12.00 o'clock (noon) at...........

WASHINGTON.

12.12

" ...

P. M.......

New York.

12.24

" ...

" ..............

Boston.

12.27

" ...

" ..............

Portland.

1.37

"...

" ..............

St. John(N. F).

3.19

"...

" .............

Angra (Azores)

4.31

"...

" .............

Lisbon.

4.43

"..

" ..............

Dublin.

4.55

"

" ..............

Edinburgh.

5.07

"..

" ..............

London.

5.17

"..

" .............

Paris.

5.58

" ..

" .............

Rome.

6.02

" ..

" .............

Berlin.

6.14

" ..

" .............

Vienna.

6.22

" ..

" .............

Cape Town.

7.04

" ...

" .............

Constantinople.

11.01

" ..

" .............

Calcutta.

12.54

" ..

A. M.......

Pekin.

2.48

" ..

" .............

Melbourne.

4.51

" ..

" .............

Auckland.

8.58

" ..

" ..............

San Francisco.

9.40

" ..

" ..............

Salt Lake.

11.08

" ..

" ..............

New Orleans.

11.18

" ..

" ..............

Chicago.

11.52

" ..

" ..............

Buffalo.

12.00

" ..

" .............

Lima (Peru).

United States Land Measure, †

TOWNSHIP.

6

5

4

3

2

1

7

8

9

10

11

12

18

17

16

15

14

13

19

20

21

22

23

24

30

29

28

27

26

25

31

32

33

34

35

36

SECTION.

N.W.

N. E.

S. W.

S. E.

Each section has four quarter-sections, designated as above, each containing 1 6 0 acres.

+ In Several States.

The township is six miles square, divided into 36 square miles or sections, numbered as above, each containing 640 acres.

SMALLER LAND DIVISIONS.

The following table will assist in making an estimate of the amount of land in fields and lots.

$10

rods x 16 rods........

1 acre.

+ 5

yards X 968 yards.............

1 "

‡ 220

feet x 198 feet.........

1 "

25

feet x 125 feet.........

0717 "

4356 sq. ft.,

10 acre.

10890 sq.ft.,

25

"

21780 "

50 "

32670 "

75

"

§ Or any two numbers whose product is 160. † Or any two numbers whose product is 4,840. ‡ Or any two numbers whose product is 43,560.