Walch's Tasmanian almanac for

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NK2427
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Hobart, Tas. : J. Walch & Sons, 1870-[1971]
Issue
(1881)
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Contents

WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4
WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC 7 , 6
FIXED AND MOVABLE FESTIVALS, ETC. 8
NOTES OF THE CALENDAR. 8
AUSTRALIAN SEASONS. 8
HEBREW FESTIVALS, NEW MOONS, AND FEASTS. 8
INDEX. 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13
A SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL ASTRONOMICAL AND METEOROLOGICAL OCCURRENCES FOR THE YEAR 1881. 14
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS. 14
APPROXIMATE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOCAL TIME AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES AND AT HOBART. 14
ECLIPSES IN THE YEAR 1881. 15
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. 15
APPROXIMATE TABLE OF TIME FOR THE MERIDIANPASSAGE OF THE PRINCIPAL PLANETS DURING THE YEAR 1881, FOR THE 1ST DAY OF EVERY MONTH. 16
SEMIDIURNAL AND SEMINOCTURNAL ARCHES, 16 , 17
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
TABLE SHOWING EXCESS OF SPONTANEOUS EVAPORATION OVER RAINFALL AT HOBART DURING THE TEN YEARS, 1866 TO 1875, INCLUSIVE. 18 , 19
MEAN RESULTANTS FROM THE 35 YEARS’METEOROLOGICAL TABLES FOR HOBART FROM 1841 TO 1875 INCLUSIVE. 20
Advertising 21
SUN'S RISING AND SETTING. 22
CALENDAR FOR 1881. 23
CALENDAR FOR 1882. 23
JANUARY, 1881. 24 , 25
FEBRUARY, 1881. 26 , 27
MARCH, 1881. 28 , 29
APRIL, 1881. 30 , 31
MAY, 1881. 32 , 33
JUNE, 1881. 34 , 35
JULY, 1881. 36 , 37
AUGUST, 1881. 38 , 39
SEPTEMBER, 1881. 40 , 41
OCTOBER, 1881. 42 , 43
NOVEMBER, 1881. 44 , 45
DECEMBER, 1881. 46 , 47
SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND SINCE CONQUEST. 48
SOVEREIGNS AND HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS. 48
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. REIGNING SOVEREIGN AND FAMILY. 49 , 50
BRITISH GOVERNMENT. 50
SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, 1854 to 1880. 50
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. 50
NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 1879. 51
CENSUS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 51
LIST OF BRITISH COLONIES, WITH NAMES OF GOVERNORS, ETC. 52 , 53
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS AND GOVERNORS OF TASMANIA. 54
GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR JOHN HENRY LEFROY, K.C.M.G., C.B., F.R.S. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 55
No title 55 , 56
PARLIAMENTARY QUALIFICATIONS. 56
NOTICE TO ELECTORS. 56
PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. 57
OFFICERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. 58
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. 58
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT PASSED DURING THE YEAR 1880, 43RD VICTORIA. 59
PARLIAMENTS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 60
MINISTRIES SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 61 , 62
CONSULS & CONSULAR AGENTS IN TASMANIA. 62
CORONERS, 63 , 64
MAGISTRACY. A LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE ISLAND OF TASMANIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE TERRITORY. 74 , 75 , 76 , 77
ECCLESIASTICAL. 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83
LAW. THE SUPREME COURT OF TASMANIA. 83 , 84 , 85 , 86
VICE-ADMIRALITY COURT. 86
BANKRUPTCY. 86
COURTS OF REQUESTS. 86 , 87 , 88 , 89
JURORS AND JURIES. 89 , 90
WITNESSES’ EXPENSES. 90 , 91
LICENSING MEETINGS OF JUSTICES. 91
COURTS OF GENERAL AND QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE. 91 , 92
COURTS OF PETTY SESSIONS. 92 , 93
TITLES TO LANDS. 93 , 94 , 95 , 96
INTESTATE ESTATES. 96
ESCHEATED ESTATES. 96
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS. 96
NOTARIES PUBLIC. 96
BARRISTERS, ATTORNEYS, SOLICITORS, AND PROCTORS 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100
CERTIFICATED CONVEYANCERS. 100
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. 100
IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT. 100
PRECEDENCE OF COLONIAL OFFICERS. 101
DISTRIBUTION OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE SEVERAL MINISTERS OF THE CROWN. 101 , 102
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 102 , 103
LANDS AND WORKS DEPARTMENT. 103 , 104 , 105 , 106
LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY. 106
THE GOLD FIELDS. 106 , 107
MINING DISTRICTS. 107
GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE FOR BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. 107 , 108
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. 108 , 109 , 110
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 110 , 111 , 112
EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN TIME. 112
POST OFFICE. 112
POSTAL KATES. 113 , 114 , 115
POST OFFICE MONEY ORDERS. 115 , 116
ENGLISH MAIL SERVICE Viâ SUEZ AND BRINDISI, 1881. 116
MAIL TABLE, 1881. 117
MAIL SIGNALS. 117
TABLE OF DISTANCES ALONG THE MAIN ROAD, 117
TABLE OF THE ARRIVAL AND DESPATCH OF INLAND MAILS. 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124
TASMANIAN COUNCIL OF EDUCATION. 125 , 126
ROLL OF TASMANIAN SCHOLARS. 126
ROLL OF GILCHRIST SCHOLARS. 126
ROLL OF FEMALE ASSOCIATED OF ARTS. 126 , 127
ROLL OF MALE ASSOCIATES OF ARTS. 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131
BOARD OF EDUCATION. 131 , 132
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN OPERATION. 132 , 133 , 134
CHAIRMEN OF LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS, 134 , 135 , 136
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. 136 , 137
TARIFF OF TASMANIA. 137 , 138 , 139 , 140 , 141
TARIFF OF TASMANIA. 141 , 142 , 143 , 144 , 145 , 146 , 147
EXCISE. 147
WHARFAGE RATES, HOBART AND LAUNCESTON. 147 , 148
BONDING WAREHOUSE RENTS AND CHARGES. 148 , 149
KEROSENE STORES AND BONDING WAREHOUSE. 149
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF HOBART. 149 , 150 , 151 , 152
YACHTS BELONGING TO HOBART. 152
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF LAUNCESTON. 152 , 153 , 154
YACHTS BELONGING TO LAUNCESTON. 154
SHIPPING MASTERS. 154
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HOBART. 154
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LAUNCESTON. 154
LLOYD’S AGENTS, 154
MARINE BOARD, HOBART. 155 , 156
LAUNCESTON MARINE BOARD. 156 , 157
HER MAJESTY’S SHIPS ON THE AUSTRALIAN STATION. 157
TO FIND THE TONNAGE OF SHIPS. 157
EXPLANATION OF HOBART SIGNALS. 158
EXPLANATION OF LAUNCESTON SIGNALS. 158
HOBART TOWN SIGNALS. 159
LAUNCESTON SIGNALS. 159
TASMANIAN LOCAL FORCES. 161
NON-COMMISSIONED. 161
VOLUNTEERS. 161 , 162
MEDICAL. 163 , 164 , 165
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 165 , 166 , 167 , 168
TASMANIAN MAIN LINE RAILWAY. 168 , 169
COMMISSIONERS MELBOURNE EXHIBITION. 169
MAIN LINE RAILWAY LOCAL. TRAINS. 170
TASMANIAN MAIN LINE RAILWAY. TO AND FROM LAUNCESTON. 171
LAUNCESTON AND WESTERN RAILWAY. LAUNCESTON TO AND FROM DELORAINE. 172
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA. 173
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN TASMANIA. 174
SHOOTING AND FISHING SEASONS. 174
RULES FOR DISTINGUISHING THE SALMON. 174
STATISTICS. 175 , 176
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF TASMANIA, 1879. 177
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS PER HEAD, 1857 TO 1879. 177
LAND UNDER CULTIVATION, 1857 TO 1879. 178
WOOL EXPORTED FROM DEC. 1, 1878, TO NOV. 30, 1879. 178
REGISTERED VESSELS, DECEMBER 31, 1879. 178
MINERAL EXPORTS, 1879, PRODUCE OF TASMANIA. 178
TASMANIAN BANKS, SEPTEMBER 29, 1879. 178
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE, 1879. 179
PUBLIC DEBT OF TASMANIA. 179
POPULATION OF TASMANIA, DECEMBER 31, 1879. 179
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 1879. 180
IMPERIAL EXPENDITURE, 1879. 180
AREA OF TASMANIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 180
AREA OF AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES. 180
VALUE OF RATEABLE PROPERTY, 1879. 181
FORM OF AGREEMENT FOR SHEEP SHEARERS. 181
DAYS OF GRACE. 181
INDICATIONS OF WEATHER. 181
AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 1879. 182
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 183
CENTAL TABLE FOR THE SALE OF GRAIN, FLOUR, POTATOES, ETC. 184
THE SOLID CONTENTS OF SQUARE TIMBER 184
HAY AND STRAW. 184
A USEFUL TABLE FOR FARMERS. 185
RULE TO FIND WEIGHT OF CATTLE, &c. 185
QUANTITIES OF GARDEN SEEDS REQUIRED. 185
NUMBER OF PLANTS TO AN ACRE OF LAND. 185
SUPERFICIAL PEET IN A BOARD OR PLANK 185
GRASS AND CLOVER. 186
REGULATIONS FOR SALE OF FRUIT IN HOBART 186
PER CENTAGES. 186
LEGAL WEIGHTS FOR GRAIN, ETC. 186
TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND PAYMENTS. 186
DAY TABLE FOR CALCULATING INTEREST. 187
DISTANCE TABLE. 187
MOONLIGHT NIGHTS. 188
WEATHER TABLE. 188
LEGAL TENDER. 188
REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATES DUTIES, 189
CARRIAGE DUTIES. 189
PROBATE DUTIES. 189
STAMP DUTIES. 190 , 191
BANKS. 191 , 192
SAVINGS BANKS. 192
LICENCES. 192
NEW METHOD OF PRESERVING FRUIT. 192
SALMON COMMISSION. 193
HOBART PUBLIC CEMETERY. 193
QUEENBOROUGH PUBLIC CEMETERY. 193
UPPER DAVEY-STREET CEMETERY, HOBART. 193
INSURANCE COMPANIES, HOBART. 193 , 194
INSURANCE COMPANIES, LAUNCESTON. 194 , 195
TASMANIAN MINING ASSOCIATION. 195 , 196
MINING COMPANIES (REGISTERED). GOLD. 196 , 197 , 198
TIN SMELTING WORKS. 199
MASONIC. 199
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS. 199 , 200 , 201
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES, S.U. 201
BANDS OF HOPE. 201
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, M.U. 202
ANCIENT & INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. 203
PROTESTANT ALLIANCE FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA. 203
HIBERNIAN AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY. 203
ORANGE INSTITUTION. 203
DRUIDS SOCIETY. 203
THE CITY OF HOBART.* 203 , 204 , 205 , 206
COACHES FROM HOBART. 206
TASMANIAN MAIN LINE RAILWAY. 206
STEAMERS FROM HOBART. 206 , 207
CARRIERS FROM HOBART. 207
WATERMEN'S FARES, HOBART. 207 , 208
CAB FARES, HOBART. 208
CARTERS’ CHARGES, HOBART. 208
PLACES OF DIFINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR HOBART. 209
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES CLUBS, ETC., HOBABT. 209 , 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 216
LAUNCESTON. 216 , 217
PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS, NOT MUNICIPAL, LAUNCESTON. 218
RAILWAYS. 218
STEAMERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 219
CARTERS’ CHARGES, LAUNCESTON. 219
CAB FARES, LAUNCESTON. 219
WATERMEN’S FARES, LAUNCESTON. 219
LAUNCESTON TIDE TABLE. 220 , 221
STAGE COACHES FROM LAUNCESTON. 221
CARRIERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 221
PLACES OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR LAUNCESTON. 221
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES CLUBS, ETC., LAUNCESTON. 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 , 225 , 226 , 227
COUNTRY DISTRICTS 227
LIST OF TOWNS, POST OFFICES, & TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN TASMANIA. 228 , 229 , 230 , 231 , 232 , 233 , 234 , 235
PARISHES. 235 , 236
CHIEF MOUNTAINS & HEIGHTS IN TASMANIA. 236 , 237 , 238
HEIGHTS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS IN THE SEVERAL CONTINENTS. 238
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BOTHWELL, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 239 , 240
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BRIGHTON, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 240 , 241
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CAMPBELL TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET, 241 , 242 , 243
POLICE DISTRICT OF CARNARVON (TASMAN'S PENINSULA), IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 243
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CLARENCE. IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 243 , 244
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF DELORAINE, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND WESTMOKELAND. 245 , 246
POLICE DISTRICT OF EMU BAY. 246
EMU BAY DIVISION. 246 , 247 , 248
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF EVANDALE, IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL. 248 , 249 , 250
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF FINGAL, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND GLAMORGAN. 250 , 251
POLICE DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN, IN THE COUNTIES OF KENT AND BUCKINGHAM. 251 , 252 , 253
POLICE DISTRICT OF GEORGE TOWN, IN THE COUNTIES OF DORSET AND DEVON. 254 , 255 , 256 , 257
EURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GLAMORGAN (SWANSEA), IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN. 257 , 258
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GLENORCHY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 258 , 259
BUBAL MUNICIPALITY OF GBEEN PONDS, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 259 , 260 , 261
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF HAMILTON, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, CUMBERLAND, AND 261 , 262
POLICE DISTRICT OF HOBART, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 262 , 263
POLICE DISTRICT OF KINGBOROUGH, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 263 , 264
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF LONGFORD, IN THE COUNTY OF WESTMORELAND. 265 , 266 , 267
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF NEW NORFOLK, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 267 , 268
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF OATLANDS, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH AND SOMERSET. 268 , 269 , 270
POLICE DISTRICT OF PORT SORELL, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274
POLICE DISTRICT OF PORTLAND, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND DORSET. 274 , 275
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RICHMOND, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 275 , 276
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROSS, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 276 , 277
POLICE DISTRICT OF RUSSELL (KNOWN AS CIRCULAR HEAD). 277 , 278 , 279
POLICE DISTRICT OF SELBY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL, DEVON, AND DORSET. 279 , 280
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SORELL, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 281 , 282
SOUTH LONGFORD POLICE DISTRICT. 282
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SPRING BAY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 282 , 283
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF WESTBURY, 283 , 284 , 285 , 286
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 286
Obituary. 286 , 287 , 288
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 289 , 290
Advertising 291 , 292 , 293 , 294 , 295 , 296 , 297 , 298 , 299 , 300 , 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 305 , 306
Advertising 307 , 308 , 309 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 314 , 315 , 316 , 317 , 318 , 319 , 320 , 321 , 322 , 323 , 324 , 325 , 326 , 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 , 331 , 332
Advertising 333 , 334 , 335 , 336 , 337 , 338 , 339 , 340 , 341 , 342 , 343 , 344 , 345 , 346 , 347 , 348 , 349 , 350 , 351
Advertising 352 , 353 , 354 , 355 , 356 , 357 , 358 , 359 , 360 , 361 , 362 , 363 , 364
REVISED LIST OF PRICES. 365
J. G. FLEMING’S Jam Jars, assorted sizes, very cheap. 366
CASH SALE, Best No. 1 White Cossipore Sugar, 5d. per 1b. 367
J. G. FLEMING’S Fresh Butter from Good Dairies. 368
CASH SALE, Imperial Hotel Mugs—New Honey—Pure Lard. 369
J. G. FLEMING’S Choice Teas in half-chests and boxes (capital value.) 370
CASH SALE, All kinds of Spices for Pickling. 7 371
J. G. FLEMING’S Household Soaps at Reduced Prices per box. 372
CASH SALE, Tea, Dinner, Dessert, and Breakfast Sets. 373
J. G. FLEMING’S Fancy Boxes of Confectionery, 6d. each. 374
COLONIAL PRODUCE. 374
Cheap Glassware. 374
CASH SALE, Colonial Earthenware, from the Potteries. SPECIAL LINES. 375 , 383
Advertising 376 , 377 , 378 , 379 , 380 , 381

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