Australasian pocket almanack : for the year of Our Lord

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FC F1055
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Sydney : Compiled and printed by Robert Howe, 1822-1826
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(January 1825)
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AUSTRALASIAN POCKET ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1825 1
CONTENTS. 3 , 4
CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES. 5
EMBER DAYS. 5
MOVEABLE FEASTS. 5
SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES FOR 1825. 5
CELESTIAL SIGNS. 6
ZODIACAL SIGNS. 6
A REMEMBRANCER 6
JANUARY XXXI DAYS. 7
FEBRUARY XXVIII DAYS. 8
MARCH XXXI DAYS. 9
APRIL XXX DAYS. 10
MAY XXXI DAYS. 11
JUNE XXX DAYS. 12
JULY XXXI DAYS. 13
AUGUST XXXI DAYS. 14
SEPTEMBER XXX-DAYS. 15
OCTOBER XXXI DAYS. 16
NOVEMBER XXX DAYS. 17
DECEMBER XXXI DAYS. 18
A TABLE FOR FINDING THE TIME OF HIGH WATER AT SYDNEY, AND OTHER PLACES. 19 , 20
PUBLIC DAYS, UPON WHICH THE COLOURS ARE HOISTED AT PORT JACKSON. 20
SUCCESSION OF THE GOVERNORS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 21 , 22
SUCCESSION OF THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 22 , 23
SUCCESSION OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS OF VAN DIEMEN's LAND. 23
BANK HOLIDAYS. 24
FEES AND DUTIES IN THE VARIOUS OFFICES. COLONIAL SECRETARY’S OFFICE. 25 , 26 , 27
COURT OF REQUESTS. For the Sum of 40s and under. 27
For a Sum not exceeding £4. 27
For a Sum not exceeding £6. 27
For a Sum not exceeding £8. 28
For a Sum not exceeding £10. 28
NAVAL OFFICE. 28
For Colonial Vessels. 28 , 29
King’s Dues for Orphans. 29
Wharfingers' Fees. 29 , 30 , 31
Post Office Charges. 31
SHERIFF'S OFFICE. 31 , 32 , 33
WATERMEN'S CHARGES. 33 , 34
Market and Fair Duties at Parramatta. 34
Ferry across the River Hawkesbury, called Nowland's. 34
Toll Gates between Sydney and Parramatta. 34 , 35
Tolls at the Bridge over the South Creek at Windsor, called Howe Bridge. 35
Tolls to be taken at the Ferry across the Fiver Hawkesbury. 35 , 36
Tolls to be taken at the Bridge over the Chain of Ponds, Windsor. 36
Tolls to be taken at the Great Western Road. 36 , 37
A TABLE OF PROFIT AND LOSS. 37
A READY RECKONER OF THE PRICES OF COMMODITIES, FROM A POUND WEIGHT TO A TON. 38 , 39
Gardener’s Table. 39
A GENERAL INTEREST TAELE. 40
TABLES OF MONIES, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES. 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD. BRITISH. 47
FOREIGN. 47
TABLE I. 48
TABLE II. 49
TABLE OF SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND, FROM THE CONQUEST, 1066, TO THE PRESENT YEAR, 1825. 50
SOVEREIGN PRINCES OF EUROPE, WITH THEIR BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND ISSUE. 51 , 52
FRANCE. 52 , 53
RUSSIA. 53
AUSTRIA. 53 , 54
GERMANIC CONFEDERATION. 54
ITALIAN STATES. 54 , 55
PRUSSIA. 55
SPAIN. 55
DENMARK. 55
SWEDEN AND NORWAY. 56
NETHERLANDS. 56
PORTUGAL. 56
HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. 57
IRELAND. 58
INVENTION OF NAUTICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS. 58
HEIGHTS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SEA. 59
AFRICA. 60
ALTITUDE OF THE INFERIOR LIMIT OF PERPETUAL SNOW IN DIFFERENT LATITUDES. 60
HEIGHTS OF SOME EDIFICES. 60
EPOCHS OF THE PRINCIPAL GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES. 60 , 61
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS AND DISCOVERIES, &c. 61 , 62
TABLES OF SPECIFIC GRAVITIES 62 , 63
OBSERVATIONS ON THE GARDEN AND FIELD. SEASONS. 64
HORTICULTURE. 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87
AGRICULTURE. 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91
TREES OF ALL KINDS 91 , 92 , 93
CHRONOLOGY OF LOCAL OCCURRENCES, FROM THE FIRST ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COLONY, IN 1788, DOWN TO THE PRESENT PERIOD, 1825. 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122
A TABLE 123
TELEGRAPHIC SIGNALS FROM South Head to Fort Phillip. 125 , 126
Queries from Fort Phillip to South Head. 126 , 127
CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT, AND IN THE TERRITORY OF New South Wales and its Dependencies. 128
THE STAFF. 128
Members of Council. 128
The Colonial Office. 129
The Court of Appeals. 129
Supreme Court of New South Wales. 129
Barristers, Solicitors, Attornies, Proctors, &c. 130
Court of Vice Admiralty. 130
Court of Requests. 130
Sheriff's Department. 130
THE COMMISSARIAT OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 131
Commissariat of Van Diemen's Land. 131
Commissariat of Accounts. 131
CHURCH ESTABMSHMRNT. 132
Medical Establishment. 132
Surveyors of Crown Lands. 132
Naval Officer's Department. 132
MAGISTRATES OF THE TERRITORY. 133 , 134
Engineer’s Department. 134
His Majesty’s Dock-yard. 134 , 135
Government Row-Guard Eoat. 135
Superintendents of Convict Establishments. 135
Superintendents of Government Agricultural Establishments. 135
Superintendents of Government Stock. 135
Trustee and Commissioner of Turnpike Roads and Highways. 136
Female Orphan Institution. 136
Male Orphan Institution. 136
Philosophical Society of Australasia. 136
The Agricultural Society. 137
THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.’ 137
Vice Presidents. 137
NEW SOUTH WALES AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY. 137
The Public Schools throughout the Territory. 138
Police Establishment at Sydney. 138
Coroners. 138
Bank of New South Wales. 139
New South Wales Saving Bank. 139
MARINE ESTABLISHMENT. 139
Settlement of Bathurst. 140
Settlement of Newcastle. 140
Port Macquarie. 140
Military Establishment IN THE TERRITORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. 141 , 142
His Majesty’s 40th Regiment of Foot. 142 , 143
Distribution of His Majesty’s Third Regiment, or Buffs. 144
Distribution of His Majesty’s fortieth Regiment of Foot. 144 , 145
State of the Detachment of the 48th Regt, doing Duty at Sydney, 8th Dec, 1824. 145
DISTANCES OF THE Townships and Settlements in the Interior, FROM THE CAPITAL. 146
VESSELS ARRIVED AND DEPARTED 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 , 156
THE TIDES. 156
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE. 157

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