[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