Walch's Tasmanian almanac for

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N 919.46 WAL
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Hobart, Tas. : J. Walch & Sons, 1870-[1971]
Issue
(1901)
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Contents

WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC 1901. 1
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4
TASMANIA 6
WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC FOR 1901. 7
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 8
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 8
INDEX 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15
FIXED AND MOVABLE FESTIVALS, ETC. 15
NOTES OF THE CALENDAR. 15
EXPLANATION OF THE CALENDAR. 16
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS. 16
APPROXIMATE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEAN TIME AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES AND AT HOBART. 16
STANDARD TIME IN TASMANIA. 17
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. 17
ECLIPSES IN THE YEAR 1901. 17
EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN TIME. 17
AN APPROXIMATE AND CONCISE EQUATION TABLE, 18
APPROXIMATE TABLE OF MEAN TEMPERATURE AT SEVERAL PLACES SITUATED WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF A SIMILAR LATITUDE. 18
STANDARD FRUIT CASES. 18
DAY TABLE FOR CALCULATING INTEREST 19
NUMBER OF PLANTS TO AN ACRE OF LAND. 19
AUSTRALIAN SEASONS. 19 , 20 , 21
METHOD OF PRESERVING FRUIT. 21
EXPLANATION OF HOBART SIGNALS. 22
EXPLANATION OF LAUNCESTON SIGNALS. 22
HOBART SIGNALS. 23
LAUNCESTON SIGNALS 23
LAUNCESTON TIDE TABLE 1901. 24
CALENDAR FOR 1901. 25
CALENDAR FOR 1902. 25
JANUARY 1901 26 , 27
FEBRUARY 1901. 28 , 29
MARCH 1901 30 , 31
APRIL 1901. 32 , 33
MAY 1901. 34 , 35
JUNE 1901. 36 , 37
JULY 1901. 38 , 39
AUGUST 1901 40 , 41
SEPTEMBER 1901. 42 , 43
OCTOBER 1901. 44 , 45
NOVEMBER 1901. 46 , 47
DECEMBER 1901. 48 , 49
NOTES AND MEMORANDA FOR NEXT YEAR, 1902. 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54
SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND SINCE CONQUEST. 55
SOVEREIGNS AND HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS 55
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. REIGNING SOVEREIGN AND FAMILY 56 , 57
ANNUITIES TO THE ROYAL FAMILY. 57
BRITISH GOVERNMENT. 57
LIST OF BRITISH COLONIES, WITH NAMES OF GOVERNORS, ETC. 58 , 59
SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR COLONIES, 1854-95. 60
NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. 60
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS AND GOVERNORS OF TASMANIA. 61
GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA. 62
PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. 63
THE MINISTRY. (October 12, 1899.) 64
POLITICAL AND OFFICIAL RECORD. 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71
PARLIAMENT ARY QUALIFICATIONS. 71 , 72
ELECTION PETITIONS. 72
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. 72
PARLIAMENTS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 73 , 74
SUCCESSIVE PRESIDENTS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SINCE 1856. 74
SUCCESSIVE SPEAKERS OF HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SINCE 1856. 74
MINISTRIES SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF. RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 74 , 75 , 76
AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION. 77 , 78 , 79 , 80
ECCLESIASTICAL. 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87
CORONERS. 87 , 88
MAGISTRACY. 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106
LAW. THE SUPREME COURT OF TASMANIA. 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112
Local Courts Act. Sittings of the Courts. 113
JURORS AND JURIES. 114
WITNESSES’ EXPENSES. 114 , 115
COURTS OF GENERAL & QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE. 115 , 116
COURTS OF PETTY SESSIONS. 116 , 117 , 118
MEETINGS OF LICENSING BENCHES. 118
TITLES TO LANDS. 118 , 119 , 120
REGISTRATION OF DEEDS, JUDGMENTS, ETC. 120
INTESTATE ESTATES. 120 , 121
CONDITIONS OF AS LEGAL PRACTITIONERS. 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127
DISTRIBUTION OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 127 , 128
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132
DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE MINISTER OF LANDS & WORKS. 133 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. 139
DEPARTMENT OF RAILWAYS. 139
DEPARTMENT OF MINES. 139 , 140
REGULATIONS UNDER THE MINING ACTS. 140 , 141
SCALE OF FEES AND RENTS. 141 , 142
REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS 143
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 144
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS. 145 , 146
POST OFFICE. 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 , 156 , 157
LETTER RECEIVERS, HOBART 158
TABLE OF THE ARRIVAL AND DESPATCH OF INLAND MAILS. 159 , 160 , 161 , 162 , 163 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173
WEST COAST MAILS. 173
TASMANIAN CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATION. 173
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. 174
TABLE OF DUTIES. 174 , 175 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 179 , 180 , 181
TARIFF OF TASMANIA. 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 190 , 191
WHARFAGE RATES. 191 , 192
BONDING WAREHOUSE RENTS AND CHARGES. 192 , 193
GOVERNMENT POWDER MAGAZINES 193
MARINE BOARDS. 194
MARINE BOARD OF HOBART. 194 , 195 , 196 , 197
MARINE BOARD OF LAUNCESTON. 197 , 198 , 199 , 200
MARINE BOARD OF MERSEY. 200 , 201 , 202
MARINE BOARD OF LEVEN. 202
MARINE BOARD OF TABLE CAPE. 202
MARINE BOARD OF STRAHAN. 202
SHIPPING MASTERS. 202
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF HOBART. 203 , 204
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF LAUNCESTON. 205 , 206
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HOBART. 206
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LAUNCESTON. 206
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, DEVONPORT. 206
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LATROBE. 206
LLOYD’S AGENTS. 206
H.M. SHIPS ON THE AUSTRALIAN STATION. 207 , 208
COLONIAL SHIPS OF WAR. 208
GAUGES OF AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS. 208
THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA. 208 , 209 , 210
GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA. 211
SENIOR PUBLIC EXAMINATION. 211 , 212 , 213
TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 213
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. 214 , 215 , 216 , 217
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY. 218
AGENTS-GENERAL FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, LONDON. 218
REGULATIONS FOR SALE OF FRUIT IN HOBART. 218
RAILWAY BETWEEN SYDNEY AND BRISBANE. 219
TASMANIAN MAIN LINE RAILWAY. 220
TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. 220 , 221
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. 221
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. MAIN LINE – HOBART TO LAUNCESTON. 222
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. MAIN LINE – LAUNCESTON TO HOBART. 223
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. HOBART—SUBURBAN SERAICE. 224
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. DERWENT VALLEY LINE. 225
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. APSLEY LINE. 226
PARATTAH AND OATLANDS LINE. 226
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. FINGAL LINE. 227
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. WESTERN LINE—LAUNCESTON TO ULVERSTONE. 228
SUMMARY OF ALL TASMANIAN RAILWAYS 31st DEC., 1899. 228
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. WESTERN LINE—ULVERSTONE TO LAUNCESTON. 229
CHUDLEIGH BRANCH. 229
ELWICK RAILWAY 229
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. SCOTTSDALE LINE. 230
RAILWAYS IN TASMANIA, 31ST DECEMBER, 1899. 230
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. STRAHAN—ZEEHAN LINE. 231
RAILWAYS IN THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES DEC. 31, 1899. 231
TASMANIAN DEFENCE FORCE. 232 , 233 , 234 , 235
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA. 236
AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 236 , 237
TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY AND BOTANICAL GARDENS. 237
QUEEN’S DOMAIN COMMITTEE. 238
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 238 , 239
THE STOCK DEPARTMENT. 239
DESTRUCTION OF CALIFORNIAN THISTLES. 239
DESTRUCTION OF RABBITS. 239
FRUIT DISTRICTS. 239 , 240
FISHERIES. 240 , 241 , 242
RULES FOR DISTINGUISHING THE SALMON. 243 , 244
LETTERS PATENT, RESIGNS, AND TRADE MARKS. 244
DESIGNS. 245 , 246
MEDICAL. 246 , 247 , 248 , 249
METROPOLITAN DRAINAGE BOARD. 250
GOVERNMENT CHEMICAL AND ASSAY LABORATORIES, Bathurst-street, Hobart. 250
VACCINATION DEPARTMENT. 251
REFORMATORIES. 251
LEGAL WEIGHTS FOR GRAIN, ETC. 251
DENTAL. 252
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA. 253
CONSULS & CONSULAR AGENTS IN TASMANIA 253
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 254 , 255 , 256
TABLE OF DISTANCES ALONG THE MAIN ROAD. 256
LAND TAX. 257
INCOME TAX. 257
TAX ON DIVIDENDS AND COMPANIES. 257
LICENCES. 257 , 258
PROBATE DUTIES. 258
STAMP DUTIES. 258 , 259
TASMANIAN BANKS, SEPTEMBER 30, 1900. 260
BANKS. 260 , 261
INLAND RATES OF EXCHANGE. 261
DAYS OF GRACE. 261
INSURANCE COMPANIES, HOBART. 261 , 262
INSURANCE COMPANIES, LAUNCESTON. 262 , 263
FIRE BELL SIGNALS, HOBART. 263
FIRE BELL SIGNALS, LAUNCESTON. 263 , 264
DISTANCE TABLE. 264 , 265
HOBART STOCK EXCHANGE. 265
LAUNCESTON STOCK EXCHANGE. 265
CITY STOCK EXCHANGE. 265
RACE MEETINGS, TASMANIA. 266
SUPERFICIAL FEET IN A BOARD OR PLANK. 266
PROGRESS OF TASMANIA 1816 TO 1893 268
PROGRESS OF TASMANIA. 269
STATISTICS. 269 , 270 , 271
THE CENSUS OF TASMANIA, 1891. 272 , 273 , 274
ESTIMATED POPULATION, 31ST DEC., 1899. 274
POPULATION.—ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON. 274
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 1899. 274
NOMINATED-ASSISTED IMMIGRATION. 274
OCCUPATIONS OF THE PEOPLE, APRIL 5, 1891. 275
SHIPPING TRADE, 1899. 276
IMPORTS, EXPORTS, AND DUTY COLLECTED, 1899. 277 , 278
GENERAL REVENUE, 1899, 279
EXPENDITURE, 1899. 279
TAXATION,* 1899. 280
LAND UNDER CULTIVATION, 1884 TO 1899. 281
PRINCIPAL ISLANDS OF TASMANIA. 281
CENSUS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 281
AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 1899. 282
MASONIC. 283 , 284
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. 284 , 285 , 286 , 287
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN TASMANIA. 287
LIST OF TOWNS, POST OFFICES, & TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN TASMANIA. 288 , 289 , 290 , 291 , 292 , 293 , 294 , 295 , 296 , 297 , 298 , 299
PARISHES 300 , 301
CHIEF MOUNTAINS & HEIGHTS IN TASMANIA. 301 , 302 , 303
HEIGHTS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS IN THE SEVERAL CONTINENTS. 303
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS. 303
THE CITY OF HOBART 304 , 305 , 306 , 307 , 308
ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS. 308
COACHES AND OMNIBUSES EROM HOBART. 308 , 309
STEAMERS FROM HOBART. 309
CARTERS’ CHARGES, HOBART. 310
CAB FARES, HOBART. 310
CARRIERS FROM HOBART. 310
WATERMEN’S FARES, HOBART. 310
PLACES OF DIPINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR HOBART. 311
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES, CLUBS, ETC., HOBART. 311 , 312 , 313 , 314 , 315 , 316 , 317 , 318 , 319
CITY OF LAUNCESTON. 319 , 322 , 323
Advertising 320 , 321
PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS, NOT MUNICIPAL LAUNCESTON. 323 , 324
CAB FARES, LAUNCESTON. 324
STEAMERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 325
CARTERS' CHARGES, LAUNCESTON. 325
CARRIERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 325
WATERMENS FARES, LAUNCESTON. 325
COACHES FROM LAUNCESTON. 325
PLACES OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR LAUNCESTON. 326
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES, CLUBS, ETC., LAUNCESTON. 326 , 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 , 331
WEATHER TABLE. 331
RURAL MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS. 332
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BOTHWELL, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 333 , 336
Advertising 334 , 335
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF BRIGHTON, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 336 , 337
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CAMPBELL TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 337 , 338
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF CARNARVON (TASMAN PENINSULA), IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 338 , 339
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OP CLARENCE, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 339 , 340
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF DELORAINE, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND WESTMORLAND. 340 , 341 , 342
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF EMU BAY. 342 , 343 , 344 , 345
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF EVANDALE, IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL. 345 , 346
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF FINGAL, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND GLAMORGAN. 346 , 347 , 348
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF FRANKLIN, IN THE COUNTIES OF KENT AND BUCKINGHAM. 348 , 349 , 350
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF GEORGE TOWN, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND DORSET. 351 , 352 , 353
RURAL MUNICIPALITY of GLAMORGAN, IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN. 354 , 355
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GLENORCHY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 355 , 356
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF GREEN PONDS, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 356 , 357
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF HAMILTON, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, CUMBERLAND, AND BUCKINGHAM. 357 , 358 , 359
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF HOBART (NEW TOWN, QUEENBOROUGH, GLEBE TOWN, MOUNT STUART, BELLERIVE, AND BELTANA), IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 359 , 360 , 361
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF KINGBOROUGH, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 361 , 362
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. (SOUTH LONGFORD POLICE DISTRICT.) 362
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF LATROBE, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 363 , 364
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF LONGFORD, IN THE COUNTY OF WESTMORLAND. 365 , 366
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF MACQUARIE. IN THE COUNTIES OF RUSSELL, MONTAGU, FRANKLIN, AND MONTGOMERY. 366 , 367 , 368 , 369 , 370 , 371 , 372
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF MERSEY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 372 , 373 , 374 , 375 , 376 , 377 , 378 , 379
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF NEW NORFOLK, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 379 , 380 , 381
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF OATLANDS, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH AND SOMERSET. 381 , 382
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF PORTLAND. IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND DORSET. 382 , 383
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF RICHMOND, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 384 , 385
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF RINGAROOMA, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 385 , 388 , 389
Advertising 386 , 387
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROSS, IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. 389 , 390
MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF RUSSELL (KNOWN AS CIRCULAR HEAD). 390 , 391
STANLEY. 392
POLICE DISTRICT OF SELBY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL, DEVON, AND DORSET. 392 , 393
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SORELL, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 394 , 395
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF SPRING BAY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 395 , 396
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF WESTBURY, IN THE COUNTIES OF WESTMORLAND AND DEVON. 396 , 397 , 398
OFFICERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. 398
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. PASSED DURING THE YEAR 1900. 398 , 399 , 400
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. APOTHECARIES WEIGHT. 400
AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 400
LAND OR SQUARE MEASURE. 400
CUBIC OR SOLID MEASURE. 400
TROY WEIGHT. 400
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. ALE AND BEER MEASURE. 401
DRY MEASURE. 401
LONG MEASURE. 401
TIME TABLE. 401
FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 401
FORM OF AGREEMENT FOR SHEEP SHEARERS. 402
TO PRESERVE EGGS. 402
RULE TO FIND WEIGHT OF CATTLE, ETC. 402
TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND PAYMENTS. 402
USEFUL TABLE FOB GOLD BUYERS, ETC. 403
A USEFUL TABLE FOR FARMERS. 404
DRILLING GLASS. 404
Obituary. 404 , 405 , 406
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 407 , 408
Advertising 408 , 409 , 410 , 411 , 412 , 413 , 414 , 415 , 416 , 417 , 418 , 419 , 420 , 421 , 422 , 423 , 424 , 425 , 426 , 427 , 428 , 429 , 430 , 431 , 432 , 433 , 434 , 435 , 436 , 437 , 438 , 439 , 440 , 441 , 442 , 443 , 444 , 445 , 446 , 447 , 448 , 449 , 450 , 451 , 452 , 453 , 454 , 455 , 456 , 457 , 458 , 459 , 460 , 461 , 462 , 463 , 464 , 465 , 466 , 467 , 468 , 469 , 470 , 471 , 472

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