The Australian nautical almanac and coasters' guide : for the Southern and the Eastern coasts of New Holland / compiled by I. Wellbank

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N 656.6 WEL
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Sydney : Printed and published by Reading and Wellbank, 1859-1868
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(1861)
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WELLBANK'S AUSTRALIA NAUTICAL ALMANAC 1861. 1
THE AUSTRALIA NAUTICAL ALMANAC AND Coasters' Guide FOR THE SOUTHERN AND THE EASTERN COASTS OF NEW HOLLAND. 5
PREFACE. 7 , 8
DESCRIPTIVE FLAGS 10
NUMERICAL FLAGS. 10
PILOT’S REPORT. 11
GENERAL INDEX. 13
INDEX TO SAILING DIRECTIONS. 14 , 15
PORT PHILLIP, GENERAL INDEX. 16
SAILING DIRECTIONS—INDEX. 16
The Australian Nautical Almanac. CALENDAR FOR SYDNEY TIME. PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF THE CALENDAR, For the Year 1861. 17
ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA. 17
ECLIPSES. 17 , 18
POSTAGE RATES. LETTERS. 18 , 19
DELIVERY. 19
PACKETS AND BOOKS. 20
BEYOND THE COLONIES. 20
ON TIME,—AND ITS REDUCTION. 21 , 22
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—JANUARY XXXI DAYS. 23
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—FEBRUARY XXVIII DAYS. 24
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.-MARCH XXXI DAYS. 25
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.-APRIL XXX DAYS. 26
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.-MAY XXXI DAYS. 27
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—JUNE XXX DAYS. 28
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.-JULY XXXI DAYS. 29
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.-AUGUST XXXI DAYS. 30
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—SEPTEMBER XXX DAYS. 31
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—OCTOBER XXXI DAYS. 32
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.-NOVEMBER XXX DAYS. 33
NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS.—DECEMBER XXXI DAY 34
TABLE FOR FINDING THE DISTANCE 35
RULE AND EXPLANATION. 35 , 36
CORRECTION OF THE EQUATION OF TIME, AT NOON, AT SEA, 37
TABLE II. CORRECTION OF THE SUN’S DECLINATION AT NOON, AT SEA, 38
TABLE III. CORRECTION OF THE TIME OF THE MOON’S MER. PASSAGE 39
TABLE IV. FOR FINDING THE DISTANCE OBJECTS AT SEA. 39
TABLE V. SUN’S MEAN RIGHT ASCENSION. 40
TABLE VI. TABLE FOR CORRECTING THE OBSERVED ALTITUTE OF THE SUN’S LOWER LIMB FOR SEMIDIAMETHER, DIP, AND REFRACTION. 41
TABLE VII. 41
TABLE VIII. FOR REDUCING LONGITUDE INTO TIME, AND THE CONTRARY. 42
TABLE IX. APPROXIMATE VARIATION OF THE COMPASS. 43
AN EASY READY RECKONER. 44
INTEREST TABLE. 45
INTEREST TABLE. 45
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 45
MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL MEASURES. 46
Weight of Materials per Cubic Foot, and Number of Feet to one ton. 46
EXPLANATION OF TABLES. 47 , 48 , 49 , 50
PORT JACKSON HARBOUR REGULATIONS. 51
CUSTOM’S NOTICE. 51 , 52
LANDING PLACES FOR BAGGAGE. 52
POST OFFICE. 52 , 53
GUNPOWDER. 53
HARBOUR DUES. 53 , 54
PILOTS AND RATES OF PILOTAGE. PILOTS. 54 , 55
GENERAL REGULATIONS. 55
SEAMEN. 55 , 56
PORT JACKSON. HARBOR-LIGHTS REGULATIONS. 57
STEAM VESSELS. 57
SAILING VESSELS. 58
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR PORT JACKSON. 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64
BROKEN BAY. 65 , 66 , 67
PORT OF NEWCASTLE. PILOTS AND RATES OF PILOTAGE. 67 , 68 , 69
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE PORT OF NEWCASTLE, 69 , 70 , 71 , 72
SIGNALS IN USE AT THE PORT OF NEWCASTLE. 72
PORT STEPHENS. 72 , 73
PORT STEPHENS. FROM VOL. 2 OF AUSTRALIA DIRECTORY. 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79
MANING RIVES. 79 , 80
PORT MACQUARIE.* 80 , 81
SUPPLEMENTARY DIRECTIONS. 81 , 82
SUPPLEMENTARY SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR TRIAL BAY AND McLEAY RIVER. 83 , 84 , 85
PORT MACQUARIE 85 , 86 , 87
CLARENCE RIVER. BRIEF SUPPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTERING THE CLARENCE RIVER, 87 , 88
NOTE. 90 , 91 , 92
DANGEROUS ROCK AT MORETON BAY, CALLED SMITH’S ROCK. 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104
WIDE BAY. 104 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110
ADDITIONAL DIRECTIONS FOR WIDE BAY, 106
SANDY CAPE SHOAL. 110 , 111
HERVEY BAY. 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119
BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS 120
SOUTH COAST OF AUSTRALIA. DIRECTIONS FOR APPROACHING PORT PHILLIP FROM THE WESTWARD. 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138
EXTRACTS FROM ACTS OF COUNCIL, 138 , 139 , 140
SIGNALS. 140
RATES OF PILOTAGE FOR PORT PHILLIP. 141
BASS’ STRAITS. 142
DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF LIGHTS UPON THE COASTS AND WITHIN THE HARBORS OF AUSTRALASIA. 143 , 144
MAGNETIC BEARINGS AND DISTANCES 145
THE EAST COAST OE AUSTRALIA, FROM CAPE HOWE TO PORT JACKSON.* 146 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153
BEARINGS AND DISTANCES 154 , 155
TABLE OF POSITION'S 156 , 157
Advertising 158 , 159 , 160 , 161 , 162 , 163 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 179 , 180 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 186 , 187

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