Van Diemen's Land Royal Kalendar, colonial register, and almanack / compiled by James Wood

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Wood, James
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FC F4945
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Launceston : Printed and sold by Henry Dowling, 1848
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(1848)
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V. D. LAND ROYAL KALENDAR. 1 , 3
VAN DIEMEN’S LAND ROYAL KALENDAR. 5
Advertising 7
ADVERTISEMENT. 9 , 10
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30
PRELIMINARY NOTES AND DIARY. PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF THE KALENDAR, FOR THE YEAR 1848. 31 , 32
FIXED AND MOVEABLE FESTIVALS, ANNIVERSARIES. &c., &c. 32
ECLIPSES FOR 1848. 32
THE SEASONS IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 33
DIFFERENCE OF TIME. 33
EMBER DAYS. 33
LAW TERMS, 1848. 33
EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS WORK. 34 , 35
TABLES OF PRECEDENCY. NEW SOUTH WALES. 36
ALMANACK. JANUARY. 39 , 40
FEBRUARY. 41
MARCH. 42
APRIL. 43
MAY. 44
JUNE. 45
JULY. 46
AUGUST. 47
SEPTEMBER. 48
OCTOBER. 49
NOVEMBER. 50
DECEMBER. 51
GARDENERS’ KALENDAR. 52 , 53 , 54 , 55
HOBART-TOWN SIGNALS. 56 , 57
WEATHER TABLE. 57
LAUNCESTON SIGNALS. 58
MERCHANTS' FLAGS. 58 , 59 , 60
POST OFFICE REGULATIONS. 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64
ROYAL MAIL. 64
STAGE COACHES, &c., FROM HOBART TOWN. 65
STAGE COACHES, &c., FROM LAUNCESTON. 65 , 66
STEAM BOATS. 66
TABLE OF DISTANCES 67 , 68
WATERMEN’S FARES, HOBART TOWN. 68 , 69
WATERMEN’S FARES, LAUNCESTON. 69
TOLLS AT BRIDGEWATER FERRY. 70
TOLLS AT RESTDOWN, OR RISDON FERRY. 70
HACKNEY COACH AND CABRIOLET FARES 71
CARTERS’ CHARGES. 71 , 72
POUND RATES. 72
LICENSES. 72
COSTS AND CHARGES OF DISTRESS. 73
FEES IN THE REGISTRAR OF DEEDS OFFICE. 73
COMMISSIONER’S FEES IN INSOLVENCY CASES. 73
FEES AND COSTS IN COURTS OF REQUEST. 74 , 75
FEES IN SURVEY OFFICE. 76
CAVEAT BOARD. 76
FEES FOR MARRIAGES, BURIALS, &c., OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. 77
FEES OF THE DEPUTY REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS DEATHS AND MARRIAGES. 77 , 78
POLICE OFFICE. 78
CUSTOMS. PORTS OF HOBART TOWN AND LAUNCESTON. 79
Custom House Agents. 79
WHARFAGE DUES. 79 , 80
RATES OF PILOTAGE. 80 , 81
PLACES AT WHICH VESSELS ARRIVING AT VAN DIEMEN’S LAND SHALL PERFORM QUARANTINE. 81
WAREHOUSE CHARGES PER WEEK. 81
DUTIES. 82
LIGHT HOUSES—IRON POT ISLAND. 82 , 83 , 84 , 85
FOREIGN TREATIES. 85
SIR ROBERT PEEL’S NEW CORN BILL 86
TABLE OF FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MONEYS AND EXCHANGES. 86 , 87
VALUE OF SUNDRY COINS IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 87
APPROXIMATE TIME OF HIGH WATER AT 88
LAUNCESTON, V. D. LAND, FOR THE YEAR 1848. 89
A COUNTING HOUSE KALENDAR, FOR 1848. 90
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 91
MEASURES OF LENGTH. 92
MEASURES OF SURFACE. 92
MEASURE OF VOLUME. 92
STANDARD OF SPECIFIC GRAVITY. 92
MEASURES OF CAPACITY. 92 , 93
MEASURES OF SPACE. 93
MEASURES OF TIME AND MOTION. 93 , 94
TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND OTHER PAYMENTS. 94
ARTIFICERS’ MEASURING. 95
A CATALOGUE OF USEFUL THINGS. 96
LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL OBSERVATORIES. 97
GOVERNMENT NOTICES. APPLICATIONS FOR TICKETS-OF-LEAVE AND CONDITIONAL PARDONS. 98
FREE PASSAGES TO WIVES AND FAMILIES OF CONVICTS. 98 , 99
LICENSES OF OCCUPATION FOR WASTE LANDS. No. 68. 99
No. 69. 100
No. 71. 101
REGULATIONS AS TO COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT. No. 99. 101 , 102
CONVICT LABOUR ON CROSS ROADS OR OTHER PUBLIC WORKS. 102 , 103
TICKET-OF-LEAVE HOLDERS. 103
QUIT RENTS. 103 , 104
A LIST OF THE ACTS OF COUNCIL OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117
REGULATIONS FOR HIRING MALE AND FEMALE PROBATION PASS-HOLDERS. 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122
LIST OF NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND, THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, AND NEW ZEALAND. 123 , 124 , 125
LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES 126
TABLE OF DISTANCES FROM VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 127
JURORS AND JURIES. 127
THE QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY. THE QUEEN. 128 , 129 , 130
THE QUEEN’S MINISTERS AND OTHER CHIEF OFFICERS OF STATE. 130 , 131 , 132
OFFICERS OF THE QUEEN’S HOUSEHOLD. 132 , 133
SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE. 133
SUCCESSION OF SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. 133 , 134
PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. 134
NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 1847. 135
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN HER MAJESTY’S PRIVY COUNCIL. 136 , 137
COLONIAL BISHOPS. 137
COLONIAL LAND AND EMIGRATION COMMISSIONERS. 138
GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION OFFICERS. 138
SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND FROM THE CONQUEST. 138
SOVEREIGNS OF SCOTLAND, FROM 1057 TO THE UNION. 139
SOVEREIGNS AND POPULATION OF THE PRINCIPAL STATES IN EUROPE, &c. 139 , 140
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS. 141
SUCCESSION OF COMMANDANTS AT PORT DALRYMPLE. 141
LIST OF BARRISTERS, ATTORNIES, SOLICITORS, AND PROCTORS, OF THE SUPREME COURT OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, AS THEY STAND ON THE ROLL. 142 , 143 , 144
NOTARIES PUBLIC. 144
A LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE ISLAND OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 145 , 146 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151
LIST OF CORONERS. 152 , 153
CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 154 , 155
COLONIAL SECRETARY’S DEPARTMENT. 155
COLONIAL TREASURER’S DEPARTMENT. 155
COLONIAL AUDITOR’S DEPARTMENT. 155
CUSTOMS’ DEPARTMENT. 155 , 156
PORT OFFICERS’ DEPARTMENT (COLONIAL). 156 , 157
SURVEY DEPARTMENT. 157
PUBLIC WORKS’ DEPARTMENT. 158
BRIDGEWATER COMMISSIONERS 158
GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE FOR BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. 158
GOVERNMENT PRINTER’S DEPARTMENT. 158
ACCOUNTANT OF STORES’ OFFICE. 159
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. 159 , 160
ECCLESIASTICAL. UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND. 161 , 162 , 163 , 164
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. THE PRESBYTERY OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 164 , 165
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. DIOCESE OF HOBARTON. 165
INDEPENDENT CHURCH. 165 , 166
WESLEYAN CHURCH. 166
BAPTIST CHURCH. 166
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. 167
JEWS’ SYNAGOGUES. 167 , 168
JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT. SUPREME COURT OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 168
LAW OFFICERS OF THE CROWN. 169
REGISTRAR OF DEEDS. 169
COURTS OF QUARTER SESSIONS. 169
COURTS OF REQUEST. 170
COMMISSIONERS SUPREME COURT, V. D. LAND. 170
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. 171
EXAMINERS UNDER LEGAL PRACTIONERS’ ACT 171
COMMISSIONERS FOR INVESTIGATING TITLES TO LAND. 172
INSOLVENT COURT. 172
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176
MARKET, HOBART TOWN. 176
ABORIGINES’ ESTABLISHMENT. 176
BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS. 177
HER MAJESTY’S MAGNETICAL OBSERVATORY, 177 , 178
FRANKING LETTERS. 178 , 179 , 180
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. 180 , 181 , 182
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 182 , 183
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. 183 , 184 , 185
RATES OF FULL AND HALF PAY. 186
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 187 , 188
COURT OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS. 188
LIST OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. 188 , 189
LIST OF CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. 189
CONVICT DEPARTMENT. HOBART TOWN. 190 , 191
QUEEN’S ORPHAN SCHOOLS, NEW TOWN. 191 , 192
PROBATION STATIONS. 192 , 193
HIRING DEPOTS. 193 , 194
PORT ARTHUR. TASMAN'S PENINSULA. 194
POINT PUER PENITENTIARY FOR BOYS. 195 , 196
LAUNCESTON. 196
NORFOLK ISLAND. 196 , 197
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. V. D. LAND AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. 197 , 198
LONDON AGENCY FOR VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 198 , 199 , 200
BANKS. 201 , 202 , 203 , 204
BANK NOTICE. 204
SAVINGS’ BANKS. 205 , 206
INSURANCE COMPANIES. 206 , 207 , 208 , 209
BANKS IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 210
INSURANCE COMPANIES IN V. D. LAND. 210
EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS. 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. 216 , 217 , 218 , 219 , 220
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 , 225 , 226
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 226 , 227 , 228
CHARITABLE AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. 229 , 230 , 231 , 232
FREEMASONS’ LODGES. 233 , 234 , 235
ODD FELLOWS’ LODGES IN V. D. LAND. 235
TEETOTAL & TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETIES. 236
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES. 236 , 237
MISCELLANEOUS INSTITUTIONS. 238 , 239 , 240
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE ABORIGINES OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 241 , 242 , 243 , 244 , 245 , 246
STATISTICS. 247 , 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 252 , 253 , 254
GOVERNORS AND COMMANDERS OF BRITISH COLONIES AND SETTLEMENTS. 255 , 256 , 257 , 258
ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE BRITISH COLONIES AND SETTLEMENTS IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN HEMISPHERES. 258 , 259 , 260 , 261
NEW SOUTH WALES. 261 , 262 , 263 , 264 , 265
PORT PHILLIP. 265 , 266 , 267
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 267 , 268
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 268 , 269 , 270
NEW ZEALAND. 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276 , 277 , 278
CEYLON. 279 , 280
HONG KONG. 280 , 281
MAURITIUS. 282 , 283
SEYCHELLES ISLANDS. 283
ASCENSION. 283 , 284
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 284 , 285 , 286 , 287
ST. HELENA. 287 , 288
FALKLAND ISLANDS. 288
WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA. 289 , 290
BRITISH MINISTERS AND CONSULS AT FOREIGN PORTS. 290 , 291 , 292
FOREIGN CONSULS AT BRITISH PORTS. 293
DISPOSITION OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE SOUTH EASTERN HEMISPHERE. 294
A LIST OF SHIPS AND VESSELS BELONGING TO THE BRITISH NAVY. 295 , 296 , 297
H. M. WAR STEAM VESSELS. 298
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. 298 , 299 , 300 , 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 305 , 306
LIST OF VESSELS 306 , 307 , 308
USEFUL HINTS. 309 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 314
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS DURING PRINTING. 315 , 316
Advertising 317 , 319 , 320 , 321 , 322 , 323 , 324 , 325 , 326 , 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 , 331 , 332 , 333 , 334 , 335 , 336 , 337 , 338 , 339 , 340 , 341 , 342 , 343 , 344 , 345 , 346

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