Wellbank's Australian nautical almanac and coasters' guide : for the Southern and the Eastern coasts of New Holland

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N 656.6 WEL
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Sydney : Printed and published by James Reading and Co., [1869]-1889
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(1874)
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Contents

WELLBANK'S AUSTRALIAN NAUTICAL ALMANAC 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4
WELLBANK'S AUSTRALIAN NAUTICAL ALMANAC 5
INTRODUCTION. 6
GENERAL INDEX. 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12
GENERAL SIGNALS. 14
DESCRIPTIVE FLAGS. 14
NUMERICAL FLAGS. 14
STORM SIGNLS. 15
Explanation of Storm Signals. 15
Pilot’s Report for Port Jackson. 15
The Australian Nautical Almanac, FOR THE YEAR 1874. CALENDAR FOR SYDNEY MEAN TIME. Principal Articles of the Calendar, For the Year 1S7-S. 17
POST OFFICE REGULATIONS. 18
POSTAGE RATES.—LETTERS. 19
SYDNEY AND ITS SUBURBS. 19
INTERCOLONIAL LETTERS. 19
LETTERS TO AND FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM. 19 , 20
NEWSPAPERS. 20
BOOK PACKETS. 20
TOWN AND COUNTRY PACKETS. 20
LATE LETTERS. 20
JANUARY—XXXI DAYS. 21
FEBRUARY—XXVIII DAYS. 22
MARCH—XXXI DAYS. 23
APRIL—XXX DAYS. 24
MAY—XXXI DAYS. 25
JUNE—XXX DAYS. 26
JULY—XXXI DAYS 27
AUGUST—XXXI DAYS. 28
SEPTEMBER—XXX DAYS. 29
OCTOBER—XXXI DAYS 30
NOVEMBER—XXX DAYS. 31
DECEMBER—XXXI DAYS. 32
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS, GREENWICH TIME. FOR THE YEAR 1874. ON TIME,—AND ITS REDUCTION. 33 , 34
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—JANUARY XXXI Days. 35
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—FEBRUARY XXVIII Days. 36
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—MARCH XXXI Days. 37
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—APRIL XXX Days. 38
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—MAY XXXI Days. 39
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—JUNE XXX Days. 40
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—JULY XXXI Days. 41
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—AUGUST XXXI Hays. 42
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—SEPTEMBER XXX Days. 43
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—OCTOBER XXXI Days. 44
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—NOVEMBER XXX Days. 45
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—DECEMBER XXXI Days. 46
TABLE FOR FINDING THE DISTANCE 47
RULE AND EXPLANATION. 47 , 48
TABLE I. 49
TABLE II. 50
TABLE III. 51
TABLE IV. FOR FINDING THE DISTANCE OF TERRESTRIAL OBJECTS AT SEA. 51
TABLE V. SUN’S MEAN RIGHT ASCENSION. 52
TABLE VI. TABLE FOR CORRECTING THE OBSERVED ALTITUDE OF THE SUN’S LOWER LIMB FOR SEMIDIAMETER, DIP, AND REFRACTION. 53
TABLE VII. 53
TABLE VIII. FOR REDUCING LONGITUDE INTO TIME, AND THE CONTRARY. 54
TABLE IX. 55
TABLE X. 56
TABLE XI. 56
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. MEASURES OF LENGTH. 57
MEASURES OF SURFACE. 57
MEASURES OF WEIGHT, 57
MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL MEASURES. 57
WEIGHT OF WATER. 57
CONTENTS OF CASKS. 57
TIME. 58
DIVISIONS OF THE CIRCLE. 58
RELATIVE PROPERTIES OF CIRCLES. 58
CUBIC MEASURE. 58
COMPARISON OF ENGLISH WITH FOREIGN MEASURE OF LENGTH USED IN CHARTS. 58
EXPLANATION OF TABLES. 59 , 60 , 61 , 62
PORT JACKSON HARBOUR REGULATIONS. 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70
LIST OF OFFICERS IN THE MERCANTILE MARINE. 71 , 72 , 73 , 74
REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS BETWEEN VESSELS. 75 , 76
STEERING AND SAILING RULES. 76 , 77
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR PORT JACKSON. 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83
SIGNALS 84
BROKEN BAY. 85 , 86 , 87
EAST COAST OE AUSTRALIA. 87 , 88
LAKE MACQUARIE. 88
NEWCASTLE HARBOUR. 88
LEADING LIGHTS AND BEACONS FOR NEWCASTLE. 89
SAILING DIRECTIONS for the PORT OF NEWCASTLE. 89 , 90 , 91
Signals in use at the Port of Newcastle. 91 , 92
WEATHER SIGNALS. 92
WRECK. 92
PORT OF NEWCASTLE—PILOTS AND RATES OF PILOTAGE. 92 , 95
Abolition of Tonnage Dues at Newcastle. 93
TONNAGE DUES. 95
HARBOUR REGULATIONS. 95 , 96
EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA. 96
PORT STEPHENS. 96 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 105 , 106
Advertising 97
EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA. 106 , 107
MANNING RIVER SAILING DIRECTIONS. 108 , 109 , 110
PORT MACQUARIE 110 , 111 , 112
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE MACLEAY RIVER. 112 , 113
TRIAL BAY AND MACLEAY RIVER. 113 , 114 , 115 , 116
DIRECTIONS FOR CLARENCE RIVER. 116 , 117
RICHMOND RIVER. 117 , 118 , 119
DANGER REEFS AND COOK ISLAND. 119 , 120
COLONY OF QUEENSLAND. 120 , 121
PORTS AND HARBORS. 121
HARBOUR AND LIGHT DUES LEVIED IN QUEENSLAND. 121 , 122 , 123 , 124
AVERAGE TIDE TABLE. 124 , 125
SAILING DIRECTIONS. MORETON BAY. 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133
SIGNALS NOW IN USE. 133
WIDE BAY GREAT SANDY ISLAND STRAIT, AND THE MARY RIVER. 134 , 135 , 136 , 137
HERVEY’S BAY, AND NORTH ENTRANCE TO GREAT SANDY ISLAND STRAIT. 138 , 139
INNER ROUTE FROM SANDY CAPE TO CAPE GLOUCESTER. 140 , 141 , 142 , 143 , 144
BURNETT RIVER. 145 , 146
BAFFLE CREEK. 146 , 147 , 148 , 149
PORT CURTIS. 149 , 150 , 151 , 152
THE NARROWS. FROM PORT CURTIS TOWARDS KEPPEL BAY. 152 , 153
KEPPEL BAY. 153 , 154 , 155
BROAD SOUND. 155 , 156 , 157
PIONEER RIVER 158 , 159 , 160
PORT DENISON. 160 , 161 , 162
CLEVELAND BAY. 162 , 163 , 164
PORT HINCHINBROOK AND HERBERT RIVER. 164 , 165 , 166
MOURILYAN HARBOR and MORESBY and GLADY’S RIVERS. 166 , 167
PORT ALBANY and EVANS’ BAY. 167 , 168
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. 169 , 170 , 171
ALBERT RIVER. 171 , 172
NORMAN RIVER. 172 , 173
SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA. 174 , 175 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 179 , 180 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 190 , 191 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198 , 199 , 200 , 201 , 202 , 203 , 204
WALLAROO AND TIPARA BAYS. 204 , 205 , 206
PORT AUGUSTA. 206 , 207 , 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 216 , 217
PORT ADELAIDE. 217 , 218 , 219 , 220
REGULATIONS.—PORT OF ADELAIDE. 220 , 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 , 225 , 226 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 230 , 231
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR BACKSTAIRS PASSAGE, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF DANGERS ON SOUTH COAST OF KANGAROO ISLAND. 232 , 233 , 234 , 235 , 236
PORT WILLUNGA, ST. VINCENT’S GULF. 236 , 237
GULF OF ST. VINCENT—PORT WAKEFIELD. 238 , 239 , 240 , 241
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING MORTAR AND ROCKET LINES FOR SAVING LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Issued by the Trinity House of South Australia.) 241 , 242
Brief notice of Harbors, Rocks, Dangers, &c., on the South Coast of Kangaroo Island. 242 , 243 , 244 , 245
SOUTH COAST AUSTRALIA. CAPE JERVIS TO CAPE OTWAY. 245 , 246 , 247 , 248 , 249
GUICHEN BAY. 249 , 250 , 251
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 251
SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA. 252
SAILING DIRECTIONS, &c., FOR MACDONNELL BAY. 253 , 254
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR PORTLAND BAY. 255 , 256
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR PORT FAIRY. 257 , 258
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR PORT OF WARRNAMBOOL. 258 , 259 , 260 , 261
SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA. 261 , 262 , 263 , 264 , 265
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR FORT PHILLIP. 265 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 269 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 275
DIRECTIONS FOR GEELONG. 275 , 276
Sailing Directions for the New Channel into Corio Bay and. Geelong Harbour. 276 , 277 , 278 , 279
TIDES IN PORT PHILLIP BAY. 279 , 280
GENERAL REMARKS. 281 , 282 , 283
EXTRACTS FROM ACTS OF COUNCIL. 284 , 285 , 286 , 287
RATES OF PILOTAGE. 287 , 288
SCHEDULE OF PILOTAGE FOR VESSELS OF WAR. 288
SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA 289 , 290 , 291 , 292 , 293 , 294
THE EASTERN ENTRANCE OF BASS STRAITS. 295 , 296 , 297
Islands between the North-east Coast of Tasmania, and the Eastern Entrance to Bass’ Straits. 297 , 298 , 299 , 300
WILSON PROMONTORY TO CAPE HOWE. 300 , 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 305 , 306 , 307 , 308 , 309 , 310 , 311 , 312
REMARKS ON THE WINDS, WEATHER, AND CURRENTS. 312 , 313
EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA. ADMIRALTY SAILING DIRECTORY FOR THE COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES 314 , 315 , 316 , 317 , 318 , 319 , 320 , 321 , 322 , 323 , 324 , 325 , 326 , 327
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR CROOKHAVEN AND SHOALHAVEN RIVERS 327 , 328 , 329 , 330
DESCRIPTIVE LISTS OF LIGHTS ON THE COASTS AND WITHIN THE HARBOURS OF AUSTRALIA. 331 , 332 , 333
MAGNETIC BEARINGS AND DISTANCES. 334 , 335 , 336
TABLE OF POSITIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL HEADLANDS, &c., 337 , 338
TREATMENT OF THE APPARENTLY DROWNED. 339
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SAVING DROWNING PERSONS 340
[APPENDIX.] INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF OPEN BOATS IN HEAVY SURFS AND BROKEN WATER. 341
RULES OF MANAGEMENT. I.—IN ROWING TO SEAWARD. 341 , 342
The following General Rules for Rowing to Seaward, may therefore he relied on. 342
II—ON RUNNING BEFORE A BROKEN SEA OR SURF TO THE SHORE 342 , 343 , 344
III.—BEACHING, OR LANDING THROUGH A SURF. 344
IV.—BOARDING A WRECK OR A VESSEL UNDER SAIL OR AT ANCHOR, IN A HEAVY SEA. 344 , 345
PRACTICAL HINTS. FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND GUIDANCE OF MERCHANT SEAMEN AND OTHERS HAVING CHARGE OR COMMAND OF BOATS. 345 , 346
Advertising 347 , 349 , 350 , 351 , 352 , 353 , 354 , 355 , 356 , 357 , 358 , 359 , 360 , 361 , 362 , 363 , 364
Advertising 365 , 366 , 367 , 368 , 369 , 370 , 371 , 372 , 373 , 374 , 375 , 376 , 377 , 378 , 379 , 380 , 381 , 382 , 383

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