The Australian Presbyterian calendar and educational register of Victoria

Call Number
JAF 285.0994 PRE
Created/Published
Melbourne : R. Mackay, Presbyterian Book Depot, 1872-1882
Issue
1879
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192
Notes
Some loss of text due to page tears. Pencil marks through issue.
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Contents

THE AUSTRALIAN Presbyterian Calendar 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16
THE AUSTRALIAN PRESBYTERIAN CALENDAR 17
CONTENTS. 18
ECLIPSES IN THE YEAR 1879. 19
Notes of the Calendar for 1879. 20
The Australian Seasons, 1879. 20
Supplementary Tide Table for the Principal Australian Ports. 20
Fixed and Movable Festivals, &c. 20
Plain Rules for Foretelling the Weather. 20
Explanation of the Calendar. 21 , 22
Mean Places for 1st of January, 1879, of Twenty-one Stars of the First Magnitude. 22
Apparent Places of the Principal Planets for each Tenth Day of the year 1879, at 9h. 40m. p.m., Melbourne mean time. 23
Mean Astronomical Refraction (Ivory’s). 23
Semi-Diurnal Arcs for Melbourne. 24
Table for Converting Intervals of Sidereal Time into Intervals of Mean Time. 24
Table for Ascertaining Heights. 24
Table for finding local times of Sunrise and Sunset at chief towns of Australasia. 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 , 42 , 43
OCTOBER. 44 , 45
NOVEMBER. 46 , 47
DECEMBER. 48 , 49
CALENDAR 50
CALENDAR OF THE JEWS FOR 1879—5639-40. 51
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. 51
Governors of the Australian Colonies. 51
WEATHER TABLE FOR 1879. 52
NINTH PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA. 53 , 54
MINISTRIES IN VICTORIA. 54 , 55
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 55 , 56 , 57
LAW DEPARTMENT. 58
MELBOURNE HARBOUR TRUST. 58
European Mail Signals. 59
SAN FRANCISCO MAIL ROUTE. 59
TORRES STRAITS MAIL SERVICE. 59
TABLE, showing the proposed movements of the Mail Steamers between Southampton and Melbourne. 60
Advertising 61
POSTAL RATES. 62 , 63
INLAND AND INTERCOLONIAL POSTAGE. 63 , 64 , 65
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 65 , 66
Melbourne, Port Darwin, and European Telegraph. 66 , 67
BANKS, &c., IN VICTORIA. 67
Melbourne University Terms. 67
NOTABLE EVENTS. 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 83
I. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF VICTORIA. 84
MODERATORS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF VICTORIA. 84
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 84 , 85
1.—PRESBYTERY OF MELBOURNE. 85 , 86
2—PRESBYTERY OF GEELONG. 86
3.—PRESBYTERY OF MORTLAKE. 86
4.—PRESBYTERY OF HAMILTON. 87
S.—PRESBYTERY OF WIMMERA. 87
6.—PRESBYTERY OF BALLARAT. 87
7.—PRESBYTERY OF CASTLEMAINE. 88
B.—PRESBYTERY OF BEECHWORTH. 88
9.—PRESBYTERY OF SEYMOUR. 88
10.—PRESBYTERY OB' MACEDON AND WERRIBEE. 89
11.—PRESBYTERY OF GIPPSLAND. 89
PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS IN VICTORIA NOT CONNECTED WITH ANY COLONIAL CHURCH. 89
ORDAINED PREACHERS IN THE STATED SERVICE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF VICTORIA, BUT NOT IN SETTLED CHARGES. 89
II. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 89
LIST OF CHARGES AND MINISTERS. 1.—PRESBYTERY OF SYDNEY. 90
2.—PRESBYTERY OF THE HAWKESBURY. 90
3.—PRESBYTERY OF THE HUNTER. 90
4.—PRESBYTERY OE NEW ENGLAND. 91
s.—PRESBYTERY OF BATHURST. 91
6.—PRESBYTERY OF GOULBURN. 91
7.—PRESBYTERY OF ILLAWARRA. 91 , 92
III. SYNOD OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA.—N.S.W. 1. PRESBYTERY OF SYDNEY. 92
2. PRESBYTERY OF MAITLAND. 93
IV. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF QUEENSLAND. 93
1. PRESBYTERY OF BRISBANE. 93
2. PRESBYTERY OF TOOWOOMBA. 93
3. PRESBYTERY OF ROCKHAMPTON. 94
V. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW ZEALAND. 94
1.—PRESBYTERY OF AUCKLAND. 94 , 95
2.—PRESBYTERY OF HAWKE BAY. 95
3.—PRESBYTERY OF WELLINGTON. 95
4.—PRESBYTERY OF NELSON. 95
5.—PRESBYTERY OF CHRISTCHURCH. 95
6.—PRESBYTERY OF TIMARU. 95 , 96
7.—PRESBYTERY OF WESTLAND. 96
VI. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND. 96
1.—PRESBYTERY OF DUNEDIN. 96
2.—PRESBYTERY OF CLUTHA. 96 , 97
3.—PRESBYTERY OF SOUTHLAND. 97
4.—PRESBYTERY OF OAMARU. 97
VII. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF TASMANIA. 1. PRESBYTERY OF TASMANIA. 97 , 98
2. FREE CHURCH OF TASMANIA. 98
VIII. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 98
IX. NEW HEBRIDES MISSION SYNOD. 98
EDUCATION. 99 , 100 , 101
STATISTICAL. 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132
INSPECTORS UNDER THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. 132
ASSOCIATED TRAINING SCHOOLS. 133
INDUSTRIAL AND REFORMATORY SCHOOLS. 133
THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND. 134
MEDICAL NOTES TYPHOID AND OTHER, FEVERS. 135
SCARLET FEVER. 136
SUMMER DIARRHCEA IN CHILDREN. 136 , 137
DIPHTHERIA 137 , 138
CROUP. 138 , 139 , 140
DR MARSHALL HALL’S RULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE APPARENTLY DROWNED. 140 , 141
POPULATION, &c., OF VICTORIA. 141
ON LETTER WRITING. 141
FACTS ABOUT GAS. 142 , 143
NOTES ON GARDENING. 143 , 144 , 145 , 146
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A WILL. 147
Advertising 148
PLACES IN MELBOURNE WORTH VISITING. 149
RECIPES. 150
THE QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY. 151
GOVERNORS OF VICTORIA, 151
HOTTEST DAYS IN MELBOURNE. 152
Advertising 153 , 154
M. L. HUTCHINSON, Wholesale and Retail Bookseller and Stationer, 155
WHAT THE PRESS SAY OF BLACKIE AND SON’S PUBLICATIONS. 156
BLACKIE’S STANDARD BOOKS CONTINUED. 157
THE CASQUET OF LITERATURE: 158
SPLENDID NEW WORK. PICTURES AND ROYAL PORTRAITS, 159
IMPERIAL DICTIONARY: 160
IMPERIAL BIBLE DICTIONARY: 160
THE POETS AND POETRY OF SCOTLAND, 161
THE SOUTHERN STATES OF NORTH AMERICA: 161
SCOTS WORTHIES; THEIR LIVES AND TESTIMONIES: 162
SCOTSMEN, EMINENT, A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF: 162
HOGG, JAMES, THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD, WORKS OF 162
W. AND R. CHAMBERS’S MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS. 163 , 164 , 165
Advertising 166 , 167
THACKER AND CO.’S NEW EDUCATIONAL GAMES, ETC., 168
The Best Family Magazine for Young and Old. ORDER AT ONCE. THE WEEKLY WELCOME 169
MESSRS. F. COUTTS & SONS’ PUBLICATIONS ON THE ACID CURE, &c. 170
BOOKS FOR SABBATH SCHOOL LIBRARIES Books at One Shilling each. 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176
Books at Two Shillings each. 176 , 177
Books at Two Shillings and Sixpence each. 177 , 178 , 179 , 180
Books at Three Shillings each. 180
Books at Three Shillings and Sixpence each. 181 , 182 , 183 , 184
Miscellaneous. 184 , 185
M. L. HUTCHINSON IMPORTS ALL THE LEADING NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES Subscription, Six or Twelve Months, Payable in Advance. 186
Advertising 187 , 188 , 189 , 190 , 191 , 192

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