Walch's Tasmanian almanac for

Call Number
FER F18046
Created/Published
Hobart, Tas. : J. Walch & Sons, 1870-[1971]
Issue
(1872)
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344
Notes
Some loss of text due to bookplate placement.
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Contents

WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC 1 , 2
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4
WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC 5 , 6
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS DURING PRINTING. 7
INDEX. 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF THE CALENDAR, 1872. 12
FIXED AND MOVEABLE FESTIVALS, ETC., 1872. 12
HEBREW FESTIVALS, NEW MOONS, & FASTS. 13
A SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL ASTRONOMICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL OCCURRENCES FOR THE YEAR 1872. 14
AUSTRALIAN SEASONS. 14
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. 15
SEMIDIURNAL AND SEMINOCTURNAL ARCHES, FOR FINDING THE TIME OF THE RISING AND SETTING OF CELESTIAL OBJECTS, 15
ECLIPSES, 1872. 15
PROGRESS OF ASTRONOMY. 16 , 17
AN APPROXIMATE AND CONCISE EQUATION TABLE, 17
APPROXIMATE TABLE OF MEAN TEMPERATURE AT SEVERAL PLACES SITUATED WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF A SIMILAR LATITUDE. 18
WEATHER TABLE. 19
BRITISH ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. 19
MEAN RESULTANTS FROM THE 25 YEARS’ METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR HOBART TOWN FROM 1841 TO 1865 INCLUSIVE. 20
WALCH'S ALMANAC, 1872. JANUARY, 1872. 21 , 22 , 23
FEBRUARY, 1872. 24 , 25
MARCH, 1872. 26 , 27
APRIL, 1872. 28 , 29
MAY, 1872. 30 , 31
JUNE, 1872. 32 , 33
JULY, 1872. 34 , 35
AUGUST, 1872. 36 , 37
SEPTEMBER, 1872. 38 , 39
OCTOBER, 1872. 40 , 41
NOVEMBER, 1872. 42 , 43
DECEMBER, 1872. 44 , 45
SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND SINCE THE CONQUEST. 46
SOVEREIGNS AND HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS. 46
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 47
HER MAJESTY’S OFFICERS OF STATE. 48
SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, 1854 to 1871. 49
NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 1871. 49
CENSUS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 49
LIST OF BRITISH COLONIES, WITH NAMES OF GOVERNORS, ETC. 50 , 51
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. 52
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS AND GOVERNORS OF TASMANIA. 52
GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA. 53
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 53
PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. 54
OFFICERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. 55
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. 55 , 56
PARLIAMENTS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 56
MINISTRIES SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 56 , 57
CORONERS. Their Residences, and Dates of their Letters Patent. 57 , 58 , 59
MAGISTRACY. A LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE ISLAND OF TASMANIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67
ECCLESIASTICAL. 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71
LAW. THE SUPREME COURT OF TASMANIA. 72 , 73 , 74
VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT. 74
COURTS OF REQUESTS. 74 , 75 , 76
JURORS AND JURIES, 76 , 77
BANKRUPTCY. 77
COURTS OF PETTY SESSIONS. 77 , 78
COURTS OF GENERAL AND QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE. 78 , 79
LICENSING MEETINGS OF JUSTICES. 79
TITLES TO LANDS. 79 , 80 , 81 , 82
REGISTRATION OF DEEDS, JUDGMENTS, ETC. 82
INTESTATE ESTATES. 82
ESCHEATED ESTATES. 82
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS. 82 , 83
NOTARIES PUBLIC. 83
BARRISTERS, ATTORNEYS, SOLICITORS, AND PROCTORS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF TASMANIA AS THEY STAND ON THE ROLL. 83 , 84 , 85 , 86
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. 86
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 86 , 87
LANDS AND WORKS DEPARTMENT. 87 , 88 , 89 , 90
THE GOLD FIELDS. 90 , 91
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. 91 , 92
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 92 , 93 , 94
GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE FOR BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. 94 , 95
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. 95
TARIFF OF TASMANIA. 95 , 96 , 97
TABLE OF EXEMPTIONS. 98
DRAWBACKS. 99 , 100
WHARFAGE RATES, HOBART TOWN AND LAUNCESTON. 100
MARINE BOARD, HOBART TOWN. 101 , 102
LAUNCESTON MARINE BOARD. 102 , 103
SHIPPING BELONGING TO HOBART TOWN. 103 , 104
SHIPPING BELONGING TO LAUNCESTON. 104 , 105
NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS 105
HOBART – TOWN SIGNALS 106
LAUNCESTON SIGNALS 107
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HOBART TOWN. 107
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LAUNCESTON, 107
LAUNCESTON TIDE TABLE, 1872. 108 , 109
TASMANIAN COUNCIL OF EDUCATION. 109 , 110 , 111
BOARD OF EDUCATION. 112
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN OPERATION. 113 , 114
POST OFFICE. 114 , 115 , 116 , 117
ENGLISH MAIL SERVICE VIA SUEZ, 1872. 117
TABLE OF THE ARRIVAL AND DESPATCH OF INLAND MAILS. 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122
TIME TABLE OF PAGE’S COACHES. 123
TABLE OF DISTANCES ALONG THE MAIN ROAD 123
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN TASMANIA. 124
CONTROL DEPARTMENT. 124
HER MAJESTY’S SHIPS ON THE AUSTRALIAN STATION. 124
HER MAJESTY’S SHIPS FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE COLONIES. 125
MEDICAL. 125 , 126 , 127
GENERAL HOSPITAL, HOBART TOWN. 127
LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL. 127
BRICKFIELDS PAUPER ESTABLISHMENT FOR MALES, HOBART TOWN. 128
CASCADES PAUPER ESTABLISHMENT FOR MALES AND FEMALES, HOBART TOWN. 128
QUEEN’S ASYLUM FOR DESTITUTE CHILDREN. 128
HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, NEW NORFOLK. 128
LAUNCESTON INVALID DEPOT. 129
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA. 129
MERSEY & DELORAINE TRAMWAY Co., LIMITED. 130
COLONIAL PENAL ESTABLISHMENT, PORT ARTHUR. 130
SORELL CAUSEWAY TRUST. 130
LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED. 131
VAN DIEMEN’S LAND AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. 131
SALMON COMMISSION. 132
BRIDGEWATER COMMISSION. 132
TABLE OF PRECEDENCE OF COLONIAL OFFICERS. 132 , 133
CARRIAGE DUTIES. 133
SCAB ACT CONTRIBUTIONS. 133
PROBATE DUTIES. 134
STAMP DUTIES. 134 , 135
LICENCES. 135
STATISTICS. 136 , 137
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF TASMANIA, 1870. 138
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE 1869 AND 1870. 138
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS PER HEAD, 1857 TO 1870. 139
REGISTERED VESSELS, DECEMBER 31, 1870. 139
LAND UNDER CULTIVATION, 1857 TO 1870. 139
COMMISSARIAT EXPENDITURE, 1870. 140
TASMANIAN BANKS, SEPTEMBER 25, 1871. 140
AREA OF TASMANIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 140
PUBLIC DEBT OF TASMANIA. 140
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 1870. 141
BANKS. 141
SAVINGS BANKS. 141
INSURANCE COMPANIES. 142
FIRE BELL SIGNALS, HOBART TOWN. 143
CONSULS & CONSULAR AGENTS IN TASMANIA. 143
LLOYD’S AGENTS. 143
PER CENTAGES. 143
TOLLS AT NEW TOWN* AND SAND-HILL BARS. 143
TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND PAYMENTS. 144
CENTAL TABLE FOR THE SALE OF GRAIN, FLOUR, POTATOES, ETC. 144
LEGAL WEIGHTS FOR GRAIN, ETC. 144
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 145
THE CITY OF HOBART TOWN. THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT AND CAPITAL OF THE COLONY OF TASMANIA, 146 , 147
COACHES FROM HOBART TOWN. 148
WATERMEN'S FARES, HOBART TOWN. 148
STEAMERS FROM HOBART TOWN. 149
CARRIERS FROM HOBART TOWN. 149
CARTERS’ CHARGES, HOBART TOWN. 149
CAB FARES, HOBART TOWN. 150
PLACES OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR HOBART TOWN. 150 , 151
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES CLUBS, ETC., IN HOBART TOWN. 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 159
LAUNCESTON, THE CHIEF TOWN IN THE NORTH OF TASMANIA. 159 , 160 , 161
PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS, NOT MUNICIPAL, LAUNCESTON. 161
STAGE COACHES FROM LAUNCESTON. 161 , 162
LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY. 162
STEAMERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 162
CAB FARES, LAUNCESTON. 162
WATERMEN’S FARES, LAUNCESTON. 163
CARRIERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 163
CARTERS’ CHARGES, LAUNCESTON. 163
PLACES OF WORSHIP IN & NEAR LAUNCESTON. 163
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES, CLUBS, ETC., IN LAUNCESTON. 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169
COUNTRY DISTRICTS * 169
RURAL MUNICIPALITIES. 170
POLICE DISTRICTS. 170
LIST OF PRINCIPAL TOWNSHIPS AND POST STATIONS IN TASMANIA. 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BOTHWELL, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 175 , 176
BUBAL MUNICIPALITY OF BRIGHTON, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 177 , 178
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CAMPBELL TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 178 , 179
BURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CLARENCE, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 180 , 181
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF DELORAINE, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND WESTMORELAND. 181 , 182 , 183
POLICE DISTRICT OF EMU BAY. 183 , 184 , 185
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF EVANDALE, IN THE COUNTY OR CORNWALL. 185 , 186
EURAL MUNICIPALITY OF FINGAL, IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL. 186 , 187 , 188
POLICE DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN, IN THE COUNTIES OF KENT AND BUCKINGHAM. 188 , 189 , 190
POLICE DISTRICT OF GEORGE TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 190 , 191 , 192
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GLAMORGAN, IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN. 192 , 193 , 194
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GLENORCHY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 194 , 195
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GREEN PONDS, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 195 , 196
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF HAMILTON, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, CUMBERLAND, AND BUCKINGHAM. 196 , 197
POLICE DISTRICT OF HOBART, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 198 , 199
KINGBOROUGH PORTION OF POLICE DISTRICT OF HOBART. 199 , 200
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF LONGFORD, IN THE COUNTY OF WESTMORELAND. 200 , 201 , 202
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF NEW NORFOLK, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 203 , 204
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF OATLANDS, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH AND SOMERSET. 204 , 205 , 206
POLICE DISTRICT OF PORT SORELL, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 206 , 207 , 208 , 209
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RICHMOND, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 209 , 210
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROSS, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 210 , 211
POLICE DISTRICT OF RUSSELL (KNOWN AS CIRCULAR HEAD). 212 , 213 , 214
POLICE DISTRICT OF SELBY (LAUNCESTON), IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL, DEVON, AND DORSET. 214 , 215
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SORELL, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 215 , 216 , 217
SOUTH LONGFORD POLICE DISTRICT. 217
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SPRING BAY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 217 , 218
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF WESTBURY, IN THE COUNTIES OF WESTMORELAND AND DEVON, 218 , 219 , 220
Obituary. 221 , 222
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 223 , 224
Advertising 225 , 226 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 230 , 231 , 232 , 233 , 234 , 235 , 236 , 237 , 238
Advertising 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 244 , 245 , 246 , 247 , 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 252
Advertising 253 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 257 , 258 , 259 , 260 , 261 , 262 , 263 , 264 , 265 , 266
Advertising 267 , 268 , 269 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276 , 277 , 278 , 279 , 280
WALCH'S CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S CATALOGUE OF GIFT, PRIZE, AND REWARD BOOKS. 281
HANDSOMELY BOUND BOOKS. 281 , 282 , 283
CHOICE PRESENTATION BOOKS IN MOROCCO. 283 , 284 , 285 , 286
PRESENTATION AND FAMILY BIBLES, COMMENTARIES, AND FAMILY PRAYERS. 286 , 287 , 288
SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED GIFT BOOKS. 289 , 290 , 291
STANDARD WORKS IN GENERAL LITERATURE. 291 , 292 , 293
POETICAL WORKS. 293 , 294
THE GIFT EDITION OF THE POETS. 294
THE “IVORY” EDITION OF THE POETS. 295
SELECTIONS FROM THE POETS. 295
THE “CHANDOS” EDITION OF THE POETS. 295
THE RED-LINE EDITION OF THE POETS. 295
THE POPULAR GIFT EDITION OF THE POETS. 295
TEN-SHILLING PRESENTATION BOOKS. 296 , 297
NINE-AND SIXPENNY GIFT AND PRIZE BOOKS- 297 , 298
EIGHT-AND-SIXPENNY PRESENTATION BOOKS- 298 , 299
SEVEN-AND-SIXPENNY PRIZE AND GIFT BOOKS 299 , 300 , 301 , 302
SIX-AND-SIXPENNY PRIZE AND GIFT BOOKS. 302 , 303 , 304 , 305 , 306 , 307
SIX-SHILLING REWARD AND PRIZE BOOKS. 307 , 308
FIVE-SHILLING REWARD AND GIFT BOOKS. 308 , 309 , 310 , 311
FOUR-AND-SIXPENNY GIFT BOOKS 311 , 312 , 313 , 314 , 315 , 316 , 317
FOUR-SHILLING PRIZE BOOKS. 317 , 318 , 319 , 320
THREE-AND-SIXPENNY PRIZE AND REWARD BOOKS 320 , 321 , 322 , 323
THREE SHILLING REWARD BOOKS 323 , 324
HALF CROWN REWARD BOOKS. 324 , 325 , 326 , 327
TWO SHILLING REWARD BOOKS. 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 , 331 , 332
EIGHTEEN-PENNY REWARD BOOKS. 332 , 333 , 334 , 335
ONE SHILLING REWARD BOOKS. 335 , 336
THE CHEAPEST REWARD BOOK IN CLOTH. 337 , 338
PACKETS OF REWARD BOOKS. 338
NEW COLOURED PICTURE AND ILLUMINATED. CARDS. 339
COLOURED TICKETS; PRINTED ON SHEETS 340
Advertising 341 , 342 , 343

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