18 9.18
Barrie and Allandale 4.19 9.19
Grimsby 4.19 9.19
Hamilton 4.20 9.20
Orangeville 4.20 9.20
Collingwood 4.21 9.21
Guelph 4.21 9.21
Galt 4.21 9.21
Brantford 4.21 9.21
Simcoe 4.21 9.21
Paris 4.23 9.23
Woodstock 4.23 9.23
Sudbury 4.24 9.24
Stratford 4.24 9.24
Ingersoll 4.24 9.24
Owen Sound 4.24 9.24
St. Thomas 4.25 9.25
London 4.26 9.26
Goderich 4.27 9.27
Petrolea 4.28 9.28
Chatham 4.29 9.29
Sarnia 4.30 9.30
Windsor 4.32 9.32
Port Arthur 3.57 9.57
Fort William 3.57 9.57
Fort William 4.18 10.18
Manitoba and Northwest Territories    
Winnipeg 4.28 10.28
Carman 4.28 10.28
Brandon 3.40 10.40
Russell 3.45 10.45
Regina 3.58 10.58
Medicine Hat 4.22 11.32
Calgary 4.36 11.36
British Columbia    
Donald 3.40 11.49
Revelstoke 3.53 11.53
Chilliwack 3.58 11.58
British Columbia    
    a.m.21st.
Vancouver 4.12 12.12
Victoria 4.13 12.13
PACIFIC OCEAN:    
Ships at Sea Longitude  
Aorangi 147° 49´ W. 1.51
Empress of China 152° 39´ W. 2.11
WAILANGILALA ISLAND 179° 6´ W. 3.56

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