The Tasmanian Royal Kalendar, colonial register, and almanack / Compiled by James Wood

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FRM F5210
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Launceston : Printed and published for the compiler by Henry Dowling, 1849
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(1849)
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THE TASMANIAN ROYAL KALENDAR 3
TO THE HONORABLE JAMES EBENEZER BICHENO, ESQUIRE 5
ADVERTISEMENT. 7 , 8
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19
TASMANIAN ROYAL KALENDAR. 21
PRELIMINARY NOTES. PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF THE KALENDAR 22
FIXED AND MOVEABLE FESTIVALS, ANNIVERSARIES, &c., 22
SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES FOR 1849. 22
DIFFERENCE OF TIME. 22
THE SEASONS IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND, 23
HOLIDAYS AT BANKS AND INSURANCE OFFICES. 23
THE YEAR, FROM AN OLD ALMANACK. 23
TABLES OF PRECEDENCY—NEW SOUTH WALES. 23
EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS WORK 24
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS DURING PRINTING. 24
JANUARY. 27
FEBRUARY. 28
MARCH. 31
APRIL. 32
MAY. 35
JUNE. 36
JULY. 39
AUGUST. 40
SEPTEMBER. 43
OCTOBER. 44
NOVEMBER. 47
DECEMBER. 48
HOBART TOWN SIGNALS. 51
LAUNCESTON SIGNALS MERCHANTS FLAGS. 52 , 53 , 54
STAGE COACHES, &c., FROM HOBART TOWN. 54
STAGE COACHES, &c., FROM LAUNCESTON. 54 , 55
STEAM BOATS. 55
HACKNEY COACH AND CABRIOLET FARES. 55
CARTERS CHARGES. 55 , 56
WATERMEN’S FARES, HOBART TOWN. 56
WATERMEN’S FARES, LAUNCESTON. 56
BRIDGEWATER FERRY TOLLS. 56
BRIDGEWATER BRIDGE.—MAXIMUM RATES OF TOLLS. 57
RESTDOWN, OR RISDON FERRY TOLLS. 57
TURNPIKES. 57 , 58
COURT OF REQUESTS.-FEES AND COSTS. 58 , 59
COSTS AND CHARGES OF DISTRESS. 59
COMMISSIONER’S FEES IN INSOLVENCY CASES. 59 , 60
SURVEY OFFICE FEES. 60
CAVEAT BOARD FEES. 60
REGISTRAR OF DEEDS FEES. 60
POLICE OFFICE FEES 60 , 61
POUND RATES. 61
WATER RATES, HOBART TOWN. 61
BANKS IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 61
INSURANCE COMPANIES IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 61 , 62
FEES IN THE DIOCESE OF TASMANIA. 62
FEES OF THE DEPUTY REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. 62 , 63
LICENSES. 63
POST OFFICE REGULATIONS. 63 , 64 , 65 , 66
FRANKING LETTERS. 66 , 67
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF MAILS 67 , 68
TABLE OF DESPATCH AND ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND POST OFFICE MAILS AT MELBOURNE. 69
TABLE OF SAILING DISTANCES FROM LAUNCESTON, V. D. LAND. 70
REGULATIONS FOR HIRING MALE AND FEMALE PROBATION PASSHOLDERS. 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74
CUSTOMS. PORTS OF HOBART TOWN AND LAUNCESTON. 75 , 76 , 77
APPROXIMATE TIME OF HIGH WATER AT LAUNCESTON, VAN DIEMEN’S LAND, FOR 1849. 78
NORTHERN LIGHT HOUSES. 79 , 80 , 81
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 81
Imperial weights and measures were introduced into the colony of V.D. Land Jan. 1, 1834, by Act of Council 4 Wm. 4, No. 3. 82 , 83
BRITISH INDIA.—GOVERNMENT WEIGHTS. 83 , 84
LIST OF NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN V. D. LAND THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES AND NEW ZEALAND. 84 , 85
A CATALOGUE OF USEFUL THINGS. 85 , 86
ARTIFICERS’ MEASURING. 86
DUTIES ON CORN IMPORTED INTO GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 86 , 87
TABLE OF FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MONEYS. 87
VALUE OF SUNDRY COINS IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 88
TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND OTHER PAYMENTS. 88 , 89
TABLE OF DISTANCES 89 , 90
LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES 90
LATITUDESAND LONGITUDES OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL OBSERVATORIES. 90 , 91
THE ROYAL FAMILY. THE QUEEN. 92 , 93
THE QUEEN’S MINISTERS AND OTHER CHIEF OFFICERS OF STATE. 94 , 95
OFFICERS OF THE QUEEN’S HOUSEHOLD. 95
SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE. 95 , 96
SUCCESSION OF SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. 96
PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. 96
NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 1848. 96 , 97
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN HER MAJESTY’S PRIVY COUNCIL. 97 , 98
COLONIAL LAND AND EMIGRATION BOARD. 98
COLONIAL BISHOPS. 98 , 99
FIRST CIVIL AND MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COLONY OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND, 1804. 99
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS 99
SUCCESSION OF COMMANDANTS AT PORT DALRYMPLE. 99
SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND FROM THE CONQUEST. 100
SOVEREIGNS OF SCOTLAND, FROM 1057 TO THE UNION. 100
SOVEREIGNS OF IRELAND SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF ST. PATRICK, A.D. 448. 100
SOVEREIGNS OF THE PRINCIPAL NATIONS OF THE WORLD. 101
LIST OF BARRISTERS, ATTORNEYS, SOLICITORS, AND PROCTORS, OF THE S. COURT OF V. D. LAND & ITS DEPENDENCIES, AN THEY STAND ON THE DOLLS. 102 , 103
NOTARIES PUBLIC. 104
LIST OF CORONERS. 104 , 105
A LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR V. DIEMEN’S LAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111
JURORS AND JURIES. 111
TABLES OF THE YEARS OF THE REIGNS OF KING GEORGE IV KING WILLIAM IV., AND QUEEN VICTORIA I. 111
AUCTIONEERS. 111
CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT. OF THE ISLAND OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. Lieutenant=Gobernor. 112 , 113 , 114
POST OFFICE STATIONS AND THEIR DISTANCES. 115 , 116
ECCLESIASTICAL. BISHOP. Hon. & Rt. Rev. FRANCIS RUSSELL NIXON, D.D., M.E.C. 117 , 118 , 119
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. 119
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. 120 , 121
JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT. SUPREME COURT OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 122 , 123 , 124
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128
HER MAJESTY’S MAGNETICAL OBSERVATORY. 128
CONVICT DEPARTMENT. 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. 133 , 134
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 134
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. 134 , 135 , 136
RATES OF FULL AND HALF PAY. 136
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 136 , 137
COURT OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. 137
LIST OF LEGALLY QUALIFIED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. 137
LIST OF CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS IN V. D. LAND. 137
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. VAN DIEMEN’S LAND AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. 138
LONDON AGENCY FOR VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 138 , 139 , 140
BANKS. 140 , 141 , 142
SAVINGS’ BANKS. 143
INSURANCE COMPANIES. 143 , 144 , 145
EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS. 145 , 146 , 147
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. 147 , 148
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 148 , 149
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154
FREEMASONS LODGES. OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF FREEMASONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 155 , 156
BENEFIT SOCIETIES. 156 , 157
TEETOTAL AND TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETIES. 158
MISCELLANEOUS INSTITUTIONS. 158 , 159
A LIST OF THE ACTS OF COUNCIL OF V. D. LAND. 160 , 161 , 162 , 163 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168
ABSTRACTS OF ACTS 168 , 169 , 170 , 171
REGULATIONS AS TO COMMUNICATIONS WITH GOVERNMENT. 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 , 177
STATISTICS OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND FOR 1844-1846. 177 , 178 , 179 , 180 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185
STATISTICS FOR 1847. 186 , 187
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND DURING 1847. 188 , 189 , 190 , 191 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195
MEAN METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT LAUNCESTON FOR THE YEAR 1847-1848. 196
METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR THE YEAR 1847. 197 , 198 , 199
CONVICT SHIPS. 199 , 200 , 201 , 202 , 203
LIST OF COUNTIES, PARISHES, AND TOWNSHIPS IN V. D. LAND. 204 , 205 , 206
BRITISH COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES. 207
ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE BRITISH COLONIES AND SETTLEMENTS IN THE EASTERN & SOUTH EASTERN HEMISPHERES. 208 , 209 , 210 , 211
NEW SOUTH WALES. 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 215 , 216 , 217
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 217 , 218
NEW ZEALAND. 218 , 219 , 220
EAST INDIES. 220 , 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 , 225
CEYLON. 225 , 226
HONG KONG. 226 , 227
LABUAN. 227
MAURITIUS, OR THE ISLE OF FRANCE. 227 , 228 , 229
ASCENSION. 229
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 229 , 230 , 231
ST. HELENA. 231 , 232
FALKLAND ISLANDS. 232
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. 233 , 234 , 235 , 236
LAUNCESTON. 237
LIST OF VESSELS 238 , 239 , 240
SHIPPING AGENTS.—HOBART TOWN. 240
BRITISH MINISTERS AND CONSULS AT FOREIGN PORTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF BRITISH TRADE. 240 , 241
FOREIGN CONSULS AT BRITISH PORTS. 241 , 242
LIST OF THE ROYAL NAVY 242 , 243
DISPOSITION OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE SOUTH EASTERN HEMISPHERE. 243
USEFUL HINTS. 244 , 245 , 246 , 247
Advertising 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 252 , 253 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 257 , 258 , 259 , 260 , 261 , 262 , 263 , 264 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 269 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276

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