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                             [Illustration]

                                A Sketch

                            =.. of how..=

                          “The Diamond Anthem”

                      =was sung around the world=
                  =through the Colonies of the Empire=
                        =on the 20th June, 1897=

               THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ACCESSION DAY
                     OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA

               Being an extract from the Annual Report of
          The Supreme Grand President of the Sons of England,
           given at St. Catharines, Canada, 8th March, 1898.


                                TORONTO
                      THE ROBINSON-ARBUTHNOT PRESS
                                  1898




               TIME TABLE FOR SERVICES AROUND THE WORLD.

    An interval will be arranged in the regular afternoon service to
    allow of the National Anthem being commenced at 4 p.m., or in
    Australia and Canada at the exact Standard Time stated; this
    being the equivalent of the moment the sun is passing the place
    at 4 p.m. Sun Time.

        ─────────────────────────┬────────────┬──────────────────
         DAY COMMENCES AT LONG.  │  Standard  │Time at the Heart
                  180.           │   Time.    │      of the
                                 │            │  Empire—Windsor
                                 │            │      Castle
        ─────────────────────────┼────────────┼──────────────────
                                 │    P.M.    │       A.M.
                                 │   20th.    │      20th.
        FIJI ISLANDS             │    4.00    │       4.05
                                 │            │
        NEW ZEALAND:             │            │
            Napier               │    4.00    │       4.20
            Auckland             │    4.00    │       4.21
                                 │            │
        AUSTRALIA:               │            │
            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
                                 │            │
        MAURITIUS:               │            │       P.M.
            St. Louis            │    4.00    │      12.10
                                 │            │
        SOUTH AFRICA:            │            │
            Durban (Port Natal)  │     "      │       1.56
            Addington            │   ....    │       1.57
            East London          │     "      │       2.08
            King William’s Town  │     "      │       2.11
            Graham’s Town        │     "      │       2.14
            Port Elizabeth       │     "      │       2.18
            Uitenage             │     "      │       2.19
            Cape Town            │     "      │       2.46
                                 │            │
        WEST AFRICA:             │            │
            St. Helena           │     "      │       4.23
            Sierra Leone         │     "      │       4.53
            Ascension            │     "      │       4.58
                                 │            │
        MID-ATLANTIC:            │            │
            British Ships at sea │   ....    │      ....
                                 │            │
        NEWFOUNDLAND:            │            │
            St. John             │     "      │       7.31
                                 │            │
        CANADA:                  │            │
          CAPE BRETON—           │            │
            Sydney               │    4.01    │       8.01
          PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND—  │            │
            Charlottetown        │    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
            Windsor              │    4.17    │       8.17
            Digby                │    4.23    │       8.23
            Yarmouth             │    4.24    │       8.24
          NEW BRUNSWICK—         │            │
            Moncton              │    3.20    │       8.20
            St.