Walch's Tasmanian almanack and guide to Tasmania for

Call Number
FER F18046
Created/Published
Hobart-Town and Launceston : J. Walch & Sons ; London : Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1862-1869]
Issue
(1864)
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Notes
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Contents

WALCH'S TASMANIAN ALMANAC, 1 , 2
Advertising 3
WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC, AND GUIDE TO TASMANIA 5 , 6
PREFACE. 7
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS DURING PRINTING. 8
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 9 , 10 , 11
INDEX. 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16
INDEX TO COUNTRY DISTRICTS. 17 , 18 , 19 , 20
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF THE KALENDAR, FOR THE YEAR 1864. 21
FIXED AND MOVEABLE FESTIVALS, ANNIVERSARIES, &c., &c. 21
ECLIPSES. 21
THE SEASONS IN TASMANIA. 21
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS. 22
SUMMARY OF ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES DURING THE PAST YEAR. 22 , 23
HEBREW FASTS AND FESTIVALS. 24
WALCH’S ALMANACK 25
JANUARY. 26 , 27
FEBRUARY. 28 , 29
MARCH. 30 , 31
APRIL. 32 , 33
MAY. 34 , 35
JUNE. 36 , 37
JULY. 38 , 39
AUGUST. 40 , 41
SEPTEMBER. 42 , 43
OCTOBER. 44 , 45
NOVEMBER. 46 , 47
DECEMBER. 48 , 49 , 50
THE ROYAL FAMILY. 51
SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND 51
HER MAJESTY’S OFFICERS OF STATE. 52
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. 53
SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE COLONIAL AND WAR DEPARTMENT, FROM 1804 TO 1854. 53
SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. 1854 TO 1856. 53
LIST OF GOVERNORS, WITH THEIR SALARIES, MODES AND DATES OF ACOUISITION OF THE BRITISH COLONIES. 54 , 55 , 56
SOVEREIGNS OF EUROPE, WITH THEIR AGES AND YEARS OF ACCESSION. 57
CENSUS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1861. 57
NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 1863. 57
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS, AND GOVERNORS-IN-CHIEF 58
CONSULS AND CONSULAR AGENTS IN TASMANIA. 58
GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA. 59
PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. 59
LEGISLATIVE, COUNCIL. 60
HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. 60
OFFICERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. 61
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. 61
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 62
CORONERS FOR THE TERRITORY. 63 , 64
MAGISTRACY. A LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE ISLAND OF TASMANIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT PASSED DURING THE YEAR 1863. 70 , 71 , 72 , 73
ECCLESIASTICAL. 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77
LAW DEPARTMENT. 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83
COURTS OF REQUESTS. 84 , 85
COURTS OF GENERAL AND QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE. 86 , 87
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 87
GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE FOR BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. 88
SURVEY DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS OFFICE. 89
BRANCH OFFICE. 89
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OFFICE. 89
OCCUPATION OF WASTE LANDS. 90
LANDS SOLD ON CREDIT. 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94
LANDS TITLES AND REGISTRAR OF DEEDS OFFICE. 94 , 95
AREA OF TASMANIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 95
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 96 , 97
POST OFFICE. 97 , 98 , 99
GENERAL POST OFFICE, HOBART TOWN, TASMANIA, CORNER OF MACQUARIE AND MURRAY-STREETS. POST OFFICE, LAUNCESTON, CORNER OF ST. JOHN AND PATTERSON-STREETS. 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104
TIME TABLE—PAGE’S COACHES. 105
TABLE OF DISTANCES ALONG THE MAIN ROAD. 105
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. 106 , 107 , 108
DRAWBACKS. 108 , 109 , 110
MARINE BOARD, HOBART TOWN. 110 , 111 , 112 , 113
LAUNCESTON MARINE BOARD. 113
PILOTAGE EATES, LAUNCESTON. 114
WATERMEN’S FARES, LAUNCESTON. 114
HOBART – TOWN SIGNALS 115
LAUNCESTON TIDE TABLE, 1864. APPROXIMATE MEAN TIME OF HIGH WATER. 116
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. 117
TASMANIAN COUNCIL OF EDUCATION. 117 , 118
BOARD OF EDUCATION. 118 , 119
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA. 120 , 121
VAN DIEMEN’S LAND AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. 121
LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY. 122 , 123
THE MATH LINE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION. (HOBART AND LAUNCESTON.) 124 , 125
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. 125
VOLUNTEER FORCE. 126 , 127
CONVICT ESTABLISHMENT. 127 , 128
THE QUEEN’S ASYLUM FOE DESTITUTE CHILDREN. 128 , 129
GENERAL HOSPITAL AND FEMALE INFIRMARY, HOBART TOWN. LIVERPOOL STREET. 129
BRICKFIELDS PAUPER ESTABLISHMENT FOR MALES, HOBART TOWN. 129
HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, NEW NORFOLK. 129
MEDICAL. COURT OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. 130 , 131
LLOYD’S AGENTS. 132
INSURANCE COMPANIES. 132 , 133
BANKS. 133
SAVINGS’ BANKS. 133 , 134
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HOBART TOWN. 134 , 135 , 136
CHAMBER. OF COMMERCE, LAUNCESTON. 136 , 137
STAMP DUTIES. 138 , 139 , 140
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN TASMANIA. 140
THE CENSUS, 1861. 141 , 142
POPULATION. 142 , 143
TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND OTHER PAYMENTS. 143
LEGAL WEIGHTS. 143
HOBART TOWN, THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT AND CAPITAL OF THE COLONY OF TASMANIA. 144 , 145
CARTERS’ CHARGES, HOBART TOWN. 145
CAB FARES, HOBART TOWN. 146
STEAMERS FROM HOBART TOWN. 146
COACHES FRON HOBART TOWN. 147
PLACES OF WORSHIP IN AND NEAR HOBART TOWN. 147 , 148
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLUBS, COMPANIES, &c., IN HOBART TOWN. 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 , 156 , 157
TABLE SHEWING THE DATES ON WHICH THE ENGLISH MAILS, VIA MARSEILLES, ARE DUE IN TASMANIA, AND THE TASMANIAN MAILS ARE DUE IN LONDON. 157
LAUNCESTON. 158
PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS NOT MUNICIPAL; LAUNCESTON. 159 , 160
LAUNCESTON CAB FARES. 160
CARTERS’ CHARGES. 160
STEAMERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 160
STAGE COACHES FROM LAUNCESTON. 161
PLACES OF WORSHIP IN AND NEAR LAUNCESTON. 161
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLUBS, COMPANIES, &c., IN LAUNCESTON. 162 , 163 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169
A TABLE OF DISCOUNT PER CENT. 169
COUNTRY DISTRICTS. 170
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BRIGHTON, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 170 , 171
BUBAL MUNICIPALITY OF BOTHWELL, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 172 , 173
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CLARENCE, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 173 , 174
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF DELORAINE, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND WESTMORELAND. 174 , 175
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF FINGAL, IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL. 175 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 179 , 180 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GLAMORGAN. IN THE COUNTY OF CLAMORGAN. 185 , 186
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GREEN PONDS, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 187 , 188
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF HAMILTON. IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH AND CUMBERLAND. 188 , 189
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF LONGFORD. IN THE COUNTY OF WESTMORELAND. 189 , 190
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF NEW NORFOLK, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 191 , 192
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF OATLANDS, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH AND SOMERSET. 192 , 193
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RICHMOND, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 193 , 194
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROSS, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 194 , 195
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SORELL, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 195 , 196
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SPRING BAY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 197 , 198
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF WESTBURY, IN THE COUNTIES OF WESTMORELAND AND DEVON 198 , 199
POLICE DISTRICT OF CAMPBELL TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 199 , 200 , 201
POLICE DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN, IN THE COUNTY OF KENT. 201 , 202
POLICE DISTRICT OF GEORGE TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 202 , 203 , 204
POLICE DISTRICT OF HOBART, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 204 , 205
KINGBOROUGH PORTION OF POLICE DISTRICT OF HOBART, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 205 , 206 , 207
POLICE DISTRICT OF HOETON. 207 , 208
GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES. 209 , 210
POLICE DISTRICT OF LAUNCESTON, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 210 , 211
POLICE DISTRICT OF MORVEN, IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL. 211 , 212
POLICE DISTRICT OF PORT SORELL, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 212 , 213
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 214 , 215 , 216
Advertising 217 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 , 225 , 226 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 230
Advertising 231 , 232 , 233 , 234 , 235 , 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 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
Advertising 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276 , 277 , 278 , 279 , 280 , 281 , 282 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 286 , 287 , 288 , 289
Advertising 290 , 291 , 292 , 293 , 294 , 295 , 296 , 297 , 298 , 299 , 300 , 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 305 , 306 , 307 , 308 , 310 , 311

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