Van Diemen's Land Royal Kalendar and almanack

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FRM F4676
Created/Published
Launceston : Printed and sold by Henry Dowling, 1847
Issue
(1847)
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256
Notes
Some loss of text due to ink stains.
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Contents

V.D. LAND ROYAL KALENDAR. 1
VAN DIEMEN’S LAND ROYAL KALENDAR, AND ALMANACK. 5
ADVERTISEMENT. 7
ALTERATIONS DURING PRINTING. 8
CONTENTS. 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16
JANUARY. 19
FEBRUARY. 20
MARCH. 23
APRIL. 24
MAY. 27
JUNE. 28
JULY. 31
AUGUST. 32
SEPTEMBER. 35
OCTOBER. 36
NOVEMBER. 39
DECEMBER 40
ECLIPSES FOR 1847. 43
GARDENERS’ KALENDAR. 44 , 47 , 48 , 51
HOBART-TOWN SIGNALS. 52
LAUNCESTON SIGNALS. 55
MERCHANTS FLAGS. 55 , 56 , 57
POST OFFICE REGULATIONS. 57 , 58 , 59
ROYAL MAIL. 59 , 60
STAGE COACHES, &c., FROM HOBART TOWN. 60
STAGE COACHES, &c., FROM LAUNCESTON. 61
STEAM BOATS. 61
TOLLS AT BRIDGEWATER FERRY. 61
TOLLS AT RESTDOWN, OR RISDON FERRY. 62
WATERMEN’S FARES, LAUNCESTON. 62
WATERMEN’S FARES, HOBART TOWN. 63
CARTERS’ CHARGES. 64
POLICE OFFICE. 64
HACKNEY COACH AND CABRIOLET FARES 65
POUND RATES. 65
A LIST OF MAGISTRATES OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72
JURORS AND JURIES 72
FEES AND COSTS IN COURTS OF REQUEST. 73
Office Fees, paid to the Registrar, in all cases. 74
COSTS AND CHARGES OF DISTRESS. 75
CAVEAT BOARD. 75 , 76
FEES IN SURVEY OFFICE. 76
FEES IN THE REGISTRAR OF DEEDS OFFICE. 76
COMMISSIONER’S FEES IN INSOLVENCY CASES. 76 , 77
FEES FOR MARRIAGES, BURIALS, &c., OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. 77
FEES OF THE DEPUTY REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES. 77 , 78 , 79
LICENSES. 79
A COUNTING HOUSE KALENDAR, FOR 1847. 80
ARTIFICERS’ MEASURING. 81
BANKS IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 82
INSURANCE COMPANIES IN V. D. LAND. 82 , 83
CUSTOMS. PORTS OF HOBART TOWN AND LAUNCESTON. 83
WHARFAGE DUES. 83 , 84
RATES OF PILOTAGE. 84 , 85
DUTIES. 85
FOREIGN TREATIES. 86
THE QUEEN. 87 , 88
THE QUEEN’S MINISTERS AND OTHER CHIEF OFFICERS OF STATE. 88 , 89 , 90
SUCCESSION OF SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. 90
PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. 91
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS, AND OTHER OFFICERS ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 91
SUCCESSION OF COMMANDANTS AT PORT DALRYMPLE. 92
COLONIAL LAND AND EMIGRATION COMMISSIONERS. 92
GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION OFFICERS. 92
GOVERNORS AND COMMANDERS OF BRITISH COLONIES AND SETTLEMENTS. 92 , 93 , 94 , 95
SOVEREIGNS OF THE PRINCIPAL STATES IN EUROPE, &c. 95 , 96
JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL. 97
COLONIAL BISHOPS. 97
CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 98
COLONIAL SECRETARY’S DEPARTMENT. 99
COLONIAL TREASURER’S DEPARTMENT. 99
COLONIAL AUDITOR’S DEPARTMENT. 99
CUSTOMS’ DEPARTMENT. 99
LAUNCESTON. 100
PORT OFFICERS’ DEPARTMENT. 100
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT VESSELS. 100
ACCOUNTANT OF STORES OFFICE. 101
GENERAL REGISTRY OFFICE FOR BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. 101
GOVERNMENT PRINTER’S DEPARTMENT. 101
INSPECTORS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 101
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. 102 , 103
POLICE DEPARTMENT. 103 , 104 , 105 , 106
JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT. SUPREME COURT OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 106
LAW OFFICERS OF THE CROWN. 107
REGISTRAR OF DEEDS. 107
COURTS OF QUARTER SESSIONS. 107
COURTS OF REQUEST. 107 , 108
COMMISSIONERS SUPREME COURT, V. D. LAND. 108
SHERIFFS’ DEPARTMENT. 108
GAOLS. 108 , 109
LIST OF BARRISTERS, ATTORNEYS, SOLICITORS, AND PROCTORS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES; 109 , 110 , 111
HER MAJESTY’S MAGNETICAL OBSERVATORY, HOBART TOWN. 112
COMMISSIONERS FOR INVESTIGATING TITLES TO LAND. 112
MARKET, HOBART TOWN. 112
SURVEY DEPARTMENT. 113
PUBLIC WORKS’ DEPARTMENT. 113 , 114
ROADS’ DEPARTMENT. 114
SLAUGHTER HOUSES. 114
ABORIGINES’ ESTABLISHMENT 114
PENSIONS PAID BY THE COLONY. 115
ECCLESIASTICAL. UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND. DIOCESE OF TASMANIA. 115 , 116 , 117 , 118
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. THE PRESBYTERY OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 118 , 119
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. DIOCESE OF HOBARTON. 119
INDEPENDENT CHURCH. 119 , 120
WESLEYAN CHURCH. 120
BAPTIST CHURCH. 120
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. 120
JEWS’ SYNAGOGUES. 121
BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC DAY SCHOOLS. 122
CONVICT DEPARTMENT. HOBART TOWN. 123 , 124
QUEEN’S ORPHAN SCHOOLS, NEW TOWN. 124 , 125
PROBATION STATIONS. 125 , 126 , 127
HIRING DEPOTS. 128 , 129
PORT ARTHUR. 129
POINT PUER PENITENTIARY FOR BOYS. 129 , 130
MACQUARIE HARBOUR. 130
CONVICT DEPARTMENT, LAUNCESTON. 130
NORFOLK ISLAND. 130 , 131
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. 131 , 132 , 133
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. 133 , 134 , 135
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 135
BARRACK MASTERS’ DEPARTMENT. 135
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 136
COURT OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS 136
LIST OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 137
INSOLVENT COURT 138
CITY OF HOBART COMMISSIONERS 138
AUCTIONEERS. 138
FRANK ING LETTERS. 138 , 139 , 140
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. V. D. LAND AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. 140 , 141
LONDON AGENCY FOR VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. Agent—JOHN ALEXANDER JACKSON, Esq., 141 , 142 , 143
BANKS. 143 , 144 , 145 , 146 , 147
INSURANCE SOCIETIES. 147 , 148 , 149 , 150
EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS. 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154
RELIGIOUS, LITERARY, AND SCIENTIFIC 154 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 , 161 , 162 , 163
CHARITABLE AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES. 163 , 164 , 165
FREEMASON'S LODGES IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 165 , 166 , 167
TOTAL ABSTINENCE & RECHABITE SOCIETIES. 168
ARRIVALS OF VESSELS 169
AT HOBART TOWN. 169 , 170
AT LAUNCESTON. 171
DEPARTURES OF VESSELS 171
FROM HOBART TOWN. 171 , 172 , 173
FROM LAUNCESTON. 173
A LIST OF THE ACTS OF COUNCIL OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 174 , 175 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 179 , 180 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 186 , 187
ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE BRITISH COLONIES AND SETTLEMENTS IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN HEMISPHERE. NEW SOUTH WALES. 187 , 188 , 189
PORT PHILLIP. 190 , 191
NORTH AUSTRALIA. 191 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198 , 199 , 200 , 201 , 202 , 203
WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA. 203 , 204
BRITISH MINISTERS AND CONSULS IN SOUTH AMERICA. 205
IN CHINA. 205
A LIST OF SHIPS AND VESSELS BELONGING TO THE BRITISH NAVY, STATIONED AND CRUISING IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC, INDIAN, AND PACIFIC OCEANS. 206 , 207
DISPOSITION OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN HEMISPHERE. 207 , 208
LIST OF NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN VAN DIEMEN’S LAND, THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, AND NEW ZEALAND. 208 , 209 , 210
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 211
APPROXIMATE TIME OF HIGH WATER AT 212
LAUNCESTON, FOR THE YEAR 1847. 213
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF PORT ARTHUR AND THE PROBATION STATIONS ON TASMAN’S PENINSULA. 214 , 215 , 216 , 217
REGULATIONS FOR HIRING PROBATION PASSHOLDERS. 218 , 219 , 220 , 221 , 222
STATISTICS. NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS 223
VALUE OF EXPORTS FROM VAN DIEMEN’S LAND 224
QUANTITY AND VALUE OF WOOL, OIL, WHALEBONE, AND BARK 224
NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS 224
SHIPPING AND FISHERIES 225
NUMBER OF LOTS OF CROWN LAND, AND TOWN AND SUBURBAN ALLOTMENTS 225
NUMBER OF ACRES IN CROP 225
PRODUCE OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND 226
NUMBER OF HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, AND GOATS 226
PRICE OF PRODUCE AT HOBART TOWN 226
NUMBER OF LICENSES GRANTED IN X. D. LAND 226
SUPREME COURT OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. 227
USEFUL HINTS. 228 , 229 , 230 , 231 , 232
Advertising 233 , 234 , 235 , 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 244 , 245 , 246 , 247 , 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 252

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