----------------------+-------+----- By Postal Route to | Mls. | D’s ----------------------+-------+----- Adelaide, v. Frisco | 12845 | 34 Alexandria, v. Lon. | 6150 | 13 Amsterdam, v. Lon. | 3985 | 9 Antwerp, v. London | 4000 | 9 Athens, v. Lon. | 5655 | 12 Bahia, Brazil | 5870 | 21 Bangkok, S. v. Frisco | 12990 | 43 Batavia, J. v. Lon. | 12800 | 34 Berlin | 4385 | 9 Bombay, v. London | 9765 | 24 Bremen | 4235 | 8 Buenos Ayres | 8045 | 29 Calcutta, v. London | 11120 | 26 Cape Town, v. Lon. | 11245 | 27 Const’ople, v. Lon. | 5810 | 11 Florence, v. London | 4800 | 10 Glasgow | 3370 | 10 Greytown, v. N. O. | 2815 | 7 Halifax, N. S. | 645 | 2 Hamburg, direct | 4820 | 9 Havana | 1366 | 3 Hongkong, v. Fris. | 10590 | 25 Honolulu, v. Frisco | 5645 | 13 Liverpool | 3540 | 8 London | 3740 | 8 Madrid, v. London | 4925 | 9 Melbourne, v. Fris. | 12265 | 26 Mexico City (R.R.) | 3750 | 5 Panama | 2355 | 6 Paris | 4020 | 8 Rio de Janeiro | 6204 | 23 Rome, v. London | 5030 | 9 Rotterdam, v. Lon. | 3935 | 9 St. Ptrsburg, v. Lon. | 5370 | 10 Shanghai, v. Fris. | 9920 | 25 Stockholm, v. Lon. | 4975 | 10 Sydney, v. Frisco | 11570 | 21 Valparaiso, v. Pan. | 4808 | 21 Vienna | 4740 | 10 Yokohama, v. Fris. | 7348 | 20 ----------------------+-------+-----
By Standard Time is meant that the hour of each 15° of longitude becomes the local mean time for the zone or belt extending 7 1/2° on each side of the central meridian; though in practise the zone has to be adapted to local circumstances, and so cannot conform to the exact line or meridian, but is arranged to suit boundaries of States or Provinces as may be most convenient. By way of illustration, it may be noted that in the Province of Ontario, Canada, by Act of the Legislature, the hour of 75° W. is Standard Time for the Province as far as 87° W., and that the S.W. point, 83° W., extends westerly beyond the eastern part of the State of Michigan, where the time of 90° W. is used; so at Windsor, Ontario, it is noon while in Michigan — more to the east — it is 11 A.M. The Standard Time as used in the chief cities of Canada and the United States may be noted: at Quebec, Montreal, and Toronto, at Boston, New York, and Washington, the time of 75° W., five hours earlier than Greenwich, is used; at Winnipeg in Manitoba, and at Detroit, Chicago, and New Orleans, the time of 90°, { 143} six hours earlier than Greenwich, is used; at Regina and Denver it is the time of 105°, seven hours earlier than Greenwich; and in British Columbia and at San Francisco the time of 120° W., eight hours earlier than Greenwich, is used; and when 180° is reached another day begins in Eastern Siberia, at the Fiji Islands, and a little to the east of New Zealand.