Walch's Tasmanian almanac for

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N 919.46 WAL
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Hobart, Tas. : J. Walch & Sons, 1870-[1971]
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(1883)
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WALCH'S TASMANIAN ALMANAC 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4
WALCH'S TASMANIAN ALMANAC 7 , 6
FIXED AND MOVABLE FESTIVALS, ETC. 8
NOTES OF THE CALENDAR. 8
HEBREW FESTIVALS, NEW MOONS, AND FASTS. 8
INDEX. 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13
A SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL ASTRONOMICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL OCCURRENCES FOR THE YEAR 1883. 14
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS. 14
APPROXIMATE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOCAL TIME AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES AND AT HOBART. 14
ECLIPSES IN THE YEAR 1883. 15
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. 15
AUSTRALIAN SEASONS. 15
SEMI-DIURNAL AND SEMI-NOCTURNAL ARCHES, 16
AN APPROXIMATE AND CONCISE EQUATION TABLE, 17
APPROXIMATE TABLE OF MEAN TEMPERATURE AT SEVERAL PLACES SITUATED WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF A SIMILAR LATITUDE. 17
TABLE SHOWING EXCESS OF SPONTANEOUS EVAPORATION OVER RAINFALL AT HOBART DURING THE TEN YEARS, 1866 TO 1875, INCLUSIVE. 18 , 19
MEAN RESULTANTS FROM THE 35 YEARS’ METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR HOBART FROM 1841 TO 1875 INCLUSIVE. 20
WEATHER TABLE. 21
MOONLIGHT NIGHTS. 21
SUNS RISING AND SUITING. 22
CALENDAR FOR 1883. 23
CALENDAR FOR 1884 (Leap Year). 23
JANUARY, 1883. 24 , 25
FEBRUARY, 1883. 26 , 27
MARCH, 1883. 28 , 29
APRIL, 1883. 30 , 31
MAY, 1883. 32 , 33
JUNE, 1883. 34 , 35
JULY, 1883. 36 , 37
AUGUST, 1883. 38 , 39
SEPTEMBER, 1883. 40 , 41
OCTOBER, 1883. 42 , 43
NOVEMBER, 1883. 44 , 45
DECEMBER, 1883. 46 , 47
SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND SINCE CONQUEST. 48
SOVEREIGNS AND HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS. 48
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. REIGNING SOVEREIGN AND FAMILY. 49 , 50
BRITISH GOVERNMENT. 50
SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, 1854 to 1880. 50
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. 50
NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF THE MEMBERS TO BOTH HOUSES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. 51
CENSUS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 51
LIST OF BRITISH COLONIES, WITH NAMES OF GOVERNORS, ETC. 52 , 53
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS AND GOVERNORS OF TASMANIA. 54
GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA. MAJOR SIR GEORGE CUMINE STRAHAN, R.A., K.C.M.G. 55
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 55
THE MINISTRY. 56
PARLIAMENTARY QUALIFICATIONS. 56
NOTICE TO ELECTORS. 56
ELECTION PETITIONS. 56
PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. 57
OFFICERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. 58
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. 58
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT 59
PARLIAMENTS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 60
MINISTRIES SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 61 , 62
CONSULS & CONSULAR AGENTS IN TASMANIA. 62
CORONERS. 63 , 64
MAGISTRACY. 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE TERRITORY. 74 , 75 , 76 , 77
ECCLESIASTICAL. 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83
LAW. THE SUPREME COURT OF TASMANIA. 83 , 84 , 85 , 86
BANKRUPTCY. 87
COURTS OF REQUESTS. 87 , 88 , 89
JURORS AND JURIES. 89 , 90
WITNESSES’ EXPENSES. 91 , 92
LICENSING MEETINGS OF JUSTICES. 92
COURTS OF GENERAL AND QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE. 92 , 93
COURTS OF PETTY SESSIONS. 93 , 94
TITLES TO LANDS. 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102
IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT. 102
PRECEDENCE OF COLONIAL OFFICERS. 102
DISTRIBUTION OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS 103
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 103 , 104
LANDS AND WORKS DEPARTMENT. 105 , 106 , 107
LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY. 107 , 108 , 109
GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE FOR BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. 109 , 110
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. 110
EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN TIME. 110
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 111 , 112 , 113
POST OFFICE. 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117
ENGLISH MAIL SERVICE Vid BRINDISI, SUEZ, AND COLOMBO, 1883. 118
MAIL SIGNALS. 118
TABLE OF THE ARRIVAL AND DESPATCH OF INLAND MAILS. 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125
RECEIVING BOXES, HOBART 126
TABLE OF DISTANCES ALONG THE MAIN ROAD. 126
TASMANIAN COUNCIL OF EDUCATION. 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134
BOARD OF EDUCATION. 134 , 135 , 136 , 137
CHAIRMEN OF LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS. 137 , 138 , 139
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. 139 , 140
TARIFF OF TASMANIA. 140 , 141
AD VALOREM DUTIES. 142 , 143 , 144
TARIFF OF TASMANIA. 144 , 145 , 146 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150
EXCISE. 150
WHARFAGE RATES, HOBART AND LAUNCESTON. 150 , 151
BONDING WAREHOUSE RENTS AND CHARGES. 151 , 152
KEROSENE STORES AND BONDING WAREHOUSE. 152
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF HOBART. 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 , 156
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF LAUNCESTON. 156 , 157
SHIPPING MASTERS. 158
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HOBART. 158
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LAUNCESTON. 158
LLOYD’S AGENTS. 158
MARINE BOARD, HOBART. 158 , 159
LAUNCESTON MARINE BOARD. 159 , 160 , 161
H.M. SHIPS ON THE AUSTRALIAN STATION. 161
EXPLANATION OF HOBART SIGNALS. 162
EXPLANATION OF LAUNCESTON SIGNALS. 162
HOBART SIGNALS. 163
LAUNCESTON SIGNALS. 163
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY 165
TASMANIAN LOCAL FORCES. 165 , 166
MEDICAL. 167 , 168
VACCINATION DEPARTMENT. 169
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 170 , 171 , 172
GOVERNMENT ANALYST’S OFFICE. 172 , 173
TASMANIAN MAIN LINE RAILWAY. 173 , 174
INDICATIONS OF WEATHER. 174 , 175
TASMANIAN MAIN LINE BAILWAY. 176
LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY. 177
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA. 178
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN TASMANIA. 178 , 179
SHOOTING AND FISHING SEASONS. 179
RULES FOR DISTINGUISHING THE SALMON. 179
SALMON COMMISSION. 180
FISHERIES COMMISSION. 180
INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION COMMISSION. 180
DESTRUCTION OF RABBITS. 180
REGULATIONS FOR SALE OF FRUIT IN HOBART 180
STATISTICS. 181
THE CENSUS OF TASMANIA, APRIL 3, 1881. 181
THE CENSUS OF TASMANIA, 1881. 182
POPULATION OF TOWNS IN TASMANIA. 183
SHIPPING TRADE, 1881. 183
ESTIMATED POPULATION OF TASMANIA, 1881. 184
REGISTERED VESSELS, DECEMBER 31, 1881. 184
WOOL EXPORTED FROM DEC. 1, 1880, TO NOV. 30, 1881. 184
MINERAL EXPORTS, 1881, PRODUCE OF TASMANIA. 184
EXPORTS OF TASMANIAN PRODUCE, 1881. 184
WHALE FISHERIES, 1881. 184
GOLD AND TIN MINING. 184
NUMBER OF HOUSES IN TASMANIA. 184
VALUE OF RATEABLE PROPERTY, 1881. 185
LAND UNDER CULTIVATION, 1857 TO 1881. 185
TASMANIAN BANKS, SEPTEMBER 25, 1882. 186
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE, 1881. 186
PUBLIC DEBT OF TASMANIA. 186
IMPERIAL EXPENDITURE, 1881. 186
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 1881. 187
AREA OF TASMANIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 187
AREA OF AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES. 187
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF TASMANIA, 1881. 188
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS PER HEAD, 1857 TO 1881. 188
AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 1881. 189
FINANCIAL—RAILWAYS—TELEGRAPHS. 189
LAND—LIVE STOCK. 189
REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATES DUTIES 190
PROBATE DUTIES. 190
DAYS OF GRACE. 190
LEGAL TENDER. 190
PER CENTAGES. 190
STAMP DUTIES. 191 , 192
BANKS. 192
SAVINGS BANKS. 192
LICENCES. 193
HOBART PUBLIC CEMETERY. 193
QUEENBOROUGH PUBLIC CEMETERY. 193
UPPER DAVEY-STREET CEMETERY, HOBART. 193
INSURANCE COMPANIES, HOBART. 193 , 194
FIRE BELL SIGNALS, HOBART. 194
INSURANCE COMPANIES FIRE BRIGADE. 194
INSURANCE COMPANIES, LAUNCESTON. 195
FIRE BELL SIGNALS, LAUNCESTON. 195
LAUNCESTON FIRE BRIGADE. 195
HOBART EXCHANGE. 195 , 196
LAUNCESTON STOCK EXCHANGE. 196
NORTHERN PUBLIC STOCK EXCHANGE. 196
MINING COMPANIES (REGISTERED). GOLD. 196 , 197 , 198 , 199 , 200 , 201 , 202 , 203
TIN SMELTING WORKS. 203
MASONIC. 203 , 204
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS. 204 , 205
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES, S.U. 205 , 206
BANDS OF HOPE. 206
INDEPENDENT ODDER OF ODD FELLOWS, M.U. 206 , 207
ANCIENT & INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. 207
ANCIENT & INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. 207
PROTESTANT ALLIANCE FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA. 207
ORANGE INSTITUTION. 207
UNITED ANCIENT ORDER DRUIDS. 207
HIBERNIAN AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY. 208
ST. PATRICK’S BENEFIT SOCIETY. 208
THE CITY OF HOBART 208 , 209 , 210
COACHES FROM HOBART. 210 , 211
TASMANIAN MAIN LINE RAILWAY. 211
STEAMERS FROM HOBART. 211 , 212
CARRIERS FROM HOBART. 212
WATERMEN'S FARES, HOBART. 212
CAB FARES, HOBART. 212 , 213
CARTERS' CHARGES, HOBART. 213
PLACES OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR HOBART. 213 , 214
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES, CLUBS, ETC., HOB ABT. 214 , 215 , 216 , 217 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 221
LAUNCESTON. 221 , 222 , 223
PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS, NOT MUNICIPAL, LAUNCESTON. 223 , 224
RAILWAYS. 224
STEAMERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 224
CARTERS’ CHARGES, LAUNCESTON. 224
CARRIERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 224
LAUNCESTON TIDE TABLE. 225 , 226
CAB FARES, LAUNCESTON. 226
WATERMEN’S FARES, LAUNCESTON. 226
COACHES FROM LAUNCESTON. 226
PLACES OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR LAUNCESTON. 227
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES, CLUBS, ETC., LAUNCESTON. 227 , 228 , 229 , 230 , 231 , 232 , 233
CONTRACTS, ETC. (NEW SOUTH WALES). 233
COUNTRY DISTRICTS 233
LIST OF TOWNS, POST OFFICES, & TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN TASMANIA. 234 , 235 , 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242
PARISHES. 242 , 243
CHIEF MOUNTAINS & HEIGHTS IN TASMANIA. 243 , 244 , 245
HEIGHTS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS IN THE SEVERAL CONTINENTS. 245
LEGAL WEIGHTS FOR GRAIN, ETC. 245
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BOTHWELL, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 246 , 247
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BRIGHTON, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 247 , 248
BUBAL MUNICIPALITY OF CAMPBELL TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 248 , 249 , 250
POLICE DISTRICT OF CARNARVON (TASMAN'S PENINSULA), IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 250
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CLARENCE, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 250 , 251
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF DELORAINE, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND WESTMORELAND. 251 , 252 , 253
POLICE DISTRICT OF EMU BAY. 253 , 254 , 255 , 256
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF EVANDALE, IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL. 256 , 257
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF FINGAL, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND GLAMORGAN. 257 , 258 , 259
POLICE DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN, IN THE COUNTIES OF KENT AND BUCKINGHAM. 259 , 260 , 261
POLICE DISTRICT OF GEORGE TOWN, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND DORSET. 261 , 262 , 263 , 264
LEFROY. 264
RURAL MUNICIPALITY TO GLAMORGAN (SWANSEA), IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN. 265 , 266
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GLENORCHY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 266 , 267
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GREEN PONDS, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 267 , 268
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF HAMILTON, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, CUMBERLAND, AND BUCKINGHAM. 268 , 269
POLICE DISTRICT OF HOBART, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAN. 270 , 271
POLICE DISTRICT OF KINGBOROUGH, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 271 , 272
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF LONGFORD, IN THE COUNTY OF WESTMORELAND. 272 , 273 , 274
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF NEW NORFOLK, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 274 , 275 , 276
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF OATLANDS, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH AND SOMERSET. 276 , 277
POLICE DISTRICT OF PORTLAND, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND DORSET. 278
POLICE DISTRICT OF PORT SORELL, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 279 , 280 , 281 , 282
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RICHMOND, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 282 , 283 , 284
POLICE DISTRICT OF RINGAROOMA, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 284 , 285
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROSS, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 286
POLICE DISTRICT OF RUSSELL (KNOWN AS CIRCULAR HEAD). 286 , 287 , 288 , 289
POLICE DISTRICT OF SELBY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL, DEVON, AND DORSET. 289 , 290
EURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SORELL, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 290 , 291 , 292
SOUTH LONGFORD POLICE DISTRICT. 292
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SPRING BAY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 292 , 293
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF WESTBURY, IN THE COUNTIES OF WESTMORELAND AND DEVON. 293 , 294 , 295
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 296
TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND PAYMENTS. 297
DAY TABLE FOR CALCULATING INTEREST. 297
THE SOLID CONTENTS OF SQUARE TIMBER 298
RULE TO FIND WEIGHT OF CATTLE, ETC. 298
NEW METHOD OF PRESERVING FRUIT. 298
LEGAL WEIGHTS FOR GRAIN, ETC. 298
FORM OF AGREEMENT FOR SHEEP SHEARERS. 299
TO FIND THE TONNAGE OF SHIPS. 299
CENTAL TABLE FOR THE SALE OF GRAIN, FLOUR, POTATOES, ETC. 299
SUPERFICIAL FEET IN A BOARD OR PLANK 299
ADDENDA. BOARD OF IMMIGRATION. 300 , 301 , 302 , 303
Obituary. 303 , 304
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 305 , 306
HAY AND STRAW. 306
Advertising 307 , 308 , 309 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 314 , 315 , 316 , 317 , 318 , 319 , 320 , 321 , 322 , 323 , 324 , 325 , 326 , 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 , 331 , 332 , 333 , 334 , 335 , 336 , 337 , 338
Advertising 339 , 340 , 341 , 342 , 343 , 344 , 345 , 346 , 347 , 348 , 349 , 350 , 351 , 352 , 353 , 354 , 355 , 356 , 357 , 358 , 359 , 360 , 361 , 362 , 363 , 364 , 365 , 366 , 367 , 368 , 369 , 370 , 371 , 372 , 373 , 374 , 375 , 376 , 377 , 378 , 379 , 380 , 381 , 382 , 383 , 384 , 385 , 386 , 387 , 388 , 389 , 390 , 391 , 392 , 393 , 394 , 395 , 396 , 397 , 398 , 399 , 400 , 401 , 402 , 403 , 404 , 405 , 406 , 407 , 408 , 409 , 410 , 411

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