The Newcastle city and country almanac & directory : with farm and garden calendar

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FER F13312 (FC copy)
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Newcastle, N.S.W. : R.C. Knaggs & Co
Issue
(January 1878)
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Contents

THE NEWCASTLE CITY AND COUNTRY ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR 1878, WITH FARM & GARDEN CALENDAR. 1
Advertising 1 , 2
STORM SIGNALS. 3
MAIL STEAMERS. 3
DESCRIPTIVE FLAGS. 3
NUMERICAL FLAGS. 3
TELEGRAPHIC STORM & GENERAL SIGNALS. 4 , 6
THE NEWCASTLE CITY & COUNTRY ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1878, 41—42 VICTORIA. WITH Farm and Garden Calendar. 7
Index to Contents. 8
ADVERTISEMENTS. 9
ECLIPSES. 10
PROBABLE WEATHER. 10
JANUARY. 11
GARDENING INFORMATION. 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23
FEBRUARY. 12
MARCH. 13
APRIL. 14
MAY. 15
JUNE. 16
JULY. 17
AUGUST. 18
SEPTEMBER. 19
OCTOBER. 20
NOVEMBER. 21
DECEMBER. 22
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF THE CALENDAR FOR 1878. 23
STATISTICS OF THE PORT OF NEWCASTLE. 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28
FOREIGN AND INTERCOLONIAL TRADE. NEW SOUTH WALES—PORT OF NEWCASTLE. 28
VESSELS BELONGING TO NEWCASTLE. 29 , 30
NEWCASTLE. 31 , 32 , 33
PUBLIC COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS, AND SOCIETIES. 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38
MAITLAND. 38 , 39 , 40
MORPETH. 41
RAYMOND TERRACE. 41 , 42
BURWOOD. 42
HAMILTON. 42
HEXHAM. 42
LAMBTON. 43
NEW LAMBTON 43
MINMI 44
STOCKTON. 44
ONEBYGAMBA, OR BULLOCK ISLAND. 44
WALLSEND. 44 , 45
WARATAH 45
WICKHAM. 45 , 46
TO SHIPMASTERS. 46
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF COAL. 46
GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.—GREAT NORTHERN, MORPETH, and WALLSEND LINES. 47 , 48
PART II. POSTAL INFORMATION. 49 , 50 , 51 , 52
MONEY ORDERS. 52
THE GOVERNMENT SAVINGS BANK AT GENERAL POST OFFICE 52
DESPATCH OF MAILS FROM GENERAL POST OFFICE, AND ROUTE FOR TRAVELLERS FROM SYDNEY. 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59
TELEGRAPHIC. 59
VICE REGAL, EXECUTIVE, AND PARLIAMENTARY. 60
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 60 , 61 , 62 , 63
DISTRICT COURTS AND QUARTER SESSIONS. 63
POLICE MAGISTRATES. 63
DISTRICT COURT REGISTRARS. 63 , 64
CORONERS. 64
CLERKS OF PETTY SESSION’S. 64 , 65
POLICE CONSTABLES ACTING AS CLERKS OF PETTY SESSIONS. 65
TARIFFS OF THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES. NEW SOUTH WALES. 65
VICTORIA. 66 , 67
QUEENSLAND. 67 , 68
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 68
TASMANIA. 68 , 69 , 70
NEW ZEALAND. 70
THE SEASONS. 70
SHEEP AND CATTLE INSPECTORS AND REGISTRARS OF BRANDS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 71
COLONIAL AGENTS-GENERAL IN LONDON. 71
GOVERNMENT FEES. 71
ANNUAL LICENSE FEES. 71
GARDENING INEORMATION. 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76
ON PLANTING FRUIT TREES, AND THE SORTS TO PLANT. 76 , 77 , 78 , 79
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 79
THE ROYAL FAMILY. 79
CORPORATION OF SYDNEY. 80
SUBURBAN MUNICIPALITIES. 80
PARCELS. 80
PILOTAGE AND HARBOUR DUES. 81
STEAM FERRIES. 81
WATERMEN’S FARES AND RATES. 82
CAB AND HACKNEY CARRIAGE FARES. 83
DRAY AND VAN CHARGES. 83
OMNIBUS INFORMATION. 83
STEAM COMPANIES. 84
COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. 84 , 85
AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATIONS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 85
POPULATION OF THE COLONY. 85
BUILDING SOCIETIES. 86
BANKS IN SYDNEY. 86
GOVERNORS OF THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES. 86
PUBLIC AND BANK HOLIDAYS 86
CONSULS IN SYDNEY. 87
CLUBS. 87
SPORTING CLUBS. 87
SNAKE BITE CURE. 87
PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.—DIRECTIONS TO CANDIDATES. 88
METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 88
SYDNEY MEAN TIME. 88
IMMIGRATION.—NEW REGULATIONS. 89
ERAS, 1878. 89
JEWISH CALENDAR. 89
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A WILL. 90
THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. 90
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS. 90
TABLE SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES OF LOCAL TIME BETWEEN SYDNEY AND THE UNDERMENTIONED PLACES 91
P. & O. GO’S MAIL TIME TABLE FOR 1878, Via SUEZ. 91
PACIFIC MAIL TIME TABLE FOR 1878, Via CALIFORNIA. 91
EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN MAIL Via BRISBANE AND TORRES STRAITS. 92
WEATHER TABLE. 92
THE REGISTRATION OF DOGS. 92
IMPORTANT TO GAS CONSUMERS.—HOW TO REGULATE GAS METERS. 93
DIRECTIONS FOR READING INDEX OF GAS METER. 93
FOREIGN MONEY. 93
LAND SELECTION. 94
HOME HINTS. 94
Advertising 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 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138 , 139 , 140 , 141 , 142

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