Walch's Tasmanian almanac for

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N 919.46 WAL
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Hobart, Tas. : J. Walch & Sons, 1870-[1971]
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(1876)
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WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4
WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC 5
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS DURING PRINTING. 6
NOTES OF THE CALENDAR. 6
INDEX. 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11
HEBREW FESTIVALS, NEW MOONS, AND FASTS. 12
FIXED AND MOVEABLE FESTIVALS. 12
A SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL ASTRONOMICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL OCCURRENCES FOR THE YEAR 1876. 13 , 14 , 15
SEMIDIURNAL AND SEMINOCTURNAL ARCHES 16
AN APPROXIMATE AND CONCISE EQUATION TABLE 17
APPROXIMATE TABLE OF MEAN TEMPERATURE AT SEVERAL PLACES SITUATED WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF A SIMILAR LATITUDE 17 , 18
NOTES ON METEOROLOGICAL TABLE. 18
AUSTRALIAN SEASONS. 18
TABLE SHOWING EXCESS OF SPONTANEOUS EVAPORATION OVER RAINFALL AT HOBART TOWN DURING THE FIVE YEARS 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, & 1870. 19
MEAN RESULTANTS FROM THE 30 YEARS METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR HOBART TOWN FROM 1841 TO 1870 INCLUSIVE. 20
CALENDAR FOR 1876. 21
JANUARY, 1876. 22 , 23
FEBRUARY, 1876. 24 , 25
MARCH, 1876. 26 , 27
APRIL, 1876. 28 , 29
MAY, 1876. 30 , 31
JUNE, 1876. 32 , 33
JULY, 1876. 34 , 35
AUGUST, 1876. 36 , 37
SEPTEMBER, 1876. 38 , 39
OCTOBER, 1876. 40 , 41
NOVEMBER, 1876. 42 , 43
DECEMBER 1876. 44 , 45
SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND SINCE THE CONQUEST. 46
SOVEREIGNS AND HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS. 46
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 47
HER MAJESTY’S OFFICERS OF STATE. 48
SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, 1854 to 1875. 49
NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 1875. 49
CENSUS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 49
LIST OF BRITISH COLONIES, WITH NAMES OF GOVERNORS, ETC. 50 , 51
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. 52
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS AND GOVERNORS OF TASMANIA. 52
GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA. 53
PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. 54
OFFICERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. 55
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. 55 , 56
PARLIAMENTS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 56
MINISTRIES SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 56 , 57 , 58
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT PASSED DURING THE YEAR 1875. 58
CORONERS. 59 , 60
MAGISTRACY. A LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE ISLAND OF TASMANIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE TERRITORY. 68 , 69 , 70
ECCLESIASTICAL. 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75
LAW. THE SUPREME COURT OF TASMANIA. 75 , 76 , 77 , 78
VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT. 78
BANKRUPTCY. 78
COURTS OF REQUESTS 78 , 79 , 80
JURORS AND JURIES. 80 , 81
WITNESSES. 81 , 82
COURTS OF PETTY SESSIONS. 82 , 83
LICENSING MEETINGS OF JUSTICES. 83
COURTS OF GENERAL AND QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE. 83 , 84
TITLES TO LANDS. 84 , 85 , 86 , 87
REGISTRATION OF DEEDS, JUDGMENTS, ETC. 87
INTESTATE ESTATES. 87
ESCHEATED ESTATES. 87
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS. 87
NOTARIES PUBLIC. 87
BARRISTERS, ATTORNEYS, SOLICITORS, AND PROCTORS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF TASMANIA AS THEY STAND ON THE ROLL. 88 , 89 , 90 , 91
CERTIFICATED CONVEYANCERS. 91
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. 91 , 92
DISTRIBUTION OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE SEVERAL MINISTERS OF THE CROWN. 92 , 93
LANDS AND WORKS DEPARTMENT. 94 , 95 , 96
LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY. 96 , 97
THE GOLD FIELDS. 97
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. 98 , 99
TASMANIAN COUNCIL OF EDUCATION. 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103
BOARD OF EDUCATION. 104 , 105 , 106
ABORIGINES. 106
GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE FOR BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. 107
IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT. 107
CONSULS & CONSULAR AGENTS IN TASMANIA. 108
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. 108
TARIFF OF TASMANIA. 109 , 110 , 111
AD VALOREM DUTIES. 111
DRAWBACKS. 111
TARIFF OF TASMANIA. 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117
WHARFAGE RATES, HOBART TOWN AND LAUNCESTON. 117
BONDING WAREHOUSE RENTS AND CHARGES. 118
SHIPPING BELONGING TO HOBABT TOWN. 119 , 120
SHIPPING BELONGING TO LAUNCESTON. 121
LLOYD’S AGENTS. 121
HOBART – TOWN SIGNALS 122
LAUNCESTON SIGNALS 123
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HOBART TOWN. 123
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LAUNCESTON. 123
MARINE BOARD, HOBART TOWN. 124 , 125
LAUNCESTON MARINE BOARD. 125 , 126
POST OFFICE. 126 , 127 , 128
ENGLISH MAIL SERVICE VIA SUEZ, 1876. 129
TABLE OF THE ARRIVAL AND DESPATCH OF INLAND MAILS. 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 135 , 136
TASMANIAN MAIN LINE RAILWAY. 136
TASMANIAN MAIN LINE RAILWAY. 137 , 138 , 139
MEDICAL. 139 , 140
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 141 , 142
STAMP DUTIES. 143 , 144
CARRIAGE DUTIES. 144
PROBATE DUTIES. 145
COLONIAL PENAL ESTABLISHMENT, PORT ARTHUR. 145
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA. 146
SORELL CAUSEWAY TRUST. 147
BRIDGEWATER COMMISSION. 147
SALMON COMMISSION. 147
STATISTICS. 148
THE CENSUS OF TASMANIA, FEBRUARY 7, 1870. 148 , 149
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF TASMANIA, 1874. 150
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS PER HEAD, 1857 TO 1874. 150
REGISTERED VESSELS, DECEMBER 31, 1874. 150
NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS 151
LAND UNDER CULTIVATION, 1857 TO 1874. 151
IMPERIAL EXPENDITURE, 1874. 151
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE, 1873 and 1874. 152
PUBLIC DEBT OF TASMANIA. 152
TASMANIAN BANKS, SEPTEMBER 27, 1875. 152
ESTIMATED POPULATION OF TASMANIA, December 31, 1874. 152
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 1874. 153
AREA OF TASMANIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 153
SAVINGS BANKS. 153
HOBART TOWN PUBLIC CEMETERY. 154
QUEENBOROUGH PUBLIC CEMETERY. 154
UPPER DAVEY-STREET CEMETERY, HOBART. 154
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN TASMANIA. 154
TABLE OF PRECEDENCE OF COLONIAL OFFICERS. 155
TOLLS AT NEW TOWN* AND SANDHILL BANS 155
TIME TABLE OF PAGE’S COACHES. 156
TABLE OF DISTANCES ALONG THE MAIN ROAD 156
HER MAJESTY’S SHIPS ON THE AUSTRALIAN STATION. 157
HER MAJESTY’S SHIPS FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE COLONIES. 157
BANKS. 157
INSURANCE COMPANIES. 158
HOBART TOWN FIRE BRIGADES. 158
LAUNCESTON FIRE BRIGADES. 159
FIRE BELL SIGNALS, HOBART TOWN. 159
FIRE BELL SIGNALS, LAUNCESTON. 159
LEGAL WEIGHTS FOE GRAIN, ETC. 159
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS. 160 , 161
BENEFIT SOCIETIES. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES, S.U. 161 , 162
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, M.U. 162
ANCIENT & INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. 163
ANCIENT AND INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. 163
EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN TIME. 163
PER CENTAGES. 163
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 164
TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND PAYMENTS. 165
SHOOTING AND FISHING SEASONS. 165
LICENCES. 165
THE CITY OF HOBART TOWN. 166 , 167 , 168
MAIN LINE RAILWAY. COACHES FROM HOBART TOWN. 168
STEAMERS FROM HOBART TOWN. 168 , 169
CAB FARES, HOBART TOWN. 169
WATERMEN'S FARES, HOBART TOWN. 169
CARRIERS FROM HOBART TOWN. 170
CARTERS’ CHARGES, HOBART TOWN. 170
PLACES OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR HOBART TOWN. 170 , 171
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES CLUBS, ETC., HOBART TOWN. 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 179
LAUNCESTON. THE CHIEF TOWN IN THE NORTH OF TASMANIA. 179 , 180 , 181
PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS, NOT MUNICIPAL LAUNCESTON 181 , 182
BAILWAYS. 182
STAGE COACHES FROM LAUNCESTON. 182
STEAMERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 182
LAUNCESTON TIDE TABLE. 182
LAUNCESTON TIDE TABLE. 183
CAB FARES, LAUNCESTON. 184
WATERMEN'S FARES, LAUNCESTON. 184
CARTERS' CHARGES, LAUNCESTON. 184
PLACES OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR LAUNCESTON. 184
CARRIERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 185
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES* CLUBS, ETC., LAUNCESTON. 185 , 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 190
COUNTRY DISTRICTS.* 190
RURAL MUNICIPALITIES. 190
POLICE DISTRICTS. 191
LIST OF PRINCIPAL TOWNSHIPS AND POST STATIONS IN TASMANIA. 191 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BOTHWELL, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 196 , 197
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BRIGHTON, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 197 , 198 , 199
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CAMPBELL TOWN. IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 199 , 200
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CLARENCE, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 200 , 201 , 202
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF DELORAINE, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND WESTMORELAND. 202 , 203 , 204
POLICE DISTRICT OF EMU BAY. 204
TABLE CAPE DIVISION. 204 , 205
EMU BAY DIVISION. 205 , 206
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF EVANDALE, IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL. 206 , 207 , 208
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF FINGAL, IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL. 208 , 209
POLICE DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN, IN THE COUNTIES OF KENT AND BUCKINGHAM. 209 , 210 , 211 , 212
POLICE DISTRICT OF GEORGE TOWN, IN THE COUNTIES OF DORSET AND DEVON. 212 , 213 , 214
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GLAMORGAN, IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN. 214 , 215
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GLENORCHY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 215 , 216
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GREEN PONDS, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 216 , 217 , 218
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF HAMILTON, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, CUMBERLAND, AND BUCKINGHAM. 218 , 219
POLICE DISTRICT OF HOBART, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 219 , 220 , 221
POLICE DISTRICT OF KINGBOROCTGH, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 221 , 222
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF LONGFORD, IN THE COUNTY OF WESTMORELAND. 222 , 223 , 224
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF NEW NORFOLK, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 224 , 225 , 226
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF OATLANDS, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH AND SOMERSET. 226 , 227 , 228
POLICE DISTRICT OF PORT SORELL, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 228 , 229 , 230 , 231
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RICHMOND, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 231 , 232 , 233
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROSS, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 233 , 234
POLICE DISTRICT OF RUSSELL (KNOWN AS CIRCULAR HEAD). 234 , 235 , 236
POLICE DISTRICT OF SELBY (LAUNCESTON), IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL, DEVON, AND DORSET. 236 , 237 , 238
EURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SORELL, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 238 , 239
SOUTH LONGFORD POLICE DISTRICT. 239
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SPRING BAY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 240
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF WESTBURY. IN THE COUNTIES OF WESTMORELAND AND DEVON. 241 , 242 , 243
Obituary. 243 , 244
TO FIND THE TONNAGE OF SHIPS. 244
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 245 , 246
Advertising 247 , 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 252 , 253 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 257 , 258 , 259 , 260 , 261 , 262 , 263 , 264 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 269 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276 , 277 , 278 , 279 , 280 , 281 , 282 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 286 , 287 , 288 , 289 , 290 , 291 , 292 , 293 , 294 , 295 , 296 , 297 , 298 , 299 , 300 , 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 305 , 306 , 307 , 308 , 309 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 314 , 315 , 316 , 317

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