Walch's Tasmanian almanack and guide to Tasmania for

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FER F18046
Created/Published
Hobart-Town and Launceston : J. Walch & Sons ; London : Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1862-1869]
Issue
(1866)
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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
WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC, 7 , 8
PREFACE. 9
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS DURING PRINTING. 10
INDEX. 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17
HEBREW FASTS AND FESTIVALS. 18
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF THE CALENDAR, FOR THE YEAR 1866. 19
FIXED AND MOVEABLE FESTIVALS, ANNIVERSARIES, &c., &c. 19
THE SEASONS IN TASMANIA. 19
SAXbY’S DAYS, 1866. 19
A SUMMARY of the PRINCIPAL ASTRONOMICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL OCCURRENCES. 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24
WALCH’S ALMANAC, 1866. JANUARY, 1866. 25 , 26 , 27
FEBRUARY, 1866. 28 , 29
MARCH, 1866. 30 , 31
APRIL, 1866. 32 , 33
MAY, 1866. 34 , 35
JUNE, 1866. 36 , 37
JULY, 1866. 38 , 39
AUGUST, 1866. 40 , 41
SEPTEMBER, 1866. 42 , 43
OCTOBER, 1866. 44 , 45
NOVEMBER, 1866. 46 , 47
DECEMBER, 1866. 48 , 49
SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND, SINCE THE CONQUEST. 50
SOVEREIGNS AND HEADS OF GOVERNMENT. 50
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 51
HER MAJESTY’S OFFICERS OF STATE. 52
SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, 1854 to 1864. 52
CENSUS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 53
NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 1865. 53
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. 53
LIST OF GOVERNORS, WITH THEIR SALARIES, MODES AND DATES OF ACQUISITION OF THE BRITISH COLONIES. 54 , 55
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOES, AND GOVERNORS-IN-CHIEF. 56
CONSULS AND CONSULAR AGENTS IN TASMANIA. 56
GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA. 57
PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. 57
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. 58
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. 58
OFFICERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. 59
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. 59
PARLIAMENTS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 60
MEMBERS OF THE RESPECTIVE MINISTRIES SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 60
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT PASSED DURING THE YEAR 1865, 29TH VICTORIA. 61 , 62
CORONERS. 62 , 63
MAGISTRACY. A LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOE THE ISLAND OF TASMANIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70
ECCLESIASTICAL. 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 74 , 75
LAW DEPARTMENT. 75 , 76 , 77 , 78
NOTARIES PUBLIC. 78
BARRISTERS, ATTORNEYS, SOLICITORS, AND PROCTORS, 79 , 80 , 81
COURTS OF REQUESTS. 81 , 82
COURTS OF GENERAL SESSION. 82 , 83
COURTS OF GENERAL AND QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE. 83 , 84
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OFFICE. 84
GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE FOR BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. 85
SURVEY DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS OFFICE. 86 , 87 , 88
GOLD FIELDS. Mode of Dealing with Applications under Gold Fields Regulations, dated 26th January, 1860. 89 , 90
AREA OF TASMANIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 90
THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS AND HEIGHTS IN TASMANIA. 91 , 92
LANDS TITLES’ AND REGISTRAR OF DEEDS OFFICE. 92 , 93
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 94
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. 95
POLICE DEPARTMENT.—(TERRITORIAL.) 95 , 96
TASMANIAN COUNCIL OF EDUCATION. 96 , 97
BOARD OF EDUCATION. 97 , 98 , 99
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. 99
HER MAJESTY’S SHIPS ON THE AUSTRALIAN STATION. 99
VOLUNTEER FORCE. 100
NORTHERN DIVISION TASMANIAN VOLUNTEERS. 101
TASMANIAN RIFLE ASSOCIATION. 101
RIFLE CLUBS. 101
POST OFFICE. 102 , 103 , 104
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN TASMANIA. 104
TIME TABLE—PAGE’S COACHES. 105
TABLE OF DISTANCES ALONG THE MAIN ROAD. 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. 110
TARIFF OF TASMANIA. 110 , 111
SCHEDULE NO. 3. Table of Exemptions. 112
DRAWBACKS. 112 , 113
WAREHOUSE RENTS AND CHARGES, CHARGEABLE AT THE BONDED WAREHOUSES HOBART TOWN AND LAUNCESTON. 113
WHARFAGE RATES, HOBART TOWN AND LAUNCESTON. 114
NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS ENTERED AND CLEARED DURING THE YEAR 1864 AT HOBART TOWN AND LAUNCESTON. 114
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF THE COLONY OF TASMANIA FOR THE YEAR 1864. 115
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HOBART TOWN. 115
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LAUNCESTON. 115
MARINE BOARD, HOBART TOWN. ESTABLISHED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, 22ND DEC., 1857. 116 , 117
LIST OF SHIPPING BELONGING TO THE POUT OF HOBART TOWN. 118 , 119
WATERMEN’S FARES, HOBART TOWN. 119
HOBART – TOWN SIGNALS 120
LAUNCESTON SIGNALS. 121
LAUNCESTON MARINE BOARD. 121 , 122 , 123
LIST OF SHIPPING BELONGING TO THE PORT OF LAUNCESTON. 123
LAUNCESTON TIDE TABLE, 124
MEDICAL. 125 , 126
GENERAL HOSPITAL AND FEMALE INFIRMARY, HOBART TOWN. 126 , 127
LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL. 127
BRICKFIELDS PAUPER ESTABLISHMENT FOR MALES, HOBART TOWN. 127
HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, NEW NORFOLK. 127
THE QUEEN’S ASYLUM FOE DESTITUTE CHILDREN. 127 , 128
ABORIGINES ESTABLISHMENT. 128
CONVICT ESTABLISHMENT. 128
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA. 129 , 130
VAN DIEMEN’S LAND AGRICULTURAL COMPANY 130
LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY. 130 , 131 , 132
NORTHERN RAILWAY LEAGUE. 132 , 133
MAIN LINE OF KAILWAY. 133 , 134
MERSEY & DELORAINE TRAMWAY CO. LIMITED. 134
REPRODUCTIVE PUBLIC WORKS. 134
THE CENSUS OF TASMANIA, 1861. 135 , 136
ESTIMATED POPULATION OF THE COLONY OF TASMANIA. 136
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE GENERAL REVENUE OF TASMANIA FOR THE YEAR 1864. 137
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE OF THE LAND FUND FOR THE YEAR 1864. 137
EXPENDITURE OF THE COMMISSARIAT CHEST FOR THE YEAR 1864. 137
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE SEVERAL BANKS IN TASMANIA, ON 31ST DEC. 1864. 137
TRADE, POPULATION, AND SHIPPING RETURNS. 138
LEGAL WEIGHTS FOR GRAIN, &c. 139
TROY WEIGHT. 139
AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 139
APOTHECARIES’ WEIGHT. 139
ALE AND BEER MEASURE. 139
CUBIC OR SOLID MEASURE. 139
LAND OR SQUARE MEASURE. 140
LONG MEASURE. 140
TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND OTHER PAYMENTS. 140
STAMP DUTIES. 141 , 142 , 143 , 144
OBLITERATION OF STAMPS. 144
CARRIAGE DUTIES. 144 , 145
No title 145
BANKS. List of Bank Holidays, 1866. 145
LLOYD’S AGENTS. 146
INSUBANCE COMPANIES. 146 , 147
SAVINGS’ BANKS. 147
CITY OF HOBART TOWN, 148 , 149
CAB FARES, HOBART TOWN. 149
CARTERS’ CHARGES, HOBART TOWN. 149
COACHES FROM HOBART TOWN. 150
STEAMERS FROM HOBART TOWN. 150
PLACES OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR HOBART TOWN. 151
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLUBS, COMPANIES, &c., IN HOBART TOWN. 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160
LAUNCESTON. 161 , 162
PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS, NOT MUNICIPAL LAUNCESTON 162
STAGE COACHES FROM LAUNCESTON. 163
STEAMERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 163
LAUNCESTON CAB FAKES. 163
LAUNCESTON CARTERS’ CHARGES. 164
PLACES OF WORSHIP IN AND NEAR LAUNCESTON. 164
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLUBS, COMPANIES, &c., IN LAUNCESTON. 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169 , 170 , 171
COUNTRY DISTRICTS. 172
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BOTHWELL, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 172 , 173 , 174
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BRIGHTON, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 174 , 175
POLICE DISTRICT OF CAMPBELL TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 175 , 176
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CLARENCE. IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 177 , 178
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF DELORAINE, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON AND DELORAINE, 178 , 179
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF EVANDALE, IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL. 179 , 180
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF FINGAL, IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL. 180 , 181
POLICE DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN, IN THE COUNTY OF KENT. 182 , 183 , 184 , 185
POLICE DISTRICT OF GEORGE TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 186 , 187
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GLAMORGAN, IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN. 187 , 188 , 189 , 190
RUBAL MUNICIPALITY OF GLENORCHY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 190 , 191
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GREEN PONDS, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 191 , 192
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF HAMILTON, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH AND CUMBERLAND. 192 , 193
POLICE DISTRICT OF HOBART, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 193 , 194 , 195
KINGBOROUGH PORTION OF POLICE DISTRICT OF HOBART, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 195 , 196
POLICE DISTRICT OF HORTON, 196 , 197 , 198 , 199
POLICH DISTRICT OF LAUNCESTON, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL, DEVON, AND DORSET. 200 , 201
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF LONGFORD, IN THE COUNTY OF WESTMORELAND. 201 , 202 , 203
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
POLICE DISTRICT OF PORT SORELL, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 206 , 207 , 208
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RICHMOND, IN THE COUNTY OF MOUMOUTH. 208 , 209
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROSS, IN THE COUNTY OE SOMERSET. 209 , 210
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SORELL, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 210 , 211
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SPRING BAY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 211 , 212 , 213
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF WESTBURY, IN THE COUNTIES OF WESTMORELAND AND DEVON. 213 , 214
ROAD TRUSTS. 214 , 215 , 216
Advertising 217 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 , 225 , 226 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 230 , 231 , 232
Advertising 233 , 234 , 235 , 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 244 , 245 , 246 , 247 , 248
Advertising 249 , 250 , 251 , 252 , 253 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 257 , 258 , 259 , 260 , 261
Advertising 262 , 263 , 264 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 269 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276 , 277 , 278 , 279
Advertising 280 , 281 , 282 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 286 , 287 , 288 , 289 , 290 , 291 , 292 , 293 , 294
Advertising 295 , 296 , 297 , 298 , 299 , 300 , 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 305 , 306 , 307

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